We were following Kaiba to see where Joey and the others were, because I for one, don't remember where or what happens during Battle City... I was walking next to Yami and Yugi (in spirit form) was walking next to me. I was trying to recall everything that happened in Battle City and the Battle City Finals. I knew something big was about to happen, but I couldn't remember what. I knew I was forgetting something huge, and I knew it was going to effect Yugi and Yami grately.
I know its a duel, but with who? I know it's Yami or Yugi with Marik... but who was that person that Marik made him his mind slave. Oh! I remember it's involves one of Yami's.. I mean our friends a lot... but who and why is this one duel so important and what will I do during it... I was snapped out of my thoughts when I saw Yami sprinting inside a building and Yugi was no longer was walking next to me.
"Heh," Kaiba said with a smirk on his face. I looked up at him to see him smirking like he was better than everyone else. Kaiba's stupid ego... gods, why do I have to be so short? I am as tall Yugi! That's just sad!... "Why Percy and Yugi care about that third-rate duelist is beyond me, soon they will have bigger problems."
I glared at him. "Right here, you know?" I said to him with an edge as we began to follow Yami. "And I think you'll be the one with the problems Kaiba..."
"Why would that be?" Kaiba said. "It's obvious I'm a better duelist than you, but you are a worthy opponent, unlike that mutt Joey Wheeler."
"Two things." I said my glare becoming more strong. "One, you need to work on your ego. Two, Joey Wheeler is a person not a mutt!" I sprinted inside so I could catch up with Yami and the last thing I saw from Kaiba was him still smirking amused, ignoring everything I just said to him. That was expected...
I caught up with Yami and grabbed his hand and we ran together inside the building, hoping to find his-... I mean our friends. That's going to take some time to get used to... Anyway, we ran inside and looked around we didn't see them anywhere...
"Joey? Tea?" Yami called. "They're not here. Kaiba was wrong."
"Where can they be?" I muttered to myself. I squeezed Yami's hand to let him know I'm here and that we'll find them.
"We'll find them Yami." I promised. Yami smiled slightly at him but worry was clear in his eyes. Yami nodded and squeezed my hand back in reassurance.
"Maybe you can call one of them?" I offered. "Does one of them have a phone?"
Yami eyes widened. "Yes," he said. "Tea does! Come on!" Yami grabbed my hand and lead me to a phone booth. I stood outside while he dialed some numbers to Tea's phone number.
"Hello? Tea?" Yami said into the phone frantically, and I smiled slightly at his worry for his friends, he's a true friend. "Are you there? Hello?"
There was a muffled reply and Yami's worry suddenly spiked. "Tea! Where are you?" He yelled into the phone. "Are you there? Tea? Tea!"
He froze for a while muttering something twice and than hung up the phone thinking with worrying growing in his eyes. I opened the booth and gestured for him to come out and he did, he nodded to me for some reason and I grabbed his hand again for support.
"Listen," Yami spoke to Kaiba, since he was leaning against a pole next to the booth with his arms crossed. "Its seems we're too late, Kaiba. The Rare Hunters already got to my friends."
"Hm..." Kaiba said, bowing his head in amusement, considering he thought this was amusing since he shouldn't really care. "Hey Yugi, relax, it's obvious they're really after you and your Egyptian God Card, not your pathetic friends. They're no use to anyone, besides my satellite will track them down. Wheeler's duel disk sends out a constant signal, so finding your friends will be a simple task, and then you're going to duel against me, Yugi. And your Egyptian God Card will be mine, so get ready to lose."
I rolled my eyes, but got ready to listen as Yami opened his mouth. "Kaiba," Yami said. "you and I will duel soon enough, but not until my friends are safe. Is that clear?"
"Hm..." Kaiba said in agreement, nodding his head, smirking. I really don't like all smirking here... My thoughts were cut short when I heard this ringing coming from somewhere, actually coming from Kaiba. Kaiba got a shocked face before tapping this Kaiba corp. symbol oh his cape, jacket, thing.
"Seto, come in." Mokuba's voice came from the symbol. Oh it's like a blue tooth thing!...
"What is it Mokuba?" Kaiba asked.
"We have a problem," Mokuba's voice came again. "Joey Wheeler's duel disk isn't transmitting a signal to the satellite system. I think somethings blocking it. I'll go back to Head Quarters and make sure the team starts working on the tracking problem right away."
"Do it." Kaiba replied. I widened my eyes in surprise and glared at him. Finding Joey and the others will be a simple task, yeah right... this Marik isn't messing around, then again that is the most thing I remember from season two is that this Marik creep doesn't mess around...
"Alright," Mokuba said again. "We'll find those guys Seto, I promise."
"When you do, let me know." Kaiba said, then turned to us. "There's been a minor set back, either my satellite system has a glitch or these Rare Hunters are smarter than I thought."
"Hopefully it's the first one." I said to them. Yami nodded agreeing with me and squeezed my hand once again. I shrugged and laced our fingers together, not seeing a problem with it. I felt Yami's hand freeze for a second before squeezing my hand again, I did my best not to ignore the heat rising to my cheeks. I suddenly got a bad feeling, but pushed it aside.
We walked in silence until one point. Want to know why? Because a Rare Hunter randomly jumped right in front of us and I literally felt Yami's anger spike and Kaiba's spiked a little too, but Kaiba's is probably because our presence annoys him grately, and the randomly popping out of no where Rare Hunter was probably not helping much.
"Rare Hunter!" Kaiba said, stating the obvious. I glared at him slightly and remember the one bad thing about this show, they always point out the obvious.
"What have you done with my friends?" Yami demanded while the Rare Hunter was laughing. I was suddenly pulled behind Yami as he stood in front of me like to protect me or something.
I glanced at him oddly, but returned my attention to the Rare Hunter when he began to speak. "That's for us to know, and Seto Kaiba look who else is coming with us." The Rare Hunter pointed behind us and we all looked behind as a helicopter started to come toward us with someone tied up and hanging out of it. It looked like a little kid, maybe eleven or twelve years old.
Then it clicked, it was Mokuba Kaiba. "Let him go!" Kaiba demanded in anger. Uh-oh that's not good, they dishonored the Kaiba family and by the look on Kaiba's face, they'll pay for it too...
"Big Brother!" Mokuba called. "Help me Seto! Help me please!"
"Mokuba!" Kaiba called back. I glanced at the kid worried and looked around to see if there was anything I could do to get the kid down. I pulled out Riptide debating if I should uncap it and throw it at the rope. No, bad idea Percy.. the hellicopter could jolt, move Mokuba and Riptide might hit Mokuba instead of the rope. Or you could miss and hit Mokuba straight on... very bad idea...
I placed Riptide back in my pocket and looked at the hanging Mokuba again. "Seto, get me down!" Mokuba pleaded. "Please, help me Seto!"
I covered my face, so no leaves could hit it and hope to block out the wind the helicopter was creating. "Mokuba!" Kaiba said again in worry and anger. Uh-oh, bad mix of emotions... I speak from personal experience... "Rare Hunters let me brother go now!"
"He's fine," The Rare Hunter said. "for now, but his future is up in the air." Bad pun...
"Help me Seto!" Mokuba pleaded again.
"You'll pay for this." Kaiba threatened turning back to the Rare Hunter, along with Yami and I. "If you so much as touch one hair on my brother's head, I promise I will hunt you all down and crush every one of you with the weight of the entire Kaiba corporation."
Nice threat... I rolled my eyes and snapped my attention back to the Rare Hunter as he began laughing. "Your empty threats will get you no where." The Rare Hunter said. "But there is one way to save your brother."
"Tell me." Kaiba demanded.
The Rare Hunter pointed to a large glass building. "Meet us at the top of that building, Kaiba." The Rare Hunter said. "That is, if you ever expect to see your brother again."
Mokuba started to shout some threats, which they ignored, in the backround. "The choice is yours." The Rare Hunter finished. The helicopter started to leave and Mokuba screamed.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba said for the third or fourth time.
"And Kaiba is not the only one whose presence is required." The Rare Hunter said. Yami whipped around and faced him. "If you expect to be reunited with your friends, you'll join us as well Yugi."
"Listen to me," Yami said, narrowing his eyes, along with me. "I'm warning you. Leave them alone!"
The Rare Hunter laughed again. "I'll see you all shortly." The Rare Hunter began to hopping up the buildings. "Remember gentlemen and woman, meet us on the roof." Then left, still laughing.
"Looks like you two have no choice." I said. "I'm coming with you two."
"No, your-" Yami started, but shut up when I sent him a glare.
"I'm coming and that's final." I said, avoiding any conflict.
"Our enemies are one of the same." Kaiba said, clenching his fist.
Yami and I nodded agreeing with him. I squeezed Yami's hand in support, considering they were still laced together, and he squeezed back.
"But make no mistake," Kaiba said. "I'm in this for Mokuba, when it comes to rescuing your friends, you and Percy are on your own now."
Yami nodded. "Fine Kaiba." Yami said.
Soon we were at top of the building and I was on the stable part of the roof and Yami and Kaiba were standing on the glass with the other two Rare Hunters. I had tried to follow them on the glass, but stopped when Yami gave me a warning look, so here I am, standing on the titled part or concrete part of the roof.
"I see you all decided to show up," One of the Rare Hunters said. "a very wise choice."
"Yes," Yami said. "now tell us, what is the meaning of this?"
"We've kept up our end of the deal," Kaiba said. "so why don't you honor yours and release the prisoners."
"I'm afraid it isn't that simple," The same Rare Hunter replied. "you two will have to duel us first. If you want to see your loved ones again." Then he started to laugh.
I rolled my eyes. "Okay," I said. "you laugh way too much." I saw out of the corner of my eye, Kaiba and Yami smirk amused at my statement. The Rare Hunters ignored me.
"Before the fun begins," The same Rare Hunter said. "allow us to introduce ourselves. I am Lumis."
"I am Umbra." The second Rare Hunter, Umbra, said.
"It talks!" I said with fake shock written all over my face and sarcasm heavy in my voice.
I, once again, was ignored, but did catch the glare that was directed towards me from Umbra, which I smiled sweetly in return. "You defeated us once before," Lumis said. "but I assure you, you won't be so lucky in this duel."
"And if we do win," Yami said. "you'll release our friends and family?"
"Perhaps," Lumis said. "but there's no way you'll win. Now, let me explain the rules of this match. It will be a double duel, us against you two. Each duelist will receive 4,000 life points, and you must defeated both of the other team's duelist in order to win. And as for the losers, they'll pay a very heavity price, a trip to the Shadow Realm."-Yami, Kaiba and I gasped here.-"You'll be delivered to the Dark World, in the most ingenious of ways. Notice where your standing, on a thin surface of a fifty story light shaft that runs all the way to the ground floor, but if you fall, you'll never reach the bottom. That's because the surface on which we stand is a divider between our world"-he laughed evilily here.-"and the Shadow Realm. Each duelist life points will be displayed on the magic shadow box on the floor beside you, when your life points reach zero the surface beneath you will be destroyed, opening up a vortex that will lead to the Shadow Realm! And according to Battle City rules, your rules, when we win, we take your Egyptian God Cards! Ready?" Lumis finished with a laugh.
"You really laugh too much..." I muttered to myself.
Lumis laughed louder than stopped to talk. "Looks like I left you speechless." Lumis said.
"I was just waiting for you to finish." Kaiba said. "Do I have your guarantee that my brother is alright?"
"Yes," Lumis said. "but I wouldn't count seeing him again."
"Once you're in the Shadow Realm," Umbra said. "they are no visitors!"
Lumis and Umbra laughed. "Okay," I said. "You two are just plan creepy." Yami smirked at me, and chuckled silently.
"It looks like you just made your second mistake today Rare Hunters." Kaiba said. "The first was kidnapping my brother and the second was challenging me." Kaiba activated his duel disk and so did Yami. I looked at my duel disk longingly, wishing I could duel, but then got that bad feeling again and quickly pushed those feelings aside.
"We'll see about that Kaiba!" Lumis said.
"And I will rescue my friends!" Yami said determination burning strongly in his eyes.
"Very touching," Umbra said. "but we duel for our Master Marik and loosing is not an option. Our decks were specially created to take down your Egyptian God Cards, and that's just what we'll do!"
"And once we deliver them to Master Marik," Lumis continued. "we'll have all three of the Egyptian God Cards. In the meantime, you'll be spending all of eternity in the Shadow Realm, so if your ready lets duel!" They drew their cards and suddenly I was grabbed from behind. I widened my eyes in surprise and gave out a squek. I tried to kick the person and elbow them, when they caught my wrists. Who ever they were, put some kind of hand cuffs on both of my wrists and left. I looked at the cuffs to see them connected to a chain that was connected to two stakes on the ground. I tugged on the chain and nothing happened.
"Hey!" I said frustrated. "What gives?"
"Did we forget to mention Little Miss over there?" Umbra laughed. "Who ever wins the duel, win decide her fate. If you win, the box next to Little Miss will open and the key to Little Miss's chains will be inside, but if you lose, not only will you be in the Shadow Realm, Little Miss will be taken to Master Marik and be forced to serve him!"
"Again with the 'Little Miss' thing?" I said frustrated. "I have a name, you know!"
"We will win!" Yami insisted.
"Are you ready to duel?" Lumis asked, and I gave a final tug on the chains then gave up. "I trust you know the rules."
"Yes," Yami said. "this duel is two against two, each player takes a separate turn, but players on the same team must work together to defeat the opposing team."
"And I'll begin." Lumis stated as he drew a card, Yami said something like "Very well, Rare Hunter." and Lumis began his turn. "I'll place two cards face down and end my turn." Lumis stated. I blinked in surprise. That's not what I was expecting...
"Make your move if you dare." Lumis said. "It will only bring you closer to the Shadow Realm!"
I rolled my eyes. That was pathetic... "Draw!" Yami stated as he drew. "I'll summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in defense mode. My monster will protect my life points from your attacks, Rare Hunters."
"Observe," Umbra said. "I'll summon Shining Abyss in defense mode."
Lumis laughed. "Now it's time to show them how we duel together!"
Yami gasped shocked or angry, I couldn't really tell... "A team strategy!"
"That's right, Yugi." Lumis said. "I activate Mask of Brutality!"
"Thank you Lumis." Umbra said. "Your mask will be a perfect fit for my monster." A bright light came out of Lumis's card and attached itself to Umbra's monster then the light formed into Lumis's Mask of Brutality.
"Not only that Umbra," Lumis said. "but it will boost your monster's attack points by 1,000."
"What?" Kaiba gasped/said. "These Rare Hunters already have a monster on the field with 2,600 attack points!"
"That's right," Lumis said. "and it will stay that way as long as we each give up 1,000 life points for every turn we plan to use Mask of Brutality."
"Ha!" Umbra said. "But now we won't have to! Observe, as I activate a magic card called Masked Doll!" Umbra placed the card in the slot and it appeared on the field. The card glowed and then his monster glowed, and Yami growled. "My Masked Doll will absorb any and all negative effects caused by my magic cards."
Lumis laughed again. "Nice one," Lumis said. "now our life points will remain untouched by our Mask of Brutality. You fools are no match for us."
"Yes! That's right!" Umbra agreed.
"And our tag team strategy will destroy you!" Lumis laughed.
"I doubt it," Yami said. "we can play off the strengths of each others cards, and work as a team as well as you can, Rare Hunters."
Kaiba shook his head. "No thanks." Kaiba said. Yami looked at him like 'are-you-serious?' "Team work is for boy scouts and nursery schools, Yugi."
"Your wrong." Yami denied.
"Let's get one thing straight," Kaiba said. "I can will this duel and save my brother without your help. I'm the world's greatest duelist and when I win the Battle City Finals, I'll prove it, and now stand back!"
Kaiba drew. "I'll place two cards face down" Kaiba said sticking them in their slots and they appeared on the field. "then, I'll summon Vorse Raider, the man beast! And I'll place my monster in attack mode."
There was a moment of silence, for everyone to collect their thoughts. Then Kaiba broke it. "Well," Kaiba said. "We've each taken one turn, now it's time to see which strategy is superior. I think you'll find the answer to that is obvious!"
"I agree." Lumis said. "Due to our team strategy, we have the most powerful monster on the field. Might I remind you, our decks were specifically created to work together to defeat your Egyptian God Cards."
"This duel as just begun Rare Hunters!" Yami said. There was a tense silence and I bit my tounge so I wouldn't break it, this was the time to get the their bearing together and focus on the duel. I sat down on my knees, because I sensed along duel ahead and my legs were getting tired. I looked at the guys (not the Rare Hunters) and nodded encouragingly at Yami. Yami looked down at me with worry in his eyes. I looked at the cuff and chains then shrugged to let him know I was alright. Yami smiled slightly at me, then turned his focus back on Lumis, his eyes narrowed and a glare appeared in his eyes once again.
"Expecting our challenge was a huge mistake," Lumis said. "when this double duel is over you two will be banished to the Shadow Realm! Then we'll deliver both your Egyptian God Cards to Master Marik and he shall have all three!"
"Wrong!" Yami said. "We shall preveal and you will release Mokuba and my friends!"
"I agree with him!" I said, then tugged on the chains in hope for it to break.
"Never!" Lumis said, then drew, looked at his, and smiled a smile to match his mask, but his was more evil. "Just look at this!" Lumis flipped over the card and it was another mask. What a surprise..not... "It's my Mask of the Accursed Magic Card"-Yami and I gasped, but for different reasons-"and once I place it on your monster, it will be rendered useless Yugi, so try my mask on for size Magnet Warrior!"
There was a bright light and the light formed something on Magnet Warrior's cute little head. The light formed an ugly mask, I got a gross face. "Ew." I said. "That mask is ugly!"
Yami gasped and stepped a little, then glared at Lumis. "It's a perfect fit," Lumis said. "As long as the mask stays on your monster can't attack or defend. That's not the effect Yugi, until the mask comes off you will lose 500 life points every turn you make! Your finished!" Lumis laughed again then began speaking again. "I also place one card face down, now it's back to your side!"
Yami got into stance and began thinking. "You'll be in the Shadow Realm real soon! As soon as your life points reach zero." Lumis said.
I glared at him. "Are you talking to yourself now, Lumis?" I said. They all turned their attention to me and I continued smirking at Lumis and Umbra. "Because obviously Yugi and Kaiba are going to destroy you two!" Yami and Kaiba smirked at me and nodded their heads in approval, then they all went back to the duel.
"Speaking of life points," Lumis said. "you lose 500 thanks to my Mask of the Accursed!"
"Enough!" Yami said. Yami drew and smirked slightly then continued thinking. Kaiba looked over and glared at Yugi probably threatening Yugi inside his mind about messing the duel up. I rolled my eyes at the thought and decided to give the chains a couple more tugs. I pulled once, nothing happened. I pull harder the second time, nothing happened. I pulled with all my strength and still nothing happened. I panted slightly and gave up once again.
"Why don't you make your move Yugi?" Lumis said. "Are you trying to delay your trip to the Shadow Realm?" Then began laughing evilly through his teeth.
"Not quite," Yami said. "now I'll sacrifice my Magnet Warrior-"
Lumis cut Yami off by laughing. "Not so fast Yugi!" Lumis said. "Behold you just triggered my trap card,"-Yami's eyes widened and I face palmed myself muttering curses in Greek.-"Mask of Restrict! With this on the field, you two can't win. This is because as long as my Mask of Restrict remains in play, neither of you can sacrifice your monsters. Without sacrifices you two can't summon more powerful monsters to the field, making it that much easier to defeat you."
Yami and Kaiba got anger looks in their eyes and clenched their jaws. I removed the hand from my face then looked at the two (Yami and Kaiba) worriedly. Come on guys, you can do this! Why oh why, didn't I pay attention to this episode more?... Boy, I am a Seaweed Brain...
"Of course," Umbra said. "without the ability to sacrifice your Egyptian God Cards are all but useless now. Until we claim them for Marik!"
Kaiba and Yami shook with anger and tightened their jaws more, but then Yami drew. "I'll place one card face down, and then I'll summon Kuriboh in defense mode." The face down card appeared and so did Kuriboh. I smiled at the adorable monster and bit my lip to keep from saying 'awe'.
Yami looked at Kaiba. "Kaiba," Yami said. "you know there is only one way we can win."
"I don't need you telling how to duel Yugi," Kaiba said. "so you can forget the old teamwork speech, got it? Hm.. Who needs it?"
"You do." Yami and I said in unison.
"If you two are finished arguing," Umbra said. "it's my turn." Then Umbra drew. "I could attack your Magnet Warrior Yugi, but since it reduces your life points by 500 every turn, I'd be a fool to attack it!"
"Which you are..." I muttered to myself.
"Then there's your monster Kaiba," Umbra said. "but your face down card could be a trap!"
Lumis turned his head in Umbra's direction and muttered something. I narrowed my eyes and looked at the his mask. Wait, is that- is that a microphone? So that is how they come up with their strategy, they talk with microphone things!... I thought to myself victoriously.
"First off, I'll set one card face down." Umbra said. "Now my Shining Abyss attack Kaiba's Vorse Raider!"
Kaiba narrowed his eyes. "Hold on fool," Kaiba said, then threw an arm out for dramatic effect. "You've activated my Ring of Destruction!"
Yami smiled at Kaiba as his trap took effect. "My destructive trap card will wipe out your Shining Abyss." Kaiba said. "Both of us will lose close to 2,000 life points, but only you will be out one monster." Shining Abyss started to claw at the ring around his neck and make odd noises in desperation. I glanced at it oddly, and shrugged it off.
"Sorry to disappoint you," Lumis said. "but my card cancels your trap!"
"What?" Kaiba gasped.
"Activate Curse Transfer!" Lumis said.
Kaiba stepped back while growling and gasping at the same time, at least that is what it looks like. "My counter trap card is trigger when you play a trap card." Lumis said. "It automatically transfers your card's effect back to your monster!"
The Ring of Destruction glowed and appeared on Kaiba's Vorse Raider. "Say good-bye to your Vorse Raider!" Lumis laughed. I sweatdropped in annoyance at his constant laughing, and saw Yami look at Kaiba, still thinking. Now is the time I wish I could read minds... I thought to myself, resisting to let the corners of my lips curl upwards.
Yami suddenly gasped. "Kaiba," Yami yelled. "they may have something planned!"
"Zip it Yugi," Kaiba snarled. "I know what's going on, and I don't need your advice."
"Prepare to lose your monster!" Lumis said, bawling his hand into a fist. "and almost have your life points!"
There was black smoke and suddenly a card appeared in front of Kaiba. "I've activated my magic card, Ring of Defense," Kaiba smirked. "it will protect my life points from any damage, nice try."
"Why thank you," Umbra smirked. "I'm afraid your Ring of Defense won't be helping you Kaiba."
"Why not?" Kaiba demanded in return. I glanced back and forth between all for duelist. Okay this getting hard to keep up with... I thought to myself with a sweatdrop.
"Hm..." Umbra said. "because I activate this, my spell transfer magic card. It's transfers your cards effect to me!" Kaiba's Ring of Defense glowed then appeared on Umbra's side of the field. "Which means my life points will remain untouched, while yours is almost cut in half!"
Kaiba looked at his duel disk as his life points drop to 2,100. "No..." I muttered. "you can do this guys..."
"Kaiba..." Yami warned. Okay, yeah, Kaiba kind of deserves that. He should have listened to Yami... I thought to myself my sweatdropp becoming larger.
"Too bad you won't be seeing your brother again." Lumis started.
"Where your going, that will be the least of your worries Kaiba." Umbra finished. "Time to wipe out the rest of your life points! Shining Abyss attack now, say hello to the Shadow Realm!" Umbra laughed as his monster sent an attack towards Kaiba. I widened my eyes and lunged forwards, but didn't get that far thanks to the chains.
"Yugi!" I shouted. "Do something!"
"Your finished Kaiba!" Umbra shouted.
"Yugi!" I shrieked. I fought against the chains harder, but nothing happened. Suddenly a thousand Kuriboh multiplied in front of Kaiba and Yami, saving Kaiba's life points from the attack.
I breathed a sigh of relief and glared slightly at Yami. "What happened?" Lumis demanded.
"Huh?" Kaiba gasped. "You! You saved my life points!"
"Your attack has been blocked, thanks to my magic card." Yami smirked. "It's simple,"-Yami scoffed here.-"it multiplied my Kuriboh, now your monster's attack won't affect my team-mate."
"Next time," I said. "activate your magic cards faster, so I won't go nuts!" Yami smirked at my in reply and I took it as a maybe.
Umbra bawled a fist with his hand. "Your fur ball won't be around much longer," Umbra said. "and when they go, so does your life points!"
Kaiba growled. "I realize your magic card saved my life points," Kaiba said. "but next time I'll do it myself!"
"Kaiba," Yami said calmly. "if you ever expect to see Mokuba again, we need to help each other. The minute one of us falls, the other won't stand a chance against their unified tag team assault."
"Are you questioning my skills as a duelist Yugi?" Kaiba demanded furiously.
"I'm saying," Yami said. "we must combine our forces in order to defeat these Rare Hunters. They duel as a team, building on one another's moves, and we have to do the same! I saved you and if you don't protect me the same way, I might not be around to save you again."
"Then good riddance." Kaib replied.
Now it was my turn to growl. "Swallow your pride Kaiba!" I snapped at him. "You two need to work together!"
"I'll win this on my own Little Miss." Kaiba replied calmly.
"I have a name!" I growled. "And it's not 'Little Miss'!"
"Okay," Kaiba said, then turned to me smirking. "Little Miss." I lunged forwards in hope the chains would break and I could tackle him, but no such luck.
Lumis and Umbra spoke into their microphones and smirked at Yami and Kaiba. I glanced worriedly at Yami, and half glared and half glanced worried at Kaiba. "Master Marik will be pleased when we deliver both your Egyptian God Cards to him," Lumis said, smirking.
"And tell him you've been banished to the Shadow Realm!" Umbra finished.
"Enough of this," Kaiba said, while drawing. Kaiba began thinking for a while, then glared at the Mask of Restrict then looked back at his hand. "First I'll place one card face down, then I'll summon Battle Ox in defense mode, to protect my life points."
"You can't expect to win hiding behind weak monsters." Umbra said, chuckling evilly. "Our Shining Abyss has 2,600 attach points, it can easily destroy your Battle Ox and take down your wall of fur balls, leaving your life points wide open, right Lumis?"
I growled under my breath. "He did not just diss the Kuriboh..." I muttered. "I'm going to send them to the pits of Hades..."
"Correct Umbra," Lumis said. "looks like you won't see your friends again, not where you'll be going."-Lumis drew here while smiling creepily.-"But before I completely wipe out your life points, I must get ride of your wall of miniature monsters, and I have just the magic card to do it! Another mask, behold... my Mask of Despell!"
Yami gasped and stepped back. "It will cover your multiplying magic card and conceal it's affects," Lumis laughed. "so I'm afraid your Kuriboh army will be reduced back down to one." The Kuriboh began to glow than disappear and I let out a couple of anime tears. No.. they were so cute! I stopped the anime tears and focused on the duel again.
"With your weak defenses crumbling," Lumis said. "it's only a matter of time we destroy you both, this was even easier than I thought! I'm not through with you yet, like the Mask that covers your Magnet Warrior you lose 500 life points each turn."
"1,000 life points each turn?" I muttered to myself. "This is really not good..."
"Next," Lumis said. "I'll summon my Grand Tiki Elder and rid the field of your Kuriboh!" Grand Tiki Elder appeared on the field with black smoke and hypnotised Kuriboh. "Attack now!" Lumis ordered.
Grand Tiki Elder attacked Kuriboh and destroyed it and Yami removed growled and glared at Lumis. "Now," Lumis said. "your life points are wide open for a direct attack Yugi, since your Magnet Warrior can't defend you, thanks to the mask it's wearing, and as soon as your life points reach zero, you'll plummet straight to the Shadow Realm!"
I growled under my breath and glared at Lumis. "Which won't happen," I insisted. "Kaiba and Yugi are going to win, not you idiots!"
Lumis glared at me, as did Umbra. "Wonder what Master Marik wants with Little Miss," Lumis said. "he was rather interested in her, but I don't see why..."
I scoffed and ignored his comment. Yami tightened his jaw and growled in frustration. Well that's not good...
"Heh!" Lumis scoffed. "you two can't possibly win this duel, not only can't you sacrifice your monsters to summon more stronger ones, thanks to my mask cards, you lose 1,000 life points every turn Yugi!"
Yami looked at his duel disk as his life points dropped to 2,500. I bit my lip in worry and started to struggle against the chains again.
"Your finished Yugi!" Lumis laughed.
"We'll see," Yami replied then looked at his hand. "I draw!" Yami did as he said, and drew one card then looked at it. Yami glanced at Kaiba, second guessing his plan probably, and I glared at Kaiba and Yami.
"What are you waiting for?" Kaiba demanded to Yami. "You couldn't possibly make things any worse than you already have Yugi. Thanks to you the cards were holding are absolutely useless. In fact I have a card in my hand that could win this game for us, but due to your sloppy dueling I can't summon it to the field, it's better off in the grave yard."
Yami gasped and looked at his hand again. "Well have you ever seen such a pathetic team?" Lumis laughed.
"Defeating and taking their Egyptian Gods Cards will be simple." Umbra finished. "They already done most of the work for us!"
"That's enough," Yami shouted. "I'll place one card face down and that will end my turn." I blinked surprised. Wow that wasn't what I expected at all...
"I see," Umbra taunted. "it seems you weren't able to summon another monster to defend your life points. Not that it would have mattered, for I am about to summon unstoppable creature!"-Umbra grabbed a card from his hand and placed it on his duel disk.-"First I need play my all-powerful magic card known as Curse of the Masked Beast!"
"What is that?" Yami, Kaiba, and I gasped. I, for one, don't remember this part of the duel at all, actually I don't remember this duel at all...
"This card allows me to sacrifice both our monsters," Umbra explained. "and call forth one of the most destructive forces you've ever experienced! Behold, the almighty power of, The Masked Beast!"
The Mask Beast appeared and I pulled another gross face. "Okay," I muttered to myself. "that monster is worse than the mask on Magnet Warrior, that thing is disgusting..."
"Nothing can stop his wrath!" Umbra laughed.
Yami gasped "Prepare to lose it all Yugi!" Umbra taunted.
"It can't be!" Yami gasped. Okay that was dramatic... I rolled my eyes.
"It's time to say good-bye to your life points!" Umbra said. I widened my eyes and lunged towards Yami, but fell due to the chains. I looked up at Yami, fearing for his life points and himself. I fought against my chains furiously, but nothing happened again. "Now, send him to the Shadow Realm my Masked Beast!"
Masked Beast lunged towards Yami holding our some kind of cane thing. I widened my eyes and struggled harder. "No!" I shrieked. "Kaiba, please, do something! Yugi!"
Yami braced himself for the attack when Kaiba called out. "Battle Ox defend!" Kaiba's Battle Ox intercepted Masked Beast attack and sacrificed himself for Yami.
I breathed another sigh of relief. "Gods, they need to save eachother quicker, before I go nuts..." I muttered to myself then turned to Kaiba. "Thank you Kaiba."
Kaiba rolled his eyes and nodded his head. "What's this?" Umbra said. "Kaiba's monster intercepted my attack! It can't be!"
"Don't be surprised." Kaiba taunted, with a smirk on his face. "This is a double duel after all, and my team-mate was in danger, so I used my Battle Ox to defend his life points against your Masked Beast."
Umbra growled. "I thought they weren't working together as a team Lumis."
Yami smiled brightly. "Thank you." I smiled at Yami. He is so cute when he smiles! Oh gods, snap out of it Percy! Focus on the duel, but he looks so cute! Ah! Focus!...
"Listen Yugi," Kaiba said. "give it a rest, there is one reason I helped you, so I could win."
Yami's smile fell from his face and his determined face once again reappeared as he glared at Lumis. "Then you're a fool," Lumis said. "saving your partner caused you to lose your only defense monster."
"Soon," Umbra said. "it will cause you to lose the rest of your life points when my Masked Beast moves in for the attack!" I glanced back and forth at the four duelist again. Okay I'm starting to have trouble keeping up again...
"You fools can't win!" Umbra laughed.
Yami smirked and pressed a button on his duel disk. "Reveal face down card, Card of Destruction!"
"Oh-no!" Lumis gasped.
"We loose our entire hands!" Umbra finished with a gasp.
"That's correct," Yami said, discarding his own hand. "each duelist must deposit every card in their hand to the card grave yard. Once they're buried you must start over, by drawing a completely new hand."
"Now I'll send my hand to the grave yard." Kaiba narrated. I rolled my eyes, like that wasn't obvious...
"Did your partner force you to give up any cards you needed?" Lumis inquired, with fake sympathy.
"Actually," Kaiba smirked. "what just happened is quite the opposite, Rare Hunter. Without the ability to sacrifice, I wasn't able to summon the monster in my hand, but now I can. Watch closely, reveal Monster Reborn! Now I bring back the powerful monster I just sent to the grave yard, my Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
I fist pumped and cheered in my head. "Yes!" I said. "Finally!"
The Blue Eyes White Dragon came out and roared at Lumis and Umbra. I smirked at them then marveled at the dragon. It's so pretty in person and looks so dangerous...
"It's not possible!" Umbra denied.
"It is." Yami and I said, looking at the Dragon proudly.
"This is the price you pay for using my little brother to get to me!" Kaiba shouted. "Now maybe you'll think twice before disrespecting the Kaiba family! Now go my Blue Eyes!" Kaiba started to laugh and I looked at him oddly.
"What is with all the laughing?" I muttered to myself, but apparently Yami could hear me, because he was starting to smirk at me. "Seriously, it's getting creepy..."
"My Blue Eyes has arrived!" Kaiba said. "Your done! Thanks to my Monster Reborn magic card, I was able to bring back my great beast from the grave yard."
"And this is just the beginning!" Yami smirked. Okay, I actually don't the smirking when Yami does it... Oh gods, focus Percy!... "Kaiba and I make a powerful team, and you two Rare Hunters are no match for the combined strength our decks, and when we prevail you will lead us to where you are holding Mokuba and the others captive!"
"Heh," Kaiba said. "I think what partner is trying to say is that, thanks to my superior skills your finished, right?"
"Not quite." Yami said.
"Don't tell me your still stuck on this team work thing, Yugi." Kaiba said. "It's getting a little old, listen up here's the deal, I'll win this duel on my own, and if it's convenient for me, I might help you, but don't mistake that for teamwork or you'll be very disappointed. I'm in this for Mokuba, got it?"-Yami gasped here.-" And I'll do whatever it takes to defeat these Rare Hunters and free my brother. I'm not about to lose, these fools don't realize no one disrespects my family and gets away with it."
"This isn't only about you!" Yami retorted. "My friends are in danger as well!"
"That's your problem, Yugi!" Kaiba snarled. "I'm dueling for me!"
"But Kaiba!" Yami said. "You need my help and I need yours. Lumis and Umbra still have the upper hand!"
I growled again. "Swallow your pride Kaiba!" I snapped at him once again. Kaiba just ignored me.
"Your partner is right," Lumis said. "you may have summoned your Blue Eyes White Dragon Kaiba, but it's useless against the ultimate powerful of our Masked Beast! Our awesome creature has 200 more attack points than your pathetic dragon, as soon as it attacks, your Blue Eyes will be gone!"
"He's wrong Kaiba!" Yami shouted over Lumis's annoying laugh. "You can destroy their monster."
Kaiba gasped. "I can?"
"Look," Yami said. "If you want to win, your going to have to trust me on this. Like it or not, we're a team, and if you attack them with your Blue Eyes White Dragon, I promise I'll back you up. Trust me!"
Kaiba glared at the ground. "Attack them Kaiba." Yami insisted. "Do it."
Kaiba growled. "I will Yugi," Kaiba said. "it's not in your best interest to give me bad advice, because you'd lose too. Now, my Blue Eyes attack their Masked Beast,"-Lumis screamed here.-"White Lightning!"
Blue Eyes attacked their Masked Beast and it was destroyed. I cheered inside my head. That was so awesome to see in person!...
"Your Masked Beast," Kaiba said. "is gone!"
"That's not possible!" Umbra denied.
"Our Masked Beast was more powerful than your Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Lumis denied. "You must have cheated!"
"He's right," Umbra joined. "it's a trick."
"Obviously not," I said. "because your 'ultimate' Masked Beast is gone now" I said putting air quotes around ultimate.
"Guess again," Yami said. "your beast was beaten by Kaiba's Blue Eyes fair and square. Please allow me to explain Rare Hunters, when I sent my Beast of Gilford to the card grave yard that last turn. I activated its special ability, it reduces the attack points of any monster I choose by 500, and I choose your Masked Beast. Lowering its attack points to 2,700, making it weaker than Kaiba's Blue Eyes and now, in case you haven't noticed, you have no monsters on the field to protect your life points, so when Kaiba attacks you again, you'll be finished. Kaiba, you need my help more than you think."
"Well my turn is over." Kaiba announced. "This duel has only just begun! Next time I attack you two will be begging for mercy, so go ahead and make your pathetic move Lumis, there's no hope for you now."
"We'll see about that!" Lumis snarled, then drew, then started to chuckle. "I'll place this monster in defense mode, then I shall place two more cards face down and that shall end my turn."
"What is his plan?" I heard Yami say to himself. I smiled slightly but focused as Lumis scoffed for some reason.
"And now, thanks to my two masks on the field, Mask of the Accursed and Mask of Despell, you loose 1,000 more life points Yugi! So go ahead and draw a card, nothing can save you now!"
"Alright Lumis," Yami shouted. "I'll place one card face down, and summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in attack mode. Alpha attack now!" Alpha attacked the face down card, and surprise it was another mask and destroyed it. I cheered in happiness inside my head.
Lumis and Umbra began talking through their microphone things and I growled under my breath. "Say farewell to your precious Blue Eyes," Lumis taunted. "and hello to the Shadow Realm, for all eternity!"
"Okay Umbra," Lumis said."let's teach these fools a lesson shall we?"
"Alright," Umbra said. "I'm going to play Rogue Doll."
"Heh," Kaiba scoffed. "don't you think your just a little too old to be playing with dollies, Rare Hunter? Especially ones with that have such low attack points."
Yami glared at Lumis and I glared at Umbra. "Alright," Umbra said. "Rogue Doll attack Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon now!"
"This should be amusing..." I smirked to myself. Oh gods, I sound like Kaiba...
Lumis laughed. "It's time for me to activate the card I have face down!" Lumis said. "Mask of Weakness!"
"What is that?" Kaiba gasped. "What's your mask doing to my blue eyes?"
"And why are all your masks ugly?" I inquired innocently, despite the situation, I saw Yami chuckle silently, before focusing back on the duel.
Blue Eyes roared in pain and Kaiba gasped again. "Don't you know?" Lumis laughed. "As its name suggest Kaiba, Mask of Weakness is weakening your Blue Eyes! And then, I play Mask of Brutality which gives Rogue Doll 1,000 extra attack points, making it stronger than your Blue Eyes, it's all over Kaiba!"
I widened my eyes once again and lunged forward, but was held back by the chains. Why do I keep doing that, even when I know, It doesn't do anything!... I struggled against the chains and looked at Yami pleadingly.
"Ya-Yugi!" I shrieked. "Do something!"
"Thanks to magic card," Umbra taunted. "your monster fails in comparison against my monster. Rogue Doll, Smash Attack!"
"Yugi!" I shouted again.
"Not so fast Umbra!" Yami shouted. "There's two of us, so I'll activate this trap, Mystical Refpanel! Looks like you forgot your dueling against a team! And that trap card just saved my team mate's Blue Eyes!"
"Hey," Umbra demanded. "what happened to my monster's mask?"
"My Mystical Refpanel takes the power of your magic card," Yami said. "and transfers it to Kaiba's dragon. Which raises its attack points by 1,000, making it stronger than your Rogue Doll!"
"Blue Eyes White Dragon attack," Kaiba said. "White Lightning!"
"Gods... they really need to save each other faster," I muttered to myself. "but that was a good save..."
"Alright Rare Hunters," Yami said. "your monster has been destroyed."
"Lumis," Umbra demanded. "look what you've just done!"
"What do you mean, what I've done?" Lumis demanded in shock.
"Because of you I'm done to 2,000 life points," Umbra snarled. "that's what I mean!"
"Oh yeah, your blaming me for that?" Lumis retorted. "As I recall Rogue Doll was your monster!"
Yami and I glanced at Kaiba, but probably for different reasons. I glared at him slightly but put my gaze back on Yami.
"This battle is far from over!" Umbra shouted. "Your Blue Eyes might have defeated my monster this time, but I have a card in my hand that will destroy it for good!"-Umbra thought about something here for a couple of seconds then grabbed a card from his hand and placed it in a slot.-"I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
"It's time to finish this duel!" Kaiba shouted. "Let's go! Behold my Blue Eyes and all its fury! Prepare to lose this duel Umbra! Blue Eyes direct attack now!"-Blue Eyes let out an attack and Yami looked warily at Kaiba.-"Say good bye to your life points Umbra!"
"I thought you'd try that," Umbra smirked. "so I'll activate this Mask of Impregnability! It protects me from direct attack for one turn! Oh well, nice try Kaiba,"-Blue Eyes's attack struck the mask and didn't hit Umbra.-"looks like your Blue Eyes barrage failed! That was quite a predictable move Kaiba, and one I was well prepared to deflect and I have emerged untouched."
"What about your friend Lumis?" Kaiba smirked.
"Me?" Lumis asked shocked.
"Yes Lumis," Kaiba said. "have you wonder what would have happened if my Blue Eyes White Dragon attacked you instead of Umbra, would he have protected you with his magic card?"-Lumis gasped here in shock and anger.-"Or would he have let you lose?"
Lumis gasped. "That's the danger in depended on someone else," Kaiba said. "when the reality is there is only one person you can trust, yourself, and if anyone else tells you otherwise they're lying!"
Lumis growled and I smirked in realization. Kaiba is making them doubt each others loyality... nice...
"This duel is over!" Lumis shouted, his hand bawling into a fist. "Now I'll draw. The magic card Pot of Greed, thanks to this card I can draw two new cards from my deck Kaiba." Lumis looked down at his hand and frowned in worry or desperation. "I will place one card face down and then I'll activate Card Exchange! Playing this card, allows me to exchange my entire hand with any other duelist on the field, and I choose you Umbra!"
Umbra looked at Lumis shocked and angry. "If your not going to use your cards to help me," Lumis smirked. "I'll simply take them."
"How dare you!" Umbra said angry.
Lumis walked over to Umbra. "Alright Umbra," Lumis said. "according to the rules, we swap hands, so give me all your cards now."
"Here." Umbra grunted, shoving the cards in Lumis's hand angrily.
"And now I'll activate my face down magic card," Lumis announced. "Chosen One! If this works, you two are finished! I'll explain, first I'll place three cards face down on the field. And in the center on these three cards, goes the Chooser. The Chooser will select one card at random, If it selects on of my two magic cards, all three cards go to the grave yard."
"Those are my cards you risking!" Umbra said.
"I'm afraid they're not you cards anymore Umbra!" Lumis retorted.
"If this doesn't work, you'll be sorry Lumis." Umbra threatened.
"Now Chooser make your selection!" Lumis said throwin an arm towards the Chooser. The chooser started to spin quickly in a circle. "I forgot to mention if the Chooser selects my third card, I'll be able to summon an all powerful monster to the field, without having to sacrifice a weaker monster first. Then you'll both be finished!" Lumis finished laughing creepy.
"It's starting to slow down." Lumis said. I looked at the Chooser to see it was slowing down. "It's choosing a card!"-The chooser shot a beam at a card and Lumis laughed.-"That's it! It's chosen my ultimate monster! Now the end is near! I summon the Masked Beast Des Gardius! It's unstoppable!"
"It's more powerful than my Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba gasped.
"Very observant Kaiba," Lumis said. "Des Gardius could demolish your pathetic dragon with one swipe of its almighty claw!"
"Your lucky the outcome of your move was successful!" Umbra snarled.
"Yes," Lumis agreed. "and now that Des Gardius as been released, there's no stopping it! My masked beast is so powerful, you pitiful duelist won't stand a chance against it! When it's through with you, your Blue Eyes will be in the grave yard and both of your Egyptian God Cards will belong to Master Marik!"
Yami held up his deck and looked at it. "Now the question is," Lumis laughed. "which one of you fools should I attack first? Desicions, desicions.. I could attack you Yugi with your useless Magnet Warriors protecting you, I could wipe out the rest of your life points. Then again, there's Kaiba... I could attack your Blue Eyes and get rid of that menice for good."
"It doesn't really matter who you attack next." Umbra said impatiently. "It's only a matter of time before both of their life points reach zero, and they are both sent plummeting down into the Shadow Realm forever!"
"Exactly!" Lumis agreed while laughing evilly. "So forget about rescuing your friends, they belong to Marik now!"
I lunged forward, only to fall thanks to the chains once again. Why do I keep doing that?... I mused in my head angrily.
"One of you two fools are about to feel the fury of my ultimate creature Des Gardius," Lumis smirked. "but which one? If I attack you Yugi, my beast will wipe out the rest of your life points. If I choose you Kaiba, your Blue Eyes will be destroyed from my Des Gardius!"
"And don't forget what happens when you life points reach zero!" Umbra reminded. "Your Shadow Box will destroy the surface below you and send you plummeting to the Shadow Realm for eternity!" Like we really needed reminding about what happens...
"And your friends will join our army of Rare Hunters and serve Master Marik," Lumis reminded. "and Little Miss will be taken straight to Master Marik. Now it's come to decided which one of you pathetic dim wits to attack with Des Gardius! Who will it be? You give up? I choose you Yugi Muto!"
"Wait were supposed to be a team Lumis," Umbra said. "that means we both should get a say in this desicion, while I agree that we need to destroy Yugi, leaving Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon on the field would be a large mistake."
"No," Lumis said with a crazy look in his eyes. I knew he was nuts!... I thought victoriously. "it's my move and I choose Yugi!"
I stood up in shock and began to struggle against the chains again, but stopped when I heard Kaiba's voice. "I knew it," Kaiba said. "I was wondering wether you had the guts to challenge my Blue Eyes White Dragon and now I know."
"Know what?" Lumis demanded.
"That your all talk and no action," Kaiba smirked. "only a coward would take the easy way out instead of flexing his muscles and attacking my monster."
Yami gasped silently and stared at Kaiba in shock, I copied his actions. Is- Is Kaiba saving Yami?... I thought to myself shocked. I plopped down to my knees and continued to stare in shock.
"Alright," Lumis said. "There has been a change in plans, Des Gardius destroy Kaiba's Blue Eyes!" Des Garius lunged at Blue Eyes and swiped his claw through it, making Blue Eyes roar in pain the burst into pieces.
Lumis laughed. "Guess you were wrong Kaiba," Lumis said. "no one calls me a coward and gets away with it!"
Kaiba closed his eyes and continued thinking. "Destroy them Yugi." Kaiba commanded when he opened his eyes.
"Yes." Yami agreed.
"Remember thanks to Mask of Accursed and Mask of Despell you lose another 1,000 life points." Lumis reminded.
I gasped as Yami's life points dropped to 500. I soon began to fight horribly against the chains again, after about three tuggs I gave up and continued to watch the duel. "Fine this duel is almost over anyway," Yami said. "You'll regret not attacking me, when I play the card in my hand and destroy you."
"What?" Lumis gasped. "It can't be!"
"Attacking Blue Eyes was a big mistake," Kaiba said. "because now Yugi's got something even worse in store for you."
"It's a lie." Lumis denied.
"You can't summon high power monsters," Umbra denied as well. "because of our trap card."
"Your trap card prevents us from sacrificing," Yami said. "but that's not the only way to summon powerful monsters, Umbra! So I play this, Gamma the Magnet Warrior! And now that I have three Magnet Warriors on the field at the same time, I can activate their special ability, Monster Transform!"
"Monster Transform?" Umbra and Lumis gasped together. "What?"
"Yes," Yami said. "all three creatures will transform into one mighty Warrior, with triple the attack strength!"
All three monsters combined and formed another monster. "What is that?" Lumis gasped.
"Behold," Yami shouted. "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
"Consider this attack payback for destroying my Blue Eyes, Lumis." Kaiba offered.
"Fine Kaiba." Lumis replied.
"Yugi's Valkyrion has 200 more attack points than your Des Gardius," Kaiba said. "so with one swing of its sword it can completely destroy your Masked Beast, tough break Lumis. It's time to take our revenge for my Blue Eyes White Dragon! What are you waiting for?"-Yami looked at him bored here.-"I've been patient long enough, stop stalling and attack them! Prove you're not scared and avenge the destruction of my Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
I looked at Lumis and Umbra to see they weren't even nervous. They got something up their sleeves. Maybe Des Gardius as a special ability that could back fire on Yami! He might attack!... I thought to myself, sudden worry appearing in my eyes.
"Do it Yugi!" Kaiba commanded. "Destroy their monster now!"
"Go ahead Yugi," Lumis taunted. "make your move!"
"Make you move Yugi!" Umbra snapped impatient.
"What are you waiting for?" Kaiba snapped, just as impatient. "I gave up my Blue Eyes for you, and let you summon your monster, and this is the thanks I get? Now destroy their monster, so I can become move one step closer to finding my little brother! And do it right now or you'll be sorry!"
"I'll place one card face down." Yami said. "Kaiba, if you ever want to see Mokuba again, we have to duel intelligently. Anger will only cloud your reason."
"Your Wrong!" Kaiba snapped.
"You must try to put your frustration aside," Yami said. "and duel with the Heart of the Cards! Unless you do you, you'll be playing right into the hands of the Rare Hunters."
"That's nonsense!" Kaiba shouted. "We have to crush them now!"
"Your loosing focus Kaiba!" I snapped at him. "Stop being impatient and listen to Yugi, will ya?"
Yami nodded. "If you want to win," Yami said. "You must believe in your deck!"
Kaiba looked at his hand, then a look of realization came into his eyes, then he glanced at Yami's Valkyrion, then back down at his hand. "Yugi we can win." Kaiba said.
"Right," Yami said with a hint of a smile on his face. "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior attack their monster now!"
Lumis mumbled something as Valkyrion slashed his sword through Des Gardius, destroying it. "It's gone." Yami stated.
"You may have destroyed my beast Yugi," Lumis smirked. "but you also activated its special ability."
"What special ability?" Kaiba demanded.
"When Des Gardius is sent to the grave yard," Lumis explained. "it leaves behind three masks, which combine to form one powerful mask. The Mask of Remnants!"-Yami gasped here and I closed my eyes in disgust. That happens to be there worse mask I've seen both play... -"As revenge for your attack, this mask allows me to control one of your monsters as if it was my own. And since you only have one monster, it's a good thing one size fits all!"
The mask attached itself to Yugi's Valkyrion and Valkyrion moved to Lumis's side of the field. Lumis laughed. "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior belongs to me now!" Lumis laughed. "And your in trouble."
"Excellent work!" Umbra praised.
"Thank you," Lumis replied. "your through Yugi! Your defenses are gone and the Shadow Realm awaits! Take out Yugi in this turn Umbra, then I will take out Kaiba myself."
"My pleasure." Umbra replied with a smirk.
"I'll make sure Kaiba doesn't ever see his runt of a brother ever again!" Lumis shouted, that crazy glint in his eye back. "I'll send him to join Yugi in the Shadow Realm!"
"Let's do it!" Umbra said, drawing a card. "Perfect, fare well Yugi! I activate Masquerade, with this magic card in play I'm able to control one of Lumis's monsters as if it was my monster. So my Magna Warrior attack and destroy your former master, Yugi!"
"Good bye!" Lumis and Umbra said in unison.
I widen my eyes and snapped my attention towards Yami. He wasn't even flinching, he was smirking!
"Don't celebrate just yet," Yami said. Lumis gasped in anger and shock. "Reveal my face down card, Defusion! It will break down your monster into its three seperate parts and destroy your mask!"
"Oh-no!" Lumis gasped.
"Our attack just failed!" Umbra finished.
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious..." I muttered under my breath.
"Are you shocked?" Yami taunted. "I'm afraid your no match for our combined skills, Rare Hunters."
"It's my turn!" Kaiba said, then drew his card. "Behold my Egyptian God Card."
"Not quite," Lumis said. "As long as my Mask of Restrict is in effect you can't summon it. You need to sacrifice three monsters and my mask prevents that!"
"Wrong!" Kaiba smirked. "your mask on stops me from sacrificing my own monsters, but I plan to sacrifice your monsters instead Lumis. With this card, now I activate the magic card Soul Exchange, which allows me to sacrifice your three Magnets Warriors!" A beam of blue light circled Yugi's former monsters.
"Don't let him get away with this!" Umbra shouted. "Do something Lumis!"
"We're finished!" Lumis gasped. "If Kaiba summons Obelisk the Tormentor we'll have no hope of winning this duel! We must stop him! Marik will be furious!"
Something like mini Tornadoes appeared and knocked me to my back. "Ow.." I groaned quietly. I sat back up and swichuated until I was on my knees and continued to watch to the duel.
"I warned you two clowns." Kaiba said. I heard the music to summoning any Egyptian God in the background and glanced around confused. I shrugged it off and turned back to the duel. Lumis screamed and I laughed slightly. "This is for my little brother! You've been talking about winning my Egyptian God Card this entire duel, now it's time for you to experience its power!" Obelisk rose up from the ground in front of Kaiba and lightning struck around it. I flinched when ever lightning got any where close to me. I don't like lightning, it's Uncle Zues's weapon...
Kaiba started laughing. "Obelisk the Tormentor arise and seek you ultimate revenge!" Kaiba shouted. "It's payback time for kidnapping Mokuba, so prepare to feel a force like no other. And now it's time, Obelisk attack Umbra's life points directly!"
Obelisk shot a beam from his fist directly on Umbra. "Umbra!" Lumis shouted/gasped. "No!"
Umbra colasped to the ground and I fist pumped the air inside my head.
Umbra groaned in pain. "Hey Umbra," Lumis asked. "you alright?"
"He's fine for now," Kaiba smirked, crossing his arms in victory. "but thanks to my Egyptian God Card, his life points aren't looking so good. It seems like you've fallen victim to your own trap, Rare Hunters."
Lumis and Umbra gasped. Umbra watched as his life points dropped down to zero and the surface under Umbra shattered. Umbra reached his hand out and screamed a manly scream as he fell down.
"Umbra!" Lumis shouted. "Come back please! You can't leave me here!"
"Too late for that," Yami smirked. "it looks like your dueling alone now, doesn't it? The odds are certainly against you Lumis, and your powerless against our Egyptian God Card. If you want to avoid any further danger, you'd better surrender."
Lumis colasped to his knees and suddenly the box next to me opened. I snapped my head towards the sound and saw a little sliver key, I went to touch it and it gave a mini shock. I let out a yelp of surprise and drew my head back. I missed Yami looked at me concerned as I looked at the key warily and went to grab it again, this time was successful. I unlocked the cuffs around my wrists and stood up. I rubbed my wrists and looked at Kaiba, considering he was about to speak.
"Don't let him off the hook yet," Kaiba said. "My monster is just getting warmed up. Lumis needs to pay for what he's done. He disrespected my family!"
"Stop Kaiba," Yami commanded. "revenge isn't going to help you find Mokuba. Perhaps if we let him surrender, he'll tell us where they're hiding the prisoners."
"Yugi," Kaiba insisted while shouting. "wise up, we must destroy him now!" Suddenly the eye of Horus appeared on Lumis's head and he gasped in pain.
Lumis threw his hands up to his head in pain. "No Master!" Lumis shouted. "Please don't be angry, we tried our best!"
"What now?" Kaiba demanded impaitent.
"We need to work on your patience Kaiba..." I commented while smirking slightly, then focusing back on the controled Lumis.
"Master, please don't!" Lumis shouted. "No! Ah, Marik I'm sorry!"
Yami and I gasped, and I stepped back slightly. "Ah!" Lumis said before chuckling evilly. His voice had changed though it was the same but with another voice tied to it, the second voice was like Demonic. Then it clicked, Marik took over his Rare Hunter. "I see you have defeated my Rare Hunters," Lumis/Marik said. "it's alright. They did their job."
"What have you done with my friends Marik?" Yami yelled/demanded. I jumped in surprise and glanced at Yami worriedly.
Lumis/Marik laughed. "This Rare Hunter has gone mad!" Kaiba shouted, once again scaring me.
"No," I denied. "This Rare Hunter is under the control of a man named Marik."
"That is ridiculous Percy!" Kaiba shouted.
"She's right," Yami said. "Marik's power is very real, and he is the one holding Mokuba captive."
"Then tell me where this so-called Marik is hiding!" Kaiba demanded.
Lumis/Marik chuckled. "Wouldn't you like to know Kaiba." Lumis/Marik said. "Well, I'll give you a hint, I'm closer than you think I am. I hope you enjoyed the special duel I set up for you, you fared better than I thought, but don't think just because you beat my Rare Hunters, that you will be rescuing yours friends and family any time soon. You see I've been preparing the next phase of my plan, and I've been studying each of your decks through the eyes of my Rare Hunters. As for your Egyptian God Card Kaiba, Obelisk pales in comparison to my Winged Dragon of Ra card. I'm afraid there is no way for you to stop me. Once I defeat you, Obelisk will be in my deck."-Lumis/Marik suddenly looked at me.-"As for you Percy Jackson, you shall be brung to me, so I can perform a special ceremony. When I am Pharaoh, I will need a queen and you radiate power, so you'll do nicely."-I narrowed my eyes at him in anger. There's no way in Hades that will happen...-"And I haven't forgotten you, Yugi. Your Egyptian God Card and Millennium Puzzle will be mine as well. And since my Rare Hunters failed, I've come up with the perfect plan to defeat you once and for all! By playing upon your greatest weakness, your loyalty to your pathetic friends. Don't worry, they're safe and sound right here with me, but I don't think they're on your side anymore. It seems their loyalty is now with me, it's funny how our friends are so quick to turn."
"I'm the one you want Marik!" Yami shouted. "So leave my friends alone!"
"Too late," Lumis/Marik said. "I'm afraid those fools belong to me now Yugi!"
"Your a coward!" Yami snarled. "Why don't you face me already, instead of hiding behind your mind slaves!"
"Don't give in to him Yugi," I warned as I walked over to stand beside him. "This is exactly what he wants, he enjoys controlling others minds, he thinks it's a game, and so far he believes he is in the lead."
"Leave my friends alone Marik!" Yami growled. "Tell me where they are!"
"Look," Kaiba said walking over to Lumis/Marik. "I don't know who you are, but you better tell me where Mokuba is."-Kaiba grabbed Lumis/Marik by the collar and lifted him up.-"I won this battle, so you'd better release my little brother, just like you said you would, right now!"
"You trust me?" Lumis/Marik laughed. "What a fool."
Kaiba tightened his grip and Lumis/Marik made an odd type of choking sound. "Stop!" Yami and I commanded, but only Yami continued. "Your wasting your energy Kaiba, he obviously has no attention of helping us find Mokuba and the others."
"Very observant!" Lumis/Marik fell to his knees and began laughing like a maniac then fell forward completely as Kaiba stepped out-of-the-way.
"He's gone." Yami said. "Alright we'll have to track them down on our own Kaiba, maybe your satellite system can help." I nodded in agreement and grabbed Yami's hand again for support and squeezed slightly. Yami squeezed back and laced our fingers together.
"Well," I muttered to myself and Yami. "at least we know what he wants with me now..." I didn't notice Yami frown in worry and squeeze my hand again, but different, more protective.
"Look Yugi, Percy," Kaiba said. "First things First, I think this Rare Hunter owes us something."
Kaiba reached down and grabbed two locator cards from Lumis. "This was a offical Battle City duel," Kaiba said as he held out a locator card for Yugi. "That means the losers have to give up one locator card each, to the winners there is one for each of us." Yami and I stepped forward and Yami grabbed the card with his free hand. "That means we both each have six, we both are guaranteed a spot in the Battle City Finals now."
"Kaiba," Yami said. "how can you begin to think about the Finals after what Marik just said? We have to find my friends and your brother now."
"Hm..." Kaiba said as he turned around and began to walk away. "I'm well aware of that Yugi."
"Then help us think of plan," Yami insisted. "Ever second counts."
Suddenly a helicopter appeared in front of us and I glanced at it fearfully. I can't go in there! Uncle Zues will blast me out of the sky!... "No he won't Percy Jackson," a raspy old woman's voiced said in my head. Then it clicked, It's one of the Fates. "yes, our little heroine, I am one of the Fates, and you need not to worry about going into the sky Zues will not be able to do that to you, we will protect you from any attacks from the gods. The gods will not disobey us, you have no fear to go into the sky, okay little heroine?" I nodded my and focused on the helicopter again.
"Isn't that one of your helicopters Kaiba?" Yami inquired.
Suddenly a little kid came into view. "It's me Seto!" he shouted.
"It's Mokuba!" Kaiba said. "He escaped!"
We all ran to where the helicopter was landing, and Mokuba jumped out and ran to Kaiba. "Tell me," Kaiba said. "are you alright?"
Mokuba nodded. "But I had to leave Tea behind."
I felt Yami tense so I squeezed his hand again. "Is Tea okay? And what about Joey? And Tristan?" Yami asked.
"Well," Mokuba said with a sad look in his eyes. "I'm not so sure about Joey or Tristan, but up until she helped me escape from the Rare Hunters, Tea was doing alright. We got to go back there!"
Yami and I gasped. "Get in the chopper now," Kaiba demanded. "it sounds like your friend Tea saved Mokuba's life and as much as I hate getting involved, I hate owing someone a favor even more."
"Thank you." Yami and I said. Kaiba and Mokuba got into chopper and Yami followed, then he turned and helped me inside. I smiled at him in thanks and sat down in front of Mokuba.
"Hi," I said to Mokuba. "You must be Mokuba Kaiba. I'm Percy Jackson." I held out a hand to Mokuba and he shook it gently but firmly.
"Mokuba Kaiba." Mokuba introduced. "You a friend of Yugi's?"
"Yeah," I nodded while letting go of his hand and letting it fall in my lap. "and the others as well."
"Well," Mokuba smiled at me. "it's good to meet you."
"Is our satellite tracking system working?" Kaiba asked Mokuba after three minutes of silence. I quietly nodded at Mokuba and moved to where I was sitting in front of Yami, who was looking out side the windows. I gripped the arm rest tightly, just imagining Zues glaring at me because I'm in his territory and he can't do anything about it. I loosened my grip slightly at the thought, he can't hurt me because of the Fates...
I snapped out of my trance as Mokuba began working again. "Yes," Mokuba said to his brother, but his focus on a little laptop. "I'm picking up a weak signal from Joey's duel disk. It's coming from the same spot those Rare Hunters were keeping me and Tea."-at this time Yami looked over to Mokuba.-"We should be there in fifteen minutes."
Yami clenched his fists and tightened his jaw. I reached over and put a hand on his knee, he tensed then saw it was me and relaxed slightly I smiled encouragingly at him and rubbed his knee. "We'll get them," I promised. "I'll make sure of it..." Yami nodded and layed a hand on top of mine in response. I glanced outside the window and stared, Yami did the same. We both had different thoughts, that I'm sure of. Why do I have a bad feeling about the next time we see Joey Wheeler and Tea Garnder? Is something about to happen, something important? All I know is that Marik is up to something and I don't like it, but I will protect the Pharaoh and Yugi Muto as much as I can... they mean too much to me... I will do my best to keep them from harm... I swear it...
A/N: And done... That right there is word for word! I'm sorry it took me a while... DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS! Thank you for all my reviewers and my my people who followed and favorited.. Two people have asked if I am to going to put any characters from Percy's world into the YuGiOh world and I'm not, because this suppost to be when (sorry if your not in the Heroes of Olympus yet...) anyway, this is suppost to be where Hera took Percy from camp and swiched Jason and Percy. Remeber how Percy was 'asleep'? Well in here, this is where she actually was, not alseep! Remember this a fanfiction, that isn't really happened if you haven't read the Heroes of Olympus! Anyway thank you so much for reviewing again and now that question has been answered bye! -J.J.