Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish ❯ Chapter 19

Special Note: The rules of Yugioh for this battle are played in accordance to the rules during Duelist Kingdom. That means....... `no sacrificing'. So please do not complain when a high-level monster is summoned without sacrificing for it. Questions or problems on this duel please email Clarity and discuss it with her at clarity@aerth.org

 

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Kaiba drew his cards, and said to Noah, “I have already explained to you how the Duel Disk works. But since you have never used it before, I'll go first so you can see how it works.”

 

“Fine, whatever Seto.....you'll need all the turns you can get.” Noah said, waving him casually to go, showing his lack of interest.

 

Kaiba kept a poker face on, as he looked at his cards, rather pleased with his opening hand. `This might be over before it even starts.' he thought to himself. “I place one card face-down, and summon Saggi the Dark Clown in attack mode. I then end my turn.”

 

Noah was amazed with the graphics of the holograms, as Saggi appeared right in front. `That's incredible!' Noah thought, though of course refused to word that out loud. But once Kaiba ended his turn, Noah began to laugh. “Oh, Seto.....is that all? And here, you had me all excited for something good. You should have at least put that into defense mode, but then that isn't the first time you made that pitiful mistake.”

 

The crowd was laughing along with Noah, as Kaiba kept a straight poker face, muttering, “Just play your turn, Noah.”

 

“He's done this before.” Yami said, watching the battle.

 

Joey looked over at Yugi, asking, “What do you mean, Yugi?”

 

“Of course!” Angie said. “He used this move on you, Joey. Then that must be his Crush Card, face-down.”

 

“Yeah, and since Noah never saw that move before, he'll never know what hit him.” Tristan smiled.

 

Tea then cheered, “Take him down, Seto!!”

 

“Your friends seem to be cheering for you, Seto. I guess they still don't know a loser when they see it. Well, fine then.....if you're going to just throw these lame cards at me, I might as well make you pay for it!” Noah spat. “I summon the Man-Eating Treasure Chest in attack mode, which will destroy your worthless card!”

 

The chest with teeth moved in swiftly and destroyed Saggi, yet as he was destroyed the dark clown laughed. Immediately after, the chest was instantly destroyed as well. “What? What happened?” Noah asked.

 

Kaiba gave a cocky smile, saying, “Too bad, Noah.....your deck had just become infected with the Crush Card virus. Now every powerful monster of yours on the field, in your hand, and in your deck are destroyed. You now have nothing left but weak and worthless monsters! This game is mine! Hahahaha!!”

 

Everyone gasped seeing what had transpired, waiting to see what Noah will do. He looked at him neutrally, then said, “Not bad. I must admit, I'm impressed to see such a good move from you. If you were fighting any normal average duelist, that probably would have hurt.”

 

“Oh? So tell me, Noah......how do you plan to battle against me with nothing left but weak cards??” Kaiba asked.

 

Noah just smiled, saying, “Oh, Seto......I never felt I needed strong cards to begin with to battle you. See?” And as Noah said, that he pulled three cards from his deck infected with the virus, and discarded them to the graveyard. “I'm afraid that's really all you infected. Everything else is virus free.”

 

Kaiba's eyes widened in shock. “What? You can't be serious! You actually intended to fight me from the very beginning with weak pathetic monsters?? Do you see this battle as some kind of joke?!”

 

Noah just laughed. “Hahahaha......actually, I do. This whole ridiculous Duel is a joke. And the joke's on you, Seto. Look at you......you honestly don't think I can defeat you with weak monsters. But I don't need strong monsters to battle the likes of you. You are nothing, an insignificant bug to scrape off my shoes. And when I'm finally done destroying you and making you serve my every whim, maybe you'll finally understand.”

 

Kaiba glared at him, snapping, “Fine, then finish you're turn, already. You want to make this game that much easier for me, then it's your funeral!”

 

“I'll set one card face down, and end my turn.” Noah said.

 

Kaiba drew his card, and looked over the field. Noah had nothing on the field except one magic or trap card, and was smiling like an idiot, seeming oh-so confident. He could play it safe and put a monster in defense mode first, to ensure the possible trap wouldn't hurt him at all......but Kaiba couldn't bring himself to do that. Noah was wide open, and there was no way he was going to play a scared game of Duel Monsters. “I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode! Vorse Raider, attack his life points directly!”

 

 

“Sorry, Seto.” Noah smiled. “I activate the card Waboku! It brings any damage set against me or any monsters I may have to 0. I'm afraid your attack was wasted.”

 

“You only delayed the inevitable, Noah. That card only lasts this turn. I end my turn.” Kaiba answered.

 

Noah drew a card, and grinned wickedly. “Ahh......the first key to your demise had been drawn.” He glanced over amused at his opponent, and asked, “Would you like to see what I drew? It's not going to really make any difference whether you see or not. At least then, you'll finally realize it's only a matter of time before you loose, and you can stop your ridiculous ramblings on how you'll win.”

 

Kaiba only smirked, saying, “Noah, if you feel obligated to show your hand to me, then be my guest. But your lack of seriousness in this game is going to be your undoing.”

 

“Oh, is it? So, tell me then......what do you think of this card?” Noah asked, flipping the card around.

 

Kaiba froze in his tracks, turning a pale white as everyone gasped, including Yugi's group.

 

Yami stated, “That's the head of Exodia! Then, that must mean.......”

 

“Exodia? You mean Exodia the Forbidden? But no one's ever been able ta get all the pieces to play in a duel!” Joey said.

 

Tristan said, “If anyone could......it would be rich boy over there. If Noah got Exodia, then Seto doesn't stand a chance!”

 

“But Noah still has to gain all 5 pieces to win. Until that happens, there is always a chance.” Yami said.

 

Kaiba stood frozen, looking at the card in Noah's hand. It sent flashbacks in his head when Yami flipped his card around to show the Exodia Head. “I have all 5 pieces, all 5 cards. Exodia......annihilate!!”

 

Kaiba could still feel his victory ripped from his fingers by that final move.....he could feel his soul shattering to pieces, feeling numb all over and reality slipping from him like a distant memory. `Exodia, it can't be.......it can't be!!'

 

Noah's laughing snapped Kaiba back to reality, as he said, “Relax, Seto.....I don't have all 5 pieces, yet. This is just the first of many. But don't you worry. Soon enough, I'll have them all. I place one card in defense-mode, then one card face-down and end my turn.”

 

Kaiba continued to stare, not saying anything. “It's your turn, Seto. Of course, if you now understand how hopeless it is, you can surrender instead and end your suffering quickly.”

 

Kaiba glared coldly at him, and snarled, “It's my turn.” He brought his hand to his deck and pulled his next card. Then looking at the card, he grinned evilly and laughed like a lunatic. “Noah, I'm about to crush your strategy!”

 

“Oh??” Noah asked.

 

“Yes. I use Card of Destruction!” Kaiba said, putting the card down. Kaiba hated to do it, since he already had a Blue Eyes in his hand, but to ensure Noah couldn't use Exodia against him, he felt it was more than worth it. “Now we have to discard our entire hand and draw the same number of cards.” Kaiba answered.

 

They both drew their cards, as Kaiba savored that piece of Exodia falling into the card graveyard. “Too bad, Noah. I told you your lack of seriousness in this game would be your undoing. Now maybe you should be the one to give up, while you can.”

 

“Are you done?” Noah asked simply, as the audience watched, riveted over the game. No one had ever seen someone make such strong moves against Noah before. And yet......Noah still didn't look the least bit disturbed, despite what Kaiba had just done to him.

 

Kaiba sneered. “Not, yet.....I'll now summon my Sword Stalker in attack mode! Vorse Raider, attack that face-down card!”

 

The card was attacked and Mystic Tomato was destroyed. “As Mystic Tomato's special affect, I can summon a dark monster under 1500 to the field in attack mode. And since I have no monsters higher than that, thanks to your Crush Card, that would make it just about `any' dark monster from my deck.”

 

Noah calmly went through his cards, as he said, “You know, Seto.....I have to admit, you really `are' playing a good game today. Perhaps better than I've ever seen you play. You're playing so hard, I almost feel sorry about having to destroy and humiliate you so badly, as I plan on doing. If I was an average player, what you have just done might actually cost me the game. But then, you're not dueling an average player.” Noah looked up at him and smiled, “You are playing against the Duelist Champion of the whole world. There is no way you can win, and what you just did to me means absolutely nothing.”

 

Noah pulled out his card and showed it to Kaiba, then placing it on the field. “I special summon Witch of the Black Forest in attack mode.”

 

“I'll now attack your Witch with my Sword Stalker!” Kaiba cried out.

 

Noah then replied, “Not so fast.....I activate Waboku. Once again, battle damage is 0, so my Witch and my life points stay unharmed.”

 

Kaiba glared down at that witch. “Fine.....stall all you want. It's only a matter of time before I connect, and then you're finished. I end my turn.”

 

Noah calmly picked up a card. “You know, Seto......when I saw that dragon you bought at the card shop, I knew you were going to try and boost up your deck with all these powerful monsters to take me down.” He laughed. “You were so predictable. So instead of making this some messy kill fight, I decided the best way to go against a beat-down deck that you have was by having a totally defensive deck. You see, as long as my defenses are up, you will never break through. And when I have Exodia complete in my hand, you will loose. It's a perfect strategy, if I do say so, myself. And you have nothing to stop me with.”

 

Kaiba glared at him, and then smirked. “I thought you said you didn't think I was a challenge. Exodia? I'm pleased to know you at least went all out for me. It'll make finishing you that much more fulfilling.”

 

“Honestly Seto, you must know that one card you sent away isn't enough to stop me.” Noah smiled. “And, really......that fact of the matter is, I didn't want to be bothered dragging this out all day.....especially in front of my audience and the media. I wanted to ensure this would be a clean and easy fight, to make me look even better on TV. So you see......it wasn't to impress you, it was to impress them. I hope I didn't disappoint you.”

 

`I wont be disappointed.' Kaiba thought. `I'm going to win this, Noah.....then we'll see what your fans think of you.'

 

After looking over his cards, Noah said, “I will put my Witch in defense mode, and place one more card in defense mode, and one card face-down.”

 

“Another Waboku?” Kaiba taunted. “You're running out of blocker cards, Noah.”

 

“We'll see.....” Noah smirked. “Your turn.”

 

Kaiba drew. He then smiled. “I summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon!”

 

Everyone gasped, as the monster was drawn, everyone knowing the strength and rarity of the card. Just by drawing that card, Kaiba seemed to have earned some respect among some of the audience watching. He then smirked, saying, “You better have another Waboku for your sake, Noah......or this is going to hurt. Vorse Raider, attack his Witch!”

 

Vorse Raider lunged forward, slaughtering Noah's Witch. Noah immediately blurted, “Witch's effect immediately takes place! And I pull a dark monster from the deck to my hand. The card is.....” And he shows Kaiba the card. “.....the left arm of the forbidden one.”

 

“Who cares! Exodia can no longer be completed, now!” Kaiba snarled back. “Take all the pieces you want, it means nothing! Especially after I take most of your life points this turn! Sword Stalker, take down that other face-down monster!”

 

“Not so fast!” Noah spat. “Activate trap card......Gravity Bind!”

 

“What??” Kaiba cried.

 

Noah laughed. “Sorry to disappoint you. And you were so sure you were going to defeat me, too. Too bad.”

 

Kaiba growled, and muttered back, “I end my turn.”

 

“Good.....that makes it my turn.” Noah said. He drew his card. “Just the card I was looking for, too. This is so fun! Seto.....if you were in my shoes, I know you would be having a blast right now. Let me show you this next move. This is an expert move that only a genius such as I am capable of pulling off. I use the magic card The Shallow Grave. This allows one card from my and your graveyard to be summoned to the field, in facedown defense mode. And I believe all you probably have is a wimpy little Saggi. Not that it could do anything for you.”

 

Two cards were summoned back to the field, in facedown defense mode. But Kaiba summoned in defense-mode his other Blue Eyes instead, in hopes to use Noah's card against him to possibly merge his dragons. `But I need to get rid of that blasted Gravity Bind.' he thought.

 

Noah then took his first facedown monster and flipped it into face-up attack mode. “My Penguin Soldier has been flip-summoned, allowing me to send up to two monsters back to the owner's hand. I'll send both Penguin Soldier and my other monster both to my hand.....leaving no monsters on the field.”

 

“What's the point of that? Why are you leaving yourself so open?” Kaiba asked.

 

“Don't you get it, yet?” Noah smiled. He took the other card and turned it around, showing the Head of Exodia. “Once again, Exodia is back with me......I now have two pieces. Three more pieces to go, and you're finished, Seto.”

 

Kaiba gasped, seeing that the Exodia head was back.......it was the countdown to his demise. Suddenly, he was beginning to be glad that his Mokuba really wasn't here to witness this. Exodia.......how could he defeat it?? Did he even have the right card in his deck to do so?? He now had 4 monsters on the field, and every one of them were useless, as long as Gravity Bind remained in play.

 

Noah smiled, saying, “I end my turn. I'm wide open now, Seto. If you drew Saggi from your graveyard, you can now flip it face up and attack me directly. Not that it would do much......but go ahead, maybe it'll make you feel better.”

 

Kaiba drew another card.......none of his cards would work, none of them affective against a Gravity Bind. It felt like he had gotten himself stuck in quicksand. The more he struggled, the deeper he sank. “I end my turn.”

 

“I thought so.” Noah said. “Well, let's get this over with, then......shall we??” He drew. “Now I use Premature Burial to bring back a monster, and I choose my Witch. Of course that brings my life points down to 3300. But I don't want you to feel too secure over that loss, so I'll use Goblin's Secret Remedy to bring it back up 600. Now I have 3900 life points.....a mere 100 point loss in all.”

 

Noah then played another card, saying, “I will then use Monster Reborn to bring another monster of mine from the graveyard, which happens to be Sangan. Incase you're wondering, Sangan was in my hand when you forced me to discard it all to the graveyard. Ready for the next move? I use the magic card Dark Hole!”

 

All monsters from both sides of the field were instantly destroyed. “Of course with my monsters sent to the graveyard again, their special effect takes place. I can now pick two more dark monsters from my deck to my hand. And I choose the left and right foot of the Forbidden One!”

 

Kaiba was twitching, as he watched Noah pull two more pieces. Noah smiled. “Well, Seto.....only one more to go, and you loose. Ready to throw in the towel, yet?”

 

“No........never......” Kaiba hissed, trying to keep his stomach calm, as he was questioning himself on his chances left to win this at all.

 

“Very well.” Noah said, and smiled. “I'm going to show you the card combo that will destroy you next round. I'm afraid you're dead no matter what happens.” Noah flipped two cards in his hand around to show a Call of the Haunted and a Tribute of the Doomed. “Do you understand my power, now? I'll place my Call of the Haunted on the field. As soon as you pick a card, my Witch will be re-summoned to the field. So even if you find a way to get through my Gravity Bind, destroying my monster will only ensure my victory. And if you don't......then I'll destroy it during my turn. Then it'll be Game Over for you. So, that's it......you have one round. Do you see yet that there is no hope? I'll give you one more chance to surrender, and save yourself the humiliation.”

 

“Don't listen to him, Seto! You can do this!!” Yami cried out.

 

Noah looked over in shock. “What? How dare you speak out against me! You know full well our little agreement about helping him in any way. Just for that, I'll make sure you pay for that, Yugi!” Noah was so tempted to give Yugi the gruesome details of sending his grandpa to the hospital a second time, but he didn't want to say such things in front of the cameras and his adoring fans. He'd simply have to tell Yugi later what he's going to do.

 

“I end my turn.” Noah said. “Your move, Seto. You have one turn to live......what's it going to be?”

 

Kaiba looked over his cards. He could revive his dragon, but what could-would that do? He could combine his dragons, but that would be worthless against a Gravity Bind. He could even use a card to strengthen his monster, but it still wouldn't be enough to defeat him. Was there anything he had in his deck to take out a Gravity Bind? Anything at all?

 

Kaiba then thought of it.......there was a card that could destroy his Gravity Bind. And if he did that, maybe he could win, after all. But if he didn't get that one card.......he would loose. Kaiba's hand was trembling as it approached his deck, knowing the game and his freedom rode on one card, and one card alone. But could he do it, even with the odds against him? Yugi did it...with his luck, he summoned a miracle. He summoned Exodia. And if Yugi could do it, then couldn't he??

 

“Draw your card, Seto.....either way, you loose!” Noah laughed at him.

 

Kaiba stared at Noah, and realized he had been placed in a very familiar situation. Noah playing where he once was, and him seeing things from where Yugi's point of view was. Was this how it felt? It wasn't his pride that was so much at stake as it was time. He had to get back to Mokuba........he couldn't stay here to play Noah's slave, as Mokuba slowly died. He had to win this. `I'll be there, Mokuba......I promised I would.'

 

He closed his eyes and drew his card.

 

“I activate my trap, summoning my Witch back to the field.” Noah mused.

 

Kaiba ignored Noah's taunting, focusing on only that card. He looked at it, then smiled.

 

Noah's laughter began to tone down, as he glared at Kaiba. “Why are you smiling? Did you finally accept your defeat?”

 

“No, Noah......I accepted yours.” Kaiba answered. “First, I use Remove Trap on your Gravity Bind.”

 

Noah's eyes widened, but still kept calm. “Hmph.....it's doesn't matter. Go ahead and kill my Witch. You'll do me a favor and win the game for me.”

 

“Not quite.” Kaiba said. “I activate Monster Reborn and return my other Blue Eyes to the field!”

 

“O-other Blue Eyes??” Noah asked in surprise. The rest of the audience was equally stunned to see another Blue Eyes on the field. “You have two Blue Eyes White Dragons?”

 

“No, Noah.......I have three.” Kaiba smiled, surprising Noah even more. He then scowled, and snapped. “Fine! Summon all the dragons you want. It'll do you no good. You still wont have enough power to stop me before I gain all 5 pieces. You'll still loose!”

 

“We'll see about that. After what Exodia has done to me in the past, it's only fitting that my most power monster is used to face your god and take him down.” Kaiba snarled.

 

“What?? You faced Exodia before? That's not possible. You must be going mad, Seto. Nothing can take-down Exodia!” Noah told him.

 

Kaiba replied, “Is that so? Let's find out. I use Polymerization, and combine it with the Blue Eyes also in my hand to form......Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!”

 

The crowd was so quiet, a pin could drop and you would hear it. The only voices heard was Kaiba and Noah's whining. “B-but........but how??” Noah asked. “I don't understand......where did you get those cards! You couldn't have gotten all three Dragons! Unless......” Noah suddenly looked down at Mokuba, suddenly feeling the betrayal of his slave stabbing him in the back.

 

Mokuba realized Noah remembered giving him that BEWD to throw away, and backed away fearing punishment.

 

“Pay attention to the game, Noah! I want your full attention when I defeat you!” Kaiba cried out, snapping Noah back to the game.

 

Noah yelled back, “Even with `that' monster on the field, it's still not enough to take me down! Fool, I won! When Ultimate Dragon hits, I'll still have 500 life points left. Then Witch's special ability will take effect, and I will win! My plan is flawless! Hahahahaha!!”

 

“I was all ready aware of that, Noah. I wasn't done yet.” Kaiba said calmly. “I will now use the magic card Rush Recklessly on my Ultimate Dragon. Only for one turn alone, it will increase my monster's attack by 700...more than enough to finish you off!”

 

“No! You can't!” Noah cried out in sudden panic.

 

“Let me put it this way, Noah.......I win. Ultimate Burst Breath! Strike Noah directly!” Kaiba announced. The Ultimate Dragon shot forth his 3-part lightning attack. It hit Noah's Witch, obliterating him instantly. But the power kept going directly at Noah, and hit hard.”

 

“Ahhh!! No, but my Witch's special effect will still take place!” Noah cried out.

 

Kaiba smirked. “That's true......but not before the damage step. I'm afraid it's over.”

 

5200 attack points struck Noah's 1100 attack point Witch, inflicting a devastating 4100 damage to someone who only had 3900 remaining. Now........Noah had 0.

 

“But.......that can't be. I was one piece away! Nothing can defeat Exodia, he's unstoppable!” Noah cried out.

 

Kaiba smiled. “Nothing's unstoppable.” He then turned to Yugi's group, and of all things.......he winked.

 

“YEAH!!!” Joey boomed out. “You royally kicked Noah's ass!!”

 

From Joey's announcement, everyone cheered at once, never seeing such an incredible battle, ever. They couldn't tell which was more awesome.......the strategy used, or the sight of the graphics, themselves. Either way, they knew they were going to come back here again, and maybe even get to play on the Duel Disk, themselves. And the reporters were going ballistic, reporting on the news how a nobody defeated the World Champion.