Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Teaming Up with the Superfriends ❯ The World Is Free ( Chapter 5 )

Recap: Yugi and Yugioh had many encounters with the armed forces and the Superfriends. The encounters were mostly followed by intense battles to get away or move on. Despite being uncomprehensively outnumbered, Yugioh got Yugi safely out of each encounter. Even the distraction strategy failed as Yugioh continued to get away from the mind controlled world. The only things not controlled were the animals themselves as Aquaman found out. In determination for Yugioh and Yugi, and boredom for the Legion of Doom, the search for the mind control machine is about to begin.
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Chapter 5: The World Is Free

Despite what has happened, Yugi slept peacefully on the ocean floor. Yugioh had sent a telepathic message to all land, air and sea animals to keep a sharp lookout for anyone. The marine animals split up and covered each section of the seas and the oceans. The land and air animals did the same and took a portion of the land and air that surrounded them. The world looked like the animals guarded it.
Meanwhile, the Superfriends monitored the strange animal behavior from the Hall of Justice.
"It's incredible. Yugioh has control over all the animals. The predators are working with instead of hunting their prey," Apache Chief said.
"He doesn't necessarily control them. He reaches out to them telepathically just like I do. He's friends with the animals like I am, and that's why they follow his commands and help him out," Aquaman said.
Then, they got a message from the Legion of Doom.
"Superfriends, in the morning, Riddler is going to lead Yugi and Yugioh on a puzzling search for the mind control machine. We have already alerted a large fleet of submarines and would like you to assist them in tripping the duo up a bit," Braniac said.
"Will do Braniac," Wonder Woman said.
The info of each of the locations came over the view screen, and the Superfriends split up to cover each of the locations. There were four locations in all so the Superfriends paired up in 4 groups. Green Lantern had no choice but to stay behind because his power ring's charge is still out until Yugioh returns the battery. Hawkman and Apache Chief also stayed behind
The next morning, Yugioh awakened Yugi. "Sleep well?" he asked.
"I slept very well this time," Yugi responded.
"You should be glad because you're going to need all the energy you can get to find the mind control machine," a voice said.
"Who's that?" Yugi asked.
"That sounded like the Riddler," Yugioh responded.
"Correct Yugioh. If you and your friend would look behind you, you will see me," Riddler said.
Yugi and Yugioh turned around to see Riddler with a breathing apparatus to help him breathe underwater.
"I don't see how the young one can breathe underwater. He's human like me," Riddler said.
"You're only half right Riddler. Yugi is human, but he would never be as sick and twisted as you. He can breathe underwater because I am helping him. I can supply his oxygen. I don't need oxygen because I am one with the water," Yugioh said.
"Anyway, there are four riddles you need to solve to find the mind control machine. All four lead to certain locations, but the last one will lead you to the mind control machine. I hope you're ready for a triple challenge. Not only are my riddles tough, but the Superfriends and a huge fleet of navy submarines are split amongst the locations," Riddler said.
"What is the first one?" Yugioh asked.
"Very well, the first riddle is this" I am the area where the north and south meet, but I am nothing. What am I?" the Riddler said before the evil sorcerer brought him back to the Hall of Doom.
/That's a good one/
"It is indeed, but we have to solve it," Yugioh said as they and a small group of dolphins whale sharks and Orca's swam with them.
Meanwhile, Superman, Wonder Woman and five subs were at the first location (A/N: I won't give the answer to the riddles until Yugi and/or Yugioh figure(s) them out. Try to figure the answers out before I reveal them). They were ready to fight the moment Yugi and Yugioh came into the subs' firing range.
"It's a good thing the Riddler told us the locations of his riddles because it probably would've taken a while to figure them out on our own," Superman said.
"I agree. The Riddler's riddles are tough," Wonder Woman agreed. She had a fish bowl on her head to help her breathe.
They continue to lay in wait for Yugi and Yugioh to arrive. Meanwhile, Yugi and Yugioh still haven't figured out the riddle yet.
"I still don't get that riddle. It's like a geography lesson," Yugi said.
"Geography lesson...that's it Yugi! All the riddles deal with geography. We need to figure out where each location is geographically," Yugioh said. "The Riddler said that the first location is where the north and south meet, but is nothing. That must mean that the location is 0.
Yugi made the connection. "I get it now. Where the north and south meet is the equator, and the equator is always 0 degrees," he said.
"That's right Yugi. Now we know that we should have been going south instead of east. Yugi, grab onto one of the Orca's dorsal fin. I can sense that you're getting tired," Yugioh said.
Yugi complied, and the group headed south for the equator. The other animals circled around Yugi and Yugioh to block them from anyone's sight. Also, Yugioh made himself and Yugi undectectable to anyone. Two hours later, Yugi, Yugioh and the group of animals arrived at the equator. Half an hour later, one of the subs picked up the group of animals.
"Sub leader to Superman and Wonder Woman. I've picked up a large group of animals coming this way. Their formation is like they're protecting something," the leader said.
"Can you find out what they're protecting?" Wonder Woman asked.
"I can," Superman responded. He used his X-ray vision but couldn't find anything. "That's strange, I don't see anything inside the animal circle, but their position tells that they're protecting something," he added.
"Maybe the something is Yugi and Yugioh. Yugioh must be blocking off Superman's X-ray vision and the subs' radar," Wonder Woman said.
The subs fired an ultrasonic ray that would leave the animals in some pain. The animals felt the ray and cried out in pain.
"What's going on?" Yugi painfully asked. He also felt the affects of the ray.
//It's an ultrasonic ray// [Disperse my friends. I don't want you to be hurt like this. Yugi will be in my care for now] Yugioh said.
The marine animals dispersed. Yugioh let down the game of Hide and Seek since it was clear that it wasn't going to do much good anymore since the ray affected Yugi as well. The submarines fired their torpedoes. Yugioh just gave a bored yawn before turning the torpedoes into bubbles. The bubbles floated harmlessly to the ocean's surface.
/We have to find the next clue/
//It's time to give these guys the slip// He took a hold of Yugi's hand. He created a giant prism and fired his laser vision through it.
The large prism greatly intensified his laser vision's light. The light temporarily blinded Superman, Wonder Woman and the subs. Not even Superman's X-ray vision or the sub's radar could help because Yugioh also added a little bit of a scrambler through his laser vision to scramble up the radars. Yugioh took the chance he made to swim away with Yugi. An hour later, the prism disappeared and the light dimmed out.
"They got away," Wonder Woman said.
"They only got away from us Wonder Woman. There are still 6 more of us and twenty submarines they have to get past," Superman said.
Soon, Yugi and Yugioh came to a large rock formation with writing on it.
"This must be the next clue," Yugi said.
The writing read, "You have gotten away from the first trap. But the others will be tough to get through. Now here's your next clue. Part of this watery area's name is also a Spanish word or phrase."
"What does the Riddler mean by that?" Yugi asked.
"We'll just have to figure it out," Yugioh responded.
Meanwhile, Batman and Robin waited for Yugi and Yugioh. They had suggested that the submarines return to base and let the Superfriends handle Yugi and Yugioh.
"I just got word from the base Batman. All twenty-five submarines have returned," Robin said.
"That's good to hear Robin. The Legion of Doom was in over its head to ask for the submarines," Batman said. He and Robin were in the Bat boat.
The boat could travel underwater just like a submarine. Then they got a message from Superman.
"Superman to Batman and Robin. Yugi and Yugioh got past Wonder Woman and me. Once they figure out the riddle, they will be headed your way," Superman said.
"We're ready and waiting for them Superman," Batman said.
Meanwhile, Yugioh eliminated the oceans as being the answers to the riddle. "There's nothing that sounds Spanish about the oceans so they're off the list of possibilities," he said.
"What if he meant a river?" Yugi asked.
"It is possible," Yugioh responded. "It could mean the Rio Grande."
"It could also mean the Amazon River," Yugi suggested.
"I have a feeling that the Riddler wouldn't put a clue in South America Yugi," Yugioh said.
"Well then what could he mean?" Yugi asked.
'Hmm, well the key word in the riddle is Spanish. That's it!' Yugioh thought. "I may have it Yugi. What comes to mind when you hear the word Spanish?" he said.
Yugi didn't get why Yugioh asked and responded, "Whenever I think of Spanish, I think of Mexico."
"Exactly, so the next clue would be a body of water that has Mexico in its name," Yugioh said.
"You mean the Gulf of Mexico?" Yugi asked.
"Correct Yugi," Yugioh responded. He picked Yugi up and flew out of the water. He flew over several of the United States before diving into the Gulf of Mexico off of Houston's coast.
The waters were still choppy from when a strong Tropical Storm made landfall. The winds remained even after 4 days, and the waters continued to be rough. Yugioh dove until the water calmed down, only to be caught in a net the moment he stopped.
"Good shot Robin, you got him," Batman said.
"Now I'll activate the electric charge," Robin said as the net began to charge up.
Yugioh felt the net begin to charge up. 'Let's see if they can match this,' he thought as he absorbed all the electricity from the net. He made sure to keep the charge at a low level so Yugi wouldn't get shocked.
A few minutes later, Yugioh had completely absorbed the net's electrical energy. He then fired the absorbed energy at the boat. The electrical energy was high enough to cut off the boat's power, but low enough not to shock Batman and Robin. Then Yugioh broke the net by stretching out his wings and swam away while still carrying Yugi.
"Holy short circuits, he got away from us too," Robin said.
"Easy Robin, Yugioh still has four more Superfriends to deal with," Batman said.
Yugioh had let go of Yugi, and they swam side by side. A little while later, Yugi fell asleep because he was very tired. Yugioh gently scooped him up and swam to the gulf's bottom. He laid Yugi down and watched over him for the night. A group of dolphins came up to him with some giant turtles holding something steady on the dolphins' backs.
[What have you got there?] Yugioh asked.
[We found this as we came to meet up with you. It has writing on it] one of the dolphins responded.
[Thank you, I'll show it to Yugi in the morning] Yugioh said.
The next morning, Yugioh awakened Yugi and showed him the rock with the writing on it. It was another riddle.
The writing read, "You have made it halfway through. I've decided to make this next riddle easy for you. But the place is no walk in the park when you find out what it is. Here is the riddle: This area is in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a place where ships and airplanes have entered but never returned from. It could be known as the biggest watery graveyard in the world."
"Oh no, that's the Bermuda Triangle," Yugi said horrified. "Our final clue lurks within the rough waters."
"Don't worry Yugi. I won't let anything happen to you. The Bermuda Triangle is due east from where we are now," Yugioh said as he put a shield on Yugi. "This shield will protect you from the very rough waters and everything else." He took Yugi's hand and swam on.
Samurai and Black Falcon were the next two to face Yugi and Yugioh. This time, they were blocking off the path to the final riddle. When Yugi and Yugioh got to the area of the final riddle, Samurai and Black Falcon would attack. An few hours later, Yugi and Yugioh arrived at the Bermuda Triangle. Yugioh's shield protected Yugi from the dangerous waters. Being one with the water and invincible kept Yugioh from feeling even 1% of the water's extreme pressure. An hour later, they came across all the ships and planes that had never returned.
"I have a feeling that we'll find our last clue inside one of these ships," Yugioh said.
"That's going to be like finding a needle in a haystack," Yugi said.
"Not exactly Yugi. I sense Samurai and Black Falcon inside one of the ships. That ship must have the last clue onboard," Yugioh said. He followed his senses to the ship. He found it in only five minutes.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning and a ball of compressed air hit Yugioh in the back. He turned around to see Samurai and Black Falcon standing on the ocean bottom.
"I don't have time for this so I'm going to make this quick," Yugioh said.
"You have as much time as we say you do," Black Falcon said before firing another lightning bolt.
Yugioh used reverse magnetism and deflected the bolt back at Black Falcon. Black Falcon tried to dodge the bolt, but it was locked on him magnetically. The bolt hit and paralyzed Black Falcon. Yugioh made it so that the paralysis would wear off after the mind control machine was destroyed.
"Let's see how you handle two balls of compressed air," Samurai asked as he fired the balls.
Yugioh transported Yugi to his back. "Hold on Yugi. I'm going to cut those balls in half," he said.
Yugi held on, and Yugioh spread his wings. Then Yugioh flapped them slowly and hard. He created a piercing wind. The wind sliced the balls of air like a pizza on contact.
"Now to paralyze Samurai with a combo of wind and water pressure," Yugioh said as he focused his wind into the water.
The pressure of the water and his wind was great enough to paralyze Samurai, but low enough not to hurt him. Yugioh withdrew his wings and swam on with Yugi on his back. Half an hour later, they came across the galley. They entered to find the evil sorcerer and the Riddler inside.
"So you finally made it. Here is the last riddle: I am a sign of the zodiac and a constellation too. If you figure me out, the mind control machine is waiting for you," the Riddler said before he and the evil sorcerer vanished.
/This is the toughest one yet. About half of the zodiac is constellations as well/
//I know Yugi, but we must solve this riddle to free the people from the machine//
At the mind control machine's location, Aquaman and Flash were guarding the machine.
"Our orders were to stop Yugioh from destroying the machine," Flash said.
"I know, and it's only the two of us. The animals refuse to go against Yugi or Yugioh," Aquaman said.
As far as animals, Yugioh had telepathically called for them to help out with the battle to destroy the mind control machine. They were hiding amongst Aquaman and Flash. Aquaman and Flash had no clue that the animals were there. The animals waited for Yugioh to arrive and give the signal.
Meanwhile, the riddle still stumped Yugi beyond all reason. He had no idea in even starting to figure the riddle out, even after two hours have passed. 'I don't know what the Riddler could mean. I don't see a connection with this one at all,' he thought.
Yugioh wasn't having much luck either. Then he thought about the locations of the previous riddles. 'So far, all the locations dealt with something that is underwater,' he thought. He saw a crab swim by and immediately made the connection. "That's it," he said.
"What's it?" Yugi asked.
"Look at the crab Yugi, Yugioh responded. "What is the only constellation and zodiac sign that looks like a crab?" he added.
"Cancer," Yugi responded. "But why would the mind control machine be in space?" he added.
"No Yugi, the machine is not in space. What have you noticed about all the clues?" Yugioh said.
"That they were always in the water," Yugi said.
"Yes, and that means that Cancer traces over the water," Yugioh said.
"But how is that possible?" Yugi asked.
"What does the equator look like on a globe?" Yugioh asked in response to the question
"It looks like a straight line," Yugi responded before making the connection. "I get it now. There are two dotted lines above and below the equator. The Tropic of Capricorn is the dotted line north of the equator, and the Tropic of Cancer is the line below the equator. The Tropic of Cancer must be where the mind control machine is," he added.
"Exactly Yugi," Yugioh said as he swam south with Yugi still on his back.
"I couldn't have solved these riddles without you," Yugi said.
"You did solve them without me," Yugioh said.
"How?" Yugi asked.
"It is a concept called tacit knowledge. Tacit knowledge is knowledge that you don't know you have. I merely brought it to the surface by asking you questions and breaking down the riddles into separate parts," Yugioh responded {1}.
Three hours later, Yugioh started swimming across the Tropic of Cancer. There were a lot of indentical and large rock formations. Yugi swam off Yugioh's back, and the duo swam side by side again.
"Keep a sharp eye out for the mind control machine," Yugioh said.
"Right," Yugi confirmed as he and Yugioh looked around the rocks. Half an hour later, Yugi saw a rock formation that looked different from the others. 'Hmm, this one looks different from all the rest. I wonder why,' he thought. He looked ahead and saw that Yugioh hadn't stopped. /Yugioh/
//Yes Yugi// He looked to the side and saw that Yugi wasn't with him. //Where are you?//
/I'm looking at an odd rock formation/
//Stay where you are and keep your side of the link open//
/Okay/
A short while later, Yugioh caught up with Yugi. "Where's the odd rock formation?" he asked.
"Right here," Yugi responded as he pointed to the one right in front of him. "It looks very different from the other identical ones."
Yugioh heard something coming from the strange rock formation. It was a faint hum of electricity.
"You're right in saying that this is an odd rock formation Yugi. I can hear a faint hum of electricity coming from it," Yugioh said.
"That can't be possible unless...it's the mind control machine disguised to look like a rock formation," Yugi said.
"That's right," Yugioh said. "Now to destroy it."
Suddenly, Yugi felt something take him away fast. He looked to see what grabbed him but he could only see a red blur. /Yugioh, Flash got me/
//Hang on Yugi. I'm sending you help right now// [My friends, now is the time to help. Cut off Flash and force him back here] he said.
A large group of small fish followed Flash from above, to his left, to his right and behind him. Then another large group of smll fish blocked him off. The fish then swam vertical horizontal and diagonal circles around him. He tried to run out of the circle, but the fish forced him back to where Yugioh and Aquaman were. They arrived half an hour later.
[You can disperse now my small friends] Yugioh said.
The small fish dispersed.
"That was a mistake Yugioh. I still have Yugi," Flash said.
"I suggest you look again," Yugioh said.
Flash looked to see that he didn't have Yugi. "Where is he?" he asked.
"He's right here beside me," Yugioh responded. He snapped his fingers, and Yugi appeared beside him. [Keep Aquaman and Flash busy my friends. I'm going to five this disguised machine a taste of laser and raw energy] he added.
The animals complied. The Orcas, dolphins, whale sharks and blue whales circled around Aquaman and Flash from all directions. Yugioh swam above the disguised machine. Yugi swam up beside him.
/What do you plan to do?/
//I'm going to destroy this machine with a combo of laser and raw energy//
From inside the fish circle, Aquaman and Flash saw Yugioh powering up to destroy the machine.
"We've got to disperse the animals," Aquaman said.
"I know just the way," Flash said. He spun around counterclockwise.
The animals felt the water pick up in intensity as Flash spun faster. Soon, the animals dispersed from the reversed whirlpool Flash created. Then Flash sped toward Yugioh in attempt to stop him. Yugioh had his eyes closed in concentration but still sensed Flash coming his way.
"I don't have time to mess with you," Yugioh said. He snapped his fingers and paralyzed Flash. He did the same with Aquaman. [They can't do anything my friends so you can return to your dwelling areas now] he added.
The animals swam away, and Yugioh continued to focus his laser and raw energy. A few moments later, he fired two beams of red orange energy from his hands. The energy hit the machine and destroyed it. Aquaman and Flash shook their heads as they snapped out of the control. Yugioh took his paralysis off them.
"Yugioh, why are we here?" Flash asked.
"What happened?" Aquaman added.
"I'll explain everything at the Hall of Justice," Yugioh responded as he transported himself, Yugi, Aquaman and Flash back to the Hall of Justice.
"What happened, and where's the battery I use to recharge my ring?" Green Lantern asked.
Yugioh made the battery appear again. "I'll explaiin when all of the Superfriends are here," he responded.
"That could take a while," Hawkman said.
"Not exactly," Yugioh said. He snapped his fingers, and the other Superfriends appeared. He made sue to remove the paralysis off the ones he paralyzed.
"Can someone explain what's going on?" Superman asked.
Yugioh explained everything that happened for the past four days. It was early evening when He finished explaining. The other Superfriends were very thankful.
"Thank you Yugioh. We and everyoneof the world would have permanently been the Legion of Doom's slaves if not for you," Batman said.
"I merely destroyed the machine. Yugi figured out the riddles and located the machine. I wouldn't have found out that the machine was disguised if not for Yugi," Yugioh said.
"Thank you Yugi. You are a Superfriend through and through," Wonder Woman said.
"I don't have the abilities and powers you guys do," Yugi said.
"Yugi, you don't have to have powers or great abilities to be considered a Superfriend or a hero. You do anything you can to ensure the safety of others, and that's what makes you a hero," Yugioh said.
A couple of hours later, Yugi slept in the bed. Yugioh watched over him, and some of the Superfriends returned to their homes. The ones who stayed were on standby in case someone needed their help.



Well, that's the end of this chapter. Preview for Chapter 6: The Deadly Crystal: The Superfriends had to deal with the Noxium crystal before; a crystal that can kill the Superfriends. That time, they were lucky because of their mechanical duplicates who the Superfriends sent in their place. This time, there are no mechanical duplicates. They have to be very careful or die. Yugi is immune because of the sole fact that he is not from the Superfriends' world. Yugioh is invincible to everything and that is the main reason why he is immune (the fact that he is also not from the Superfriends' world is only meager)

{1} I learned about tacit knowledge from taking a Critical Thinking course. I thought that the course was very interesting and a fun way to learn about how our thinking and philisophical thinking compare and contrast. As far as solving the riddles from this chapter, I realized that I was using this concept. It is a good concept, and I recommend that all you fanfic writers out there give it a try. You might find it really interesting and a good learning experience. I sure did when I took the Critical thinking course at my university ^__________^.
Bye