Yu-Gi-Oh! R: Duel between Yugi and Yakou
Change of tempo here.
Originally, I've been ending each chapter (with the exception of the summoning of Dreadroot) at the same point as in the original manga. This time, I'm combining two chapters into one, because if I kept them separate, this chapter would have no duelling. For the fans of the original manga, the climax will be largely unchanged.
Enjoy guys, cause I'm really enjoying adapting/writing this!
InsaneEvilLittleEmmy: Glad I could put your favourite bit into this (although if it's what I think it is. . .) Anyway, I'd just like to make a promise. THIS HAS NOT YET ENDED.
Yami Yugi looked in shock as the black form of the Wicked Avatar coalesced into the form of his partner, Yugi himself.
"Little Yugi has been lost in thought, or felt depressed in defeat and despair," Yakou told Yami Yugi. Down below, by the Blue-Eyes White Jet, Gekkou, Kaiba, and Willa were frozen in surprise at the sight of the new form the god monster had chosen.
"Yugi! Stop!" cried Yami Yugi in horror.
Yakou smiled. "He really wants to attack. You should let him too, he's the suppressed anger that he's been holding out for ages."
Yami Yugi looked shocked. Did Yugi really think this about him?
Yakou continued, "Yugi shares his body with another spirit: but I don't doubt that it is you who dominates the duels, and hold the title of King of Games. The way I understand it, it was you who duelled in the final match against Pegasus at Duelist Kingdom, and against Marik Ishtar at Battle City. And even against that runt, Noah, in the Kaiba's virtual world . . . yes," he added at Kaiba and Yami Yugi's gasps of surprise. "I do know about that."
"All your honours are under your name, and not your partners. Little Yugi hasn't gained anything, and you've taken everything away from him."
"That's not true!" protested Yami Yugi. "Yugi doesn't feel that way!"
But Yakou just continued. "And now you're even going to take Tea away from him. All of this . . . it contributes to your 'partners' anger."
He burst out laughing at the confused look on Yami Yugi's face.
"I understand, Yugi, I'm in the same situation! Your spirit friend took what little I had that Gekkou hadn't already taken! The perfect duelist, the love and reliability . . . all of it!" he yelled.
"Yakou!"
Surprised, Yakou looked at Yugi. The boy seemed smaller, and kinder, but he was glaring angrily across the field.
"That's not how I feel at all!" he protested. "I don't harbour that kind of anger inside my heart!"
In his mind, Yami Yugi listened to Yugi speak.
Yugi looked down. "What I truly feel is that the Pharaoh is the existence that enlarges the possibility of who I really am. And even if he did win those titles, he hasn't taken everything from me! Because of him I have many important friends today, like Joey, and Tristan! And through our duels I met people like Mai, and Duke, and Bakura. And that's something I could have never done alone! The Pharaoh widened this possibility for me!"
"What?" asked Willa in confusion. Kaiba just sighed.
"He's still spouting that magic and friendship nonsense," muttered the CEO.
Yakou was feeling a little jealous. It's so stupid. He looked at Gekkou, crossing his eyes. Yugi was never alone like I was. The fear and shiver of the Wicked Gods, the embodiments' of anger shall overcome that nonsense!
He pointed at Yugi. "Our duel's still on, and I believe I was about to attack!"
Yugi just looked at him with determination. "If the Wicked Gods are the form of your anger and hatred Yakou, then I'll be the one who erases it!"
He shimmered, and Yami Yugi opened his eyes.
"Bring it on Yakou!"
At the foot of the plateau, Kaiba turned to Gekkou. "Let me keep up with your history, before now, Yakou has been a complete loser with no special playing genius in the past, correct?"
Gekkou sighed. "I wouldn't have described it quite like that, but you've already understood it correctly."
The CEO shrugged of the slight rebuke.
"So why is he so strong now? As far as I see it, Yakou obtaining the Wicked Gods was nothing more than the trigger he needed to become powerful. He's even turned his inferiority complex towards you into his own strength."
Gekkou gave Kaiba a look of honest surprise.
"So how do you feel, Gekkou?" asked Kaiba.
Gekkou just looked uncertain.
Back up on the platform Yakou smiled.
"Fall into darkness Yugi!" he cried.
"I accept your challenge!" answered Yugi bravely.
Yakou raised his hand. "Seraphim Blaster attack directly!" he called. The angel sped towards Yugi, blaster at the ready.
"No!" yelled Yugi revealing a facedown card. "It's too fast for the finish! I activate the Shadow Guardsmen trap card!"
Suddenly, three monsters marched in front of Yugi and fell to their knees. Yugi grinned. "This powerful trap gives me a Guard Token for every monster you control, and you have three!" he called. "Their defence and attack may be zero, but they can shield me from your attack!" he added.
Yakou laughed madly. That's stupid.
"Do you really think you can stall in defence mode Yugi!" he called. He flipped up another card, a spell card.
"Behold my Berserker Mode spell card," he yelled. "Now your monsters are all switched into attack mode and they all have to battle! You can't escape it!"
The tokens switched into attack mode, and before Yugi could react, Blaster took one out, dropping his life points to 200.
Yes! thought Yakou. "Wicked God Yugi attacks!" he cried. The black form of Yugi charged forward. If the attack succeeds I win!
But Yugi smiled. "I didn't intend to escape this battle Yakou! I'll confront you directly, and participate!"
Kaiba jumped. He'd read Yugi's plan. "Sorry Gekkou, but it will be me who defeats Yakou! He has a card of power that he took from me!"
"Yugi, use the ultimate power I gave you to defeat the Wicked God!" he yelled loudly.
"I know, Kaiba!" replied Yugi. "I've already prepared for it!"
He touched the button on his disk, and another trap card flipped up. "I play my facedown card, Call of the Haunted!" he cried.
Yakou snorted. "Summon Ra all you want, you don't have enough life points to use it," he observed.
"I know," replied Yugi. "That's why I'm resurrecting Obelisk the Tormentor!" he roared.
Yakou's eyes flew open, as the ground shook, and blue lightning touched town behind Yugi. Smoke rose from the contacts, and wreathed in that smoke was a mighty blue skinned giant. Its powerful arms held spiked fists, and its wings beat the air as it rose. Fury was in its eyes, as it roared at its foes. (4000/4000)
"It makes no difference!" yelled Yakou. "My Wicked Avatar still targets your little Guard!"
"And now," he added as the dark form of Yugi began to change. "My god mimics yours!"
Before their eyes, Avatar began to shift, becoming a black duplicate of the giant before it, and pumping up to 4001 attack points.
"This won't work!" protested Gekkou.
"Yeah, he'd be better off having just left Obelisk in his graveyard," Willa agreed.
Kaiba snorted. "You idiots have been worrying about the Wicked Gods for too long. If you weren't, you would never underestimate the power of an Egyptian God. Even during Yakou's turn, Obelisk's true powers can be tapped into."
"That's right!" added Yugi. "By sacrificing two of my monsters, Obelisk's force becomes infinite!"
"And since Obelisk's attack is infinite, so is Avatar's!"
Sure enough, the impossible had happened. The two gods were at equal strength.
"At this point however, judgement is based on the power of the gods!" cried Yakou. "As the force that is equal to Ra, Obelisk's powers are useless against Avatar!"
Yugi didn't seem worried, turning to Gekkou.
"Gekkou!" he called. "You're going to defeat Yakou."
Gekkou jumped. He can stop Yakou's growth!
"Do it Yugi, I beg you!" he cried. "I believe you can stop Yakou!"
"It's no use," said Yakou. "Wicked God Obelisk attacks!"
The dark Obelisk moved quickly towards the real Obelisk, fist rose.
"Yakou!" called Yugi. "Our gods may be at different rankings, but your older brother will rank up Obelisk!" he yelled. Yugi touched the button on his disk. "I play my facedown card!"
"Go, Divine Evolution!"
"Gekkou's card!" cried Yakou. "You had that?"
"Yes, and now it upgrades Obelisk to the highest spot on the pyramid ranking!" explained Yugi.
Obelisk was changing in front of them. Dark blue symbols appeared on its chest, its face became stockier, and its top crest extended below its head spines and became criss-crossed with dark blue lines.
"Obelisk's ultimate form has risen!" yelled Yugi.
"Obelisk the Progenitor! Now prepare to feel his wrath!" roared Yami Yugi.
Both duelists yelled it to the heavens.
"Fist of Fate!"
For those who were wondering, the effect of Divine Evolution is that it increases the attack and defence of one monster by 1000. It also can't be negated, so it works permanently on god monsters. When used on a god monster, it has the side effect of upgrading them on the pyramid ranking of the two sets of three gods. Pretty bloody powerful isn't it?
I really enjoyed this writing this chapter. Obelisk's true form, and the form it has on its real card is most certainly badass.
The duel heats up next chapter. Whatever I plan to do, a powerful monster is going to come back from the dead – and it's not a god. Rate and Review please!