A/N: Hey there peeps! Been a little while, but I'm back. Work has been insane with the holidays coming up so I haven't been writing as much because of it. Well that and been playing Dragon Age Inquisition which is AWESOME! Anyway we last left with the final round in the Tournament of the King between Menia and Rayce to see who gets a shot at Yugi. Atem has returned from the Afterlife to try and save the world from the Dark Spirit. But the evil group known as the League of Duel Assassins led by the insane Heinrich Van Stantz has arrived to cause their own form of mayhem. With people's lives at stake will Yugi/Atem get to the meeting point on time? Where is Kaiba? Find out now! Also shoutout to TheNew959, DtheDeity, Menatron the Angel of Ideas, tudorgirl941, mitsuki uchiha namikaze for reviewing and follow/fave.
Ch.2: The Pharaoh Returns Pt2
Screams. Screams of fear and complete an utter terror filled the stadium as if everyone just realized that their lives were in danger. LODA had appeared and it seemed their leader Heinrich Van Stantz wanted Yugi. The big question was why. Yugi has both scared and yet angry at the same time. He knew that he had to stop this mad man so he took his duel disk and went to find the production booth.
"Hey Yugi wait up!" Called out both Tea' and Duke.
"I'm sorry guys, but I want you to stay behind. I know you guys will be there in spirit. With that and Atem by my side then I should be fine."
"Aww come on Yugi. These guys are real bad news." Said Duke.
"Duke is right Yugi. Besides that we are a team." Said Tea' with a hint of fear in her voice.
"You two should stay out of the way." Said a familiar voice behind them. They all turned around to see Kaiba (wearing the clothes from Battle City) with his duel disk in his hand.
"Kaiba?!" cried out the gang.
"I don't have time for all this. Yugi, Heinrich called you out personally, but you will need my help to get into the production booth." Said Kaiba impatiently.
"What are you doing here Kaiba?" asked Yugi.
"I'm here to take out that sick Fool and Heinrich. They have Mokuba."
"What?!"
"So let's go Yugi. You are my ticket to get to him, but they have it locked up and I will need to hack it in order to get in. Times running out." Said Kaiba as he began to walk the other direction.
"Alright. Duke, Tea' help everyone calm down before any other craziness happens." Said Yugi as he ran to catch up to Kaiba before his friends could stop him.
Down at the stadium grounds was Menia and Rayce in shock of what just happened. One moment they were in the middle of an awesome duel, and then some lunatic pops in and tells everyone he has rigged all the seats and exits with explosives. Both Menia and Rayce were angry about the duel outcome, but after surveying the scene the realized now wasn't the time to argue over a duel. They needed to do something and now.
"Argh! I was so close in beating you!" yelled Menia as she and Rayce ran to look for the production booth.
"Close doesn't cut it. My next move would've finished you." Said Rayce.
"IN YOUR DREAMS HAHAHA!"
"Now is not the time Menia. You want a rematch fine, but let's find the freak that ruined our duel. Deal?"
"Oh yeah and next time I'm beating you good." Said Menia now smiling at the fact they will have a rematch. Both of them would never say it out loud but they were extremely impressed with each other's deck. About 10 minutes later they found themselves outside the production booth only to find they were not the only ones. They were the 2 best duelists in the world: Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba.
"Hey what are you two doing here?" asked Yugi with a strong commanding voice.
"We are here to help get rid of the part crashers." Said the confident Menia.
"Great more dweebs." Sighed Kaiba.
"Look I'm willing to bet that Heinrich guy is not alone. You are going to need our help." Said Rayce as he crossed his arms.
"Fine then, but be careful." Said Yugi.
"Got it. The door is unlocked now." Said Kaiba when all of a sudden the door burst open as several guys in black cloaks came and grabbed the four duelists. In the room was more people in black cloaks but some more fancy than others, one had his hood down which was a young man with red hair and a jagged scar on the left side of his face, and in the middle was Heinrich.
"Welcome welcome welcome all to our little party. As you can hear outside ze people are screaming! Ah such music to meine ears. Now to business. We have ze King of Games Yugi Muto, the big bad Seto Kaiba of Kaiba Corp, and some extras. You two shall be dealt with later. But first Mr. Muto please let me speak with your friend so I may discuss some things with him." Said Heinrich clapping.
"I'm already here."
"OH! Meine apologies Pharaoh. I'm not exactly used to zat yet. I see you brought your duel disk. Since you brought two unwanted guests you must duel to save ze people." Said Heinrich as he snapped his fingers to a nearby LODA member who stepped forth. The LODA member then threw off his cloak to reveal the muscular man with a duel disk activated.
"I have been chosen to end your life Pharaoh. Call me The Eliminator." Said Eliminator. He had long black hair and a nose ring while wearing a black muscle suit.
"Very well, but if I win then you shut off the explosives and tell me the meaning of this." Said Atem now in control.
"Fine fine. Zis shouldn't be long anyway. Begin."
Atem/Yugi: 4000
Eliminator: 4000
"DUEL!"
"I will start this duel with a monster facedown. Next I use my Different Dimension Capsule. With this card I can select one card from my deck and remove it from play. After my second turn I get that card. Next I use my Final Countdown spell card. By paying 2000 life points to activate its deadly ability will fully be realized if somehow this duel lasts 20 turns. When that happens I automatically win. Your move." Said Eliminator. Above his head appeared a fireball with a number one in it.
"My move, draw! I summon my Magicians Valkyria in attack mode. Go my Valkyria attack his facedown now." Ordered Atem as the female mage leapt in the air and shot a magic bolt at the facedown to reveal a black cat with an ornate necklace.
"Hehe by destroying my A Cat of Ill Omen I can now select one trap card from my deck."
"Very well, I end my turn with two cards facedown." Said Atem. He knew he was already in trouble.
"Not a good start." Said Rayce with a frown.
"He can beat this guy. He is the King of Games. Go get him Yugi!" cheered Menia.
"My move again. I set one monster facedown and one other card facedown. Your move."
"Fine then I draw. I use my Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Next I summon my Gazelle King of Mythical Beasts. Now Valkyria attack his facedown." Said Atem as he ordered his mage to once again attack the unknown monster to reveal a strange looking machine.
"You attacked my Gear Golem The Moving Fortress."
Atem/Yugi: 3400
Eliminator: 2000
"I will admit you have gotten me twice now, but that will not happen again. I end my turn." Said Atem slightly impressed.
"You honor me? I'm a little surprised. But back to the duel. My Dimension Capsule brings me back my card." Began Eliminator but was now interrupted by Atem.
"You activated my trap Lightforce Sword!" yelled Atem as a celestial sword appeared pierced one of Eliminator's cards to reveal the head of the very creature that helped Yugi beat Kaiba in their first duel: Exodia.
"Damn you! You will pay for that."
"You play with an instant win deck!" gasped Menia.
"Hehehe oh yeah I do. You got lucky for that, but you too activated my trap, Destiny Board!" roared Eliminator as a specter with a glowing F appeared.
"Yugi is in trouble now. He needs to get rid of that card before it's too late." Said Rayce with concern.
"PHARAOH! You are not to lose to this weakling you hear me! You are only to lose to me and me alone. So do us all a favor and win already!" yelled Kaiba at Atem. Then all of a sudden flashes of red, blue, and gold appeared in the room. Wind blew all around the room while outside the clouds darkened and lightning streaks across the sky. The red light heads to Atem/Yugi to his hand, the blue light zooms to Menia's hands, and the gold light darts its way to Rayce's hand. When the lights slowly faded away both Atem/Yugi, Menia, and Rayce gasped. In their hands was one of the Egyptian God Cards! Menia showed to Kaiba, Rayce and Atem her card: Obelisk The Tormentor. Rayce then shows his to be The Winged Dragon of Ra. Finally Atem/Yugi looks at his to be Slifer The Sky Dragon.
"What the hell just happen?!" growled Johnny Wrath.
"Ah so ze God Cards have return. Wunderbar! Zis is just perfect. Go on Pharaoh, show us your power." Laughs Heinrich and several other LODA members.
"But boss?" said Eliminator nervously.
"You will speak when spoken to whelp." Growled Johnny.
"Fffine. I now use my Shield & Sword spell card on my Gear Golem, and now I sacrifice it to bring out my Great Maju Garzett. Now my beast's attack is double its attack points bringing it to a grand total of 4,400! Go now and destroy Yugi's Gazelle with your Miasmic Goo."
"Guess again Eliminator. I activate my Shadow Spell trap card. It stops your monster's attack and lowers its attack by 700." Smirked Atem.
"GRRRRR I end my turn." Grunted Eliminator.
"With pleasure. First I use discard one card from my hand to special summon The Tricky. Next I use my Card of Sanctity spell card. Now we draw till we have 6 cards in our hand. Now I sacrifice my Magicians Valkyria, Gazelle, and The Tricky to summon my Egyptian God Card, Slifer The Sky Dragon," yelled Atem and the spirit of Yugi in unison as the large crimson dragon appeared destroying the ceiling, "Now Slifer attack and finish this duel with Thunder Force. Wipe him out!" Slifer then let out a loud roar before it gathered tremendous amount of thunder energy and unleashed it upon Eliminator's monster. The impact shook the whole stadium and sent Eliminator flying across the room. After that the hologram of Slifer disappeared with the duel over, but not before it let out a huge roar.
"All right Yugi did it!" shouted Menia jumping in the air.
"Nice win there King." Said Rayce with a smile.
"What took you so long." Smirked Kaiba.
BANG BANG! Eliminator's body collapsed hard on the ground and his deck now covered in blood. The look of horror was on both Atem/Yugi, Kaiba, Menia, and Rayce's face after seeing what Heinrich did to his subordinate. Atem couldn't help but look into the eyes of the remorseless man.
"Why did you kill him?!" Yelled Atem.
"Always with ze whys? Why zis and why zat? Such a mundane question. Eliminator had outlived his usefulness. We got to see your deck and zat was one of our main reasons to get you here. The other is so I can tell you how to play my game." Smiled Heinrich as he put his pistol away.
"You are a really messed up guy." Said Menia as she came by Atem's side.
"A real madman." Said Rayce as he and Kaiba came to the pharaoh's side.
"Why thank you all for ze compliments! You see it is better to be mad. Life is more fun when it is chaotic. When there is order it just stagnates and things never get better nor as interesting. But with chaos oh such delicious chaos brings joy to my heart. To be normal is an insult. It is one of life's greatest illusions as well as a cruel joke. I care not of others because they are blind to ze real world. Ze world is just a realm zat was made from chaos and chaos is what will make ze world anew. It matters not why I want it to be, but how. Zis world has decayed for too long. So what if many people die. Their deaths are for a greater purpose. We are like a rampaging forest fire leaving destruction in our wake. There is indeed beauty in destruction and I can't wait to see cities in flames, bodies everywhere, screams like today, and the world covered in eternal darkness hahahahahahahaha!" Laughed the maniacal Heinrich.
"Where the hell is Mokuba?" growled Kaiba.
"Whahahahahahaha Mr. Broody making demands already? Aww man you are killing me. This is too funny." Came the cackling voice of Larry The Fool who appeared in a puff of purple smoke.
"Whose the clown?" asked both Menia and Rayce.
"Clown? Just a clown?! I ought to cut out your tongues for that!" yelled Larry as he pulled out his crooked dagger, but was stopped by Johnny.
"Not here and not now Fool. You will have your time." Smiled Johnny.
"Oh Herr Kaiba you are very interesting. It is just as he told me. You are 4 of the 5 chosen. Zis game is turning out to be fun. Here is how the game is to be played. Meine own master is in need of ze Millennium Items. Sadly all ze items are scattered about the world except for 3. Ze Puzzle is with you and ze Eye is with Pegasus. Ze other item is either ze Rod or Ring. It's to be 5 on 5. One side is to be for ze light while ze other is of darkness. To win ze game is to collect ALL ze Millennium Items. If you win zen ze world is safe. If not zen ze world is done for. Simple jah? Well it's time to go now. I look forward to seeing you 4 again. Auf Wiedersehen, Warriors of ze Light hahahahahahahahahahahaha!" laughs Heinrich as Johnny blows up the back wall. Outside waiting is a high tech chopper that the LODA members board that flys up to the air carrier in the sky. Both Atem/Yugi, Kaiba, Menia, and Rayce were in complete shock from what just happened. They were all pulled into a madman's plot to take over the world. From there the 4 met up with Duke and Tea' on everything. Then Yugi told Menia and Rayce about the Puzzle and Atem which completely blew their minds.
"So now what do we do? From what was said from Captain Crazy we were chosen to fight them. And how did we get the God Cards?" asked Rayce looking at The Winged Dragon of Ra.
"This is so wicked! I got Obelisk The Tormentor."
"Well we need to find and stop Heinrich and his LODA before he finds the Items. He knows of one other besides mine. I think he may go after Pegasus." Said Yugi.
"Ugh Pegasus. If it helps to find Mokuba then so be it. Meet me at Kaiba Corp tomorrow at noon. Don't be late. I'm personally hunting those goons and make them all pay for taking Mokuba from me." Said Kaiba as he walked away. They and several other people were leaving the area when all of a sudden the stadium exploded in tremendous fashion. The gang could only turn around and see in horror the destruction of the stadium. They were also being watched.
LODA Air Ship
The LODA air ship was extremely busy at the moment. They were all preparing themselves for their crusade that would shake the world to its very foundation. At the center of the ship was the control room. Syn could be seen playing with a train set with Larry, Johnny Wrath was standing next to his leader Heinrich who was now watching the stadium in flames. Heinrich could only smile at his work. One of his subordinate's drones zoomed in on Yugi's face of pure horror.
"You were enjoying yourself watching the Pharaoh suffer sir?" Asked Johnny Wrath.
"Enjoying myself? No I was ecstatic! I love seeing others suffer whether it be physical or emotional though my heart soars seeing someone being crushed. This is nothing but a war. Ze endless war between good and evil, light and darkness, hope and despair. I don't care about wins and losses. I care about ze legacy of chaos I will leave behind. This war will make events like ze Civil War, WW2, and ze Vietnam wars look like a walk in the park and that meine friend I will make sure of it. Our friend will cover ze world in total darkness. Those who submit shall be enslaved for eternity while those who refuse shall be annihilated without question or mercy. This game shall be my masterpiece I have been craving for so long. Let us begin on our Crusade of Destruction! Hahahahahahaha!" Laughed Heinrich hysterically.
"Master, we have located Pegasus. Shall I send my drones sir?" asked one of the core LODA members with a mechanical voice.
"No no need for that meine dear Dr. Darkstar. Proceed with Operation: Inferno will you. You and Severin are perfect for ze job." Said Heinrich with a wave of his hand.
Domino City Orphanage (the next day)
The scene was that of a bloody massacre that just occurred about a day ago. The whole place was locked down by the FBI as there is an investigation going on. News reporters, agents, all that other stuff is what to expect in a scene like this, and right now there is an investigator who is heading into the building right now to see what the fuck is going on. This man is well known for being the best in the business of investigations. This person looks alot like Denzel Washington from the movie The Equalizer, but he has a beard. Wears a FBI suit most of the time in case you might ask. Yes, he is Matthew "Matt" Kenton.
This man had a bit of a rough past. His parents were uncaring and he grew up dirt poor, and was even abandoned by his grandparents after the murder of his parents in a drive by shooting. He was then brought and adopted by the FBI, and ever since then, he was best known for investigations in the unsolvable cases like this one. Just as he walked into the room, he sees blood all over the place as if there was a terrorist attack. He looked at the site and muttered one word. "LODA."
Then another one of his associates then comes in then looks at the place. "Oh my god, this is horrible." The associate said.
"I know, and I know of only one group who would do such a thing. The League of Duel Assassins. The group that I been tracking in for years just started another attack. The same group who held everyone at the Kaiba Dome hostage strikes again." Matt muttered just as he looks at the first body of a female staff. It looked like her head was hit by an blunt object. She was dead for sure. "Got a dead body here, hit by a blunt object."
"Many of the people here were either shot, stabbed, or beaten to death." Another person said coming inside.
"Yeah, I can see why this was a bloody massacre. What puzzles me is why the group only took the children and killed everyone else?" Matt added just as he looks around to see more dead bodies. People that are killed were surely killed in a number of ways. Heck, he even saw one body that had a head ripped off. It was not a pleasant site for anyone today. "Normally I am involved in cases like murder and stuff, but this is beyond strange."
"I can see. We haven't had nothing like this in awhile. Say, why aren't you a fan of Duel Monsters?" someone asked.
"It's a pointless sport like the Super Bowl which is football. Doesn't take a lot of thinking to play it as you just play some damn cards and then monsters are summoned and all that shit." Matt replied as he to him really doesn't like Duel Monsters. "I try to get into the game once but never did. Just doesn't appeal to me. Heck, at least I play golf."
"Now that is a sport I love to get into, but I just don't like it. It's boring."
"Well for you that is."
"You are a good man Matt Kenton, a-men brother of another mother." Said by his friend just as he finishes investigating the bodies after 30 minutes of searching, somehow then Matt came across a strange body, it looked like a dead member of the assassins as he looked of the clothes on the dude. He had a gun in his hand, and he even had some sort of an invitation in his hand. He removes the jacket with his globes to see he has suffered some sort of a wound that killed him somehow. Matt knows that might be a clue.
"Alright guys, it looks like I found a body of a dead assassin member. They could be a possible survivor. Check the area." Matt then replied just as he then looks at the body and most importantly the invitation that holds the message "Clue One." Matt then picks it up and reads the message.
"As above, so below Matt Kenton. You been known to solve the unsolvable cases, but can you solve this one? Like I said, as above, so below."
Matt Kenton was intrigued with this message and then notices that it has a SD card for him inside. He looked to see on his computer later. Then he realizes the person must have committed suicide as he used the gun on himself. He then calls the team. "Alright people, I think I just know something about the assassin here. He must have shot himself. He also has a SD card for me to look at. I will let you know if I can, but for now, lock down this place." He said; now ready to start the next part of his investigation. Looking into that SD card on his computer and seeing what it contains for him.
Domino City Hospital
A young girl was currently resting in her bed right now in a deep sleep right now just as her doctors watch over her. You know, living in a hospital all of her life was really sad, and she never really got to have the pleasures of being outside and stuff. The only times she was able to be outside was with her sister, and while it was often, she does stay in a lot as she has to take her medications, be checked for health, and all sorts of other stuff. This girl has long black hair, and has the same skin as Menia. She often wears clothes hospital clothes that she is stuck with anyway for most of her life. In the other world she wears black shirt with a blue shorts. This is the sister of Menia name Korine. She is 10 years old, and she was diagnosed with lung cancer, and for most of her life was living in a hospital. Right now she was just resting like a baby, just waiting for something to happen.
Outside the building, we see Menia and her friend Rayce coming inside the building and meeting up with the doctors. Menia is relieved to be told that she is fine at the moment, and now she is coming to visit her. On the way to her room, both Menia and Rayce have a talk about some important things.
"You know, I just couldn't believe what I saw before my very eyes there. You know, one moment we were dueling, and then the next we were chasing this guy while trying to find Yugi, and then we meet some new spirit and etc… I am like wow, my mind was starting to go crazy at that moment. Thankfully the people managed to make it out. I would hope to help him in any way possible." Rayce said upbeat, as he was in disbelief of the events that have occurred yesterday, still he is determined to get back at them for what they done. "Those LODA members will pay."
"I am sure of that. That German guy gives me the creeps, but if he was dueling me, I would own his ass 1-2-3." Menia added just as they walk into her sister's room. Currently she was resting, but then Korine then woke up to see that her sister Menia came along with her friend. She looks up with Menia with a smile, but looks at Rayce a bit shy. "Hi Korine." Menia smiled just as she comes to check up on her sister.
"Hi Menia. Who is he?" she asked her, pointing at Rayce.
"Well this is my friend Rayce Highwind. Did you watch the duel last night?" Menia asked with a giggle, then Korine suddenly remembers.
"Oh yeah, I remember. You two were dueling fiercely at each other. It's nice to meet you Rayce." Korine said just as she shakes his hand.
"So she is your sister." Rayce Highwind said coolly. "Well you got one tough duelist there."
"That's true." Menia smiled just as she comes to check up on the results. It seems that she is doing better. Perhaps Korine might be able to leave one day and join up with rest of society. "Say, how things treating you here?"
"Everything was well and all. Been reading a book known the Lone Duelist. It's a great book." Korine said just as she shows her the book. It was like a Lone Survivor image like book, but it was a duelist instead of a soldier.
"I might have to pick up that book when I can." Rayce said calm and collected. "Might give me a new hobby to do when I ain't dueling. After all, we now got ourselves a bigger problem to deal with now."
"Well that is for you at least, I got to watch over my sister you know." Menia stated. As much as she would love to help Yugi and Rayce, right now she has to watch over her sister. After all, her family is the most important thing in the world right now, and who knows, she might be making a recovery one day because of the result she was giving out lately. Menia would at least hope to be there for her. "Still, with all those assassins out to get us, it's best that I watch over her." Menia said to Rayce.
"Those idiots don't stand a chance against us. Time for me to head on out. See ya at Kaiba Corp. Was nice to meet you Korine." Said Rayce with a smile.
"Well, see ya." Korine smiled for Rayce. Menia then looks at her sister and smiles as well. Menia then sits at the desk with a book and the two begin reading it.
"You know, I think you and I can start our own book club here." Menia smiled for her, wanting to spend some time with her sister.
"Sure thing! I just hope you and Rayce will be careful out there." Korine said with a bit of worry.
"Don't worry, we will be alright, after all, you are the one thing that keeps me going." Menia told her. Family love is important to them, and they got each other. The two then started to proceed to reading and talking about the Lone Duelist. However, from the window we see an anonymous figure, which had some dark eyes towards the two.
"This is going to be fun." Said in a dark, frightening voice before the figure disappears.
A/N: Well there you have it. The game is set and seems like LODA is truly set on causing mayhem of all sorts. Can Yugi and the other heroes stop them? Will they be able to save Pegasus in time? Find out next time on Yu-Gi-Oh: Cards of Destiny! Next time: The Creator vs. The Madman. Reviews are always welcome. This is Jase Raven 13 signing off.