It's time for me to continue where I left off. Lol poor Mokuba, having to deal with that kind of torture. Let's hope he can survive this duel. I also have a poll in my profile to figure out which story to write next. I'd like to ask for your participation. Review please!
Mokuba became really exhausted from all the running and dodging. He knew if he didn't think of a way to destroy this Minotaur than he was going to be sliced in half. What weakness did this monster have? At least the Minotaur wasn't the brightest animal. He kept looking for Mokuba without noticing the boy behind him.
It dawned on Mokuba that one of the Minotaur's weakness was not looking from behind. Though, it was going to take more than that information to kill this beast. Mokuba started wishing his brother was here. He would find a way to get rid of this Minotaur and destroy it. Mokuba cursed himself for acting like a coward and always relying on other people.
That's when it dawned on Mokuba. He still had his capsule monsters on his belt. He did a quick scan and tried to come up with a plan. Maybe this trial was like playing Capsule Monsters or San-Si, whatever this bizarre game was called. Mokuba got out a Capsule San-Si and launched it with his San-Si Launcher aiming for the front of the Minotaur.
Flowerman appeared as Mokuba ordered, "Flowerman, use your duplication!"
Flowerman changed to a billion duplicates of himself like Yugi using Multiply on Kuriboh. Flowerman's popped everywhere while Mokuba tried to think of a way to beat that behemoth. While thinking, the sapphire jewel glowed bright blue. At the same time, Mokuba's eyes turned to a sapphire shade of blue instead of his usual dark violet eyes.
"What the..." Mokuba muttered before his whole body shot up in midair and his head knocked the monster on his back, since Mokuba flew up from under the monster. "I can do that?"
"The jewels give you power unimaginable, didn't I tell ya?" Mkalburti explained as Mokuba smirked deviously.
"This... is gonna be fun," Mokuba smirked widely as he flew head on toward the monster.
The Minotaur was knocked right on the stomach before Mokuba landed on the ground and his glowing blue eyes disappeared. The blue sapphire jewel seemed to give Mokuba power to fly and huge attack strength. He was starting to like this necklace around his neck.
"HEY UGLY! BET CHA CAN'T CATCH ME!" Mokuba ranted before sticking his tongue out.
The Minotaur growled in annoyance and anger and swung its ax at Mokuba. He tried to fly up, but his sapphire jewel wasn't glowing anymore. He was back to dodging again. Mkalburti sighed deeply while shaking his head.
"It only activates if you summon one monster and it only lasts for thirty seconds," Mkalburti explained.
"Now you tell me!" Mokuba glared.
"Do you expect me to remember to tell you everything. Also, it's better for you to figure out your new powers on your own."
"Geez!" Mokuba glared still trying to dodge the beast. It was a good thing the beast also had to deal with the Flowerman duplicates. "Ok, I need to find a way to beat this guy." The Minotaur continued to swing its ax at the duplicates of Flowerman. He smirked, "I still have my other San Monsters." Mokuba grabbed another Capsule San-Si and placed it into his San-Si Launcher and shot another monster to help Flowerman. It appeared as Brain. "Alright Brain, use poison attack!"
Brain shot green venom at the Minotaur before it cried in pain. Mokuba smirked, knowing that in Capsule Monsters, it's not always strength. He learned this from playing with Yugi's alter ego. Mokuba smirked deeply, knowing the Minotaur wasn't going to last long. Though, he still had enough strength to slash his ax through Brain before Mokuba felt a shot of pain slicing through his chest.
"YEH!" Mokuba wailed before falling on his knees, clutching his chest. Cutting through Brain, a burst of green venom splashed all over the Minotaur.
The Minotaur slowly was stepping toward Mokuba while destroying more duplicates of Flowerman. The venom was finally affecting the beast and it tripped and fell on its front side. The monster evaporated into dust before the whole arena changed back into the pillared building. Mokuba happened to pass out from his painful and tiresome body. Mkalburti showed a small smile.
"Well done, Mokuba," Mkalburti said before swinging Mokuba over his shoulder. "Now to get you out of this dump and into a safer environment until your strength returns."
Pharaoh Seth and everyone else wondered through the forest to search for Mokuba and Mkalburti. Their location was nowhere to be found. Seto swore that he would kill Pharaoh Seth slowly and painfully if anything befell on his little brother. After all, this pharaoh was the one who pulled him and everyone else into this bizarre mess. Everyone seemed to have been traveling for what seemed like forever.
On the way, the gang decided to gather San Monsters of their own. It was fair that they all prepared themselves with weapons of their own. Pharaoh Seth also gathered some San Monsters, but all kept walking and searching for the boys. What they feared were the dangers along their travels. There was also the question if Mokuba could survive this world on his own with only a look-alike of himself. Pharaoh Seth seemed confident, but that alone still wasn't enough to be positively sure.
Everyone's feet started hurting, so the gang rested in a nearby cave to recuperate. Seto was so frustrated that their search had to go for a pause just because everyone was tired. Mokuba was out there somewhere probably getting killed by the strange creatures around this strange world. There was no telling where he was.
"So far, we haven't run into any monsters," Yami said with suspicious eyes.
"It's a relief. Though, most of the valley does not consist of monsters, so we must be at a vacant area," Pharaoh Seth suspected.
"Or my brother is probably being attacked by these monsters, no thanks to you and your look-alike kid of my brother," Seto glared with crossed arms.
"I'm sure your brother is okay. He's with Mkalburti, so I'm sure he's safe," Pharaoh Seth.
"Question," Joey called to everyone. "Why do I get the feeling this game is just like Pokemon?"
"Ehhh..." Tristan replied, trying to think of a reason, but he couldn't think of one. "Wow, good question." He took one of his Capsule San-Sis. "But I do get that feeling that this is like Pokemon."
"You geeks are such nerds," Seto glared with annoyance. Then, there were footsteps heard near the cave.
Everyone jumped up, getting ready to launch their San Monsters against whatever creature came their way. They all sighed in relief when they saw the figure being Mokuba, or what looked like Mokuba. Pharaoh Seth smiled widely as the Mokuba look-alike set the real Mokuba, who didn't wear a white man dress, on the stone floor. Seto glared furiously.
"He got exhausted from the challenge. I'm glad to find you here, father," Mkalburti told his father.
"You did well, son," Pharaoh Seth replied as his son nodded.
"Did well? Mokuba is half dead in case you haven't noticed!" Seto yelled.
"He's not half dead or close to being in that state. He's just exhausted. Your brother has fought hard and bravely. He truly is the true warrior," Mkalburti said.
"ENOUGH OF THIS! YOU AND YOUR DADDY FORCED MY LITTLE BROTHER INTO THIS SHADOW GAME AND YOU'RE EXPECTING FOR ME TO GO ON LIKE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY?" Seto spat out of control. This outburst didn't seem to shake Mkalburti.
"I won't promise if Mokuba gets hurt or not, but I do promise that he's strong and will get stronger throughout this whole game. He's willing to fight," Mkalburti glared without any emotion in his voice. "And for the record, me nor my father forced your brother into this. It was the Lord of Darkness Dalor."
"Dalor?" Tristan questioned.
"Dalor had tried with all his power to bring Egypt into its doom, but Father and I have played and defeated him," Mkalburti explained before darting his eyes at Mokuba, who was fast asleep. "Mokuba is our only hope."
"You're just gonna put all this on my little brother?" Seto glared.
"As I said, it was not my doing. I am dead in this time and Dalor wants revenge and the only way to get it is by defeating the enemy he wants revenge on and holds the powers that have been passed down."
"Mokuba... having powers?" Joey asked confused.
"He has not yet discovered this power. It's very raw, but in time Mokuba will become very powerful," Mkalburti promised.
"So, what has Mokuba been doing before passing out?" Yugi asked.
"He fought and defeated a Minotaur," Mkalburti smirked as everyone gasped baffled.
"A WHAT?" Seto cried awestruck.
"A Minotaur. He will have other trials, but for now he has served a great victory."
"Huh, not bad," Joey complimented toward Mokuba with a slight smirk.
"Wow, that must've been something," Yugi said before everyone heard a small sound.
Mokuba slowly opened his eyes and saw blurry visions. The last he remembered was fighting a Minotaur and defeating him using Brain's special ability. He then remembered the monster slashing its ax through Brain when he felt a jolt of pain across his chest. The pain was slightly there, but it wasn't giving Mokuba troubling pain. He slowly pulled himself in a seating position.
Seto helped Mokuba in the seating position asking, "how are you doing?"
"Seto!" Mokuba cried before glomping onto his brother, then feeling the pain again. "Ugh!"
"Mokuba!"
"I'm fine. Just a little pain is all. I think these San Monsters share our pains. If they get hurt, so do we."
"What you did was still brave," Mkalburti said as Mokuba showed a sleepish smile across his lips.
"Now to find Yugi's grandpa and Professor Hawkins," Joey sighed with crossed arms.
"If only we knew where they were," Yugi said sadly.
"With this place being so huge, they could be anywhere," Tristan thought.
"Maybe if we find them, we can work together to win this game and get out of this bizarre place," Tea thought.
"The real question is how," Seto glared, sitting next to Mokuba who was falling asleep.
"Isn't it simple? The object of the game is to defeat all the monsters of this world and for Mokuba to destroy Dalor," Pharaoh Seth replied.
"I am not letting my little brother get himself killed by some psychopath lunatic who's probably worse than Marik!" Seto declared.
"I'm afraid it's not your choice. Mokuba is the only one who can fight the true warrior on the opposite team," Pharaoh Seth replied.
"What a relief! For a second, I thought Mokuba was getting himself killed, but noooooo. He's getting killed by someone who forced him into this game!"
"So you're saying you don't believe in you brother? You're more pathetic than I thought."
"Stop it!" Mokuba shouted. Pharaoh Seth and Seto turned their heads toward the boy. "If it's a fight this guy wants, it's a fight he'll get. I'm nervous and I'm afraid, but I know I can fight this... thing, whoever it was that challenged me to fight him!"
"His name is Dalor," Mkalburti mentioned.
"Dalor... whoever this guy is. I'm willing to fight him," Mokuba declared before letting out a yawn.
"Though, it is wise if you rested first."
Mokuba let himself fall asleep once more. The others sat inside the cave trying to think of a plan to stop Dalor and win this game. With Pharaoh Seth's and Mkalburti's help, the gang was able to understand the idea of the game. Despite Seto's objections, the gang agreed that Mokuba had to play these different challenges to gain offenses and defenses. The different powers he wins would give him great offenses toward his opponents.
Mokuba rested for what seemed to be hours before waking up strong and healthy. He sat on the cave floor cross-legged, trying to think of a plan to win this game. Everyone had already gathered their San Monsters and now needed to put them into good use. Mokuba then came up with a good plan.
"Hey guys!" Mokuba called out. Everyone turned their heads, being so busy trying to come up with a plan to beat this game, they never noticed Mokuba waking up. "If this is like Capsule Monsters, then it's a good idea to widen the range. Think of it as us being capsule monsters. There are 11 people on my team in all. Two are seperated from us, making it being nine of us. We should split into groups of three."
"Very wise, Mokuba," Yami agreed.
"Ok, then who's going with whom?" Tristan asked.
"The two Yugi's and Joey will go together, since they're stronger together. Seto, other Seto, and Tea will go since she's the only one who can stand my brother, besides me. Mkalburti, Tristan, and I will go together," Mokuba planned.
"Mokuba, are you sure you can trust Mackalburta?" Seto asked.
"Mkalburti," Pharaoh Seth corrected as Seto growled in annoyance.
"I'm sure," Mokuba replied with confidence. He faced Mkalburti with a smile. "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have the courage to fight that Minotaur."
Mkalburti gave a smirk as Seto gave a nod. Pharaoh Seth said, "we believe in you."
Mokuba nodded before giving a serious face and explained, "Yugi's team will go to the western side, my brother's team will head north, and my team will go toward the ocean shores."
"Are you sure? We don't even know this place," Joey mentioned.
"Actually, this necklace gave me a map of the place," Mokuba explained, holding the necklace with the three gems. The gang then noticed a faint glow on the emerald gem while Mokuba's eyes glowed green for a split second.
"Emerald gives you the power of knowledge," Mkalburti said.
"Cool. Blue is for flying and strength and the green is for knowing things."
"Actually, the blue gives the power of magic."
"Oh," Mokuba realized as a hint of blush appeared on his cheeks. "I'm still new at this."
"That's fine."
"Are you ready to move out?" Yami asked.
"Well rested and ready to kick some San Monsters!" Mokuba smirked with clutched fists.
"Then we wish you luck," Yugi grinned with a thumbs up.
"Mokuba," Seto said before Mokuba faced his brother. "Be careful." Seto then turned his head toward Mkalburti. "If anything happens to my brother, it'll be your head!"
"I understand," Mkalburti nodded before turning his head toward Pharaoh Seth. "He's just like you, Dad."
Pharaoh Seth giggled while Seto crossed his arms and turned his head from the group with a grumpy face. Everyone knew where their places were and agreed to follow them. Mokuba had a huge amount of confidence, which was enough for Seto to agree to let his brother go with his reincarnate and Tristan.
After a while, the gang finally split into three groups to the locations where they would be. Seto's team traveled around the mountain areas, Yugi's team traveled at the forest area, and Mokuba's team was at at the side of the ocean shore. Their adventures had only just begun.