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Chapter 53:
Final Abyss Guardian: The Armored Duelist
The pharaoh and the gang continued heading up the stairs. Only one more Abyss Guardian and then the ultimate duel the pharaoh will face, his evil brother Aeru. If Yami can defeat Aeru, everyone he hurt and the souls he took will be freed and the world will be saved. But one thing that made Yami Yugi wonder was that vision he had in that last duel. It was the same vision he saw before they headed out on finding Aeru's base when they were still in the game shop. The Millennium Necklace showed that skull creature with Aeru's upper body attached to it. Yami had a bad feeling in his gut, what happens if he was supposed to lose to Aeru? It showed him the vision twice and maybe the necklace was trying to warn him, that he were to fight Aeru, he would lose to him and the world that he and everyone else stand, be ruled under Aeru. No, Yami was not going to let that happen. If he is supposed to lose to Aeru, his going to find another way around the Millennium Necklace and make sure he wins. Aeru hurt many people that he cared about. He took control of Tea and took her soul away. Then, he faced him, lost against him, freed Tea's soul, but in exchange, wanted Yugi's soul instead, then, he made Serenity duel against Tea, and made Serenity lose her soul. Then their Doom Biker gang friends, then brought Dartz back and nearly took Mokuba's soul, and then…Mikey and Vince who only wanted their family and loved ones back. Yami removed the card Mikey allowed him to took and stared deeply into the Moon Goddess Card.
Hey pharaoh…you think…you can hold onto her…just…for a little…while…
Luna…hold onto her…just for…a…little…while
'Mikey…all you wanted was Luna back in your arms…that's all you ever wanted huh? …I'll make sure to defeat Aeru with your card…in a way…you did deserved it,' thought Yami as he stared at Mikey's Moon Goddess card. Yami placed it back in his duel-disk and everyone continued ascending up on the Tower of Abyss.
"Only one more Abyss Guardian and then the whole world will be saved," grinned Joey running alongside the pharaoh.
"Yeah! And his going to pay for what he did to Serenity," yelled Tristan holding onto Joey's baby sister with Duke helping him.
"And his going to pay for what he did Mokuba and to Yugi," yelled Tea as she held onto Mokuba when Joey couldn't hold on Kaiba's little brother anymore.
"And what he did to Michelle," growled Seto as he held tightly on Michelle, refusing to let go of her.
Michelle rest her head on Seto's shoulder, happy to have him on her side that obviously cared about her. Michelle couldn't help herself, but show a small pink blush on her cheeks with Seto this close to her and actually caring about her. Seto Kaiba would never show his emotions, whenever his in his company or somewhere else, he would NEVER show his feelings. But, Michelle like this Kaiba and just hoped he would remain the same after the duel against that creepy guy that calls himself Aeru. Soon, the team reached another room. The final Abyss Guardian Room. Everyone stepped into the center of the room, waiting for the last Abyss Guardian to show up. The room had monster tablets all over the room, but this surprised Yami. Yami moved up to one of the monster tablets and looked very closely into one of them, one by one. One tablet showed a stone creature kneeling down on the ground, another tablet showing a spellcaster holding onto his staff in a side view angle, a ball shaped figure with big eyes and small hands and feet. The reason this surprised Yami was because every tablet he observed…has his monster in his deck from back then to today. The gang gave Yami a confused look and Tea was the first to speak out of them, wondering in concern why the spirit of the pharaoh was paying so much attention to the stones.
"What's wrong pharaoh," asked Tea.
"…Everyone…take a look at this," said Yami pointing to every statue, "What do you see?"
"Monster on tablets," asked Joey.
"No wait…these monsters…they look familiar," said Tea as she observed the monster tablets carefully and closely, "It can't be!"
"What can't be," asked Seto in an annoyed tone.
"Chill rich-boy! You need to calm down," said Joey with a small smirk on his face.
"For your information dog, my brother nearly got hurt from Dartz and may I remind you lost your sister to that punk as well," yelled Seto.
Joey and Seto locked their eyes at each other in a death glare, but before they could start chocking each other, Michelle and Mai stepped in and broke their glare fight. Of course, Mai pushed Joey away from Seto and Michelle pushed Seto away from Joey.
"I wonder where this Abyss Guardian is," wondered Duke as he searched the area.
"Probably making an entrance," laughed Marik softly.
Just then, there was a small groan. Everyone turned their attention to Tea who was holding Mokuba and saw him struggling to open his eyes. Everyone moved closer and saw Mokuba regaining conscious. Mokuba opened his eyes and gave a confused look and then gave a small laugh as he saw his big brother, Seto, move in closer with Michelle in his arms.
"Big…brother," groaned Mokuba with a small smile on his face.
"Mokuba…"
Just then, Seto kneeled down in front of Mokuba and Mokuba ran up towards him, hugging him tightly. Seto held Mokuba tightly and patted his back, relieved to his brother back to normal that he managed to save him from the Orichaclos. Mostly all the girls sighed with happiness seeing Kaiba like this, while every other guy, except for Yami, gave a small cough. The Kaiba brothers soon broke their hug and everyone decided that no one was coming to stop them, so they decided to move up towards the blue crystal. Just then, there was a dark laugh and a dark pool appeared in front of them. A dark figure stepped out of the pool, grinning at them before they could reach the blue crystal. Yami gave an angry look knowing who it was. Once the figure was completely out of the dark pool, he swung his left arm to the sides, making the dark pool under him disappear.
"Aeru," yelled everyone in anger, except for Bakura.
"Again, I must congratulate you all for making this far and beating my two toughest duelists, Mikey and Vince," grinned Aeru.
"You're going to pay for what you have done," growled Joey under his breath as he saw Serenity being held by Tristan and Duke.
"Oh please. She brought this upon herself," laughed Aeru.
Joey was about to punch the creep, until Mai held tightly onto him. Joey stared at Mai, but saw Mai with a worried expression on her face and her eyes. Joey closed his eyes and nodded slowly and rested his fists against his sides.
"Well, you have one more duel to face. After that is me," laughed Aeru, "You might save the world, or fail the world! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Why are you doing this Aeru! Come on! We used to be brothers! Why can't we just act like a family," yelled Yami, not realizing he shocked a few people because they never knew Yugi had a brother, or, Yami had a brother.
"You lost your memories and you expect me to come back as a brother? You are so pathetic and weak pharaoh! You have the guts to ask me to come back as a brother for all the crimes you did and not even remember them? Pathetic and weak," yelled Aeru.
"Aeru-"
"Enough talk! Hopefully I can see you in the dueling room before you lose your soul! I want to destroy you! But my Abyss Guardian can do that! Either way, I want to see you lose! Lose pharaoh," yelled Aeru as he cut of Yami's sentence.
Aeru swung his cape around, leaving no trance of him. It was as if he was never there, but soon, everyone saw someone in the shadows, staring darkly at them. He stepped out of the shadows and wore black armor all over his body and a black helmet to cover up his face.
"I will be your opponent pharaoh," yelled the black armored duelist under his helmet, his voice sounding male.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! The pharaoh has done enough dueling! I'll handle you instead," yelled Joey.
"Joey. It's ok. I can handle him," said Yami as he walked in front of Joey, activating his duel-disk.
"Pharaoh, are you ok? Are you sure about this," asked Tea in a worried tone.
"Don't worry. The pharaoh will win and save the world just as before," said Ishizu as she believed in the spirit.
"He saved me and the world before it could fall into darkness. I know the pharaoh will win," smiled Marik.
"Of course. No matter what, the pharaoh will succeed where others have failed," smiled Odion.
"Well, beat this punk pharaoh so we can save Yugi, Serenity, and all the others Aeru and Dartz hurt," yelled Joey as he stepped back with the others.
"Ready to lose pharaoh," laughed the black armored duelist.
"Ready as ever," growled Yami as he shuffled his deck and inserted it in his duel-disk. The black armored duel-disk extended his right arm, which started to give a dark glow. Soon, a dark ooze appeared on his arm and started to form into a black duel-disk. The black armored duelist shuffled his deck as well and inserted his deck to the disk as both were prepared to duel.
"Let's duel," yelled the two males.
Yami's LP: 8000
Black Knight's LP: 8000
Both duelists drew their five cards and Yami was going to start his turn before the Black Knight. Yami drew his sixth guard and gave a quick look at his hand.
Yami: I'll start things off! I draw!
Yami's Hand:
Gazelle the King of Mythical Beast-(Earth/Beast) Level: 4 Atk/1500 Def/1200
Beast of Gilfer-(Dark/Fiend/Effect) Level: 6 Atk/2200 Def/2500
Mirror Force-Trap Card
Soul Line-Trap Card
Curtin of Black Magic-Magic Card
Obnoxious Celtic Guard-(Earth/Warrior/Effect) Level: 4 Atk/1400 Def/1200
Yami: I set one monster in defense mode and place two cards facedown. That ends my turn.
Black Knight: Here I go! I'll make my move!
Black drew his sixth card and gave a small chuckle as he observed his hand.
Black Knight's Hand:
Delightful Crusader Knight-(Light/Warrior/Effect) Level: 4 Atk/1800 Def/1400
Gazella the Queen of Mythical Beast-(Earth/Beast) Level: 4 Atk/1000 Def/1600
Small Shield Gardna-(Earth/Warrior/Effect) Level: 4 Atk/100 Def/1000
Delta the Magna Knight-(Earth/Rock) Level: 5 Atk/1800 Def/2100
Card Construction-Magic Card
Chest of Greed-Trap Card
Black Knight: I'm known as the opposite duelist.
Yami: Opposite?
Black Knight: First up, I set one card facedown on the field. Next up, I summon Delightful Crusader Knight!
Black Knight quickly placed his monster down on his black duel-disk and soon gave a bright light. A white armored knight appeared on the field with a blue cape flying behind him. His helmet looked like a Roman helmet with blue strips in the middle of the helmet going down from the top. He held a long silver sword on his right hand and held it tightly as he stared at Yami with his blue eyes.
"That card! I could've sworn I've seen that monster before, but where," asked Joey as he examined the monster closely.
"For once, Wheeler is right," yelled Seto, "That monster looks way to familiar, but I've never seen that monster before…"
Yami: No…it can't be…can it? That monster looks like my-
Black Knight: Obnoxious Celtic Guard. This monster is a different version of your elf warrior, but has nearly the same effect as your monster, but a little better.
"No wonder why that monster looks so familiar," yelled Joey in shock.
"So this duelist has the opposite deck of the pharaoh's," asked Tristan in shock as well.
"Pharaoh! By the looks of it, this guy might be hard to beat! But we all know you can win," cheered Tea.
Yami: Tea is right. You may have my deck with a different version of it, but I will succeed!
Yami's thought: /But that doesn't seem right. Why does a duelist have a deck just like mine, but a little different? This duelist…why does he remind me of someone? I can't think of anyone with that kind of voice, but he reminds me of someone…/
Black Knight: Here I go! Delightful Crusader Knight! Attack his facedown monster now!
Yami: Bad move, heh heh!
"Alright pharaoh! Beat this tin can," grinned Joey.
"Relax hun. The duel hasn't gone that far yet," grinned Mai.
Yami: You fell for my trap! Activate trap card, Mirror Force!
Yami quickly revealed his first facedown and grinned at the black armored duelist. Everyone behind the pharaoh cheered him on, knowing he was going to win, no matter what stood in his way.
"All right! Now that pile of junk won't have any monsters to protect himself," laughed Tristan.
"Hmmm…I don't like this at all," whispered Duke with a bad feeling running down his body.
Black Knight: You are so pathetic! What you think I am? An Amateur?
Yami: What?
Black Knight: Your trap is useless! Delightful Crusader Knight! Activate your effect!
The white armored knight slashed his sword horizontally, releasing a huge wind. Yami stood where he was, using his arms to shield him from the strong winds, but saw his Mirror Force trap card destroyed. Once the strong winds were gone, the white armored knight slashed his sword vertically at the facedown card, revealing the elf warrior, Obnoxious Celtic Guard. After the attack, The white knight retreated back to the black knight's field.
"What happened," asked Marik.
"I knew this duelist had a trap for the pharaoh," laughed Bakura.
Yami: Explain yourself knight!
Black Knight: Gladly!
Delightful Crusader Knight
Level: 4
(Light/Warrior/Effect)
This card is not destroyed as a result of battle when this card battles with a monster with an ATK of 2300 or more. (Damage Calculation is applied normally.) Also, whenever this card attacks during your Battle Phase, your opponent cannot activate any trap cards whenever this card attacks. If he/she does, that trap card is negated and destroyed by this card.
Atk/1800 Def/1400
Black Knight: Nice try. Oh well, better luck next time.
Yami: This isn't over yet! Activate second trap card, Soul Line!
Soul Line
(Trap Card)
This card can only be activated when one monster on your side of the field is destroyed. Pay 1000 of your life points and Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your deck to the field. The deck is then shuffled.
Yami: I summon, Queen's Knight to the field in attack mode!
A female knight appeared on the field wearing a red and yellow armor all over her body. She held a small red shield on her right hand while she held a sharp sword with her left. She swung her sword to the sides, ready to attack the black knight duelist.
Queen's Knight-Atk/1500 Def/1600Black Knight: Impressive. But not good enough! I end my turn.
Yami: Glad you did that! Now I can start working on my plan! I draw! …Looks like I drew the card I need. I summon, King's Knight to the field in attack mode! As you know, King's Knight effect is when he is summoned to the field with Queen's Knight, I can summon, Jack's Knight!
Two knights soon appeared on the field, one tall male in blue armor and one male in golden armor. They stood next to the female knight and held their swords tightly in their hand, ready to attack the Black Knight. Yami gave a small grin as he introduced his three monsters to the armored duelist.
King's Knight-Atk/1600 Def/1400
Jack's Knight-Atk/1900 Def/1000Yami: Go Jack's Knight! Attack his Delightful Crusader Knight! Queen's Knight and King's Knight! Attack his life points directly!
Jack's Knight quickly dashed towards the white armored knight and stabbed him in the chest through his armor. Jack's Knight pulled back and saw the white monster go down, bringing the black knight's life points with him. The black armored duelist groaned in pain, but remained where he was. Yami gave a small grin and soon, both of his other knights attack him. Both knights slashed their swords at the knight duelist who soon kneeled on the ground, groaning in pain.
Black Knight's LP: 4800
"Way to go pharaoh! Bring him down to his knees," cheered Tea.
Black Knight: Tell me pharaoh…what are you fighting for?
Yami: What?
Black Knight: What are you fighting for?
Yami: I fight to protect the world from darkness!
Black Knight: Do you care about your friends?
Yami: Why wouldn't I?
Black Knight: What do you cherish?
Yami: Why should I be telling you this? You don't need to know anything!
Black Knight: You fight to protect the world and you care about friends. Yet you don't cherish a thing?
Yami: There are things I do cherish!
Black Knight: Why are you even here?
Yami: Because Aeru threatens to cover this world with darkness and I must stop him!
Black Knight: That's all? How pathetic can you be!
Yami: What?
Black Knight: I want you think real hard pharaoh. I want you to focus on your enemy. I want you to see who is under this shell. I want you to see your true enemy!
"What's he talking about," asked Joey as he stared at the pharaoh and the black armored duelist.
"I don't like this one bit…something's wrong," whispered Ishizu.
Yami: …
Black Knight: Think pharaoh! There is something you cherish most and you must face it!
Yami: no… /It can't be can it? There is no way…it can't be!/
Black Knight: You see your enemy don't you? Say it! I want you say it pharaoh!
Yami: Yugi! Is that you!
End of Chapter 53
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