Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Spira's Tournement ❯ Shinra's Betrayal! Yuna Duels Again! Osiris' Attack! ( Chapter 11 )

Here's the next chapter, all! Right now, I'm really reconsidering about posting my stories on Media Miner.org due to the formatting issues. I mean it looks fine on FF.net and in Word, but uploaded there, what would be in italics if in an enlarged bold font! Anyway…

 

MagicmanSmokegirl - Just so you know, after the Rise of Destiny packs are the Flaming Eternity Packs, then there's Dark Revelations 1, like Dark Beginnings 1, it's a re-release of hard-to-get cards including Tyrant Dragon, Toon Goblin Attack Force, and Toon Gemini Elf. After that is The Lost Millennium with cards from Yu-gi-oh GX. I'm already planning on using the cards from the Flaming Eternity Packs and, of course, Dark Revelations. I'm still deciding on that.

 

FireGoddess101 - It's just one of the “rewards” that comes with the “Usual Suspect” label.

 

Chapter 11: Shinra's Betrayal! Yuna Duels Again! Osiris' Attack!

 

“Shinra” sneered at the brunette, “From the way I see it, you have two choices Lady Yuna: Either you gain the courage to face me in a duel, or you can forfeit and lose your soul to me!”

 

Yuna didn't know what to do. Would she really break her vow not to duel until she found Tidus, or would she stand by it, even if it did cost her soul? With the Eye of Horus activated, she didn't have much of a choice. And to make things worse, she also had Shinra to think about. Something, or someone was controlling her young friend's mind, and she was determined to free him from whatever it was. She narrowed her eyes. “Who are you, and what did you do to Shinra?”

 

“I didn't do anything, all I've done was just took control of his mind, that's all! As for who I am, let's just say that I'm just a good friend and an old friend of yours! I think you know him pretty well! A Guado Maester, is he not?”

 

“Guado Maest-” Yuna stopped at the realization as she then gasped in fear. It couldn't be true! He had to be lying. She had sent him to the Farplane two years ago! He couldn't really be alive!

 

“No…” Paine closed her eyes.

 

“Say what?!” Buddy blinked.

 

“OUI KUD DU PA GETTEHK SA! SEYMOUR'C PYLG!? YUNA CAHD RES! RUF LUIMT RA PA PYLG YVDAN YUNA RYC CAHD RES!? (YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! SEYMOUR'S BACK!? YUNA SENT HIM! HOW COULD HE BE BACK AFTER YUNA HAS SENT HIM!?)”

 

“Could somebody explain to me who's this Seymour guy?” Marik asked.

 

“Remember the Guado that killed nearly the entire Ronso tribe?” Bakura asked.

 

“Listen, whoever you are! I'll duel you in Yuna's place!” Brother said. “She made a vow not to duel again, and I'm going to see to it that nobody force her to break it!”

 

“You fool, I've already activated the Eye of Horus, which means that Lady Yuna has no choice but to duel! Besides, I have no interests in dueling a simpleton like you! I'm only interested in dueling the High Summoner who defeated Sin!” “Shinra” smirked, “By the way. Tell my weaker half that I said hello! And that I forgive him for betraying me by forfeiting the duel to the Pharaoh and sending me to the Shadow Realm!”

 

“Weaker half?” Paine blinked, confused.

 

“Wait, now I know who you are!” Tristan glared. “You're Marik's dark side, aren't you!”

 

“I told you it wasn't my fault!” Marik said arms crossed!

 

“Very perceptive, Little Tristan! But I'm not the only one who's back. Bakura's dark side is back as well, and we're all working with Seymour for one thing: To revive Sin and rule the world!” “Shinra” laughed manically. “But first thing's first: Lady Yuna, we have a shadow duel to play, and I expect an answer from you soon! Otherwise, I'll take your silence as a forfeit. Meaning that your soul will belong to the shadows!”

 

…

 

On the Mi'hen Highroad, Tidus and Noah have just arrived, and to say that the road was in peril would be an understatement.

 

“Okay…I've may have been gone for two years, but I know that it's definitely not supposed to look like that!” Tidus said as he seen bits of rubble all through out the area.

 

“What happened here?” Noah asked as he then saw a fallen man who was barely conscious. He quickly ran up to him. “Are you okay?”

 

“Sin…Sin…” He said repeatedly.

 

“Sin?” Noah blinked. “Tidus, come quick!”

 

The blonde rushed over. “What's up?”

 

“This guy just keeps on saying `Sin…Sin…' all over again!” Noah explained.

 

“Sin…is coming…” The man said.

 

“Oh man…they're really are trying to revive Sin!” Tidus narrowed his eyes. “Seymour's not going to get away with this!” He said as he ran off.

 

Noah looked down as he decided to take the duel disk from the man. Seeing that it'll help him more than its original owner right now. “Tidus, wait up! Your legs are longer than mine!” He said as he tried to catch up with the blonde! “I come back into the land of the living, and this is what I get into…”

 

“Trust me, it could be a lot worse: Sin could still exist right now!”

 

Noah blinked. “Still? I don't follow.”

 

“Let's just say that a group of friends and I have managed to defeat it…barely…” He sighs. “Let just hope that those fiends haven't got to them already!”

 

…

 

“Alright!” Rikku cheered as she looked at her winnings: Six Security Spheres and the three rare cards she scored for winning: Black Tyranno for defeating Rex Raptor. DNA Surgery she decided to relieve Weevil Underwood after blasting him - literally! And Perfect Machine King she just won from Keith after he tried to weasel his way out of the deal with a gun! She already had good strategies being planned with these cards, more so since she was now going to the finals with Yugi, Joey, Kaiba, Shinra, and Brother. She already had a good idea who she wanted to face. Of course she wanted to go head to head with the King of Games, but she wanted to face Kaiba to get back her Blue Eyes White Dragon! She wouldn't mind facing Joey, as she'd be after either his Jinzo or Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon! Then, there was Brother who she may have to face for the billionth time! And she heard that Shinra was running an Element Deck.

 

“I'm going to the fi-nals! I'm going to the fi-nals!” She sung and danced as she walked from Mushroom Rock Road, passing through the gates, which entered her back into Mi'hen Highroad! However, her celebration was ended when she saw a few fiends heading towards her way.

 

“No problem!” Rikku grabbed her daggers, ready to fight, but stopped when she saw them being destroyed by other fiends, but not like the ones she was used to fighting. These fiends were Ryu-Kishin and Ryu-Kishin Powered. “Umm…” Rikku had to think fast, so she summoned two monsters of her own: Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank to hopefully take care of the monsters. “…I'll be right back…” She said as she went to run around the fight between her machine monsters and the fiends, not wanting to get physical right now. “Okay…Luca's not too far from running distance.” She said to herself, silently hoping that she wouldn't have to deal with the Chocobo Eater. “Since when do Duel Monsters exist without the use of a duel disk, anyway?” She continued to run up through the path that would eventually lead her to the main road of M'hen. Unfortunately, she was met with a group of more Duel Monsters, four of them to be exact: Granmarg the Earth Monarch, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, Mobius the Frost Monarch, and Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch!

 

“…Uh-oh…” Rikku pondered running back, but stopped when she saw the two Ryu-Kishins headed her way, along with a few more Duel Monsters. Needless to say, she was cornered and trapped like a rat… “…umm…” Fear grew onto her face as she then eeped from a Thunder blast from Zaborg. “…IwishthatIhadmygarmentgrid…” She mewed in fear then sighed as she then remembered. “Duh!”

 

She took out her duel disk and placed three fusion cards on her duel disk as XY-Dragon Cannon, XZ-Tank Cannon, and YZ-Tank Dragon were summoned. “Try to handle this!” She challenged as her Machine Fusion monsters surrounded her to protect her. Unfortunately, her shield of Machines were destroyed by the Four Monarchs' attacks. “Oh no…” She cried as the Monarchs prepared to fire again…

 

“Blue Eyes, Burst Stream of Destruction!”

 

“Huh?” Rikku blinked at the voice as she then saw a Blue Eyes release its Burst Stream of Distruction, destroying the Monarchs and the Ryu-Kishins! `Wait minute, that voice!' She pondered as the smoke cleared as a familiar figure appeared. Rikku knew who it was as she ran towards him. “Setty!” She cried.

 

Kaiba sighed, “You're as irritating as ever! If I'd known you would be this annoying, I would've left you with them!”

 

Mokuba ran over. “Rikku, are you okay!”

 

“I'm fine now! Where are these new fiends coming from?”

 

Kaiba crossed his arms. “Don't ask me! Your pal Shinra's the one who made the duel disks! If we were using Kaiba Corp's duel disks, none of this would've happened.”

 

“Well we're not! So what are we going to do about these fiends?”

 

Kaiba scoffed, “Duel Monsters, or whatever fiends you usually have to deal with, they're no match for my Blue Eyes White Dragon!” He then glared at Rikku. “You have a duel disk, use it!”

 

“That's what I tried to do, but they destroyed my XY-Dragon Cannon, XZ-Tank Cannon, and YZ-Tank Dragon!” Rikku informed.

 

“As much as it pains me to say this, and believe me it does, you have those monstrosity Toon Dragons to defend yourself with!” Kaiba reminded.

 

“Hmm…” Rikku went into her deck to draw the Toon Monster. “Okay…here goes…” Rikku placed the card on her Duel Disk as the Toon version of Blue Eyes was summoned to the field. “All right! Who wants some!”

 

“So what will it be, Lady Yuna?” Shinra hissed, under Yami Marik's control, as Yuna looked down. As much as she didn't want to break her vow not to duel, it didn't appear that she had any other choice.

 

Meanwhile in the dining room of the Chateau in Guadosalam, Yami Marik grinned as he held onto the glowing Millennium Item as he saw through Shinra's eyes, Yuna's pained expression. And he loved every minute of it! “It's been so long since I've tortured some poor soul.”

 

Yami Bakura snickered as he grabbed an apple off the table. “It looks like the Summoner's going to forfeit.” He sneered. “She can't stand to face her friend with their souls on the line, much less a child! If you ask me, I say that this whole thing was much to easy!”

 

“Don't underestimate Yuna.” Seymour advised as he walked in. “She may seem naïve, but if she's focused, she can accomplish anything. After all, she and her friends have defeated Sin before!”

 

“But now the situation's different.” The wielder of the Millennium Rod reminded. “She doesn't have her friends to save her, not in a shadow game!” He sneered at as he saw Brother run toward the fog, in a futile attempt to save Yuna, but as he runs through, he comes right back out of it.

 

Yami Bakura crossed his arms, “Brother's an even bigger fool than I thought…”

 

“Haven you realized yet, Brother?” Marik shouted, annoyed with the Al Bhed's futile attempts to save Yuna. “This is now a Shadow Duel. That means that no one can come save anyone physically…”

 

“And no one can escape, isn't that right, Lady Yuna?” “Shinra” sneered as Brother had to be restrained by Tristan and Buddy.

 

“Cool it man! It won't do any good!” The Brunette told him. “I tried the same thing before!”

 

“So what will it be, Lady Yuna? Do you accept the duel, or will your pure-hearted instincts won't allow you to risk Shinra's well-being! Either way, someone will lose their soul, duel or no duel!”

 

“I…” Yuna looked down. She knew she had to defend herself and save her soul, but she didn't want to risk hurting Shinra, let alone him losing his soul! “Alright…” She said as she reluctantly pressed a button on her gauntlet, which unfolded her duel disk. She then activated. “If that's what it takes to save Shinra, I'll do it! I'll duel you to stop you and Seymour!”

 

“Good girl!” “Shinra” sneered as he and Yuna began to draw five cards. The Shadow Duel was about to begin.

 

Yuna: 8000
Shinra: 8000

 

“Shinra” drew a card, “I'll start by placing one monster facedown in defense mode and two more cards facedown! He said as three cards materialized onto the field in their respective positions.

 

Now it was Yuna's turn to draw a card. “I summon Dark Blade (1800/1500) in attack mode!” She summoned as the Dark Warrior appeared on the field. “Now Dark Blade, attack his facedown monster now!” She ordered as Dark Blade went for the attack on the facedown monster, which was revealed to be Revival Jam (1500/500) who just had the Eye of Horus appear on its head. (2000/1000).

 

“Doesn't matter, I'll activate my Revival Jam's special ability to revive next turn! All it costs is only 1000 life points.” Shinra informed as his Life Points dropped.

 

Yuna: 8000

Shinra: 7000

 

Yuna blinked. “For 1000 Life Points?”

 

“My Life Points should be the least of your concerns my dear!” “Shinra” reminded as he activated one of his facedown cards: Life Absorbing Machine. “Life Absorbing Machine will allow me to sacrifice as many Life Points as I want, as I'll get half of them back next turn. As he said this, a part of his torso has vanished, much Yuna's shock.

 

“W-what's going on?” She cried shocked at what's happening to Shinra.

 

Brother grabbed Marik. “WHAT IS YOUR DARK SIDE DOING TO SHINRA!?”

 

Marik broke the Al Bhed's physical hold on him. “It's all a part of a shadow game that my darker half has in mind.” He explained, remembering the duel with him against himself and Bakura's darker side in an attempt to get his body back.

 

“In this Shadow game, our souls are connected to our Life Points. But don't worry my dear! I won't be the only one to have a part of my body vanish!”

 

“It's not your body! It's my friends body you're using!” Yuna glared. “Let Shinra go! He has nothing to do with this vendetta you have against me!”

 

“Fool, you're all apart of our plans! With all of your souls fed to the great beast, Sin will be revived! Not to worry, you're not alone. We're after the Pharaoh and his friends as well!”

 

“Pharaoh? Do you mean Yugi?”

 

“With you and the Pharaoh out of the way, there will be no one to stop us! So let's continue this duel, shall we?”

 

“Fine…” Yuna sighed. “I end my turn!” She looked down. `Shinra, I'll save you…hang on…'

 

“First, from my Life Absorbing Machine's effect, I get back half amount of the Life Points I paid in my last turn.” “Shinra” stated as his body returned to normal with the increase of his Life Points.

 

Yuna: 8000

Shinra: 7500

 

“Shinra” drew a card. “I now activate my other facedown card: Ultimate Offering! This cost allows me to summon as many monsters as I want after my first summon, provided that I pay 500 Life Points. With that said, welcome back my Revival Jam!” He informed as the slime-like monster returned to the field. “Now, I summon Element Magician (1500/1200) in attack mode!” He announced as the female element Magician appeared on the field, followed by the Eye of Horus appearing on her head. “Thanks to the Eye of Horus, her power increases by 500 (2000/1700)! And that's not all, I also summon Element Soldier (1500/1200) in attack mode, and thanks to the Eye of Horus, he also gets a power boost (2000/1700)! Although I have to pay 500 Life Points…” He said as he lost a bit more of his torso, as well as the Eye of Horus appearing on his forehead…

 

Yuna: 8000

Shinra: 7000

 

Yuna gasped, “Oh no!”

 

“Oh yes!” Shinra then ordered, “Element Soldier, attack her Dark Blade now!” The Soldier went for the attack, destroying Yuna's Dark Blade and some of her Life Points.

 

Yuna: 7800
Shinra: 7000

 

“And that's not all! Element Magician, attack her Life Points Directly!” He ordered as the Magician landed a direct attack on Yuna, lowering even more of her Life Points.

 

Yuna: 5800
Shinra: 7000

 

Shinra smirked, “You don't appear to be looking so good, now are you Lady Yuna?”

 

Yuna looked down as, much to her horror, her lower torso and a bit of her arms were gone. “What have you done to me?”

 

“It's like I said before! Our souls are connected to our Life Points. Therefore, by the end of this duel, one of us will be gone!”

 

The former Summoner narrowed her eyes, “You're sick…”

 

“Why thank you! I end my turn, so make your move. That is if you can!”

 

Yuna drew a card, which turned out to be Crush Card Virus. It was next to impossible to quickly summon a monster with at least 2000 attack points, much less one that had more attack points. `This should do the trick…hopefully it'll knock some sense into Shinra.' She looked at her Mind-Controlled friend, “I'll place one card facedown and summon Dunames Dark Witch (1800/1050) in attack mode! Next, I'll pay 500 Life Points to summon Skull Servant (300/200) in attack mode! She said as the Light Fairy Witch appeared on the field along with the cloaked Skeleton as Yuna's Life Points dropped from the extra summon, as well as more parts of her body vanished…

 

Yuna: 5300
Shinra: 7000

 

Yuna continued. “I'll also play Sword of Deep Seated, which will increase my Dark Witch's attack and defense by 500 points.” She briefed as a purple sword appeared in the angelic witch's hands, increasing her power (2300/1550). “Now Dunames Dark Witch, attack his Element Soldier now!” She ordered as the Dark Witch attacked the soldier with the weapon, destroying the Soldier and reducing Shinra's Life Points…

 

Yuna: 5300

Shinra: 6700

 

“I end my turn by placing another card facedown!” Yuna said as another card appeared next to her first. “Now let's go! The sooner I beat you, the sooner you'll let go of your hold on Shinra!”

 

“Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have no plans on releasing of your dear friend!” Shinra sneered. “And after this duel is done, your soul will be used for Sin's revival!”

 

“Not if I have anything to say about it!” She shouted, as she should then felt a shake on the deck of the Celsius, much to the amusement of Yami Marik, the man who was currently controlling Shinra.

 

“It appears that you have more serious issues to take care of!” The Egyptian sneered through the young Al Bhed boy. “Looks like your little ship is on a collision course!”

 

Buddy blinked, “But how! I could've sworn that we had the Auto Pilot-” He, as well as Brother just realized. If Shinra was under Yami Marik's control, couldn't he have sabotaged the Celsius as well?

 

The two quickly rushed inside, with Paine following as well. Just incase there happened to be unwanted guests! Leaving Tristan, Bakura, and Marik on the deck to watch over the forced duel!

 

“Shinra, you got to break Marik's control!” Yuna called out! “Please! You must!”

 

Apparently her pleas appeared to be working, as Shinra was shaking with his hand on his deck. “Yuna…I…” He spoke, strained and all, but he closed his eyes. “No…I won't do it! I won't fight her…”

 

“Foolish Boy, you don't have any choice!” The Wielder of the Millennium Rod declared as he strengthened his control on him!

 

“Shinra! Are you alright?”

 

“Sorry Lady Yuna! Little Shinra can't talk to you right now! However, we still have a duel to finish!” The mind controlled Al Bhed drew another card. “Now I sacrifice my Revival Jam to summon Spine Drake (2100/1900) in attack mode! Thanks to the Eye of Horus, Spine Drake gets a power boost as well!” He stated as Yuna looked at the fiend, the same fiend she often fought with Rikku and Paine as the Eye of Horus appeared on its head, increasing its power (2600/2400). “Now Spine Drake, attack her Skull Servant with your Blizzara Attack!” The Drake went for the Blizzard attack on the Skull, just as the Blizzard was about to hit…”

 

“I sacrifice Skull Servant to activate my Crush Card Virus!” Yuna declared as Skull Servant exploded, leaving the viral infectious germs in its place to fill the field. “Not only will your Spine Drake, Element Soldier and Element Magician will be sent to the graveyard, but all your monsters that have 1500 attack points or more in your hand or any more that you summoned will automatically be sent to the graveyard for 3 whole turns!” She grinned, “I guess playing the Eye of Horus wasn't such a good idea after all, wasn't it?”

 

“That's just the tip of the iceberg compared what I have in my deck.” He said as he placed his one monster card that was surely over 1500 attack points in the graveyard, as well as his other cards. In addition to mind-controlling Shinra, Yami Marik has modified his deck to satisfy his purposes. Namely to summon a monster that not only the young Summoner never seen before but a monster that she couldn't possibly defeat: Osiris the Sky Dragon!

 

“I'll end my turn. But remember, this is just a small sample of what I have in store for you.”

 

Yuna drew a card. It was card of Sanctity. “This'll get the job done.” Yuna decided as she figured since her Crush Card Virus was in effect, she might as well make Shinra draw some cards. Hopefully, it'll be more of his Element Monsters, which each have 1500 attack points, then being sent to the graveyard. As much as she didn't want to hurt Shinra, she didn't have any other choice, let alone with the current crisis on the air ship. “I now play Card of Sanctity! Now we all must draw until we each have six card!” She stated as she activated the card, forcing them both to draw.

 

Yami Marik, through Shinra's eyes, looked at the cards he just drew. They were Bolt Drake, Greater Drake, Proto Chimera, Drake Ritual, Dark Hole, and Osiris the Sky Dragon! With the Crush Card's effect, he discarded Bolt Drake (2250/1800) and Greater Drake (2350/1900) to the graveyard! Otherwise, this was going perfect!

 

`Perfect…' Yami Marik smirked. Yuna's was making Osiris' summoning all to easy, as much as she didn't knew! `It's just a matter of time before I crush her with Osiris!'

 

Yuna looked at her cards, or more noticablly, her monsters. They were Mokey-Mokey, Mystical Elf, Guardian Angel Joan, and Marie The Fallen One. “I'll play one monster facedown in Defense Mode! Then, I'll pay 500 Life Points to Sacrifice my Dunames Dark Witch and my facedown monster to Summon Guardian Angel Joan in attack mode (2800/2000)!” She announced as a brief image of Mystical Elf appeared as she and the Dark Witch were sacrificed for one of Yuna's strongest monsters. “Now Guardian Angel Joan, attack him directly!” She ordered as the Guardian Angel went for the attack, wiping out more of Shinra's Life Points, not to exclude the ones she lost herself for the extra summon.

 

Yuna: 4800
Shinra: 3900

 

At this point, about half of Yuna's and Shinra's bodies were gone, much to her horror, but if she wanted to walk out of this alive, let alone whole, she'd have to win this duel! “Sword of Deep Seated's special effect is that when it's sent to the graveyard, it goes to the top of my deck instead! It's your move now!” She said, her turn ending.

 

“Shinra” drew a card as he then smirked. “Too bad that your Crush Card Virus won't last much longer, now that I play this: Mystical Space Typhoon! This will eliminate your Crush Card Virus, and allow me to summon a high attack monster!”

 

Yuna's Crush card was destroyed with the playing of the Spell card, as a typhoon appeared from the sky which sucked up all the viral infectious germs from the field before it disappeared. However, she was unfazed. “My Crush Card Virus may be gone, but my Guardian Angel Joan still stands strong!”

 

“Not for long, as I now play Dark Hole! This will rid of the field of Guardian Angel Joan, leaving you wide open for an attack!” Shinra placed the card on the Duel Disk as a Black Hole opened on the field, engulfing Guardian Angel Joan inside. “Now that you're defenseless I summon Proto Chimera (1450/1200) in attack mode!” He said as the fusion of various beasts was summoned! The Eye of Horus appeared on the heads as its attack and defense power increased (1950/1700). This was another fiend Yuna had encountered in the past, most noticeably in Macalania Woods. “Proto Chimera, attack her directly!” He ordered as the fiend unleashed various Elemental attacks on the former Summoner, lowering her Life Points even further…

 

Yuna: 2850
Shinra: 3900

 

Shinra smirked, “You're not looking too good, Lady Yuna!” He noted as what was left of her were a pair of hands, her feet, and her torso, neck and head of course! So I end my turn!”

 

Yuna drew a card, which was, due to its effect, Sword of Deep Seated. “I'll place one monster and a card facedown and end my turn!”

 

“Is that it? I'd expect better from the High Summoner who defeated Sin!” The Mind-controlled Al Bhed drew a card: Pot of Greed! “Now, I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two cards!” He looked at what he drew, which were the cards he needed: Swords of Revealing Light and The Magician of Faith! “I'll play Swords of Revealing Light, which will keep you from attacking me for three whole turns! Next, I'll place one monster card facedown in Defense Mode!”

 

Yuna gasped as the Swords surrounded the facedown monster, which was revealed to be Mokey-Mokey (300/100)! She sighed, there was nothing she could do about the swords, for now…

 

“Now, I'll place one monster and one card facedown on the field and end my turn! Try to make your move, Lady Yuna!”

 

…

 

“Lyh drec amajydun ku tufh ajah cmufan? (Can this elevator go down even slower?)” Brother complained as the lift went down.

 

“Whatever's causing the Airship to go down's probably in the Engine Room!” Buddy suggested. “Be on your guard! We don't know what kind of Fiends could be down there!”

 

“If this Darker Half of Marik's behind this, he's getting hurt.” Paine simply said as she pulled out her sword. The lift almost reached to the Engine Room as the Gullwings prepared for whatever they may face.

 

The sliding door opened and much to their shock, maybe even horror, fiends were indeed in the engine room, and from the looks of things, some of the mechanicals were already damaged.

 

Speaking of Fiends, Chaosrider Gustaph, Chaos Necromancer, and Chaos Sorcerer turned their attention to the trio, looking for a fight.

 

Paine went for an attack with her Sword, but was knocked back by the Chaos Necromancer's attack! “What the?”

 

Buddy nudged Brother. “You're the only one who's a duelist!”

 

“Right!” Brother activated his Duel Disk as he then summoned Grounder Attack Bugroth, Disk Magician, and Giga Tech Wolf to attack the intruding Duel Monsters. They managed to make quick work of Gustaph and Necromancer, but Chaos Sorcerer would be the last monster standing!

 

“Brother do you have any stronger monsters?”

 

“Crid Ib! (Shut up!)” Brother drew another card. “Perfect!” He summoned a monster, which appeared to be Gadget Soldier!

 

“Why don't we attack on three?” Paine suggested, having since gotten back on her feet.

 

“Sounds good to me!” Brother nodded. “One…”

 

“Two…”

 

“Three!” They both said at the same time as Paine went for a Sword Slash as Brother ordered the Warrior-like Machine to open fire on the Sorcerer, who then upon impact shattered into pieces! Leaving the Gullwings to deal with the damages to the engines. What they did not see was a dark fiend from the ground.

 

Paine managed to get a glimpse of this new fiend as it went towards Buddy… “Look out!”

 

Buddy turned around to see the Fiend known as Zera the Maunt ready to attack, but was pushed out of the way at the nick of time. He then looked back, just in time to see Paine get knocked back into the wall! “PAINE!”

 

The Ivory-haired woman was knocked out cold from the impact on the steel! Leaving the two Al Bhed to defend themselves alone! Buddy looked at his longtime friend. “Got any monsters that'll ice this thing?”

 

Brother watched as his Gadget Soldier was destroyed before he drew a card. “Umm…”

 

Yuna felt the Celsius begin to rock back and forth as Tristan, Marik, and Bakura began to wonder what was taking the others.

 

“Shouldn't they have found out the problem by now?” Bakura asked.

 

“I don't know what's taken them so long, but we need to go down and see for ourselves! I don't' know if ya noticed, but we're experiencing some unneeded turbulence, if ya know what I mean?” Tristan informed.

 

“Brother, Buddy, and Paine must've found something, or someone in the Engine room, let alone one who's not supposed to be in there.” Marik informed. “We need to make sure the ship keeps steady. I don't think we're exactly safe on Auto-Pilot anymore, not in this situation.”

 

“But what can you do? Shinra's under Marik's Darker half's control, Yuna's dueling him, and the others are down in the engine room. Leaving us with zero flying experience!”

 

“We have to try!” The Egyptian declared. “No matter how difficult it is, we have to ensure the safety of everyone, even if it includes piloting the Celsius!”

 

“Do you know how dangerous it is, man?”

 

“I know…” Marik closed his eyes. “If this is my punishment for all that I've done, then so be it!”

 

Yuna sighed as she drew a card. “At least it'll protect my life points…” She figured as she looked at the mind-controlled boy. “Now I'll remove my Skull Servant and Dunames Dark Witch from the game so I can special summon Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500) in attack mode!” She announced as the Skull Servant and Dunames Dark Witch cards dropped into the removed cards slot. Followed by the summoning of the Warrior Monster. However, “Shinra” was not moved.

 

“Ha, some good that will do for you! Thanks to the Swords of Revealing Light, you can't attack for your next three turns!”

 

“No, but I can do this! Black Luster Solider, remove his Proto Chimera from the game!” She ordered as, with a swipe from the Soldier's sword, Proto Chimera was removed from the game! “I end my turn.”

 

“You still can't attack, my dear!” “Shinra” reminded. “Not for another two turns!” He drew. “First, I'll reveal my facedown monster, Magician of Faith (300/400), which activates her Special ability to take one Spell card from the graveyard!” He explained as the eye of Horus then appeared on the pink-haired magician, increasing her power (800/900). “My Pot of Greed would do nicely!” He smiled as he took the Spell Card from his Graveyard pile. “Now, I'll activate the same card I just withdrew from my graveyard and draw two cards and end my turn!” He said with arrogance as he drew his two cards.

 

Yuna narrowed her eyes at the arrogance as she drew a card. `This'll wipe that smirk off his face and knock him down a peg or two…' She thought as she made her move… “Do you remember how you destroyed my Crush Card? Well now it's payback time, as I now activate Mystical Space Typhoon!” She announced as she placed the card on the field. “You should know what it does, since that was the same card you used! So say goodbye to your Swords of Revealing Light!”

 

Shinra was unmoved by the Typhoon destroying the swords which kept Black Luster Soldier and Mokey-Mokey at bay. “That still won't stop the inevitable from happening!” He informed. “I now have the card that I need to send your soul into eternal darkness!”

 

Yuna blinked, “What do you mean?”

 

“On my next turn, I'll summon a monster which you'll never beat: The Egyptian God Card Osiris The Sky Dragon!”

 

“OSIRIS!?” Tristan, Bakura, and Marik exclaimed at the same time! Shocked at what they just heard.

 

“HE HAS OSIRIS THE SKY DRAGON IN HIS DECK!?” Marik screamed!

 

“Well I guess we now know who stole the God Cards!” Tristan concluded.

 

“A God Card?” Yuna asked in a mixture of shock and disbelief. Perhaps a pinch of fear…

 

“Precisely!” “Shinra” smirked. “It's best that you summon whatever monster you might have in your deck right now, before it's too late!” He informed as he then laughed, feeling that this duel was nearly over.

 

“Yuna has zero idea on what a God Card can do!” Tristan stated. “One of use needs to stay and help her, and Marik, since you're know more about the God Cards than any of us, you're the man for the job!”

 

Marik nodded. “You two see if you can keep the Celsius from sending us on collision course.”

 

“Right!” Tristan turned to Bakura. “Alright, it's go time!”

 

“Righty-o!” Bakura nodded as the two head for the elevator, activating the lift. Unfortunately, their timing couldn't be any worse…

 

Brother pried the door open as Buddy helped an unconscious Paine inside of the lift. Meanwhile, Barrel Dragon, Launcher Dragon, and Cyber-Tech Alligator, Brother's summoned monsters, tried to fight off Zerra, but to no avail, he was just two strong as he then destroyed the machines! “Lincac! (Curses!)”

 

“How about a fusion monster?” Buddy suggested as Brother looked into his deck. “Maybe this one!” Brother drew a card. “Go Buster Dragon!” He announced as the Barrel Dragon/Launcher Dragon fusion combo was summoned onto the field. “Destroy Zerra The Mant with Missile Laser Blast!” Brother ordered as Buster Dragon fired its two missiles, which revealed a laser gun in each of them as they fired away on the Fiend up until impact. “After the dust settles, the machine Dragon was the last one standing.

 

“Thank god that's over!” Buddy sighed in relief.

 

“E'mm ceo… (I'll say…)” Brother nodded as they then felt a huge shake! “Fryd dra? (What the?)”

 

“Something's wrong! We need to get to the bridge!” Buddy placed Paine inside as Brother followed, then activating the lift. However, it did not stop at the Bridge level as it kept its assent upward… “Fryd!? (What!?)”

 

“The Deck? Who could-” Buddy's question was interrupted as the door opened, as Tristan and Bakura stood before them.

 

“Hey guys, I think you need to check your-” Tristan noticed Paine. “What happened to her?”

 

“Let's just say that we had uninvited guests!” Buddy said in a long-story-short kind of way.

 

Brother sighed as he looked down. A hint of guilt was seen on his face. “She got attacked because of my obliviousness!”

 

“We don't have time for that right now! We need to keep this ship from getting more out of control than it already has!” Tristan reminded.

 

“How's Yuna?” Brother asked. “How's she doing with the duel?”

 

“Well…let me put it this way: If you always wanted to see an Egyptian God Card, you're in luck!”

 

“AN EGYPTIAN GOD CARD!?” Brother and Buddy screamed!

 

“AN EGYPTIAN GOD CARD!? YUNA'S GOING TO BE FACING AN EGYPTIAN GOD CARD!? TELL ME YOU'RE NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO LEAVE YUNA ALONE TO FACE SOMETHING LIKE THAT!” Brother screamed.

 

“We can worry about that later!”

 

Yuna drew a card. “Your decision on not having a monster on the field will be your downfall! But then again, it wouldn't do a fiend like you any favors would it!””

 

“Just make your move, foolish girl!” “Shinra” shouted.

 

“We'll see who the fool is, Marik!” Yuna looked down as a small tear dropped from her eye, `Forgive me Shinra, for this is the only way!' She then glared at the mind-controlled Al Bhed. “I sacrifice my Mokey-Mokey to summon Chaos Command Magician in attack mode (2400/1900)!” Yuna informed as Mokey-Mokey was sacrificed, replaced by the Light-attribute Magician as he now stood beside Black Luster Soldier! “Black Luster Soldier, attack his Magician of Faith!” She ordered as Blast Luster Soldier went for the attack. Unfortunately, as he swung his sword, an arrow appeared in the female magician's hands for her to shield herself!

 

“You activated my Enchanted Javelin!” “Shinra” smirked. “Now your Black Luster Soldier's Attack Points will be added to my Life Points!”

 

Yuna: 2850
Shinra: 6900

 

Yuna looked down. “At least you won't leave unscarred!” She reminded as Black Luster Soildier proceeded in destroying the Magician.

 

Yuna: 2850
Shinra: 4700

 

“Now Chaos Command Magician, attack him directly!” Yuna ordered as the Magician thrust his wand at “Shinra,” resulting a strong bright light to hit the mind-controlled Al Bhed as his life points went down.

 

Yuna: 2850
Shinra: 2300

 

“I end my turn!” Yuna informed!

 

“Too bad, now that this duel will have to end now.” “Shinra” drew a card. “I now play the Spell Card `Drake Ritual,' in which I'll sacrifice my 9-Star monster Rhyos and my 4-Star monster Element Dragon to summon Elder Drake (3100/2600) in attack mode! Then, I'll play Card of Sanctity as we'll draw until we each have six cards!”

 

Yuna blinked as they both drew until they each have six cards, “Elder Drake?”

 

 

Buddy asked Marik. “By the way, just what does he need to summon an Egyptian God Card?”

 

“He needs three monsters to sacrifice!” Marik asked. “Just as long as my Darker Half doesn't have Shinra have three monster's on the field, Yuna'll have nothing to worry about!

 

“And that's just the start!” “Shinra” continued. “By paying 2000 Life Points, I'll sacrifice my Elder Drake to bring back my Bolt Drake, Spine Drake, and Greater Drake from the graveyard!” He said as Elder Drake was sacrificed, and the three Drake Lizards were revived in its place…

 

Yuna: 2850
Shinra: 300

 

Tristan glared at Marik. “You just had the jinx it, did you?”

 

Yuna blinked. “You went from one monster that could destroy even my Black Luster Soldier to three monsters that are under his attack strength?”

 

“They won't be on the field long, as now I'll fulfill their one and only purpose…” “Shinra” said as he now took a card in his hand and showed it to Yuna, causing the former Summoner's heart to skip a beat: Osiris The Sky Dragon!”

 

“Oh no!” She gasped.

 

“Oh yes! I now sacrifice Bolt Drake, Spine Drake, and Greater Drake to summon the strongest monster in my deck! A card like no other! To summon Osiris The Sky Dragon!”

 

The three Drakes were now sacrificed as a bright flash then emitted, causing Yuna and everyone else to shield their eyes! As the flash disappeared, it was there! Osiris the Sky Dragon has been summoned onto the field as it began to wrap its huge, long body around the Celsius, much to the shock of the Gullwings!

 

Brother was in shock with fear at the summoned monster that has wrapped itself around the Celsius, “Fryd eh Spira ec dryd? (What in Spira is that?)”

 

“It's…that big?” Buddy blinked in its awe.

 

“Yeah…” Tristan added. “Let's just hope Yuna can take it out quickly!”

 

Brother shook off his shock, regaining his “fearless leader” composure. “Yuna's Black Luster Solider will eliminate it with its Special Ability!” He declared.

 

“Wrong!” Marik disagreed. “An Egyptian God Card is immune to Spell and Trap cards as well as Effect Monsters like Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning.”

 

“So I guess Torrential Tribute and Raigeki's out!” Tristan sighed.

 

“So how is Yuna supposed to defeat that thing?” Buddy asked.

 

“There's one way: Osiris's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness!” Marik exclaimed.

 

“Osiris's power depends on how many cards I have in my hand! And since I have five cards in my hand, Osiris gets an attack and defense power of 5000 (5000/5000)! Osiris, attack her Chaos Command Magician!” “Shinra” ordered as Osiris fired its powerful blast from its mouth, destroying Yuna's Magician and taking out a bit of her Life Points.

 

Yuna: 250
Shinra: 300

 

“I end my turn! Not that you can do anything to destroy an Egyptian God! One more turn, and your soul will be sent to the Shadows!”

 

Yuna drew a card as she then looked down at the cards in her hand, seeing if there was anything she could use to take down Osiris. She knew that she had to think fast and make whatever plan she could come up with count! Otherwise, mind-controlled or not, Shinra would win the duel on his next turn, and her soul would then be sent to the Shadows to be used to revive Sin! It was safe to say that the former High Summoner had her work cut out for her…

 

Right now, Yuna's in a tight spot…well…both of them are with less than 1000 Life Points left, but Shinra appears to have the advantage with Osiris on the field. For those of you who have just joined us and are thinking, “Osiris? I thought his name was Slifer the Sky Dragon?” Well, it but let me set the record straight. I don't really mind about some changes in the dub such as the names or characters and cards, in fact I usually try to follow the dub, except for when it comes to duels, of course. I use the TCG rules. But I am not, I repeat, not using the name that was given to the Egyptian God Card all because some producer thought that he was important enough to change the original names of an Egyptian God Card into his own! Talk about Egotistical…

 

OC Cards Used:

 

The Eye of Horus

Spell/Continuous

When this card is activated, the maximum number of space for monster cards and spell/trap cards increase to ten. The 5 monsters in front on the field must be destroyed first before attacking the 5 in the back. Also, the ATK/DEF of monsters on the user's side of the field increase by 500 points. The user of this card can decide on a shadow game to be played for the remainder of the duel, even if this card is removed from the field. The loser of this duel will lose their soul. If the duel ends in a draw, no one loses their soul!

 

Bolt Drake

Light/Reptile/5

2250/1800

Effect

Select one monster on your opponent's side of the field. As long as this card is on the field, the selected monster cannot attack, change position, or be sacrificed.

 

Spine Drake

Water/Reptile/6

2350/1900

Effect

When this monster destroys a monster on the opponent's side of the field, that monster is removed from play.

 

Greater Drake

Fire/Reptile/7

2550/2100

Effect

When this monster inflicts battle damage to your opponent's life points, subtract 200 from your opponent's Life Points.

 

Drake Ritual

Spell/Ritual

This card is used to Ritual Summon “Elder Drake.” You must also offer monsters whose total level stars equal 10 or more as a Tribute from the field or your hand.

 

Elder Drake

Dark/Repile/11

3100/2600

Effect

This monster can only be Ritual summoned with the Ritual Spell card “Drake Ritual.” Sacrifice Elder Drake to Special Summon Bolt Drake, Spine Drake, or Greater Drake from your graveyard or, by also paying 2000 life points, Special Summon all three from your graveyard.

 

Preview for Next Chapter:

 

Rikku blinked at the figure in amazement, “Is that…an Aeon?”

 

Kaiba also saw this being as he blinked in Shock. “Shinato!? There's only one duelist I know who could have that card in his deck!” He shook his head. “Impossible! There's no way in hell that he can still be alive, let alone be here!”

 

Mokuba saw Shinato as well. “Noah…? Is he alive?” He asked silently.

 

“Who's Noa-” Rikku stopped herself from talking as she remembered that incident at the Farplane where she had first saw the Kaiba brothers. The boy from their images. “Oh…him…”

 

Chapter 12: The Awakening of Valfor! Tidus Returns!