Light of Remorse

Written by: Self-Proclaimed KingofDDR

Summary: What if The Light of Destruction was sent back into the past, instead of being destroyed? What if it wanted to repent? And what if it helped the least likely person in the world? Takes place from Battle City and beyond. Joey/Mai/Ishizu. MIGHT be a bit of Kaiba bashing later.

Last time, on Light of Remorse...

"I summon forth one of the strongest monsters in my deck! ARCANA FORCE XXI - THE WORLD!

Joey gulped in a slight amount of fear as he laid his eyes on Sartorius' newest monster. It was big enough to even make The Moon look like a small child in comparsion. ATK/3100 DEF/3100

"Ah man, you've gotta be kidding me! Dat ding's even stronger dan Moneybags' Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Joey shouted.

"Yes, and it has the same effect as my other Arcana monsters!" Sartorius chuckled as the card that The World represented spinned aboved it. "And for a twist, I say that it will land Up-side down.

"Grr...somethin' tells me dat you WANT it to land dat way...stop, NOW!" Joey said.

The Card landed Up-Side down, just like Sartorius said it would.

"Well, you should be grateful to me, Joey. Since The World landed upside down, its second effect activates, meaning that during each of your turns, you get to add the top card of your graveyard to your hand. Nice of me, no? At least now, you'll have a fighting chance... And don't forget. Since I called the spin of my monster correctly, I get to draw an extra card, thanks to the effect of my Lucky Chance card," Sartorius chuckled, doing so. "But it's not as if you'll even HAVE a next turn! I activate the Spell Card, Premature Burial! This will allow me to bring back one of the monsters that currently resides in my graveyard! All I have to do is give up 800 Life Points. So guess who's back again!"

"Oh no!" Joey shouted, as the Moon came back in all it's glory.

Sartorius: 200

"Too bad! And my monster's game of chance begins once again! I say that it will land up-side down," Sartorius said.

"STOP!" Joey shouted. And once again, it landed like Sartorius predicted it would.

"Now this is twice that I've done something nice for you, Joey. Since my Moon landed up-side down, that means that during every end phase that my monster is still on the field, I must surrender one of my monsters to you. But don't forget, since I called the spin right yet again, I get to draw an extra card from my deck." Satorius did so. "But like I said before, there won't BE another turn! Moon, attack his Panther!"

Joey watched helplessly as his Panther was smashed into pieces by the Moon's palm.

"Oh no! Now Joey doesn't have anymore monster to defend himself!" Tea shouted.

"Yes, and The World has more than enough power to end this duel! World, attack Joey directly, and finish this duel!" Sartorius shouted.

Tea could only watch in terror as The World fired its powerful beam at Joey...

"Sorry, pal, but you forgot about my face-down cards! And I'm activating one right now! Go, Scapegoat!" Joey declared.

Joey's fathiful goat monsters appeared on his side of the field, making a wall around Joey as the beam hit one of them instead.

"Close, but no cigar! Thanks to my Scapegoat card, four scapegoat tokens appear on my side of the field, blocking your attacks! It'll take more den dat to beat me!" Joey gloated. "Plus, I just have to survive two more turns, and I'll win!"

"Yes, good work, Joey. And to make things easier for you, I shall place two cards face down, and end my turn. And you know what that means," Sartorius said, as the World warped over to Joey's side of the field, much to his surprise.

"What? Ya mean, you're just GIVING me ya World monster?" Joey said, suspicous.

"Why not? After all, you need the help if you wish to survive against me for two more turns," Sartorius said. "Besides, I though you'd be happy with such a strong monster. One strong enough to break through the Wall of Revealing Light that protects me. Of course, since he's on your side of the field now, his effect works for me. But why worry? After all, I only have 200 Life Points left. If you attack my Moon, then this duel is yours."

"Don't listen to him, Joey! Don't forget, he put two cards face down onto the field. He must WANT you to attack him!" Tea shouted.

"It's HIS choice to attack if he wants to, not yours," Sartorius pointed out. "Anyway, will you begin your next move, Joey?"

"I'd be glad ta!" Joey said, drawing his next card. His eyes widened as he saw it. 'Hmmm...dis could come in handy,' he thought.

"Before you take your turn, Joey, I shall activate my face down card! Go, Final Attack Orders!" Sartorius said, flipping over one of his traps.

Much to Joey's fright, his scapegoat tokens went from defense to attack!

"Hey, what gives?!" Joey shouted.

"It's the effect of my trap card. As long as Final Attack Orders remains on the field, all defense monsters are switched to attack, and they must stay that way. So, you have no choice but to attack me. Because if you don't, I'll simply blow away your scapegoat with my Moon during my next turn. And since your little pet doesn't have any attack points, you'll recieve the full force of my Moon's wrath, bringing your Life Points to Zero, and ending the duel!" Sartorius laughed.

"Oh no! Joey!" Tea said, worried for her friend.

"Grr...well, I guess I have no choice den!" Joey growled. 'Damn...if only I had Giant Trunade in my hand...' "World, attack ya former masta, and end dis duel!"

As the World fired its beam at the Moon, Sartorius gained a little glint in his eye. One that Tea didn't miss at all.

"LOOK OUT, JOEY!" Tea shouted.

"Too late! The attack has commenced, which means that I can now activate my face down card! Go, Blast Held By a Tribute!" Sartorius said as his final trap card flipped up.

"What does dat ding do...?" Joey gulped.

"So glad you asked, Joey. I could only activate Blast Held By a Tribute when you attacked me with a monster that was brought forth by a tribute summon. All attack position monsters on your side of the field are destroyed! And you take 1000 points of damage! Now you know why I gave you my World so easily!" Sartorius lauged.

"UGHHHH!!" Joey screamed as the World exploded into pieces, taking his scapegoats with it. Not to mention a fair amount of his Life Points.

Joey: 1700

"Joey! NO!" Tea shouted as Joey went to a knee.

"Too bad. You were so close, but destiny cannot be fought against," Sartorius chuckled.

"...I place one card face down. ...End turn..." Joey said in a small voice, doing so while still on his knee.

"Humph...I guess that you weren't the one after all..." Sartorius frowned, as he drew his next card. "Just to make sure that your face down cards don't get in my way, I'll activate my Heavy Storm spell card!"

As Tea looked on in horror, all of the Spell and Trap cards on both players sides of the field were destroyed.

"Now you have nothing left to protect yourself. And all you needed to do was survive for one more turn...Moon, attack Joey directly, and finish this duel!"

The Moon obeyed, smashing Joey to the ground, as his life points went to zero.

Joey: 0

"And as they say, that's game," Sartorius said, the cards disappearing as his Duel Disk went back to normal. He walked two Joey, who was still on his knee on the ground. "Just one more turn, and you would have won. So close, and yet so far..."

Joey let out a smirk as he looked up at Sartorius. "Mind checkin your Duel Disk?"

Sartorius, eyebrow raised, did so. And soon, a shocked look came over him.

"What...? It says that it was turn 5 for you when I beat you!" Sartorius said, stunned beyond belief. How can that be!"

"It's because of dis little card right here," Joey said, taking the top card of his graveyard out and showing it to Sartorius.

Sartorius' eyes widended as he saw the card. "What the... Pyro Clock of Destiny?!"

"Yep," Joey smirked as he went back to his feet. "And you shoud know what it does. It moves da turn count forward by one, which means dat 5 of my turns went past before you finished me off! And dat means dat I win! Good ding I played it before ya Heavy Storm wiped it out!"

"Alright, Joey! You did it!" Tea cheered, rushing towards the two.

"Sure did! I may not have won in the regular way, but I did surivive long enough!" Joey said. He turned towards Sartorius. "Which means that you have something to give me, right?"

Sartorius just stared at Joey for a moment with a blank look on his face. But soon, that look turned into a genuine smile.

"Well done, Joey. You managed to defeat destiny. ...Perhaps you are the one that I can show my remorse through..." Sartorius said, whispering the last thing.

"What was dat?" Joey asked.

"...Nothing. Anyway, you defeated me fair and square. So here is your reward," Sartorius said, handing Joey a card.

Joey and Tea took a look at it, and were awed by how powerful the card looked.

"Uria, Da Lord of Searing Flames?" Joey read the card name. "What kinda card is that?"

"Trust me, Joey, in a tournament filled with God Cards, you'll need that card to survive, let alone win," Sartorius said, turning away, ready to leave. "That is just one of the three Sacred Beast cards. Meaning that there are two more out there. They aren't quite as powerful as the God Cards, but they shall give you an edge if used in the right way."

"I'm not sure what ya mean...but thanks!" Joey said, smiling.

"Yeah, I can't wait until Yugi sees this card!" Tea said.

"No problem. Now, I must be off. Farewell..." Sartorius said, his long white coat flowing as he left the two friends.

And that brings an end to the duel between Joey and Sartorius, and hopefully an end to the small chapters. Because the true story shall begin in the next chapter. Catch you next continue!