Fast Forward: End of Yugi and Seto's Duel
Yugi's POV
You seemed to notice a dramatic change in Kaiba. Before the duel between Miya and Nicholas, he was back to his old jerk self. Yet once your duel together started he was completely different. He wasn't focused on crushing you with his "perfectly organized" strategy. He seemed to be dueling, for the sheer fun of it.
At first, this change had thrown you off your game for a while and Kaiba had nearly defeated you in a few turns, knocking out most of your life points with some Duos god card you had never seen before. Luckily, you were able to get back into your normal state of mind and summon The Winged Dragon of Ra and win the duel with only 300 life points left compared to Kaiba's 1200.
"Good game Yugi." Kaiba said as he removed his duel disk from his arm.
You stopped in your tracks and turned quickly in his direction.
-Did he really just say that?- you said starting to question his and your own sanity.
-That is very strange, I'll give you that Yugi.-
-I wonder what happened in what…that last hour.-
Atem shrugged and you resumed control of your body.
"Same to you Kaiba. You had me on the run there for a while. I really thought you were gonna win."
"Maybe next time. It wasn't in the cards for me this time, so to speak."
With that, he turned and jumped in the helicopter with Mokuba and Aaron. As soon as he was gone, the gang ran up to you and all began cheering. You were just as excited as they were, but you knew what winning meant. You would face Miya for the championship title.
That's when it hit you. Kaiba must have figured out that Miya was really Mikoto. That was why he was so relaxed about this duel, he didn't want to have to duel to the deaths with Miya. It made you laugh a bit at the thought, Kaiba scared of dueling a girl.
-Yugi, I don't think it's quiet fear of loosing.-
-What is it then?-
-He didn't want to loose control of his ego and possibly hurt her. With his extreme duel arenas and all.-
-Good point. But, now that lands in our hands.-
-Yugi, we'll handle this together. And I'm sure that Miya knows the risks of this duel and will be doing the same.-
-Mhm.-
"Mr. Moto. Come with me please."
You said goodbye to the gang and followed Roland to a building that could have been a Tokyo skyscraper. Roland took you up an elevator up about what seemed like 100 floors until it finally opened to a long narrow hallway.
"Your room is at the end. You will be staying here until the final match tomorrow. The two arena's you will see from your windows are your possible duel arenas. The one you and your opponent share will be your arena."
With that, you stepped out and the elevator shot back down to the ground floor. This was defiantly some sort of mind game. Kaiba had each finalist in a room by themselves with two duel arenas to stare at for the next 24 hour, trying to figure out which one to strategize to.
You walked down the hallway and opened the door. The room was huge and yet rather bare. There was a bed and a large couch facing the large bay window. Sure enough, at each side of the window was a clear view of a duel arena. The one to your left was a Mountain field while the one to your right was a Fire arena. Neither field was going to be excellent for your monsters but you had to prep for either.
Not only did you have a duel arena to strategize for, you had to guess which deck Miya would use for this duel. If Kaiba knew who she really was, she was free to use her dragons, but she might still choose to use her fairies to keep with her character, just to finish it out.
-What do you think she'll do Atem?-
-I truthfully don't have a clue Yugi. This is Miya we are dealing with. We've never really concurred the art of predicting her like we can with Joey and Kaiba.-
You plopped down the couch and stared out the amazing yet taunting view. Whatever happened, you knew this duel was going to be difficult and very interesting. You knew that this duel would be nothing like your duels against Kaiba, she was not filled with hate and anger toward you and would be more likely to trust her cards to lead her and not depend on strong monsters alone.
Miya's POV
You shut your laptop as Seto and Yugi's duel concluded. You had been torn throughout the entire duel. You were cheering for Seto, yet you weren't sure if you were up to facing him in a duel. You had heard about his ego when it came to being champion and weren't sure if the risk was worth it.
"Thank Ra, he won." you said letting out a sigh of relief. Yugi had won the duel and it seemed that Seto wasn't too upset about it.
-See Miya, told you everything would work out.- Kisara said nudging you slightly.
-Yeah but now I have to face Yugi and Atem.-
Yugi alone with a strange deck had been hard enough, now you had to face him and his ancient self with a deck that their heart had been put into.
-So. We can show them that girls can kick ass too.-
-You're right Kisara. Just because he's the ancient pharaoh, doesn't mean I can't knock him off his high horse. Or well, I guess it's winged dragon huh?-
Kisara began laughing, you shortly after. After a few moments of laughing at a few trade offs between now and 5 millennia ago, you sat yourself down in front of the large bay window. You were in the Eastern wing of the building with a view of two arenas. Whichever one Yugi could see too would be your arena, now came the hard part; Figuring out which one it was going to be. One was a Sky and the other was Mountains. Surely Seto wouldn't set it up to where your fairies would have a huge advantage over Yugi's spellcasters. The mountains on the other hand were mainly winged beasts and dragons. If Seto hadn't figured it out before walking you up here, the mountains would seem more likely. There, the playing field would be more level, the duel more evenly matched. Either way, you could have an advantage. You had fairies for the Sky and Dragons for the mountains.
-Personally, I think we should stick with the fairies. Just to keep with the flow.-
-I'm not sure about that Kisara. I've abandoned my dragons long enough and I just feel like I need to use them for this duel. I'm stronger with them, and I'll defiantly need that strength. Going again Yugi and all.-
For the next three hours Kisara kept arguing that you should keep with the fairies and rely on the cards that had gotten you to this spot.
-You know what Kisara. You're right. I will stick with the cards that got me here.-
-It's about time you listened to some reason.-
You rolled your eyes and laid down on the king bed on the opposite wall of the windows. Wanting some peace and hopefully a dreamless sleep, you removed your millennium staff from your neck.
-Sorry Kisara. I can't have you talking my ear off all night.-
You dove into your pillow and passed out, making sure to set the alarm clock for 6 a.m. You couldn't be late for the final duel, or Yugi would win by default. You couldn't have that, that would make it too easy on Yugi.
Next Morning
Miya's POV
You woke up ten minutes before your alarm was set to go off, apparently your biological time clock was still set to school time. You sat up and stared down at your pendant staff, still laying on the side table where you had left it.
"Sorry Kisara, I think I need to try this one without you."
You got out of bed, and quickly got dressed in your dark denim jeans and a white tank top. You threw your black leather jacket on as you reached for your duel disk. As you did, a vision of your three Blue Eyes appeared before you and you saw a faint blue glow radiating from your deck. This was the sign you had been hoping you'd see. They were the cards that were going to help you in your duel, whether it lead to victory or defeat. Your dragons were calling to you and you weren't going to ignore them.
You smirked and slid your dragon deck into your duel disk. Yugi wouldn't see this coming, he would assume you'd stick with your fairies and your alternate personality. Sure you still looked like Mikoto, but you sure weren't going to duel like her today. Today, it was all you.
Taking one last look at the pendant, you sighed. Once Kisara found out that you'd left her behind, she'd freak out. You defiantly wouldn't hear the last of it for at least a week or two. Truthfully, you didn't care. You wanted this tournament over so you could go back to really being yourself and be back with your brother, Mokuba and Seto. At the moment, you could even care less if I won, you just wanted to duel and get it over with. Of course, that didn't mean you were going to throw the duel or even take it easy on Yugi, oh no. You were going to give it your all and hopefully give Yugi a run for his money. Big time.
You had defeated him before, but he was using your deck. Then again, you had been using Joey's. This time you were both using your actual decks and putting all your skill into this duel.
You flinched slightly as the knock on your door echoed through the room. You walked over and slowly opened it.
"Are you ready?"
Seto stood in your door way dressed in the black trench coat you and the boys had gotten him, a smirk on his face. You nodded as you glanced down at your duel disk.
Seto took your hand and walked you down the hallway, there he stopped. He lead you into the elevator then went down a floor.
"Wait here, I have to get Yugi."
The doors opened and then he stepped out and quickly walked down to the end of the hallway. Yugi came out a few moments later, but it wasn't Yugi, his energy was completely different. He had already changed to Atem. You let out a sigh, you knew this duel was going to be tough. Atem was an excellent duelist, but that wouldn't change anything. Although Kisara hadn't been a priest in his court, you had been through many hardships and you trusted the ancient powers that resided in your soul, even without your millennium item.
Atem smiled at you as he joined you in the elevator, Seto right behind him. No one spoke as the elevator sped down to the ground floor. The doors opened with a ding and Seto nearly shoved the two of you out.
"Follow the hallway. One go right, the other go left."
As the doors shut again, you and Atem looked at each other.
"Good luck out there Miya."
"You too Atem. I think you might need it."
"I sure hope so. I've been hoping you and I would get to duel in this tournament."
You smiled back and took the left hallway while Atem took the right. Trying to ignore the nervous feeling in your stomach, you focused on the sound of your breathing and of your echoing footsteps in the empty hallway.
When you reached the end, a small metal door was the only thing separating you from the duel arena. No one outside was cheering, so you knew Atem hadn't stepped out yet.
You flinched back when the door in front of you slid open, and you were blasted with the loud cheering of a crowd. Breath came to you in short bursts as you stepped out into the nearly blinding light.
It took a few moments for your eyes to adjust to the light and when they did, you knew you had made the right choice in deck. Surrounding the duel arena was a great range of mountains topped with crisp, white snow. Mountains, home to the mighty dragons. Here, your beasts would reign as kings over Yugi and Atem's monsters.
Seto's POV
You stood in at the balcony railing, looking down on the arena just a few feet below. The duel arena was covered in mountains, blowing with snow and ice. The platforms were jagged mountain ledges, standing 20 or 30 feet above the ground below. If Miya had decided to use her Dragons, here she would be extremely more powerful. If she stuck with her fairies, they would have a minor advantage. These mountains held their secrets and would decided on their own whether to help or disable a duelist.
You watched as both Yugi and Miya took their spots in the center of their duel platforms and locked eyes with one another. This was to be the duel of duels. Both were excellent duelists, and neither would give up easily, they would fight until they drew their last cards.
Miya's POV
You locked eyes with Atem over the open valley like playing area. You could tell he was wondering if you had chosen to use your dragons, and you were beginning to thank Ra you had. You stood confidently on your platform, thinking about all the duels that had gotten you to this spot. That had been easy, now came the difficult part.
Yugi was much stronger than any other duelist you had faced, and that was the reason he was King of Games.
"You ready to duel Miya?"
"I sure hope you are Yugi."
"Let's duel!" you both said in unison, activating your duel disks.
"I'll go first." Yugi said drawing his first card. "I'll summon Queen's Knight in defense mode and play one card face down. That's all for now."
You placed your hand on your deck and felt a surge of energy, you were about to draw one of your god cards. Luckily you also had god cards, otherwise Yugi would have already had a huge advantage.
"I summon Luster Dragon (1900/1600) and thanks to the arena's field settings, my dragons gain an extra power boost of 300 making my Luster Dragon's attack points 2200. And now I play the magic card Spell Sanctuary. With this card we both get to choose a spell or magic card from our decks."
"Why would you allow me to draw any magic card? I may have one in my deck that could easily defeat you?"
"I have my reasons Yugi."
"Hm, I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior and place another card face down."
"Hm, thank you Yugi. I play the magic card Soul Exchange allowing me to take control of your two monsters."
"Not so fast Miya. I play Change of Heart, taking control of your Luster Dragon. Now my life points are untouchable."
"I wouldn't jump to conclusions just yet. I counter with the magic card, Enemy Controller. At the cost of 1000 life points I can take back my Luster Dragon from your control. Now, with the aid of your two creatures, I can summon my first god card."
"I play Lightforce Sword. With this card, you god card is removed from play for 3 turns."
You simply smirked and set Isis aside.
Yugi's POV
You let out a sigh of relief. Miya had just about summoned her god card and that would have meant the end for this duel, and it was only your fourth draw.
-Good play Atem.-
-Thank your deck Yugi.-
"Now, to finish my turn. I summon the Spirit monster, Susa Solider in attack mode (2000/1600). Susa Solider, attack his Alpha the Magnet Warrior!"
Yugi:3400 Miya:3000
"Now Luster Dragon, attack his Queen's Knight!"
"I play Negate Attack. This stops your attack."
Miya nodded as she crossed her arms after she placed a card face down, awaiting your next move. You drew.
-Atem! Look it's Slifer!-
-This is just what we needed. In just two more turns, she'll be able to summon Isis.-
"I summon my King's Knight, and whenever these two knights are in play I can automatically summon Jack's Knight to the field. Next I'll play Ultimate Offering. Thanks to this card I am able to summon another monster at the cost of 500 of my life points."
Yugi-2900
"I now call my Egyptian God to the field. I summon Slifer the Sky Dragon!!"
Seto's POV
You nearly jumped out of your chair when you saw Yugi summon Slifer. Although you knew Miya had her two god cards, she had never been against Yugi and his three divine beasts. Anyone else you knew would have been shaking with fear, yet Miya stood confidently and looked at Slifer like some small road block.
Then you looked at it's attack points. It only had 2000 life points, and that was fewer than Miya's Luster Dragon. Although Slifer was technically a dragon, it was not classified as one, so it did not receive the boost the Mountains gave.
"I hope you don't plan on scaring me with your God Dragon Yugi. It has fewer attack points than my Luster Dragon since you only have two cards in your hand. What's your plan now?"
Miya was trying to taunt Yugi, using head games. She was more like you than you had realized yet, she kept her calm while she toyed with him. She had gods too, she was not afraid of them.
"I end my turn."
"Good choice Yugi. I now bring Susa Soldier back to the field and play Chain Link. This card allows me to summon another Spirit monster to the field as long as I discard one card from my hand. And you know what that means Yugi, it's been three turns and Isis is free. I now sacrifice my three creatures to summon her to the field!"
(Isis: 5000 atk/ 4000 def) (Slifer:2000/2000)