'Chris, it's only going to get harder from here on, and Bakura will attack more and more,' Yami said. 'Maybe it's time...'
'Yeah, I think you're right,' Chris agreed. "No, wait, I'm sorry, Kengake, I do know," He admitted, looking down on the ground. He then looked up to see his friend's smiling, supportive, worried, faces. "Guys, I have something to tell you…"
Hi ya'llz! (lol) As I've told some of you, I'm leaving for vacation today, and as a rest I said I would update yesterday. However, since I'm not leaving until later today, I'm updating today instead! XD And this is a good chapter!
Oh, and I broke 100 reviews! That means that this fic... isn't a failure! It doesn't mean it's good, but it can't be a failure with over 100 reviews!
Ninja Wolf 25: Thanks for the 100th review! And i'm glad it was refreshing...
Vsyer Dragoon: Well, at least you reviewed:D And I like card combos...
Wolfy: Great, another kura fan... Oh and... i'm not Christian...
ForensicDuelist4137: Only 2. And we already had the field trip (when Sarah and Bakura went to Egypt). Dun worry, other items will be revealed soon... (it all get resolved in chapters 29-35)
Writer of Fate: Yep, it's good that the Millennium Item is back. Bakura being able to see into the future is not good...
Rakuren: Thx for the story writing compliment. I dun have much self-confidence when it comes to writing, so compliments help XD And they don't lose that much... chapter 7, 8, 22, and this. Plus, 7 and 8 were pointless duels, and both of these were duels where the win/loss doesn't matter (well, they did matter, but as u can see, I can undo the effects of the loss)
Methusulah: Well, do you have your time machine?
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Oh, and random special thanks/shout out to katrianna. Thank you for reading almost all of my chapters and reviewing them XD You said you'd finish the fic by now, but I guess you were wrong. Lol. I'll give you the rest of ur review reviews when I get back from vacation.
Now, onto the good fanfic chapter!
Oh, and two more little things...
1. This chapter is actually 2 chapters condensed in 1. When I planned the fic, I originally had these 2 as different chapters. However, since I didn't have room for that many chaptesr, and since one of them was too short, I condensed them. It should be pretty obvious as to which chapter is which. (the name of the 'deleted' chapter would have been "Unity")
2. Once you finish reading this chapter, you'll be halfway through this fic! Yay!! Congratz! (both to you for reading this far and to me for writing this much)
Chapter 26: Huge Revolution
"My Millennium Puzzle is magic, and it contains the spirit of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh from 10000 years ago that also helped Yugi Moto 5000 years ago, where he stopped an evil spirit named Bakura that has come back now," Chris declared, all in one breath.
Chris, Sam, Kengake, and Sarah were in Chris and Sam's dorm. Chris couldn't tell his friends about Yami in the Main Arena because of all the students around, so they went to the dorm once they found out Chris had passed the midterm.
"It's… magic?" Sam asked, amazed.
"It has… an ancient spirit?" Kengake asked, completely stunned.
"Oh, so that's what it does," Sarah remarked, completely calm.
"Why are you so unaffected by this?" Sam asked. "It's magic! That defies just about all the laws of science! I mean, magic! Magic!"
"Well, my Millennium Necklace is also magic," Sarah smiled, pointing to her neck. Then in a more serious tone, she added, "As is the Shadow Realm."
"What? The Shadow Realm?" Kengake asked. "Is that what that weird purple thing was?"
"Yeah," Chris explained. "There is this other dimension called the Shadow Realm, and by using magic, usually from the Millennium Items, people can turn duels into Shadow Games. They take place in the Shadow Realm, where the monsters are real, and the loser loses his soul!"
"Millennium Items? You mean your puzzle and Sarah's necklace?"
"Well, yes, those are two," Sarah said, taking over the explanation, "But there are five others. The Millennium Rod, Ring, Eye, Scales, and Key."
"The Millennium Ring holds Bakura, like how the Millennium Puzzle holds the Pharaoh," Chris said. "Bakura also has the Millennium Rod, and Chancellor Casatos has the Millennium Eye."
"Chris, do you know who has the Millennium Key and Scales?" Sarah asked.
"No," Chris sighed. "5000 years ago a man named Shadi, who was the guardian of the Millennium Items, had them, but I don't know about them now."
"How do you know about them 5000 years ago?" Kengake asked. "Oh yeah! The spirit in your puzzle was present 5000 years ago…. Speaking of which, who is he and where was he in between the times he was gone?"
"His name is Yami," Chris said. "Well, his real name is Atem, but I call him Yami. Between when he was Pharaoh and when he helped Yugi Moto, his mind was locked inside the Millennium Puzzle. From Yugi until me, he was in the afterlife, but was brought back when I completed the Millennium Puzzle."
"Well, I know the Puzzle houses the spirit of the Pharaoh," Sarah said, "And there is that Mind Crush that you used on Ijimeko… but what else can it do?"
"Well, Yami can take over my body," Chris said.
"Wait, was he the one who took over your body when I sent you to the Shadow Ream?" Sam asked
"Yes," Chris answered, but then Kengake blurted out:
"Sam, you sent Chris to the Shadow Realm?!"
"Yeah," Sam sadly admitted. "Bakura tricked me into sending Chris to the shadows, and I almost sent Sarah to the shadows, too."
"Bakura… what does he do, anyway?" Kengake asked.
"Guys, Yami is going to take over now," Chris warned his friends. After a slight pause, Chris' body began to talk about Bakura.
"5000 years ago, Bakura was trying to gather the Millennium Items in order to resurrect Zorc, an extremely powerful demon who actually created the Shadow Realm. 10000 years ago Bakura summoned Zorc, but I sealed Zorc back to the shadows, using my name as the key to his prison, and then wiped my memory. However, 5000 years ago, when Bakura brought back Zorc, I recovered my memory, and destroyed Zorc. I thought I also destroyed Bakura, but I was wrong about that. I don't know whether or not I truly destroyed Zorc, either, so I'm not sure what exactly Bakura is doing. However, I'm assuming he's collecting the Millennium Items. Otherwise he wouldn't have gone after me or Sarah."
"How do I know you're not just pulling our legs?" Sam asked. "The 'Shadow Games' could have just been holographic black balls where the neurosensors on the duel disks were increased."
"What about when you took Chris' soul?" Yami asked.
"He had kept his soul, and made you up as an excuse to still have a soul when his soul would have been taken," Sam reasoned.
"I can see how you could think this, but this is real magic," Yami stated. "However, if this was just one big hoax, what would be the point of it? If I was trying to prove magic existed, I would have announced all this to the school, instead of keeping it hidden."
"He's got a point," Kengake chimed in.
"And I can prove my Millennium Necklace is magic," Sarah added. "Sam, say anything."
"Why?" Sam asked.
"My Millennium Necklace can see the future," Sarah explained. "I can use it to see what you are going to say, and then say it at the same time as you."
"Yeah right," Sam and Sarah said in perfect unison. "Okay, that was good," they continued, "But I doubt you'll be able to pull it off for lo—chocolate pudd-" Sam suddenly stopped his outburst, and Sarah mimicked him perfectly.
"Fine, I believe you," Sam sighed without Sarah copying him.
"Me too," Kengake said.
"That's good," Yami smiled.
"But still, what can we do?" Kengake asked. "We don't have any magic power or anything, and we're facing a 10000 year old spirit!"
"The Millennium Items can only be won in duels," said Yami. "We have to get the Seven Millennium Items, or at least make sure Bakura doesn't. To do that, we're going to need to duel. Not just Bakura, but anyone he now recruits with his Millennium Rod. So, will you help me?" Yami asked. He put his right hand forward, palm down.
"I have to help," Sarah said, putting her right hand over Yami's. "Bakura hurt my family."
"And if I'm going to be a hero, I've got to start somewhere," Kengake said, putting his hand in. The three teens looked expectantly at Sam.
"Well, I'm sure there's some logical explanation for what you did, Sarah, so this could still be a hoax, but… whatever. I'll do it," Sam sighed, finally putting his hand in.
'And since we share a body, I'm also obviously helping,' Chris said, putting his spiritual hand on top of his friends' hands.
"All right then," Yami smiled. When Yami looked into all of Chris' friends' faces, he saw the same determination and spirit as his old friends. "With all of you on my side, there's no way Bakura can win."
It was the second week after the midterm. Sarah and Sam had passed their midterms, and Bakura didn't strike again. The new duelists that had transferred to the academy mid-year were just about adjusted to academy life. However, for the first month and a half, they had to take special classes that caught them up to the other students.
Chris woke up as normal, alone in his dorm room, when Yami noticed something strange about Chris' duel disk. When Yami said something about it, Chris checked his duel disk, and his jaw immediately dropped.
"My rank dropped by a hundred overnight!!" Chris shouted. When Chris had gone to bed, he was rank 636, but now he was 743. As second later, his duel disk made a quiet beep, and his rank decreased even further to 796.
By the time Chris had changed, he was ranked 864.
'Perhaps you should check the rank list to see what's going on,' Yami suggested.
'Yeah, you're right,' Chris said. He quickly booted up the computer, and checked the rank list. It seemed a little mixed up, but not too crazy.
'It could take time,' Yami added. 'You should check during the lunch break, and after classes.'
Chris got breakfast, and a good number of the students in the cafeteria were constantly checking their rank. When he got to his first class, just about all of the Obelisks and Ras paid much more attention to their duel disks than the teacher.
As the day progressed, Ras and Obelisks only got more frantic. The Slifers were calm because as the Ras and Obelisks got pushed down in rank, the Slifers got pushed up.
Chris checked the ranking list during the lunch break, but it looked similar to what it did that morning.
'It seems we'll need to check after classes,' Yami sighed.
When Chris got out of his last class, he immediately ran back to his dorm as quickly as possible. By then, he had dropped to rank 2307! When Chris checked the rank list now, it wasn't changing as quickly, but the entire rank list had inverted! Many Obelisks were on the bottom, Ras in the middle, and Slifers at the top.
Most of the list had stopped changing, but the very top was still rearranging itself. There were mostly Slifers, but a few of the elite Obelisks remained in the top. However, Shadow, Brainiac, and Sachi were the only non-Slifers in the top 15. Slifers began to push them down, except Shadow, who remained at the top.
However, after a few moments, the final change was made, pushing Shadow down to make room for a sole Slifer. While Shadow was rank 2, Brianiac was 8 and Sachi was 12.
'He's the one that did this,' Yami said, pointing to the Slifer's picture. He had medium-length, straight brown hair, and glasses over his brown eyes.
'His name is Dominic,' Chris read.
'We've got to find him, and return the ranking list to normal.'
'But how are we going to find him?' Chris asked. 'He could be anywhere in the school!'
'Bakura probably has something to do with this,' Yami said. 'If I know Bakura, he'll come seek us out. We should go look around the academy to see if we can find Dominic. It will be a good way to wait to see if Bakura comes to us in person, or contacts us through your PDA.'
Chris decided to search the sections in numerical order, so he headed over to the Cathedral. After wandering around for a few minutes, he found a crowd of Ras and Obelisks trying to get somewhere.
"What's going on?" Chris asked the nearest Ra.
"The punk Dominic who messed up the ranking system is in there!" He replied.
"What is 'there'?"
"It's the Cathedral's Slifer Dorm," The Ra explained. "That's where Dominic lives, but it's locked."
"Oh, thanks," Chris said as he began to walk away. 'If all those Obelisks and Ras can't get in there, I don't think me helping will do anything. Maybe Bakura isn't behind this… wouldn't he have contacted us by now?'
'You can never be sure with Bakura,' Yami sighed.
After another minute of walking, a Slifer ran in front of Chris. "Stop!" he ordered.
"What do you want?" Chris asked, with a slight tone of annoyance.
"Why, the Millennium Items, of course," The Slifer smirked.
"Bakura…." Chris murmured.
"Come, follow me," Bakura ordered.
"I'm not going to blindly follow you," Chris snorted.
"But don't you want to go to Dominic?" Bakura asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Why? Are you possessing him?" Chris asked.
"Actually, no," Bakura laughed. "Dominic has had this plan for changing the rankings for a while now. He's been deciding whether or not to use it… I just gave him a little convincing with my Millennium Rod."
"Fine, I'll go," Chris sighed. "But just give me a moment." He took out his PDA, and sent a quick message to Sarah, Sam, and Kengake.
'Do you think Bakura will actually lead us to Dominic?' Chris asked.
'With Bakura, who knows?' Yami sighed. 'But we should still follow him.'
Bakura began to lead Chris through a series of small confusing hallways. They eventually reached a locked door with a keypad. Bakura entered in a code, and the door slid open, allowing Chris and Bakura to enter.
After a few more hallways, they entered a large room. A few Slifers were scattered around the room, hanging out near the walls. Dominic was sitting on the other side of the room from Chris and Bakura in a small throne.
"Master Dominic," Bakura shouted, stepping forward. "I know you weren't planning to duel until later, but I specifically need revenge on this Ra Reject. You could use him as an example for others."
"What did he do?" Dominic inquired, standing up.
"He stole my deck! I just got it back now," Bakura shouted. He then whispered to Chris, "If you want to duel, then play along."
"Christopher Gold…" Dominic said. "It would be a good example if I defeat you."
"What do you mean?" Chris asked.
"Well, as you just heard, I was planning to start dueling any Ras or Obelisks later," Dominic explained. "However, I think I'll start now, with you!"
"What are the conditions?" Yami asked, taking over.
"Simple," Dominic smirked. "I win, you leave the school. You win, I change the ranks back to normal."
"Why would you do this, anyway?" Yami demanded.
"Simple," Dominic explained. "The Obelisks and Ras have been tormenting the Slifers since this academy was started! Obelisks and Ras even fight amongst themselves! The Slifers are the only ones that are kind and supportive, and for that, they deserve to be on top!"
"From what I've seen, Slifers aren't too kind to Ras and Obelisks," Yami said.
"That's only because of how they've treated us!" shouted Dominic. "Slifers have the potential to beat all of the Obelisks and Ras! I'm going to prove it! Anyway, do you want to duel?"
"Of course," Yami responded, his duel disk unfolding.
"Now, Chris, you run a Dark Magician/Warrior combo deck," Dominic said out loud. "Although it may not seem so effective on paper, you can usually find a way to win with it. However, against my deck, the probably of you winning is approximately… 1 in 52,105,315. Or, rounded down," Dominic smirked, "Zero. Do you still want to go through with this?"
"Of course," Yami smirked. "If you took the time to calculate the probability of my deck beating yours beforehand, then I must have been some sort of threat."
"Not exactly," Dominic smiled. "I calculated the probability just now."
"What? But… how?" Yami asked, amazed.
"Simple," Dominic said. "I am the smartest person at this academy. I make Brainiac look like a toddler! Now then…"
"Let's duel!" They shouted.
Dominic: 4000; Yami: 4000
"I'll go first," Dominic declared as he drew (6). "A common move, I'll set a monster (5) and end."
Yami drew a card (6) and began to think about his move.
Interrupting his thoughts, Dominic declared, "First you will summon a monster with strong attack or defense, in the corresponding mode. If you summon an offensive monster, you will attack. Either way, you will also set a defensive trap. Depending on your hand, you will finish your turn with a spell, unless it is Pot of Greed, Graceful Charity, or Nobleman of Crossout, in which case you will use that spell before you summon the monster."
"What?" Yami asked.
"I've been studying your duels and strategy," Dominic said. "You really need to be a little more creative."
"Whether or not I'm creative, I'll still win!" Yami shouted. "I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior (5;1700/1600), and he will attack your set monster!"
"I was wondering when you'd use your Magnet Warriors," Dominic said as Beta charged towards his set monster. "They've been in your hand in past duels, but you haven't used them." Dominic's monster was revealed to be a strange, black monster, which was easily destroyed. "Anyway, now that you've destroyed Emissary of the Afterlife (1600/400), we can each add 1 level 3 or lower normal monster from our deck to our hand. I believe the only one you have is Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000)."
"Yes," Yami said as he pulled a card out of his deck. He flashed it to Dominic to confirm what it was, and then placed it in his hand (6).
"I'll also choose a monster with powerful defense," Dominic said. "More specifically, Oppressed People (6;400/2000)."
"I conclude my turn with a set card (5)," Yami said.
"Just as I predicted (7)," Dominic smirked. "I set a monster (6) and another card (5)."
"Draw (6)!" Yami shouted. 'That set monster is probably Oppressed People, so I won't attack.' "I set a monster (4) and end."
"Then it's my turn again," Dominic said as he drew (6). "And this new card will help. First I flip summon Oppressed People. Then I equip them with Power of a Peasant (5), so now Oppressed People's attack and defense switch! Oppressed People, destroy Beta the Magnet Warrior!" A small group of peasants in rags appeared on Dominic's field. They started to glow, and then charged towards Yami's monster.
"Not so fast!" Yami countered. "I activate Attack Transferal Barrier, so now you attack my set Giant Soldier of Stone instead!" The Oppressed People changed the direction in which they were running, so instead the unsuccessfully attacked Giant Soldier of Stone.
"Nice save," Dominic complimented. "Too bad it won't happen again. I set this trap (4) and end my turn."
"Draw (5)!" Yami shouted. "Although this may be a little wasteful, this will still work! I activate Lightning Vortex (4), discarding a card from my hand (3) to destroy your monster!" However, no holographic lightning appeared.
"Oh, it appears your duel disk is malfunctioning, and your spell cards aren't working," Dominic evilly smirked.
"Even if my duel disk is malfunctioning, you still know I played the spell card! Send your monster to the graveyard!" Yami demanded.
"If the duel disk doesn't read it, then I don't have to obey it," Dominic smiled.
"Then let me turn off my duel disk and try to fix it," Yami said.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Dominic replied. "You see, if you turn off your duel disk, that'll count as a forfeit. And if you forfeit, then you'll have to leave the academy."
"Fine," Yami angrily said as he put the spell card in his graveyard without its effect activating.
"What's going on?" Sam asked himself. When he got Chris' message, he went back to his dorm to watch the duel on the computer. He just watched Chris—or more likely Yami, due to the cards being played—activate Lightning Vortex, but Dominic's cards weren't destroyed. "I should look into it…"
Sam began to type into the keyboard, and gasped when he discovered what happened. "Dominic made a special add-on for the duel disk that disables his opponent's spell cards!" Sam exclaimed. "There's only one thing to do: hack into Dominic's duel disk, and disable the add-on!"
"Anyway, I'll have Beta the Magnet Warrior attack Oppressed People!" Yami commanded.
"But why?" Dominic laughed.
"Take a look at your monster," Yami answered.
Dominic stopped laughing, and saw that Oppressed People's attack has decreased to 1500. "What did you discard for Lightning Vortex?!"
"Archfiend of Gilfer (2200/2600)," Yami answered. "So he equips to your monster, decreasing his attack by 500!"
"In that case I'll just activate my set Desert Sunlight, switching Oppressed People to defense mode."
"He'll still be destroyed," Yami pointed out.
"Not exactly, since I chain my Emergency Provisions, sending Desert Sunlight and Power of a Peasant to the graveyard to increase my lifepoints by 2000!" All of Dominic's spells and traps disappeared and Beta slammed into Oppressed People, but was knocked back.
Dominic: 6000; Yami: 3700
"I set these two cards (1) to end," Yami said.
"Without any drawing cards, your hand is quickly depleting," Dominic remarked, drawing (5). "I think I'm doing well, so I'll just set this (4) and end."
"Not so fast!" Yami shouted. "I chain my Dust Tornado! This will destroy whatever you just set, and then I can also set a trap (0) to replace Dust Tornado! And since you just ended your turn, I can now draw (1). And I think I'll summon what I drew! I bring out Alpha the Magnet Warrior (0;1400/1700)."
"So now all you need are Gamma and Valkyrion," Dominic said. "However, I think this duel will be over before that happens."
"I concur," Yami smirked. "I activate Counter Shield and Meteorain. So now by tributing Giant Soldier of Stone, Beta the Magnet Warrior's attack increases by 2000, and my monsters gain the piercing effect! Beta, attack!" Giant Soldier of Stone got behind Beta the Magnet Warrior, and they ran forward with him through Oppressed People into Dominic. Alpha the Magnet Warrior then followed, knocking Dominic down
Dominic: 2900; Yami: 3700
"And that puts me in the lead," Yami beamed.
"Not for long," Dominic said, getting up. "Since you've used up all your options, I'll begin my turn (5). I activate The Shallow Grave (4), so we each set a monster from your graveyard. I choose Oppressed People."
"I choose Giant Soldier of Stone."
"Then I summon United Resistance (3;1000/400) in defense mode, and equip them with Heart of Clear Water (2), to protect him from battle and targeting effects. And now, since we're both running low on cards, I'll use Hand Replenish (1) so now we both draw 2 cards (3/2)." Dominic grinned when he saw what he had drawn. The end is near… "I set a trap (2) and end my turn."
'I can understand why he has Oppressed People in his deck, since it has high defense, but not United Resistance,' Yami thought. 'It's just a weak normal monster!'
'Actually, I think I know why he's doing this,' Chris said. 'It's a trap called Huge Revolution. It can only be played when Dominic has Oppressed People, United Resistance, and People Running About, which has 600 attack and defense. When he activates Huge Revolution… you lose all the cards on your field and hand!'
'Judging from Dominic's facial expression, I think he has People Running About in his hand! I've got to stop him from using Huge Revolution, or summoning People Running About!' Yami thought as he drew (3). 'And this may do it!' "First I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior (2;1500/1800)! I then set this card (1) to end my turn."
"Your fate is sealed!" Dominic laughed as he drew (3). "I summon People Running About (2;600/600), and then I act—"
"Then I activate Chain Disappearance! Not only will this remove the People Running About you summoned from play, but also any copies in your hand or deck!"
Oh no! I didn't see this coming, Dominic thought as he put three cards on the underside of his duel disk. Well, not this in specific. I can still get around it. "Oh well, maybe I'll get more options with Pot of Greed (3). Hmm… Just to be on the safe side, I'll activate Lightning Vortex (1) to destroy your Magnet Warriors. I wouldn't want you to use Magnetic Discharge. End turn."
'That sole card in his hand must be important,' Yami realized as he drew (2), set a trap (1), and ended his turn.
"First I draw (2)," Dominic declared. "I'll then play Graceful Charity (1) that I just drew, so now I draw three cards (4), and then discard two (2). However, one of the cards I discarded was Compensation of Reparation, meaning I can now draw one more card (3)." Dominic smirked when he looked over his small hand. "It's over. I summon The Drunken Townspeople (2;1000/1000)." A small group of men staggered onto Dominic's field, smelling of alcohol, holding empty beer bottles in their hands. "The Drunken Townspeople are very confused," Dominic explained, "So confused that they think they are People Running About!"
"Wait, if they are considered People Running About, then does that mean that you're going to—" Yami began to ask, but was interrupted.
"That's right! I flip summon Oppressed People, and then activate Huge Revolution, sending all cards in your field and hand to the graveyard!"
"Oh no," Yami murmured as all the people on Dominic's monsters rushed forward. They beat up Yami, sending all of his cards to the graveyard.
"Next I equip The Drunken Townspeople with United We Stand (1), boosting his attack to 3400! Then I'll attack with all my monsters, ending this duel!" Dominic maniacally laughed as his small crowd of monsters rioted around Yami. They attacked him again for a few moments, and then returned to Dominic's field.
Dominic: 2900; Yami: 100
"What…. You're still standing?" Dominic asked when he saw the score. "But how?"
"Simple, my face-down," Yami answered. The assault had knocked him down to his knee, but now he got up. "It was Gift of the Mystical Elf. I chained it when you activated Huge Revolution, giving me 1200 lifepoints; just enough to survive your attack."
"Fine, I'll end my turn by setting the last card in my hand (0)," Dominic said, angry that Yami had avoided losing the duel. "Chris, you may have avoided defeat this turn, but next turn you won't be so lucky! I doubt you'll be able to do anything with one card and 100 lifepoints."
Yami silently drew a card (1). He stared at it for a few moments, but then declared, "You're right. I won't be able to do much with one card…. However, six cards would be a different story! The card I got was Card of Sanctity!"
"Ha! That's a spell card! It won't work!" Dominic shouted. Chris has been lucky so far in the duel, since the only spell card he got was Lightning Vortex, but now his luck has run out!
"We shall see," Yami said. He took a deep breath, and began to slide Card of Sanctity into his duel disk (0)… but nothing happened. 'It… didn't work…' Yami sadly thought. He lowered his head, closed his eyes, and began to tremble. He had lost the duel, and now Chris—and perhaps even the entire world—would pay. However, a small clink caused him to open his eyes. A small gold coin was on the ground in front of him. Another one then fell, and then another. The coins were raining from the ceiling! "It… it did work!" Yami smiled as he drew six cards (6).
What?! Impossible! Dominic screamed in his head. As he drew six cards (6) he looked down at the small, unnoticeable chip plugged into his duel disk.
"Yes! I did it! I disabled the disabler!" Sam happily shouted. He then checked back on Yami's duel. "And it seems just in time, too."
"Well, Dominic, it seems my duel disk is working again," Yami said. "Now, you had your chance at a one turn kill, but you didn't succeed… so now it's my turn! I summon Skilled Dark Magician (5;1900/1700)!"
"A one turn kill… and since you're apparently planning to bring out Dark Magician (2500/2100), then you are going to try to use Diffusion Wave-Motion to win!" Dominic reasoned. "However, I won't let you! I activate Threatening Roar, preventing you from attacking!"
"Diffusion Wave-Motion may have worked, but I'm planning something else," Yami smirked.
"Then that means… you are going to use Dark Eradicator Warlock (2500/2100)!" Suddenly, Dominic began laughing. "You don't have enough cards in your hand! You need to use six spell cards, and you only have five cards! And since one of them is probably Dark Eradicator Warlock, that only leaves four!"
"Oh don't worry, it will be done," Yami said. "I'll start off with a spell card you should know, since you just used it: Graceful Charity (4)! As you previously explained, I now draw three cards (7) and discard two (5), and Skilled Dark Magician gains a spell counter. Now, spell card number two, Swords of Revealing Light (4)! Now, if for some reason this one turn kill doesn't work, you still won't be able to attack. Then again, you will, because I play Mystical Space Typhoon (3) to destroy Swords of Revealing Light! That's three spell cards, so Skilled Dark Magician becomes Dark Magician! And then, as you predicted, I will tribute him to bring out Dark Eradicator Warlock (2)!"
"You need to activate three more spell cards to win," Dominic said as Skilled Dark Magician became the famous purple-clad magician. Dark Magician then glowed as he seemed to grow older, and his robes became much more ornate. "However, only two cards are in your hand."
"That's okay," Yami said, completely calm and sure of himself. "I activate Awakening from the Bed of Death (1). Now I can return Graceful Charity to my hand (2). You get to draw two cards (8), but I don't think that will help much." Yami retrieved the card from his graveyard as Dark Eradicator Warlock charged up his staff, and launched the dark energy ball at Dominic.
Dominic: 1900; Yami: 100
"Then I'll activate Graceful Charity (2), dealing you another 1000 damage."
Dominic: 900; Yami: 100
"Now, for the final spell card (1)," Yami said, placing the card in his duel disk.
I… lost… Dominic sadly thought as fell down onto his knees and hung his head in shame. He didn't care what Yami's last spell card was; he lost, and that's all that mattered. He waited for the dark magic blast, but it didn't come. Confused, Dominic looked up and saw Yami standing over him. He was smiling, and his right hand was outstretched. "What… is this?"
"It's a handshake, part of the effect of Yu-Jo Friendship," Yami said. "I'm willing to forgive you if you keep your end of the bargain and return the ranks to normal."
"R-Really?" Dominic asked. "After all I've done?"
"Of course," Yami replied. Dominic must have figured out how to rearrange the ranks out of anger after some Obelisks and Ras picked on him. Then Bakura forced him to enact that plan. After all, Bakura has planted the only darkness I sense in his heart, and the rest of the darkness in his heart is minimal.
"Well… of course I accept," Dominic smiled, taking hold of Yami's hand as Yami helped him on his feet. Dark Eradicator Warlock let out the final blast, but it didn't hurt at all.
Dominic: 0; Yami: 500
"Good game," Dominic said, but then fainted.
"Dominic!" Yami shouted, kneeling down.
"What… happened?" Dominic sleepily asked, opening his eyes.
"We dueled, I won, and then you fainted."
"How long was I out?"
"Just for a moment," Yami answered.
"I… I remember what happened!" Dominic suddenly shouted, bolting upright. "I changed the ranking system! Oh… what have I done? I never meant to actually use the program I made! I don't know what came over me…."
"Don't worry," Yami said. "Just return the ranks back to normal, and I'm sure everything will be fine."
"O-Okay," Dominic said. He got up, went over to a computer in the wall, and typed in a little bit. "Okay, all done. The ranks should be back to normal within the hour."
"I think you should also go turn yourself to Casatos, as soon as possible," Yami said. "That'll probably reduce the punishment." Casatos has the Millennium Eye, so he can tell what actually happened. Of course, since Bakura was possessing Dominic, Dominic doesn't know what happened… "Come on, let's go. I'll come with you."
"You don't need to do that," Dominic said.
"I don't care. I'll go anyway," Yami replied.
In a few minutes, they were both sitting in Casatos' office.
"So, you are responsible for what happened?" Casatos asked Dominic. Dominic silently nodded. Casatos stared at Dominic for a few moments; Yami could tell he was probing his mind. When he could only find out that for some reason Dominic used the program while he didn't mean to, his gaze turned to Yami. Yami felt Casatos probing his mind, but Yami only revealed information concerning Dominic to Casatos.
"Okay, Dominic," Casatos sighed. "I know you are sincerely sorry, so you will still be promoted to Obelisk."
"You were going to be promoted to Obelisk?" Yami asked, surprised.
"Yeah," Dominic explained. "Since I'm one of the smartest students at the school, but I usually don't have too much luck in actual duels, they gave me a special chance to be promoted to Obelisk. I would always ace any written exams, but I wasn't so successful in field exams. They gave me three specific decktypes. I had to make a deck for each decktype, and then with each deck duel a proctor whose decktype was specifically made to counter mine. They said if I won all three duels, I would get into Obelisk. They also provided me with any cards I needed. The Huge Revolution deck was the third deck, and I beat the last proctor yesterday…."
"You won all three duels? That's amazing! Congratulations!" Yami shouted.
"Don't congratulate him just yet," Casatos told Yami. "He's only going to get into Obelisk Blue if he fulfills one more condition."
"A… condition?" Dominic asked. "What is it? Another decktype?"
"No, no, no. Nothing like that," Casatos smiled. "Just boost up the school's systems so they can't be hacked into again. I thought they were already protected enough, but I guess not. As soon as you finish this, I will promote you to Obelisk Blue."
"R-Really, sir?" Dominic inquired. Casatos nodded. "Th-Thank you sir! I will get to work on it right away!" Dominic said as he left Casatos' office.
"Atem, I see you won the duel," Bakura mused to himself in Manukan's dorm room. "Oh well, it didn't matter whether you won or lost, for that duel was just a test. It seems the past 5000 years haven't decreased your power either.
"Now then, let's see how many tries it takes to that Millennium Puzzle of yours."
I liked this filler XD Of course, it's a plot-filler. That's all that's left. I hoped you liked it! Because of my long author's note here and at the start of this chapter, I've actually made this chapter the longest in the fic so far! XD
RER!
Oh, and once again, congratz on getting half-way through the fic!
Card of the Day
Huge Revolution
Normal Trap
This card can only be activated during your Main Phase when "People Running About", "Oppressed People", and "United Resistance" are face-up on your side of the field. Send all cards in your opponent's hand to the graveyard and destroy all cards your opponent controls on the field.
Original Cards
Power of a Peasant; Equip Spell; Only equip to "Oppressed People", "People Running About", or "United Resistance". Activate the following effect depending on the equipped monster: -Oppressed People: Switch the original ATK and DEF of the equipped monster. -People Running About: You may tribute the equipped monster to make your opponent send 1 card from his/her field or hand to the graveyard. -United Resistance: You may send this card to the graveyard to prevent the equipped monster or a spell or trap card you control from being destroyed.
Attack Transferal Barrier; Trap; Activate when your opponent attacks. Transfer the attack to another monster on your field.
Counter Shield; Trap; Tribute 1 monster. Increase one the ATK of one of your monsters by the DEF of the tributed monster until the end of this turn.
Hand Replenish; Spell; Both players draw 2 cards.
Magnetic Discharge; Spell; Activate only when you control "Alpha the Magnet Warrior", "Beta the Magnet Warrior", and "Gamma the Magnet Warrior". Your opponent discards his/her hand.
Compensation of Reparation; Spell; When this card is discarded, draw 1 card.
The Drunken Townspeople; level 3; Warrior/Effect/EARTH; 1000/1000; Once per turn, you can change the name of this card to "Oppressed People," "People Running About," or "United Resistance". This lasts until the end of your opponent's next turn.
Awakening from the Bed of Death; Spell; Return 1 card in your graveyard to your hand. Your opponent draws 2 cards.
Next Time: Allure Queen
