Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Yu-Gi-Oh: Under Control ❯ Fear! The Domineer Maestro of the Cards unleashed! ( Chapter 2 )

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A Tapestry Incomplete

Episode Two: Fear! The Domineer Maestro of the Cards unleashed!

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"Seto!" Mokuba flew out of Umei's arms and into his brothers.

"Mokuba? Why are you-" Seto shifted his eyes from his brother to Umei. He was staring at her, in disbelief. "You, saw that duel." Seto looked off at the arena.

"Of course I saw it, we were right there." Umei looked at the arena Seto Kaiba was just dueling at. All of them were standing in the doorway leading out of the coliseum.

Seto looked towards the ground.

"Seto, what's wrong?" Mokuba asked.

Seto sighed. "Nothing." He began to walk into the hallway. `Nothing's wrong, besides the fact the only two people that really matter had to see that match.'

Umei grew a hurt expression, she ran besides Seto Kaiba.

`Mokuba looked up to me, the same with Umei. I was like both of there tutors in this game, and I was beaten!' Seto huffed.

Umei blinked her eyes as she looked at him.

`What did Yuugi do to me. I fill so different, maybe he cheated, that looked like Yuugi on the arena, but it didn't feel like Yuugi. Whoever it was, he was able to beat me, and no one beats me. Even though I lost one duel, why does it feel as if I lost every duel I've ever went up against?! Why do I feel like a failure, maybe I really am…'

Umei shook her head, "Seto!"

Both the brothers Kaiba looked at Umei.

"You may have lost one match but what can one match do to you!" Umei shouted looking at him.

"One match can do a lot if you've never lost before." Seto yelled back.

Mokuba jumped out of Seto's arms and began holding his hands to his ears; cutting off the argument.

"You've lost only once Seto, I'm the one that lost more then you ever could, you should be lucky you aren't in my shoes." She hissed at him.

Seto glared at her.

"You aren't a failure Seto," Umei softened, "Not to Mokuba, not to me."

"Mokuba, let's go." Seto began to walk off. Mokuba looked up; his hands from his ears.

"Don't be like me Seto, I always walk away from my problems, you don't have to, you could face them if you needed too."

"I would appreciate it if you'd stay out of my life from now on, and Mokuba's too." Seto said coldly.

Umei and Mokuba's eyes bulged at the same time.

"Seto, you can't mean that!" Mokuba was shocked as his brother continued to walk. "Seto!"

"It's okay Mokuba." Umei turned around to walk away too.

"Please don't leave too." Mokuba pleaded.

"Go with your brother little guy, be lucky you have him for as long as you do." Umei choked out.

"But you don't think he's evil!?"

"No Mokuba, I'd never think that."

"It's that guy's fault, he did this to Seto! He's the evil one!" Mokuba exclaimed.

Umei jolted around. `Is Mokuba right?!'

"If you aren't going to do something, I will! I'll avenge my brother for what that guy did!" Mokuba ran off into the dark hallway to where his brother went.

"Mokuba?" Umei saddened. `Maybe this is my chance, Mokuba's right, I can prove myself to Seto, and maybe Mokuba too. I'll take Yuugi out first.'

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"Before we duel, how about you pick your own destiny." Umei smiled evilly at him.

"Whad'dya mean?" Jounouchi asked dumbfounded. Yuugi stood next to him as Honda held the gray head boy on his shoulders. Anzu was still kneeling on the ground next to Honda.

"If you like, being the brave but stupid opponent, you can duel me somewhere else. A little surprise if you like to call it that. But, being a coward and smart opponent, you can duel me right here, right now." Umei fanned herself.

`What does she mean being a brave and stupid opponent?! Duel somewhere else? Sounds pretty fishy to me. This place she's talking about, it may give her an advantage, but dueling her here might give me an even bigger advantage!' Jounouchi smiled.

"…" Umei narrowed her eyes.

"Okay! I've decided. I'll duel you… Here!" Jounouchi began to laugh hysterically. Yuugi stared at him.

"Fine then." Umei chuckled.

`What gives, she's lost her advantage!' Jounouchi winced.

The arena spread from the ground as Umei and Jounouchi took their places. Umei was quick to notice something:

"Oh and Yuugi, you might want to get him to the boat so he'll be shipped to a hospital, you know, I don't want to be charged for murder." Umei smiled as she pointed to the guy leaning over Honda's shoulders.

"Uh, yeah, Honda, Anzu, could you get him to that boat that's just about to leave the island." Yuugi ordered. The two nodded and ran back over the hill.

"So cheerleader, ready to lose." Umei mocked.

"We'll see who's a cheerleader after this match!" Jounouchi shouted at her. He held up his duelist glove. "How many are we wagering for?!"

"How about three," Umei smiled, "You barely have that many, so, if I win, you are eliminated! If I loose, I'll still be on this island! Which I doubt loosing!" Umei laughed.

"Jounouchi, don't agree with this match! If you're eliminated no one will be there for your sister!" Yuugi warned.

`Yuug's right, if I loose, no one will be there for Shizuka…' Jounouchi thought.

"If you want to back out, I'd understand, it just proves that-"

"No! I won't back out, if I do then it'll prove what you've said on the boat. Let's duel!" Jounouchi slapped all his star chips on the counsel. `It's amazing how much I'm sticking up for myself! It's amazing how much she sounds like Mai!'

"Very good choice Katsuya," Umei placed three on the counsel as well. "Yes, let us duel. But Jounouchi, since you really aren't that worthy of an opponent, I have no use of transforming before you."

"What?!" Jounouchi and Yuugi gasped in unison.

`Transform?' Yuugi's attention surfaced to Umei's neck. Something was glowing. `Is that a Millennium item!'

Umei beamed, "Did I stutter."

"Enough talk, let's go, and as I always think of it, ladies first." Jounouchi grinned thinking how easy this match would be. Two thousand life points flashed on the screens.

Umei drew her five cards but grinned when she did. "I'd like to start by placing this field card down first!" her card she chose went on the counsel. On the field of the arena, it began to snow!

"What the!" Jounouchi was amused.

The snowing stopped as the once green meadow of the arena, was covered in hail. Suddenly, mountains upon mountains of ice sprouted from the ground and ice shards were floating in the air.

"A winter wonderland?!" Jounouchi laughed, "What kind of card is that!"

"Like I said, it's a field magic card, Arctic, and you'll soon see how wonderful this wonderland is." Umei looked at Yuugi.

He shifted his eyes back to Jounouchi.

"But anyway, it's your turn Katsuya."

"Uh yeah," He looked at his hand. "Fine, I play, Masaki the legendary Swordsman." He threw his card down on the counsel. The holographic swordsman appeared on the field with the attack power of 1100. "What ya' think about that."

"I think you're already losing." Umei smirked. "Look at your monster."

"Huh?!" Masaki the legendary swordsman lost 200 points to his attack power: 900! "Impossible!"

"Is it really? Any monster besides a wind, fire, and water type on the Arctic field will loose 200 points to their defense or attack. Sure Water, Fire, and Wind types may be the only thing that can be on the field without loosing 200 points but I have another card up my sleeve." Umei explained.

"You tricked me!"

"How did I trick you!" Umei shouted.

"You didn't explain this at the start."

Umei practically fell off the stand. "You jerk!" Jounouchi began to laugh. "Fine, you want to accuse me, accuse this. It's my turn. I SET this card face down and I place in attack mode… Windy Unicorn!" A Unicorn with a flowing gray mane (like a lion's) stood before Jounouchi's Masaki. It had the tail of a lion and it's horn spiraled. Attack power of 900 and defense of 900.

"Oh wow, a miscreated mess of a unicorn!" Jounouchi taunted Umei.

"Have you forgot the 200 points it gets for being a wind type." Umei explained. From 900 attack and defense points to 1100 attack and defense points, the Windy Unicorn began to neigh.

"Shit, I forgot about that."

"Now attack, Windy Unicorn!" the unicorn galloped over to Masaki. "Wind Whistler attack!" From it's mane a rush of shards flashed towards Masaki. They went through his body and he disintegrated. "Bye bye!"

"Lucky move," Jounouchi drew one card from his deck. "Ha! I'm getting the hang of this! Go Flaming swordsman." His swordsman gained 200 points for both attack and defense: 2000 attack and 1800 defense. "Now attack!" The Flame swordsman attacked the Windy Unicorn, disintegrating it as well.

Umei: 1900 , Jounouchi: 1800

"So good to see you're using your head" Umei looked at Yuugi. "So Yuugi, who do you think'll win?"

Yuugi jumped.

"Leave Yuugi out of this, hurry up and move!" Jounouchi yelled at her.

Umei scowled, "How persistent of you. Blue Gypsy!" A Gypsy dressed in a flaunting blue outfit appeared on the field. Plus 200 points. Attack: 2000 Defense: 1800!

"Ha! Both our monsters have the same attack and defense!" Jounouchi pointed out.

"Duh! But did you forget about the card I played a turn ago?! I flip it over now! Red Gypsy!" Umei giggled. An identical Gypsy dressed in red stood beside the blue one. "Gypsy performers band together to stick together, and since I have two Gypsies on the field they get 200 more points each. But wait, how about another card face down."

Red Gypsy- Attack: 2200 Defense: 2000 , Blue Gypsy- Attack: 2200 Defense: 2000

"Uh?" Jounouchi gasped.

"Attack, Blue Gypsy!" Umei ordered as the Gypsy danced over to the Flaming Swordsman. It twirled around him and he disintegrated.

"Shit." Jounouchi murmured.

"Come on cheerleader I don't have all day."

"Shut your damn mouth woman!" Jounouchi glanced through his cards and drew another.

"Oooh, this cheerleader's got spunk!" Umei taunted.

"Ha ha, very funny!" Jounouchi looked through his cards. `She definitely reminds me of Mai. Ah Ha! Perfect.'

"Huh?" Umei arched an eyebrow.

"Go, Baby Dragon." Attack: 1200, Defense: 700.-Attack: 1400, Defense: 900.

`What's he trying to pull.' Umei thought in confusion.

"You must be thinking, just because I drew a wimpy little baby dragon, you think you can beat me!" Jounouchi smiled. `Just how I beat Mai, when my Time Magician is drawn, I'll win for sure.'

`Jounouchi is gon'na play his Time Magician!' Yuugi glanced.

"I won't let him attack just yet, but I will place this card face down." Jounouchi smiled.

"Jounouchi, you're taking a big gamble!" Yuugi shouted. `Umei can just attack him, but what does he have up his sleeve?'

"Hmm, Katsuya, I won't attack either." Umei beamed.

"WHAT?!" Yuugi and Jounouchi said in unison.

"Instead, I place this Magic Card! Block Attack. Switches your Baby Dragon from Attack mode to Defense mode."

"What was the point of that." Jounouchi laughed. Jounouchi pulled a card. "Yes! I play, Time Magician!" The Time Magician floats in the air. "Time Roulette now!" The spinner on the roulette begins to spin.

`Jounouchi is insane.' Umei smirked.

It stopped… On a time machine!

"Yes! Now watch as time goes by a thousand years! And watch as your two Gypsies age as well!" Jounouchi bellowed.

Umei was unaffected.

"What?!" Jounouchi was surprised. `She's keeping her cool?'

Time stopped, but Umei's gypsies never aged!

"HEY! What happened?!" Jounouchi and Yuugi were both bedazzled.

"I had a magic card still on the filled remember. Before the Snowstorm." Umei chuckled. "Before the Snowstorm is a magic card that protects ALL monsters on the field from time attacks by activating those floating ice shards. Like a little shield. Too bad your Baby Dragon was protected too, I guess he can't become the Millennium Dragon you were hoping for. Now that your turn is over, attack, Blue Gypsy!" The Blue Gypsy danced around Baby Dragon and destroyed him. "You're just lucky he was affected by my Block Attack card. But your Time Magician isn't."

`Ah man, what do I do now? Salamandra, if only I had the Flame Swordsman to play it with. Hmmm.' Jounouchi itched his head. "I play Garuziis and a card face down." Jounouchi gasped with no enthusiasm in his voice.

"Already giving up? Blue Gypsy, attack! The Time Magician." The BlueGypsy sprinted over to the Time Magician. She jumped at him but…. CLING.

"Ha!" Yuugi smiled.

"The Kuni with Chain?!" Umei fumed. `How idiotic could I've been, I've should've seen that coming.'

"That's right, your arrogance blinded you to attacking my Time Magician, not even thinking of my Trap!" Jounouchi jumped up and down. "Your Gypsy's attack points go down by 500 points, and my Garuziis' attack goes up by 500!" Jounouchi smiles viciously.

Blue Gypsy: Attack-1700, Defense-2000 / Garuziis: Attack-2300, Defense-

"And since you've just end your turn, Garuziis attack!" Jounouchi ordered, Garuziis' Kuni with Chain squeezed the Blue Gypsy to death.

Umei: 1000, Jounouchi: 1600

`Good, I'm ahead, and I'm gon'na keep it that way.' Jounouchi grimaced with pride.

`Can't let him win.' Umei grew frustrated.

"Come on Jounouchi, think hard, you can't loose." Yuugi cheered his friend on.

"You're the first person I've fought that was able to defeat one of my Gypsies, oh but don't think you've won yet." Umei spied. "Raise Dead! I'll bring back one of my monsters from the graveyard! And you know which one…"

"Shit!" Jounouchi gasped.

Blue Gypsy: Attack-2200, Defense-2000

"And since your Kuni with chain only works once, you can't trap me again." Umei laughed.

"Yeah, but it does make a great weapon! And my Garuziis attack power is still greater then yours."

"Why should I aim for your Garuziis? Blue Gypsy, attack the Time Magician." And so she did, the Time Magician was gone!

Umei: 1000, Jounouchi: 1100

"A little set back, but I'm still ahead." Jounouchi looks at his cards. `Hmm, Jinzo…Salamandra… Copy Cat…Giltia the Dark Night' Jounouchi pulls a card from the deck. `Armored Lizard…'

"Hurry up and make a move!"

"I play Copy Cat, and it does…" Jounouchi thought.

"It copies any card your opponent has!" Yuugi explained.

"Got it! I copy your Raise Dead card. And I use it to bring back my Flame Swordsman!" Jounouchi's Flame swordsman was back on the field.

"What good will that do?" Umei huffed.

"I'm not finished! Not only does it get 200 points for being a fire type, but also, I do add Salamandra to it's attacking, giving him 700 points!

Flame Swordsman: Attack-2700, Defense-1800

"Now you're using your head Jounouchi!" Yuugi glanced at Umei. "Guess he isn't that much of an amateur huh Umei?"

Umei winced.

"Now, attack the Blue Gypsy!" Jounouchi laughed. The Blue Gypsy was gone once again.

Umei: 500 , Jounouchi: 1100

"One more hit like that and it's over! I think I'll aim for your Red one next!" Jounouchi mocked Umei.

"I won't loose so easily. I place Red Gypsy in Defense Mode, and I place this card in attack mode. Hypnotic Water Dancer!" A feminine, almost human monster appeared on the field. All deep blue, almost shirtless, wild untamed hair ran around the whole field. The attack of the Water Dancer was 0 and the Defense, 0!

Jounouchi drooled, "HA! That thing doesn't even have an attack or defense strength. Too bad she as strong as she looks!" Jounouchi couldn't stop making wisecracks. Umei was unaffected, as usual. "Huh?"

The Water Dancer stood, something was happening! Her whole body was freezing over, encased in ice, she still stood. Suddenly, her ice barrier broke, The Water Dancer was much more different then before!

"Allow me to introduce the Rare Elven Ice Dancer. When the Hypnotic Water Dancer is on the field, an ice field, she will freeze; her temperature is below 0 degrees. When she freezes, she will break away from her frozen prism and is very much changed." Umei laughed. "I guess the tables have turned on you big time!"

Rare Elven Ice Dancer: Attack-3200, Defense-3000

"Crap!" Yuugi and Jounouchi said in unison

"Don't ever doubt me, now… ATTACK! The Flame Swordsman! Trinity Shard Storm!" And then, it was over. The Flame Swordsman was gone.

Umei: 500, Jounouchi: 0

"I lost…" Jounouchi was in some sort of trance as he couldn't stay focused. His star chips fell to the counsel. His cards in his hand fell to the counsel, his fists fell on the counsel.

"Jounou…" Yuugi sighed. Anzu and Honda were heading back towards them.

"So, did Jounouchi win?" Anzu shouted.

"I don't think so." Honda gasped. Both stopped besides Yuugi.

"Sorry to disappoint you Anzu dear." Umei threw Jounouchi's star chips in the air and caught them. She was standing at the bottom of the arena now. Jounouchi was still on the arena, head held down. "Your little novice cheerleader was the real arrogant one. He actually thought he could beat me. The idiot!" Umei kept droning on. "He thought he could help his sister, he couldn't even help himself. His sister is as good as dead."

"Enough!" Yuugi spat out. His Millennium Puzzle flashed. A luminous white light spread around him. Yami Yuugi took Yuugi's place.

"Ah, so chibi Yuugi is able to use his Millennium Puzzle, something very convient." Umei smiled.

"You've done enough boasting about being the best. You've ruined Jounouchi, you've ruined everything he worked for." Yami Yuugi pointed towards her.

"If you want to duel me, go ahead and say so, don't try and back it up." Umei smirked.

"Yuugi will wipe that smirk right off your lips when he's done with you." Anzu admonished.

"No one talks that way to Jounouchi except me!" Honda finished.

Jounouchi finally stepped from the arena, he walked in the opposite direction.

"Jounouchi! Where are you going!" Anzu asked.

"Probably going to end his life, he doesn't deserve one!" Umei began to walk off.

"I challenge you to a duel!" Yami Yuugi shouted behind her. She stopped.

Umei spied back over to them. Yuugi… Honda… Anzu… Even Jounouchi… Umei felt something strike her really hard. It was Yuugi's fault Seto had left, it was Yuugi's fault Mokuba was in Pegasus' grip, it was Yuugi's fault Seto didn't believe in her anymore, and it was Yuugi's fault Umei was depressed. It was time for her to avenge the Kaiba brothers. Friendship wasn't what got Yuugi or Jounouchi far, it was luck, and his luck was about to run out.

"Yuugi… I accept."

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To be Continued.