Transcendence of the Ancients

by Charles Writes Fanfics

A teen, armed only with his classic-style duel disc, and an Artifact Deck, is going to become the best duelist in the world. Almost 80 years after the death of Yugi Muto, the world of Duel Monsters has advanced quite a bit. So, how about we get this Duel goin? (Is no longer being worked on)

10. Fear of the End

Chapter 10: Fear of the End

"WHAT?" Yuei yelled at his mother.

"I said you can go. If it's ok with Yoshida-San." Yoshida stepped out of the car, and walked up to the door.

"I heard my name. What's the problem Mrs. Mitsui?"

"Oh, no problem sir. I was just telling Yuei he'd have to ask you if he could stay the night with you."

"Is that all? I'd be glad to let my biggest rival spend the night. I would like to ask if he has everything ready."

"Of course not, Yoshida-Kun! I didn't think my mother would say yes!" Yuei ran up to his room, Yubel flying next to him.

"Yuei, you sure seem eager. Something you're not telling m-"
"Not now Yubel." Yuei ran into his room, slamming the door behind him.
"Fine. I'll go poke fun at Yoshida." Yubel floated down the stairs, thinking to herself. I feel so different after being in Yuei's body. Am I even still Yubel?

"Gotta get this, have a change of clothes for tomorrow. Don't forget my cards." Yuei was mumbling to himself, throwing whatever he wanted to take into his bag. He stopped, and stared at the wall in the closet. "Why am I so excited? It's just one night. The night before my duel with Matsuda, at that. I shouldn't be getting worked up. I just need to practice with Yoshida." Yuei blushed. "Is that what I really want to do?"

"Yuei! Hurry up, or else there won't be any time to play." Yubel yelled at Yuei.

"I'M COMING!" Why didn't she just fly up here and tell me? Yuei ran down the stairs, and fell the third step down.

"You ok over there?" Yoshida stood up and ran to Yuei.

"I'm fine. Just a broken nose is all." Yuei started to laugh, lifting himself off the ground. "It's not like I'm gonna die or anything." Yuei had one last chuckle, before he walked over to his mother. He gave her a quick hug, then walked his way back to the staircase to pick up his bag.

"You two be safe." Yuei's mother called out.

"We'll be safe, Keiko." Yoshida walked to the door, and opened it for Yuei. Yuei ran through the door, waving goodbye to his mother. Yoshida walked out the door, and shut it behind him.

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"We need to change your deck, Yuei."

"Yoshi-"

"I mean, look at this. It's not balanced at all. Your monsters outweigh your spells and traps, even when you consider the focus cards."

"Yo-"

"In fact, why haven't you been using your focus card? If you're not going to use them, take them out."

"Yoshida-kun!" Yuei stared at Yoshida. "Was the whole reason you agreed to let me stay over just so you could fix my deck?" Yoshida hesitated. "How come? I wanted to actually spend time with you, dammit!"

"Yuei. Your next opponent will try to kill you. Get that into your head. He. Will. Kill. You."

"This is cheating. There's no way this will get through safe checks."

"I'll pull some strings." Yuei's chest started to thump.

"Why? Why do this for me?" Yoshida's followed along.

"Why? Because I choose to." Yoshida's sarcastic tone resonated with Yuei.

"But why me?"

"You're the Supreme King, aren't you?" Yuei started to get pissed off, yet his chest was starting to burn, his heart started pumping out of his chest. Yuei stood up.

"Yubel talked me into this."

"And for what reason? Does she know you like me?" Yuei stared at the boy on the floor. They were both the same age, both adults. "You turned 18 not too long ago. I'm surprised your folks haven't celebrated yet."

He remembered my birthday. "W-what reason would we have? Everyone's grieving. Everyone thought I was dead." Yuei's heart started to race. His face turning red.

"I have information on all of the duelists, you're not a special case." Yoshida walked closer. "This entire scene was uncalled for, so do try not to make too much noise." Yoshida got close to Yuei, his heart beating loudly.

"T-Tell me what it is."

"Your birthday? October 15th." Yoshida Pulled Yuei down, sitting on the ground with him. Yuei's heart racing faster, his eyes starting to tear up.

"Y-Yoshida."

"Like I said, this is all uncalled for, so just try not to make a lot of noise." Yuei pushed himself away from Yoshida.

"If- if I'm not a special case, why go through all this? Why let me come over if I'm not a special case?"

Yoshida stared, his mouth started to form words. Yoshida whispered to himself, "I love you," as Yuei tried to read. "You're my rival, and I need to make sure you get thr-"

"So you try to make out with me? That's making sure I get through a duel?" Yoshida crawled closer.

"This," Yoshida kissed Yuei's cheek "Is for me." Yoshida wrapped his arms around Yuei, the grip of his arms like a vice. Yuei struggled to get out, unable to move. He felt Yoshida's head touch his chest, and hesitantly wrapped his arms around Yoshida. Yoshida kept mouthing the words "I love you," to himself, Yuei lifted his hands to Yoshida's face, and lifted it up to his.

"I'm not going anywhere, Yoshida-Kun. I'll win this duel, so I can come back and be with you." Yuei pushed his lips against Yoshida's, and let his hand droop down to Yoshida's, interlocking their fingers. Yoshida's face was starting to stream with tears. He had never been so happy.

Yoshida pulled Yuei up, and pushed him onto the bed. "Tonight, I'm the Supreme King." Yoshida crawled on top of Yuei, and pulled his shirt off. As he pulled the grey shirt over Yuei's head, he threw it to the other side of the room, landing right next to his jacket. Yuei slid his hand down Yoshida's chest, hooking his finger on the bottom of the shirt. He pulled up on it, sliding it up to Yoshida's head, while Yoshida was focused on taking the pants off of Yuei. His hand reached for the zipper, his other for the button.

"Eager, aren't we Yoshida?" Yuei lept forward the moment he felt his pants slide off, pressing his lips against Yoshida, he reached his hands down to slide Yoshida's pants off. Yoshida felt his pants unbutton, and he pushed Yuei back down.

"Who said you could take my clothes off?" Yuei stared at Yoshida. "Well, since you're so eager, I'll give it to you." Yoshida slid Yuei's pants off, and started to Rub on Yuei's pelvis. Yuei flinched, but stayed as still as he could. Yuei watched as Yubel flew through the door, locking it behind her.

"Now we're alone."

"No Yubel?"

"No Yubel," Yuei repeated. He pulled Yoshida closer to him, embracing the warmth. Their lips intertwined with each other. Yuei felt a slight poking on his leg. "Who was it that said I was eager?"

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The day had passed, Yuei walked to the field. He was in the Semi-Finals. Yoshida stood in the neighboring arena, waiting for Yuei to win. "Yubel, this deck is gonna be what gets us to win. I know it."

"Did you and Yoshida work on it?"

"All night. After, uh-" Yuei blushed, his face turned redder than a ripe tomato "After that happened." Yubel chuckled.

"Think about it Yuei. You've come so far. I only had to duel once, and you crushed everyone else."

"From lowly servant, to Supreme King. I'm ready to win this Duel." Yuei thrusted his arm into the air,and made a fist. "Yuei Mitsui is ready to Duel!"

A voice popped into the air, speakers booming with sound. "Ok folks, it's time for the final two duels. Mitsui Yuei is going up against Hiroshi Matsuda, and Kaiba Yoshida is going against Kobayashi Rira. Both sets of Duelists, take their positions please." Yuei stepped up to his side of the field, and watched as Matsuda walked to his. "Players, who will take their first turn?"

"We're just now starting this? Coin flip."

"Rock Paper Scissors!" Yuei shouted.

"The duelist who can get an action card first will have the first turn."

"WHAT?" Matsuda and Yuei screamed, interrupting each other.

"Now, action field, SET!" The announcer shouted, and a card began to spin above the stadium. "The field for this duel will be," The card spun faster, and faster, quickly coming to a halt. "Dragon Ravine!" The field quickly molded the world around them into a wasteland. There were gorges, and cliffs. Cacti ravaged the area around them, and the wind blew harshly. "Now, grab an action card, and go!" Matsuda ran, and Yuei leaped onto the floating platforms above them.

Matsuda lunged at a card, while Yuei grabbed one from a cactus. " I activate my action card, XYZ Starter. I special summon Artifact Durendal by banishing an Artifact from my deck and hand!"

Duel Start

Mitsui Yuei: 4000 Hiroshi Matsuda: 4000

Yuei discarded a card from his hand, and pulled one from his deck, sliding it into the graveyard. "Now, come down from your pedestal. Present the power that is your will. XYZ SUMMON. DESCEND! ARTIFACT DURENDAL!" Yuei screamed into the heavens, pleading for their powers. A bolt of light hit the ground, and Durendal appeared from it.

Matsuda drew his hand of five, and stared at the cards. "Appears that I actually shuffled well this time."

"What do you mean, Matsuda?"

"I've been shuffling my cards in an irregular pattern, making sure only the five pieces of Exodia appear at the top of my deck." Yuei thought back, the first time he saw Matsuda win.

"You slid the exodia cards into the deck after they were shuffled!"

"So the pretty boy finally figured it out. Lucky for you, I wanted to show you my true power. So I decided to shuffle them in boy."

Yuei sneered, his face contorting into anger. "I set three cards face down, and end my turn."

"I draw! I play my monster, Cyber Dragon Core!"

Cyber Dragon Core

Light-Attribute / Machine - Effect Monster / ATK: 400 DEF: 1500 / Level 4

"When this card is Normal Summoned: Add 1 "Cyber" Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand."

"The card I choose is Cyber Repair Plant." The card shot out of Matsuda's deck, as he pulled it out and put it into his hand. "Next, I equip A-Assault Core to Cyber Dragon Core."

A-Assault Core

Light-Attribute / Machine - Union - Effect Monster / ATK: 1900 DEF: 200 / Level 4

"Once per turn, you can either: Target 1 LIGHT Machine-Type monster you control; equip this card to that target, OR: Unequip this card and Special Summon it. A monster equipped with this card is unaffected by your opponent's monster effects (except its own), also if the equipped monster would be destroyed by battle or card effect, destroy this card instead."

"Now, I set one card face down, and end my turn." Matsuda started to run away from Yuei. Yuei looked at his Duel Disk.

"I draw!" Yuei looked at the card he had just drew, and placed it in his hand. "I use the effect of my Artifact Mech!" A giant beast fell out of the sky, landing in front of Yuei.

Artifact Mech

Light-Attribute / Fairy - Effect Monster / ATK: 2500 DEF: 500 / Level 8

"By banishing one "Artifact" monster from the field, you can special Summon this monster from your hand."

"Now, I'll release my Durendal as payment!" Yuei walked to the floating sword, and put his hand on the blade. "You did good pal, now take a rest." Durendal exploded into light, not even responding to its owner. "Ok, Mech, Let's do this."

"Wait, Artifact Mech?"

"Yoshida ran out of ideas. ATTACK!" Artifact Mech put its arm forward, black metal bending around. Sockets moving, bumpy textures, smooth plates, all forming a sharp spear at the end of a fist. Mech ran at the core, and stabbed forward. The Assault core leaped off the dragon, and exploded into dust.

Matsuda

4000 → 1900

"I set two cards face-down. Your move."

"I DRAW!" Matsuda took a look at his hand. "Nothing new, I see." Matsuda paced to the side, jumping on top of a platform. Yuei quickly followed behind. Matsuda leaped forward, and grabbed a card from the edge of a platform. "Action Magic, shuffle draw! I shuffle two cards back into my deck, and draw two to replace them." Matsuda slid two cards into his deck. The cards shuffled, and he drew two more from the top of the deck. "YES! I summon my-"
"Action Magic! No Action!"

Action Magic: No Action

Negate the activation and the effect of an Action Spell Card, and if you do, destroy it.

"If this is a fight of action cards, then so be it. But I won't lose to a scum like you!" Yuei stared, his eyes piercing Matsuda.

"If you think you can just stop everything I do, then I'll do just that. I play the continuous spell card, Messenger of Peace!"

Messenger of Peace

Monsters with 1500 or more ATK cannot declare an attack. Once per turn, during your standby phase, pay 100 LP, or destroy this card.

"Are you kidding me Matsuda? All I have to do is wait as your card littles your Life Points down. Meanwhile, I can summon all the monsters I want."

"We shall see about that. I end my turn."

"Fine by me. I draw!" Yuei smirked, his grin turning into a smile. Quickly bursting into a laugh.

Yuei, what's going on? Yubel shouted.

"I didn't know Yoshida slid this into my deck. Perhaps it's a message. I don't know how it got here, but it's better that I use it. I play the spell card, Artifact Finale!" Yuei slid the spell card into its slot, then laughed maniacally as it rose from the ground.

Artifact Finale

Summon as many "Artifact" monsters as possible from your hand, then pay 200 LP for each one.

"I'll be summoning Artifact Lancea, and Artifact Moralltach! For a total of 400 LP!"

Yuei

4000 → 3600

A beast of blue, holding a metallic spear rose from the ground, piercing the air with its spear of light. Following it was a near-white beast, holding a sword glowing with energy. "My friends will guide me to a new understanding! I release my Artifact Lancea, Moralltach, and Mech in order to summon a beast of underlying horror!"

"What?" Matsuda backed up, waiting. All three of Yuei's monsters flew into the sky. Except Lancea. She turned around, to stare at Yuei. Speaking unintelligible words. But Yuei knew. He knew every word.

"I followed you for your compassion, but now I see the true you." it rang in his head as she flew away.

"I wish for you to meet SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON!" Clouds started to pile up, the sky

turned dark. Rain poured down, thunder struck the center of the field, as a giant red dragon with two mouths floated down. Rain fell harder, as Slifer finally touched the ground.

Slifer The Sky Dragon

Divine/ Level 10 / Divine-Beast, Effect Monster / ATK/ ? DEF/ ?

"This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF for each card in your hand. If a monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your opponent's field in face-up Attack Position: That monster(s) loses 2000 ATK, then if it's ATK has been reduced to 0 as a result, destroy it."

"Try to use a pendulum summon now. I dare you." Yuei grinned. "Slifer currently has 2000 ATK, as accounted by the cards in my hand. But, because of your Messenger of Peace, I'll just have to set a card face down, leaving Slifer with 1000 ATK, thereby foregoing your effect!" Yuei thrusted his hand forward. Matsuda looked in his hand, and saw nothing. "ATTACK MATSUDA DIRECTLY!" Slifer flew forward, biting into the duel disk on Matsuda's arm.

Matsuda

1900 → 900

"I end my turn there."

"I refuse to let you ruin my work now. Of all the places I've been, all the people I've meet, the things I've been through. You know as well as I do that we must fight for our causes, Mitsui. You have your reasons for fighting, I have mine. And sometimes, you have to slip through hoops to get what you want."

"Get on with your turn."
"Fine, if you're certain to meet your doom so quickly." Matsuda drew a card from his deck, looking intently. "I do not rely on luck, for I do not need it. I activate Pot of Greed, and draw two more cards. These two cards will decide what your fate shall be, Yuei. Shall they guide you towards victory, or help me to a true, and noble cause."

"And what would that be, Jackass?"

"Getting tired, are we? I wish to unite all people under one utopia. The powerful god, master Mentis, has foreseen it. A world where all can get along, under his rule, where harm comes to no one."
"I won't let you!" Yuei screamed, but withdrew quickly.

"Did it just occur to you that you wish to do the same? Or maybe it was throwing away your friends, in order to get a seemingly more powerful monster? Maybe your strategy would've worked, if you hadn't been so eager to get rid of them."

"Quiet."

"What's that? I fail to hear your plea for help. Maybe if you speak up, I'll spare you, and continue on to another duel. My duel with Kaiba Yoshida." Matsuda left a gratifying chuckle, as Yuei's eyes widened.
"Shut up."

"What was that, peasant? I can't quite make it o-"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Yuei shouted even louder. His body started to glow, energy radiating around him. His duel disk began to change shape, his clothes fading into different shapes. As the glow faded out, all that was standing there was a tall man, a cape on his back, armor covering him from head to toe. His duel disk was black, with signs of gold on them. "I am the Supreme King. I decide who wins, and who loses." Yuei's voice emitted from the man, deep and resonant in the wide open arena.

"This will make it even more pleasing for me, then." Matsuda drew his two cards, staring at them for mere seconds before bursting out laughing. "THE CARDS HAVE CHOSEN ME, YUEI! I activate, The Seal of Mentis!" A spell card appeared on the field, but it was blank. There was no picture on it, and no description, not even a name.

"What is the meaning of this, Matsuda?"

"This Seal hasn't chosen it's master yet. But it will have one soon. As a Continuous spell card, it stays on my field. Next, I activate my Call of Two Souls!" The wind started to pick up, parting the clouds, forming a small tornado inside the arena. "This card destroys every monster, and every face-down card on our fields.

"Then I'll have to activa-"

"Too bad, you can't activate cards in response to this one's activation." Slifer vanished to dust, and the card on Yuei's spell zone opened up, revealing an Artifact monster, before being destroyed. Matsuda's face-down Solemn strike was destroyed, and banished.

"My cards, where are they?"

"Banished. Every card destroyed by this effect is banished to the realm of the god himself, Mentis." Matsuda broke out laughing once more, before Yuei dashed off to get an action card. "Hey, I'm not done with my card's effect. There's one little thing I need to take. A single soul." Yuei reached for the nearest platform, but fell, his arm unable to move, unable to grab the ledge. He fell down to the ground, hitting his head on the plexi glass underneath him. The was a small cracking sound, as Yuei had broke the glass under him. The platforms disappeared, the action cards turning to dust.

"M-Matsuda."

"Normally, I would chose which soul to put into the Seal. But, as I am generous, I shall let you choose." Matsuda walked over to Yuei, the crowd watching in despair. Matsuda put his arm on Yuei's chest. Yuei tried to struggle, tried to move, but was unable to. Matsuda's hand started to glow red, as he pulled out a physical form of Yubel.

"YUBEL!" Matsuda stomped on Yuei's face, throwing Yubel to the side.

"This was the least painful part for you. Speak again and I'll make it unbearable." Matsuda reached his hand to Yuei's disk, pulling out every artifact soul in the deck. The blank card followed behind Matsuda, pushing every one of them into a pile. Matsuda turned around, facing the two sets of souls. A chain flew out of the card, encircling each of them. "Now, Yuei Mitsui. I leave you a choice. Will you give up your Artifact's Souls, or the soul of Yubel? The guardian made to protect your highness."

"MYSELF! I CHOOSE MYSELF!"

Matsuda clicked his tongue, waving his finger in the air. "I'm afraid I can't let you do that. Lord Mentis would have my head if I let you. No, the card will only hold one of your monster's souls. So, who shall it be?" Matsuda snapped, and Yuei shot up from his laying position.

"I, I-"

"Take your time. No one can get in here, and neither of us will get out. I could do this for all eternity, but I know you can't." Matsuda chuckled, his intent dark, and atmosphere matching. Yuei thought hard about it, how he could escape, how could he save his friends. Would the artifacts even want to be saved?

"I don't know."

"Well, the choice is yours. Oh, Oh, let me guess, you think you're gonna piss off the ancients even more by choosing them, as if it'll make your mistakes up to them? Or, or, you're sad that you have to lose one of the things that you cared the most about, right?"

"You, you."

"Is that what I think it is?"

"YUEI! DON'T DO THIS! YOU CAN STILL BEAT HIM, I KNOW YOU CAN!" Yubel started to shout, struggling to get out of her chains. The artifacts stayed silent, lamenting as the choice seemed too obvious. Yuei was going to get rid of them, as he had the others.

"This is getting boring. You know what? I'll give you another hour before I choose for you."

"Yubel-"

"If you have to choose me, do it. I am your guardian, after all."

"Yubel, your skin is unbreachable, like that of dragon's scales. But your soul, much like my heart, is vulnerable," Yuei started to speak. "But, as your soul is vulnerable, so is my heart. You have reached into my very core, and changed who I am."

"YAWN! Hurry up Yuei, time's tickin'."

"My dearest, Yubel. I wouldn't give you up for anything. You're not a romantic partner, you're not a crush, you're not my guardian. In my eyes, you're the closest friend I will ever have." Yuei slunk down, staring at the grass, as he grabbed Yubel's hand. "I wouldn't give you up to live a life without you. I wouldn't give you up for anything." Yuei stood up, and walked to the artifacts, letting Yubel's hand slide out of his.

As he walked over to the artifacts, he began to speak once more. "And as the day comes to a close, the sun sets, the water falls, and I think of what I have. The artifacts, friends who have been there since my father left us. Even when I had not realized it at first, you were always there. Wanting your memories back, and I was willing to travel the world to give them to you." Yuei's face started to turn red, his eyes tearing up. "I was willing to throw away my life to give you everything you wanted, and now I don't know if I can. Nothing I can say, or do, will ever make up for what I've done. It's my fault you lost your friends, and my fault for trusting a card that wasn't mine." Yuei walked to Matsuda, falling in front of him, his face in his hands.

"Has your decision been made?" Matsuda sat on the glass under him, staring at Yuei. Yuei looked up, his clothes melded back into his school uniform, his armor fading away. His duel disk changed back to it's original form, as Yuei stared at the beast in front of him.

"I'm the monster, I'm the one who should be in that card."

"I said, have you made your decision?" Matsuda raised his voice, kicking Yuei.

"I-I choose," Yuei's voice reverted to it's normal pitch, reverberating no more. Tears streamed down his eyes. Yuei stood up, wiping his face. He turned around, and faced Yubel. "I'm sorry. I choose Yubel."

Matsuda snapped his fingers, and released Yubel from her chains. Yubel tried to fly, but she wasn't going anywhere. Her feet stayed planted on the ground, only able to jump. "Nice try, cutie, but you're not going anywhere." Matsuda chuckled, watching as Yubel tried to run towards an exit. "Did you not listen to me?" Yubel smacked into an invisible wall, unable to move past it. "I said no one is coming in, or leaving this arena." Matsuda pressed a button on his Duel Disk, and a red beam shot out of the blank card.

Yuei couldn't watch, he couldn't move. He just had to, though. He had to move. Yubel saw the beam moving her way, and began to ran. She ran towards Matsuda, hoping to cut it off. As she passed by Matsuda, and turned, she made a full loop, hoping to watch Matsuda get pulled into his own card. But, the beam continued to follow her. She ran past Yuei, the beam getting closer, and closer to her.

"This is it, huh?" Yuei began to shed another tear.

"You got that right kid." Matsuda hit Yuei on the back, knocking him forward. What should have knocked Yuei down, propelled him forward, as he ran towards Yubel. He ran right into her, knocking her out of the way, letting the beam envelop him.

Yuei felt as the beam took over his body. Burning him from the inside out. His clothes flew off, burnt to charcoal in an instant. His body turned black, this mind going blank. All he felt, was sadness, sorrow. He didn't have a chance to say goodbye to anyone. To Yubel, to Yoshida, his mother, or even Ayumi. The blank card exploded into dust, the beam from it following suit. As the beam was finally faded away, the chains holding the artifacts released. They flew back into the deck as fast as possible. Yubel stared, waiting for Yuei to step out of the harm safely, like always.

"He has to come out, he has to. He never fails, he can't fail. Not now."

"He didn't fail, honey." Matsuda walked up to the Monster. His goal was to save you, and his artifacts. He did a damn good job of it. He used that stupid monologue to distract me, give him time to think of a plan. And now," the beam faded away, revealing a black body, burnt, destroyed. All that remained was a corpse of what used to be Yuei.

"NO! This can't happen, this shouldn't have happened. I'm his guardian!" Yubel ran to the corpse, but was knocked down by Matsuda.

"YOU IMBECILE!" Matsuda kicked the corpse. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME? LORD MENTIS IS GOING TO BE FURIOUS!" He kicked the body again. "Not that it matters anymore. I can just bring him a bone as a symbol of victory." Matsuda's foot gravitated to Yuei's head. "After all, you won't be needing this anymore." Matsuda smashed his foot into the skull, busting it apart.

Yubel pulled herself up, she sat on her knees, her arms keeping her up. The wings on her back had vanished, her legs were weak, her face streaming with tears. "Matsuda. You,"

"I what? I killed Yuei? That was his choice. Am I a monster? Following the orders of a god, I wouldn't say so. If anything, Yuei was a monster. Taking his cards for granted. Even after he knew there were souls in them, he began to use them more and more like tools. He betrayed his friendship, and tried to stop the development of a new world. Who's the monster here? The one who's done so much wrong, or the one who wants to save everyone?"

"You're the monster here."

"Yuei tried to kill Yoshida during their first duel. He was considering pushing him off a building, and almost succeeded, making it look like an accident."

"Bu-"

"He almost destroyed several of his artifacts during his recent duels. He tried to kill Kuroda,"
"Kuroda attacked him."

"Was it because he was mad, or was it because he realized what a monster Yuei was? Because he realized what Yuei had done to everyone?"
"That seal, that red thing on his head. It was controlling him."
"And this is a fact, or just something you assumed?" Matsuda put his arm on his shoulder. "Yuei never cared about anything more than winning. That is what made him the Supreme King, after all. He never gave up in his duels, but always clouded himself with the thought of saving his friends, getting help for his mother. But all he really wanted was to win. He sacrificed his cards, the souls that inhabited them. Why didn't the artifacts talk to him? They weren't there."

"SHUT UP! I won't believe it. Not a word!"
"Don't get me wrong, Yuei tried to change, Lord Mentis told me so. But the bloodline of the Supreme King still flew through his veins, and he couldn't control it. It was his own weakness that made his strong, but his strength that made him weak. An easy target for Lord Menti-"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Yubel's arm shifted, the shape changing, and growing. Out of her arm came an organic Duel Disk. "I'M TAKING THE FIRST TURN!" Her Duel Disk spoke,

"Intrusion penalty, 2000 points taken."

"Oh? Looks like the corpse still has their Duel Disk running." Matsuda snorted.

"I loved him, he was everything to me, and you took him away, Matsuda."

"Oh? A confession to the dead man? A shame he'll never hear it. His soul is inside the Seal of Mentis." Matsuda held up a card.

The Seal of Mentis

"The owner of this card is Yuei Mitsui"

"The picture, it's-" The white space on the inside of the card was filled with Yuei. He stood still, smiling. His head facing towards the sky. Behind him was a red circle, a star inside of it.

"It's the one and only Yuei. Grey jacket, red shirt, black pants." Matsuda grabbed the card with both of his hands, and ripped it in half. "And now he's gone forever." Matsuda put the pieces on top of each other, and ripped it again.

"Stop!"

"What're you gonna do about it?" Matsuda tore the card again, and stuffed it in his pocket.

"I activate the spell card, pot of greed, and draw an additional two cards. Next I summon Royal Magical Library. Then I activate my Broken Bamboo Sword, and equip it to my Library. Library gains 0 attack. Next I activate another Broken Bamboo Sword, and attach it to my Library. Then I use my Golden Bamboo sword to draw 2 cards. Next I activate the effect of my Royal Magical Library."

"No, you're not-"

"Every Time a spell is activated, I put a spell counter on Royal Magical Library. When there are 3 on it, I can remove them to draw another card. Next I activate my Pot of duality, which lets me add one of the top 3 cards on my deck to my hand, and shuffle the others back into the deck. Finally-"

"You didn't. How did you get those cards?"

"The Supreme King bloodline is a long one. I have guarded every single one, and have seen many changes in dueling. Once, Yugi Muto had an exodia deck. He found the pieces again much later in his life, and remade his grandfather's deck. Once he passed it onto his son, it was refined. Again, and again. This deck is the perfect zero-turn kill. For it was one of his descendants that showed me this deck. I acquired it when he passed on. Now, I will let my Exodia decide your fate." Yubel took Royal Magical Library off the field, and placed all five pieces of exodia on her disk.

"But, i-it won't hurt me."

"My disk is organic. It has no safeguards. You will feel the burning pain Yuei felt, but yours will be even greater. Exodia!" Yubel slowly lifted her hand, pointing at Matsuda. Matsuda ran to the exits, but ran into the invisible wall.

"Lord Mentis, please forgive me. I could not finish the job. If you spare me I will make it up to you." Matsuda pleaded, and pleaded, but no answer came. The wall stayed, and he fell limp.

"OBLITERATE!"

To Be Continued