Yu-Gi-Oh! R: Duel between Yugi and Yakou

Here it is the beginning of the end.

I've (despite the short amount of time I've been writing this) come a long way in terms of writing ability. Surprising, I know. Anyway, coincidentally, I just got one of the powerful monsters in this chapter. Kudos to who can figure out which one! And oh my god, I just realised that I had six monsters on the field before I summoned the Wicked Avatar. It didn't really matter anyway, seeing as that monster went bye-bye but. . . It's so humiliating. And the anime Multiply only works on monster with less than 500 ATK points, not 1000 as the Little Wing Tokens had. (I could just make it original ATK for this fic though.)

InsaneEvilLittleEnemy: BEWARE! Evil Yugi's will often be carrying wrenches to break your kneecaps or turning into you with either + 1 or 100 attack points more than yours. Hug them at your own risk.

At the top of the KC building the Wicked Avatar was clashing violently with Obelisk the Progenitor.

"It's a draw!" cried Willa.

"But neither one will give up!" added Gekkou.

Even Kaiba was nervous now. When Obelisk had clashed with Slifer, the effects it had had on his mind had been catastrophic. And Avatar was so much stronger!

The building was shaking violently, as massive explosions of energy erupted from the point where the gods were clashing.

Down in the inner sanctum, Mokuba held onto his chair.

"That energy is way too intense!" he yelled. "I don't know if the main server can handle it!"

As Tristan when skidding across the room, Joey looked at where Tea was imprisoned. Power passed through her body, causing her to shake violently.

Up at the duel platform, the two god monsters couldn't take the strain anymore. They shattered, and this time, Obelisk reacted with the normal destruction of a monster, shattering as it cringed along with its foe. The forms of Seraphim Blaster and the Metal Fiend Token reflecting Yugi shuddered.

Yakou was blinded by white fog. He looked up and saw a silver-haired man in a red suit standing in front of him.

Pegasus began to walk away.

"No! Master Pegasus!" cried Yakou. "Wait!"

But Pegasus was gone.

Yakou gazed into space. Have you truly left me? he wondered.

Yugi and Yami Yugi also saw someone in the fog. Someone they both also cared for deeply.

The image of Tea Gardner hovered before them, smiling warmly.

"Go back to the other Yugi," she said. "I'll be with you soon."

Yugi smiled as she disappeared before him.

The sunlight was shining on the building as the empty field was revealed. The clash of the gods was over.

In the server room, Tea opened her eyes.

"Tea!" cried Joey and Tristan together.

"Stay there Tea!" called Joey happily. "Wait for us to get these things off you!"

They wrenched out the wires, and pulled off the helmet and gauntlets. The link between Tea and the Wicked Avatar had vanished. She was safe to be moved.

Tea stood up, rubbing her wrists to get the circulation going.

"Thanks you guys!" she said with a smile.

"It ain't over yet," pointed out Joey. "Yugi and Yakou are still duelling up on top of the building!"

"Yeah, we'd better tell him that you're safe!" commented Tristan.

Carefully, they supported her as they moved her away from the wreckage of the chair. When she seemed to be moving fine, they let go and grinned.

"All right, let's go see Yugi!" yelled Joey.

Meanwhile, Mokuba was talking into a headset.

"That's right, Seto, the Duel Server is operating normally again!" he called.

"Just as I thought," replied Kaiba from the top of the tower. "With the Wicked Avatar gone, not to mention Obelisk the Tormentor, the influence on the Duel server has been removed."

He looked up at the fallen form of Yakou. "And its influence on Yakou."

Gekkou saw his brother's upset face. Tears streamed down his cheeks as the duelist recalled the vision of Pegasus leaving him.

"Yakou," said Yami Yugi. "The Wicked Avatar and the shadows of the night have gone. So should your ambition."

Yakou's bulging eye returned to normal as he sobbed.

"Pegasus is gone forever. . ." he said repeatedly.

"Yakou!" yelled Yugi.

Yakou looked up miserably.

Yugi pointed at him. "I still have 200 life points left. You have 600! Our duel isn't over yet."

Yakou shook his head. "In the light I saw Pegasus vanishing, leaving me alone. Even if he were to return this very instant from his hidey-hole, it's too late. There is no more point to this battle."

Then, Yakou raised his hand and held it over his deck.

"STOP!"

Yakou looked at his brother in surprise, as it was indeed Gekkou who had shouted. Willa and Kaiba looked a bit surprised as well.

Gekkou continued, a speck appearing in the distance behind him.

"Before you started this duel you said that I was a moon showered by Pegasus' light," he said. "You said that you thought that if you, the dark side of the moon, did not have the light of Pegasus, that you would fail."

He clenched his fists. "You're different than that, Yakou!" he said. "You were in deep darkness, but you can still move forward!"

"Pegasus never gave you the Wicked Gods because you actually don't need them! This is a new battle, the battle of the true Yakou that Pegasus saw with his Millennium Eye! The true Yakou who doesn't need a Wicked God!"

Yakou listened to his twin's words. He slowly rose to his feet, and picked up his two cards.

"Yugi. . ." he said.

"This duel's still on!"

Yugi smiled. "Yes, Yakou!" he called.

"My Wicked God may have disappeared, but my turn's not over!" said Yakou. He played a spell card from his hand. "I play the Level Award spell card!" he called. "This spell allows me to change the level of a token from one to eight until the end of my turn!" he added. "I select eight!"

The token glowed as its level rose.

Yakou thought to himself. Did Pegasus really see the real me in his Eye? If I keep going, the answer will be at the end of the road! At the same time, Yugi smiled at Yakou.

Yakou flipped his facedown card. "I play Star Shuffle!" he called." This spell card randomly switches a monster in the graveyard with one that has the same level as one on the field!"

He slipped a card out of his graveyard.

"Since I only have one level eight monster in my graveyard, that monster is summoned!" he said loudly. He slapped the card into his disk. "I revive Beast King Barbaros!" he yelled.

Rising up was a humanoid lion holding a mighty lance and a shield, atop the torso of a black panther. (3000 ATK)

"Once again, it doesn't have the restriction it did earlier" said Yakou. My monster has its full 3000 points!"

Kaiba watched interested. "He did something similar against me," he remarked. "Using level tactics to summon multiple monsters. He's already lost his obsession with the Wicked Gods, but he's moving along as a duelist."

"My turn's over," said Yakou.

Yugi grinned. "Now our battle is a different one. Now that you've lost the Wicked Gods, you've lost the anger and hatred from your obsession. This duel is now a battle of true duelists!"

Yakou was surprised at the praise, while Gekkou looked up from below. I look forward to see how you really fight, Yakou.

"It's my turn!" yelled Yugi, drawing a card.

It's the second to last chapter! Come on, name the card.

The duel will be over next chapter, but I'm not ready to say goodbye to the Yu-Gi-Oh! R series just yet. I'm putting the word out, would you readers like to see the epilogue I'm planning or an amine version of the story first?

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