I'm just glad I got this far into the story. Surprised, even! I hope you guys continue watching this. Again, Yume is the only character I own. The plot is nothing I own, either.
Also, sorry for the long delay! I was working on a lot of stuff, like getting ahead of other stories that I'm doing, plus making some new ones. With that out of the way, I hope you are still reading this!
When Kaiba Craft Three started the liftoff, altitude was gaining increasingly. When the appropriate altitude was reached, Kaiba Craft Three stopped raising and had thrusters set for forward motion.
'I'm just glad,' Yume said to Yami, 'that we all managed to make the finals, although, I'm a bit worried if there's an eighth finalist or not.'
'Trust me, Yume. If anything, I bet the mysterious duelist, if they'd shown up, would be challenging Kaiba, if memory serves right when your father was up here.' She nodded, but started having little doubt that they'd shown up yet. 'Kaiba's right behind you, too!'
She turned around and, sure enough, he was there. "Faith," he said, "I'm unsure to how you came in. I was expecting Yume to show up, but since she's not here, she must've passed the task of gathering the Egyptian Gods to someone else. She should've given me Slifer, instead."
He then walked away, saying he has a tournament to run. Yume got a bit on her nerves, but decided to keep her cool. The real Yume would've burst in anger upon hearing that, but that would blow her cover.
She decided that she needs some alone time and head to her room, where her I.D. card comes in handy. "At least I'll be alone." Yume said to herself as she sat down and took out her deck, seeing the familiar cards that she had made from her father's grandpa.
'He's really come far and wide with this deck. No wonder he beat some of the toughest duelists: Pegasus, Kaiba, that soul thief, practically those who needed some kind of power for evil.'
'That's right, Yume. And, for your disguise to work, I won't be interfering during your duels, so you're on your own. But I'll make sure that you receive the messages of your parents, as well as the Pharaoh. Just remember that we're all a team.'
'That's right! But first…' Yume took out two cards from her deck: Slifer The Sky Dragon, and Dark Magician. 'I'm sure that I'll be able to use Slifer, even though he's dangerously powerful. But if Father could wield it, so can I!'
'That's the faith you need. Also, I've realized that everyone was fooled by your disguise as Faith. I'm pretty sure someone would catch on.'
'All my friends knew about it because I told them about it. Not only that, but the cloak doesn't signify me as a Rare Hunter. And the cloak could hide my facial features, so no one could identify unless they put two and two together. Other than that, they'll be pretty much fooled… Unless I lose enough Life Points to draw me back.'
Afterwards, Yume had her deck ready and prepared to leave her room to the main hall, which is where the participants would be. When everything was ready and prepared, the duelists are ready for a duel.
"Now then," Roland said, "the first two duelists for round one will be decided by lottery. To guarantee fairness, each pair of opponents will be selected completely at random. You've all been assigned a number from 1 through 8. The selector will now choose the first two numbers."
Yume decided to do a background check. She knows that Kaiba will be 1, seeing as it's his tournament. Joey said that he has two. She has three, and she gained enough trust with Mai to know that she has four. She wasn't sure about Namu, Bakura, or Marik, but kept her eyes sharp for the last duelist, as she knows that the eighth duelist would have number eight.
"All of the numbers are equal weight and size, and everything that has been chosen are 100% random. Now, let's have our two numbers." The machine started to mix up the numbers, until one landed in the mouth of a mini-mechanic Blue Eyes, which showed the number 6.
"Bakura is our first contestant." Bakura was very surprised that it caught him off-guard for him dueling first. Then the second ball came inside the mouth, revealing a 3. "Faith Evington is Bakura's opponent."
Yume sighed, knowing what's going to happen. "We'll begin the duel in the stratos dueling arena. Not only that, but every duel here will be played by Battle City rules and regulation, so the loser would have to give the winner their rarest card while the winner advances to round two."
With Yume and Bakura heading up there for their duel, she kept an eye on Bakura, never leaving her sight on him. 'Be careful, Yume.' She heard Dark Magician Girl say. 'This evil is ever so powerful. Stay on your guard.'
'I will, Mother. Trust me.' She blinked to see that they're already there. She stepped from the elevator and entered the platform where she should be as everyone watched. Yume and Bakura activated their duel-disks as their Life Point count started at 4000 each, but Bakura revealed himself as the Millennium Ring reappeared on his neck.
They both drew their hands, with the thief drawing one more to start the duel. "I'll start with this in Attack Mode!" He placed a monster down, showing a painting, but a fiend came out. "The Portrait's Secret, and that'll end my turn."
Yume just looked surprised at it, but no one could see her expression as she drew her card, then placed down a monster of her own. "Gazelle, The King of Mythical Beasts in Attack Mode!" Her beast showed up. "Attack now!"
Her beast clawed the portrait twice, rendering it destroyed while sending the thief's Life Points down to 3700. She lays one card face down and ended her turn. Though a couple of her friends are a bit surprised that she played, though they thought she was Faith and not Yume.
He drew his next card, then placed another weak monster in Attack. "Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams!" At first, it looked like someone sleeping on a bed, but a warrior spirit showed up, freaking out Joey a bit.
"You think that'll stop me from attacking? You have no face-downs, and I can attack without worry." She drew her card, then played Gamma, the Magnet Warrior. She ordered him to attack the ghost, destroying it with one punch and sending his Life Points down to 3500.
"King of Mythical Beasts, attack his Life Points with a direct attack!" The beast slashed at the thief, dropping his Life Points down to 2000, halfway for him to losing.
"I've played with you enough, Faith!" The thief drew his card, smirked, then summoned Headless Knight in Attack Mode. Yume said that she can't see it. "Maybe because he's also a spirit. Waiting for the right time to strike." And pretty soon, the knight came in view.
Yume drew her card, then ordered Gamma to attack him. "Gazelle, make another Direct Attack on his Life Points!" Gazelle made another slash, dropping his Life Points to his last 450. She waited for him to make one more move, but he started laughing hard.
"I've fooled you, Faith! I've lured you into a trap, and there's no way that you would win this time! Because of your help, I needed those three Fiend's destroyed so I could play the card that will lead to your ultimate demise!"
He drew his card, then revealed it to Yume. "Dark Necrofear!" A spirit traveled around. "You've never faced this experience before." Now, his Dark Necrofear is in full view. (ATK/DEF: 2200/2800.)
"I thought you were planning something, Bakura."
"I hope you're ready to accept defeat, Faith. Because this is one trap you will never make it through! She's one of the most destructive cards in my deck. You'll never stop it. She possesses a dark magic hidden within, as well as more Attack Points than either of your monsters."
"She may be powerful, but not unbeatable." The thief just played two cards face down, and ended his turn. That's strange! If anything, I would've chosen to attack if I were him, destroying Gazelle. But I wonder why. And I'm thinking it may have been involved by his two face downs being part of his plan.
'Yume,' she heard Yami speaking, 'if you destroy Dark Necrofear, be careful of the consequences it comes with.'
She nodded, draws her card, then comes to a decision. "I'll sacrifice Gazelle to play a more powerful monster on my side!" Gazelle was gone as it was replaced by a female magician. "So I could summon Dark Magician Girl!" My mother.
The thief implied that she's not strong enough. "I guess you're the fool because you didn't take notice of my face down, which is actually," she revealed it, "my Magic Formula Magic card! This would increase Dark Magician Girl's Attack Points by an additional 500!"
"NOOOO!" The thief shouted out as Yume called forth the attack, dropping his Life Points to his final chunk. But he smiled as soon as Dark Necrofear was destroyed. "Everything came according to plan, thanks to you. Now… this duel is in my favor!" He placed a card where the field spell should be as it started getting more sinister.
"What manner of trickery is this, Bakura?"
"Just watch as the entire playing field becomes enshrouded in dark magic known as Dark Sanctuary! It all had to work perfectly as I planned it. And you were the first victim. You played well, Faith. Prepare to face an evil unlike never you've ever seen!"
"You're not even a threat to me! You have only 150 Life Points with no monsters. I could easily defeat you with one more attack."
"Easier said than done, Faith! The evil ghost of Dark Sanctuary will be protecting me, which changes my fortune dramatically."
"It won't frighten me, Bakura. One more attack against you and it'll go well beyond heavy risk." The thief told her it was too heavy of a risk.
"Dark Sanctuary provides me with a power beyond your understanding. But go ahead and attack me. That is, if you are so confident!"
"Gamma, end this with a Direct Attack!" Gamma started approaching the thief, but the evil ghost came out from Gamma and struck Yume instead. "What… happened?! I feel like my own attack backfired!"
"Very observant. Because your monster was possessed by the evil ghost of Dark Sanctuary! That is how I was able to turn your monsters against you!" She asked if he possessed them all. "Just figure it out for yourself with the nerve to attack me again!"
Yume just growled, but gasped as he said that there was another power behind Dark Sanctuary. "You'll find out what else Dark Sanctuary is capable of soon enough. But we'll deal with the situation at hand, for the meantime." She asked for a further explanation, he continued.
"Since you attacked with a monster that was possessed, half of those Attack Points goes directly against your Life Points!" She gasped as they drop to 3250. "And to make sure those Life Points don't go to waste, the amount that's lost will be added to my Life Points." He was regained to 900 while he laughs it away.
Yume called out that she could still win. "We'll see soon enough, Faith. With no idea of the terror that lurks in my deck, everything will be a surprise!" He drew his next card, then prepared to continue his strategy.
"I play DESTINY BOARD!" A board showed up. Yume demanded what it does. "With it, I'll be able to communicate with the lost souls of the Shadow Realm." She slightly gasped. My parents will know! "That's where the letters on the board come in handy, spelling out a message for you. Time for the first letter of the message!"
The hand moved the piece for letter reading move around before stopping at F, then a whisp with the letter F showed up. "What will Destiny Board spell out?"
"You'll find out, as Destiny Board will reveal one letter per turn. Once the message is complete, namely in 5 turns, victory is automatically mine!" Yume said that she's not afraid, when she's actually shaking her card-free hand ever so slightly.
The thief just kept laughing. "With my evil ghost possessing your monsters and my Destiny Board on the playing field, you're done! 4 more turns is all I need for a victory!" He picks a card from his hand, and places it on the field. "DARK DOOR enters in, too!"
'Yume, this is troublesome enough!' She heard Dark Magician Girl called out to her. 'As long as Dark Door is on the field, you're only allowed to attack with just one monster each turn!'
'As if that wouldn't worry me enough, Mother! Two questions rise up to my mind: How can I defeat Destiny Board? And what is my monster side?'
'You'll understand you're monster side soon enough! Not only that, but he'll only have one monster out, only to disperse it to keep Destiny Board in play, as it requires him to sacrifice a monster each turn.'
'I'll have to play smart, Mother! I know I'll defeat him.' With the thief's turn over, Yume draws her card, then thinks over of how she should attack him, until she made a decision. "Kuriboh in Defense! And I'll have Dark Magician Girl for a Direct Attack!"
She started coming after him, but the evil ghost came out of her and inflicted damage on Yume instead, having her grunt in pain! "But… how is that possible?!"
"Because with each turn Dark Sanctuary is in play, I can choose to possess one monster on your side of the field! You lost more Life Points as I gain what was lost!" (Yume: 2000; Bakura: 2150.) "You're turn is over, so you know what happens next."
The hand moved the instrument around, revealing an I. "The next letter for Destiny Board is I." A whisp with the letter I showed up. "Three left before your ultimate defeat!"
"Hold on! It's impossible for you to win with Destiny Board." Bakura asked for an explanation. "Our duel disks have only 5 slots, and with your Dark Door out, it'll be difficult for you to completely spell out the message within time."
"You're observant of that, but it's a flaw that Dark Sanctuary can correct. I can play more than five, even with Dark Door out in the field!" He drew his card, then summoned Sangan. "But he won't be around for long as I need him for Destiny Board." He disappeared.
"Not only that, but his ability lets me get another monster from my deck to add to my hand." He does so, then ends his turn, picking a monster to choose from.
Yume draws, then decides on her three monsters on which one is possessed by the evil spirit. Dark Magician Girl looked at her with a worried expression, and she noticed it. She looked at the card she drew, before coming to a decision.
"Big Shield Gardna in Defense!" Her tribesman with a huge shield showed up.
"Nothing can protect your Life Points from the ghost of Dark Sanctuary!" Here goes! Hope I don't screw up on this one. "Gamma, make a Direct Attack on his Life Points!" Gamma started to approach as she prepared for the spirit attack, but felt nothing.
"You've guessed right, Faith. But don't celebrate just yet because my Trap is activated!" He revealed his face down. "Dark Spirit of the Silent!" A spirit came out and stopped Gamma from advancing any further.
"This card will stop your Magnet Warrior's attack. You'd think I'd allow you to make a Direct Attack on me? But there's more to my Trap. In exchange for stopping your attack, I choose a different monster to attack in his place."
'Yume! That thief has me possessed and he'll choose me, so brace yourself!' She saw the lips of her monster moving, but she felt like she heard it in her own head.
"DARK MAGICIAN GIRL! ATTACK ME!" Gamma drew back as Dark Magician Girl approached him, the evil ghost came out and prepared to strike Yume.
Instead of her tensing up for the attack, she relaxed her muscles, taking the hit with less resistance, which happened to be less painful than she thought. She dropped to 750 Life Points while Bakura's raises to 3400. But in the event of the attack, Yume was down on her knees, with her hood barely keeping her details secured.
"You're getting weaker as I get stronger! The end is near, Faith!" He laughed a lot more.
How can I destroy something I can't even see? All it'll take is one more possessed monster, and the duel is over. I know I have something in my hand that'll turn this duel around! Yume looked at her, and saw it right before her very eyes.
"Two cards face down, and that'll be all!" She made sure that the thief, and Dark Sanctuary, would be ready to get removed from the field. Destiny Board decides to add the letter N, which a wisp of it decides to show up. Two turns to go, and then it's all over!
The thief drew his next card, but then played it: Souls of the Forgotten. But it only stayed to keep Dark Sanctuary in play. "That ends my turn, but choose wisely as one of them will be possessed."
Yume just smiled as the hood stays above her head and got back up. "Time to go with style." He gasped as she drew her next card. "Time to dispose of your evil ghost." The evil ghost moved around and possessed one of Yume's monsters.
The thief just laughed while Yume kept a blank expression as she revealed one of her face downs. "Collected Power!" He gasped. "It forces certain Magic cards to focus their effects on Kuriboh!" Magic Formula changed to Kuriboh.
"Now, who's in control now? Now I know that the evil ghost lives in Dark Sanctuary. Which is why I had to play my Trap. It would force your ghost to leave from its hiding place and take possession of Kuriboh."
"What do you plan on next, Faith?!" Yume just smiled, and revealed a Magic card in her hand.
"This handy Magic card is called Exile of the Wicked, this will automatically destroy Kuriboh, as it destroys every Fiend-type monster on the field. And Kuriboh is the only one!" Kuriboh warbled before getting destroyed with the ghost.
"I can still beat you in two more turns! You won't make it in time when everything's in plan and you're finished when the time comes."
She just smiled. "Don't count on it just yet. My turn isn't over. And I'm bringing back an old friend from the graveyard because of MONSTER REBORN!" Her other face down was revealed.
"And the monster I choose is in your graveyard: DARK NECROFEAR!" She showed up, then Dark Sanctuary started fading away. "Since Dark Necrofear had to be destroyed, I figured bringing it back would reseal the darkness within."
"This can't be!"
"Oh yes! Now that Dark Sanctuary is gone, you will no longer be able to have more than 5 Magic cards on your field, which ruins some of your plans. And Dark Necrofear, attack his Life Points directly."
Dark Necrofear charged up her eyes, then released a blast of energy at the thief, who lost Life Points that dropped down to 1200. "Since you're Life Points are about to be done, and since I've done my attack of the turn, I have to end it."
The fourth letter was revealed, showing an A, which a wisp showed with that letter, and Yume found out what the word is being spelt. "It's 'FINAL,' isn't it? Too bad you won't be able to do so."
The thief looked at his duel disk and groaned. "With all five slots filled in, the only way you could do so is get rid of Dark Door, but that will allow me to attack more than once each turn. So, either way you go, you're finished! Take your last turn."
He drew, then laughed. "This is my last turn: My last turn to regain control with the card I hold now!"
"How can this be?! I'm pretty sure I can still beat you."
"Don't be so faithful of it. This card will lead to your demise as I play it! Even though you drained the magic off of Dark Sanctuary, but it was just temporarily!" He played his monster down. "Jowgen the Spiritualist!" A priest showed up holding a staff. (ATK/DEF Points: 200/1300.)
What's his plan involvement with Jowgen? I better be on my guard! Yume thought as she eyed the monster as well as the thief as he started laughing.
"By discarding one card from my hand, his ability will be activated, destroying every monster that was Special Summoned!" He discarded one card, and Jowgen started twirling his staff before pointing it at Dark Necrofear, destroying her, and bringing back Dark Sanctuary.
Yume gasped as the thief sacrificed Jowgen for keeping Dark Sanctuary in play and ended his turn. "But know that it'll be your last!"
It's time to figure out if I'm ready or not! Here goes. "My draw!" She drew her next card, but, even when she's not looking, she heard some kind of growl. She looked at it: Slifer the Sky Dragon.
NO WAY! I was pretty sure I would give up hope, but it looks like Ishizu is right. Yami told me of the encounter she had with her and said that Slifer would come in handy at some point.
'Yume!' She heard Yami say to her. 'Play Slifer this turn. He'll have enough power to win. WIth three other cards in your hand, you'll end this duel!'
'That's right! Here goes nothing. Wish me luck, Yami!' She turned her attention back to the duel, and lightening started forming.
"What's… going on, Faith?!" The thief demanded.
"I'll tell you what's going on." Yume said as she pulled back her hood, making everyone gasp. "I'm not really Faith. I disguised myself to enter this tournament. I fooled everyone, and now it's time to see if I'll do the same he does!"
Can this really be?! Seto thought with wide eyes. Will she really pull through with this?!
"And now," she said, "I sacrifice Dark Magician Girl, Gamma the Magnet Warrior, and Big Shield Gardna." Each one disappeared upon being called. "And now, it's time to call forth an old friend:" She placed it down in Attack. "SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON!"
Heavy power surged through Dark Sanctuary, as coils of red and black go through, until Slifer becomes completely intact. "And you're probably thinking how I can do such a thing?" Yume asked as her chest-length hair flowed around her! "Well… my father summoned three Egyptian Gods at different points in time!"
Everyone gasped as they realized that Yugi also summoned Slifer through the same way. "He's powerful, Yume." The thief told her. "But a victory is not guarantee with him." Yume demanded for an explanation. "Because of the evil ghost of Dark Sanctuary still roams around the field. He'll take possession of Slifer now!"
The ghost started approaching Slifer, but before it could reach it, it dispersed, as if it wasn't there to begin with. "What's happened?!"
Yume giggled. "Slifer is way too powerful for one Magic card. All of the Egyptian God cards cannot be effective by so many Trap and Magic cards. And those that can are only effective for one turn."
How can this be?! The thief thought, rather distraught. I know I should win!
"I thought that you might need a tip!" Namu said to the thief. "Slifer's power is 1000 times the number of cards in her hand. And since she has three, that makes 3000! So if she attacks, she wins! And since you have no monsters, and your Trap is useless against Slifer, you're finished."
"There just has to be a way!"
"Too bad for you! Slifer, start charging up your attack!" Slifer started charging up. "Get ready for a Direct Attack on his-" She suddenly stopped as she felt a heavy dark aura. When she turned around, she saw Marik. "What do you want?!"
"You might want to wait before you attack with Slifer." He said as he held out his Millennium Rod. "Listen as I say that Bakura is under the control of the Millennium Rod, he'll do only what I command him to do."
"I thought it was just the Millennium Ring that contains the spirit?"
"With the Millennium Rod, I can control both, which I'll prove by freeing Bakura's mind!" She looked back at Bakura as he got back down, complaining about his hurting arm.
"Where… am I?" He looked around and saw Yume. "Yume, please help me."
"Bakura, what's going on?!" Marik said that he's in pain because he's weak without the spirit.
"This is very much like how a coward would do, Marik. You've always been a coward, using your Rare Hunters to take the Puzzle!" She just saw Marik left. She looked back at Bakura, as he complained that he's not feeling well. "BAKURA!"
She was about to approach him, but the referee stopped her. "You are not allowed to have contact with your opponent during the duel. You'll be disqualified if you take one more step." She just… stood there, as she desperately needs to get to Bakura.
But at the same time… she can't hurt him! "Continue the duel, or disqualification would be the punishment of refusal of continuing."
Yume started having tears in her eyes. She doesn't know what to do: Risk Bakura getting hurt even more? Or lose Slifer and put the whole world at risk? She can't do either, which is very hard for her. Seto told her to attack with Slifer, and she was given a second warning to make an action.
She was about to make a decision as she prepares to have her hand on her duel disk and surrender, but she heard sinister laughing as she looked to see the thief again, standing. "I'm back, Yume! Go ahead right now."
She wasted no time as she realized that Slifer is fully charged for his attack. She had to attack before it's too late. "Slifer, DIRECT ATTACK NOW! END THIS DUEL!" Slifer released his energy to wipe out the rest of the thief's Life Points and knock him unconscious.
"The winner is duelist number three, Yume Orskov." Yume wasted no time getting to Bakura as she checked him over, and felt a pulse, indicating that he's still alive.