//------------------------------// // Dark Kaiba // Story: An Equestrian Element // by Quillion9000 //------------------------------// Meadow The hour they were given was up, and the gang was back at the meadow with the arena. “Alright, we’re here.” Joey stated. “Now, where’s antenna head?” “Yugi, over here!” Mokuba yelled out still entrapped in the Kemo’s arm. “Get him off of me.” “Mokuba!” Yugi exclaimed before focusing on Kemo. “Put him done.” “I’ll consider it provided you beat the opponent I have chosen for you.” The man pointed to the red side of the arena. “In fact, he’s already right there waiting for you. It’s an old friend who’s dying to see you. He met with an unfortunate fate earlier today, but he came back to duel you.” Everyone was shocked. “Kaiba!” “Yugi…revenge…revenge…revenge.” Kaiba chanted. “That doesn’t seem right.” Sunset thought. “Sure, I don’t think all that highly of Kaiba, but the impression I got from him is that he works for no one. Given what Mokuba said, working for the guy taking over your company falls even lower down the list when it comes to him.” “Yugi, this time you don’t stand a ghost of a chance because Kaiba is a ghost.” “A ghost?” Yugi questioned. “Stop it!” Mokuba exclaimed angrily. “It’s a fact. Two witnesses saw him fall to his doom.” That sent another wave of shock through the gang. “Your lying!” Mokuba exclaimed. “Take it back!” “Get used to it because all that’s left of Kaiba is your memories and his vengeful ghost.” “That can’t be Kaiba.” Yugi retorted. “That guy is nothing but a fake. A trick straight from Pegasus.” He looked to the child. “Don’t worry Mokuba. I’ll win your freedom, and we’ll find your brother.” Pegasus was watching everything unfold from his castle. This Kaiba was what he presumed to be left of the genuine article. His appearance here was all down to a little help from something Yugi did prior. Said duelist went up the blue side which brought him across from Kaiba. “Yugi, I could have had it all before you came along.” Kaiba stated. “Then, you beat me destroying my life.” “You’re nothing but an imposter.” Yugi declared. “Stop the lies and start the duel.” “Fine by me, but this time you won’t beat my deck.” Kaiba informed. “Beat him, Yugi!” Mokuba cheered as he was now on the ground and held by his arm. “He’s nothing but a fake.” “Yeah, he’s acting nothing like Kaiba!” Joey declared. Tea nodded. “That’s right.” “Get him Yugi!” Tristan cheered. “If you beat him once, you can do it again!” Sunset added. Yugi nodded firmly as even without Exodia within his deck, it has gone through a few changes of its own, and he was confident those changes could win him this duel. “Kemo, once I’ve beaten Yugi, Pegasus can have Kaiba Corp.” Kaiba declared. “All I want is revenge.” He then held up a gauntlet which held four star chips. “I hear you’re already set to enter the castle, but we still got to put some chips up. What do you say to four each?” “Fine by me.” Yugi declared. “It simply means I’ll have five more star chips than necessary to enter the castle.” “Let’s Duel!” (Yugi 2000/Kaiba 2000) Kaiba drew. “I’ll summon my King of D.(LV 4/1200/1100).” A spellcaster in dragon bone armor with a blue-eyes white dragon guitar appeared. While Yugi obviously dueled plenty since that first duel with Kaiba, none of that erased even a turn of that first duel from his mind. That monster was the exact same one Kaiba used before. “Oh, is something wrong?” Kaiba asked. “That monster is one of my big bro’s combos with Blue-Eyes.” Mokuba stated shocked. “Eh, just because it’s the same card doesn’t mean a thing.” Joey retorted. “If anything, I bet this fake put that card in his deck just to screw with Yugs.” “Then, I must have put the rest of the cards I’ll be using in my deck for that same reason.” Kaiba declared. “If you’ll remember, Yugi, my king has an effect where I can add 1 of 3 cards to my hand in return for discarding a spell/trap I currently hold.” He discarded a card before fanning out his deck and retrieving a card. “The card I picked was Dragon Revival Rhapsody. “I’ll then activate Graceful Charity allowing me to draw three cards at the cost of discarding any two I hold. I’m content to end my turn there.” “He’s trying to get at me by making similar moves to Kaiba, but it won’t work.” Yugi drew. “I’ll summon my Zombyra the Dark(LV 4/2100/500).” A warrior in black armor with a red and purple cape appeared. “He’ll destroy your king (Yugi 2000/Kaiba 1100). Kaiba laughed. “You’re as strong as ever Yugi.” “I don’t like that he’s laughing.” Sunset commented. “It’s funny how things have come full circle.” Kaiba commented. “What are you thinking in that feeble mind of yours? I bet I know. You’ve concluded that you can’t win, and you would be right.” “Say whatever you like, but you’ll lose to me all the same.” Yugi declared. “By the way, when Zombyra the Dark(LV 4/1900/500 effect) destroys a monster by battle, he loses 200 ATK.” “But Yugi, you barley beat me last time, and this time you’ve lost your big advantage.” Kaiba retorted. Domino City: Kaiba Estate Seto Kaiba was indeed alive, and he was not on Duelist Kingdom currently dueling Yugi. No, he was observing his estate from afar and seeing that Pegasus’ men had moved right in. After a moment’s pause, he scaled the wall to get onto the property. After running a bit, he pulled a hidden handle revealing a hatch which led straight into the estate. From there, he made his way to a hidden room behind a bookshelf. It was a room with a state of the art computer which he turned on. “Running identification protocol. Please state your name.” “Seto Kaiba.” Kaiba responded. “I thought I’d seen it all, but having to break into your own home?” “It’s a long story for the time we have.” Kaiba responded. “Too long a story? Well, maybe I’m not in such a talkative mood right now.” “Find that hard to believe.” Kaiba retorted. “Such a wise guy. While you were off galivanting, a hostile takeover of Kaiba Corp. has commenced.” “I’m aware.” Kaiba responded. “At the same time, Maximillion Pegasus kicked off Duelist Kingdom. If Yugi Muto is defeated by Pegasus, or a competitor representing him, then he gains control of the company.” “He won’t win.” Kaiba retorted. “Yugi has Exodia.” “He lost Exodia sometime after beating you.” “No way!” Kaiba exclaimed shocked. “When it rains, it pours. Pegasus knows about that card you gave your little brother, so he kidnapped Mokuba to get him to transfer it. So, what are we going to do?” “I won’t give up Kaiba Corporation without a real fight.” Kaiba responded. “On that note, it’s time to flip the table and take something of Pegasus’. We’ll hack right into his mainframe.” Duelist Kingdom. Yugi was sweating a bit. “Just take your turn.” “Gladly.” Kaiba drew before smiling. “Oh, this will be a blast from the past.” He revealed his drawn card to be Blue-Eyes White Dragon which shocked Yugi. “I attack with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon(LV 8/3000/2500)!” He slapped the card down. “Besides Yugi, one other deck has that card.” Joey stated. “Does that mean it could be true?” Mokuba questioned shocked. “You don’t have to worry Yugi.” Kaiba stated. “My feelings weren’t hurt when you called me a liar but admit you were wrong now.” Yugi merely grunted. “Not having a body isn’t so bad. I mean, I still get to enjoy the finer things like revenge.” “Shut up!” Mokuba yelled desperately. “Make him go away!” Kaiba chuckled. “It’d breaks my heart… if I had one.” Kaiba Estate “We’ve easily broken through Duelist Kingdom’s systems.” “Good, then see if Yugi is currently dueling.” Kaiba responded. “I’m looking. I’m looking.” The computer scanned through every field. “Access denied.” “What!?” Kaiba exclaimed as he stood. “Don’t go blaming me. I finally found the security, and it’s around Yugi’s data.” “Should have known.” Kaiba sat down. “Looks like I’ll just need to find the back door.” He took over. “More accurately, all I need is to slip in somewhere else and ride the data straight to Yugi. On your end, get ready to search for Dark Magician or Blue-Eyes White Dragon.” “Got it. Inquiry loaded and on standby.” “Good.” Kaiba stated. “If Yugi is dueling, I’m positive at least one of those cards will be played.” “I got to ask how this will work?” “It’s simple.” Kaiba smiled as he finished his work. “I’ll bring down one of Pegasus’ own satellites on the computer mainframe. Should make getting in much easier.” Duelist Kingdom “Blue-Eyes, White Lighting on Zombyra (Yugi 900/Kaiba 1100). With that, I’ll end my turn.” “My move!” Yugi drew before giving a small smile. “I’ll now summon my Dark Magician(LV/2500/2100).” The purple robed magician appeared. “Your Dark Magician pales in comparison to my Blue-Eyes White Dragon.” Kaiba mocked. “My Magician doesn’t have the strength Blue-Eyes does now, but he will once I activate Magic Formula. This spell increases the ATK of a Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl by 700.” Dark Magician(LV 7/3200/2100 effect). “He’ll destroy Blues-Eyes with Dark Magic Attack!” (Yugi 900/Kaiba 900) “Way to go Yugi!” Tristan cheered. “Gr, a minor setback.” Kaiba stated. “With that, I’ll set one card to end my turn.” Yugi declared. “You’re move.” Kaiba Estate Kaiba was now searching duel field by duel field. “No Dark Magician or Blue-Eyes there; continue looking.” “We’ve exhausted almost every possibility of locating Yugi Muto. Field 146 is the final, active field.” “If he’s dueling, it’s got to be there.” Kaiba responded. “Begin searching.” “You got it.” The computer froze. “I crashed!” “Reboot and try to again.” Kaiba responded. “Back on line.” The computer froze again. “I’ve crashed once more, and it’s worse this time.” “Hang on, I’m going to get to the bottom of this.” Kaiba interfaced with his systems. “Ah, seems trying to find Yugi by his cards activates a little virus which means this is where he’s dueling. Get ready to go in.” “But the security door.” “Leave that to me.” Kaiba returned as he managed to blow through the door only to see a virtual fortress. “What is that?” “That is where all the data on Yugi Muto’s duels is kept, and you’re not getting in without a password.” “A password, huh?” Kaiba scoffed. “I doubt Pegasus would think much on anyone getting this far, so stand by. We’ll be in shortly.” Duelist Kingdom “Hm.” Kaiba drew. “I’ll activate the effect of my Neo Kaiser Glider. By sending it and one monster from my hand to the grave, I can revive a Normal Dragon monster from my grave. I’ll bring back Blue-Eyes White Dragon(LV 8/3000/2500).” “I thought Yugs prevented that when he got rid of King of D.” Joey stated. “Well, it’s still 200 ATK too weak to deal with Yugi’s Dark Magician.” Tristan reminded. “My Glider can fix that.” Kaiba retorted. “When he is sent to the grave, all monster my opponent currently controls lose 500 ATK until the end of the turn.” Dark Magician(LV 7/2700/2100 effect) “No, Dark Magician can’t stand up to Blue-Eyes.” Joey commented worriedly. “It’s worse than that because the monster I sent to the grave with Neo Kaiser Glider was my Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon.” Kaiba informed. “By banishing her, I can increase the ATK of all Level eight or higher Dragon monsters I control by 1000.” Blue-Eyes White Dragon(LV 8/4000/2500 effect) “Yugi!” Everyone exclaimed worriedly. “If this next attack succeeds, Yugi loses.” Sunset stated worriedly. “Blue-Eyes, wipe out Dark Magician and Yugi’s life points with White Lighting!” Kaiba exclaimed. “Not so fast.” Yugi stated. “I activate my face down Soul Shield. This card halves my own life points in exchange for preventing the destruction of a monster I control and ending the Battle Phase.” Blue-Eyes fired her white lighting at Dark Magician only to be met with a barrier that protected him (Yugi 450/Kaiba 1100). “You’ve bought yourself one last turn Yugi; however, it’s not going to matter. Even with your monster’s ATK returning to its full equipped value, my dragon will remain four thousand strong.” Kaiba informed. “You’re as good as finished.” Dark Magician(LV 7/3200/2100 effect) Kaiba Estate They got into the duel field and confirmed that Yugi Muto was in this duel against Seto Kaiba. “Is this some kind of joke?” Kaiba asked. “Far from it. Sensors indicate the opponent opposite of Yugi is Seto Kaiba, and he’s using your deck.” “Pegasus must have taken my deck.” Kaiba retorted. “Sensors indicate that the imposter is on his third Blue-Eyes White Dragon since the other two currently sit within the grave. Yugi managed to defeat the third one through Dark Magician and Magic Formula. The imposter merely brought her back with Neo-Kaiser Glider and used the sent Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon to launch a powerful counter attack. Yugi defended with Soul Shield keeping his monster and remaining in the duel. He now has 450 life points left to the imposter’s 1100.” “With that combination, Yugi’s only shot is Silent Swordsman LV 7 with Silent Sword Slash.” Kaiba responded. “Even if he gets that set up, it can’t win that turn because deck has many ways to bring Blue-Eyes back or summon a different one altogether.” “Well then, I hope you have a plan.” “I do, but we got to work fast.” Kaiba retorted. “We’ll decrease its power form here and give Yugi an opening. Upload a virus immediately.” “Standing by, but shouldn’t we wait to see Yugi’s next move?” “We can’t risk it.” Kaiba declared firmly. “Upload now.” Duelist Kingdom “I managed to defeat his Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but he just brought it back stronger than ever.” Yugi thought. “I need to draw another combo that can help me overcome this.” Kemo laughed. “Yugi, you got to admit that, for a stiff, this Kaiba sure has game.” “That’s not my brother!” Mokuba exclaimed. “There’s just no way! Yugi, you know that’s not him. Everyone thinks he’s a bad guy, but I know my brother. He’s not mean like this. He’s my best friend in the whole world, so that thing isn’t him. You just got to believe me!” “He’s right Yugi.” Sunset crossed her arms. “While I still don’t have that high an opinion on Kaiba, I’ll admit he’s no jerk like that thing is. Whatever that is, wherever the real Kaiba is, I’m certain your opponent isn’t him.” “How touching, but we are in the middle of a duel.” Kaiba chuckled. “On that note, I shall end my turn.” “I want to be certain, but it’s difficult in the face of this. Regardless of who I’m facing, I need to keep myself in the duel.” Yugi drew. “I’ll activate Emergency Provisions which allows me to send any other spell/trap cards I control to the grave and gain 1000 life points for each sent. The only other card I control is my Magic Formula, but when that card goes to the grave, I stand to gain another 1000 life points (Yugi 2450/Kain 1100).” Dark Magician(LV 7/2500/2100). “Finally, I’ll switch my Dark Magician to defense mode and end my turn.” “Someone sure is running scared.” Kaiba chuckled. “All you’ve done is delay the inevitable.” He drew. “It’s all thanks to Fairy Meteor Crush which will allow my Blue-Eyes to deal Piercing Battle Damage.” Yugi grunted at that. “Wipe out Dark Magician with White Lighting.” Blue Eyes blasted Dark Magician (Yugi 550/Kaiba 1100) “Whoa.” Joey commented. “This isn’t looking good.” Tristan stated. Kaiba Estate “You need to get moving.” Kaiba demanded. “Yugi managed to stave off the attack, but he won’t last much longer.” “We’re already halfway there, but this is as fast as it goes.” Duelist Kingdom “There goes your Dark Magician.” Kaiba laughed. “Even with a Blue-Eyes in your deck, I got three times that amount and beyond.” Yugi narrowed his eyes. “Oh, how could I know that if I’m not Seto Kaiba? You know, I couldn’t believe it when you beat my Blue-Eyes White Dragons with Exodia. Now that you lack that monster, you can’t win. By the way, it’s your turn. If I were you, I’d submit and save yourself the embarrassment.” “Everyone’s heard about your duel with Seto, and it’s no secret what you walked away with.” Mokuba declared. “Don’t let this thing get under your skin.” Yugi nodded at that before looking at his hand. “Despite the pressure, my deck has combinations that can beat that Blue-Eyes, but I need to draw them. In my hand, I already have Magicalized Fusion. All I need is a combo piece to use it with Dark Magician from my grave. If I want to win this turn, there’s only one fusion I can think of that can do it. All I need, is my Blue-Eyes!” Yugi drew before smiling. “I summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon(LV 8/3000/2500).” “Big deal.” Kaiba scoffed. “Your Blue-Eyes pales in comparison to mine.” He shrugged. “If your intention was to lose in your own way…” “That was hardly my intention.” Yugi smiled. “In fact, I’m about to win because I activate Magicalized Fusion. This allows me to Fusion summon any Fusion Spellcaster I wish, from my Extra Deck, using cards on the field or grave as materials on the condition they are banished.” “Wait, what!?” Kaiba exclaimed. “You heard me.” Yugi returned. “The monsters I’m fusing are my Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field with the Dark Magician in my graveyard. Two become one to further delve into arcane arts never seen before. Fusion summon Blue-Eyes Light Dragoon(LV 9/3500/3000).” Dark Magician now wore armored robes made from the body of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon and wielded a sword made from its tail as an arcane ring of light magic flowed around his body. “Big deal!” Kaiba exclaimed clearly worried. “That monster is still 500 ATK too weak to beat my Blue-Eyes!” “You are right.” Yugi admitted. “As it stands, my monster can’t compete with your Blue-Eyes, but that’s where one of Light Dragoon’s effects come in. For every normal monster used to summon this card, I can send a monster from my deck to the grave. Then, Light Dragoon will gain ATK equal to the sent monster’s ATK until the end of the turn.” “It does what!?” Kaiba exclaimed. “Since Yugi used two normal monsters to summon Light Dragoon, that means he can activate that effect twice.” Tea declared happily. “Given Yugi’s monster line up, he can bust out some powerful increases.” Sunset added just as happy. Kaiba was shaking, but before the turn could continue, Blue-Eyes began to admit light while melting. This resulted in her ATK steadily decreasing. “What!?” Kaiba exclaimed. “What’s happening to Blue-Eyes!?” Kaiba Estate Kaiba was wide eyed at the monster Yugi summoned and what he said it could do. “The virus is taking effect. Blue-Eye’s ATK is dropping.” “Yugi doesn’t even need to wait.” Kaiba stated. “He can end this now.” Suddenly, his systems were going haywire. “What’s going on?” “We’re being locked out by an outside terminal.” “It must be Pegasus!” Kaiba exclaimed. He looked back at the door to this room and knew what would be coming. Duelist Kingdom “This is Kemo to Pegasus.” Kemo spoke into his ear piece. “I hope you’ve been watching sir because we got some real problems here.” “Just worry about securing Mokuba while I worry about the apparently still alive Seto Kaiba.” Pegasus responded. “Looks like you’re all washed up one way or another, but I’ll be ending this now.” Yugi declared. “I activate Light Dragoon’s effect sending Silent Swordsman LV 5 from my deck to the grave boosting my monster’s ATK by 2300. Now, wipe out that opposing Dragon with White Magic Attack!” Blue-Eyes Light Dragoon(LV 9/5800/3000 effect) Blue-Eyes White Dragon(LV 8/4000-3900-3800-/2500 effect/rapid decrease) “Noooo!” Kaiba exclaimed as the residual remains of the attack washed over him. (Yugi 550/Kaiba 0) With the duel finished, and the light dying down, Yugi’s opponent was no longer Kaiba. It was instead a rotund, ugly looking guy with pink hair. “The truth comes to light at last.” Yugi declared. “Who are you really?” “What’s the matter? Don’t recognize me?” He questioned. “I wasn’t lying earlier since I am, in fact, Kaiba. Rather, I am the dark part of him you sent to the Shadow Realm after our last duel. Thanks to Pegasus, I was given a second chance to beat you.” “Alright, that actually makes sense.” Sunset crossed her arms. “After all, how could that feel like Seto Kaiba if it’s only one part of the person?” “Ew, it’s hideous.” Tea commented. “Glad the duel is over, so it didn’t turn that ugly.” Joey added. “Well, Pegasus may have helped you escape once before, but it won’t happen again!” Yugi declared as the eye of Wdjat appeared on his forehead. “Never again!” He sent the dark part of Seto back to the Shadow Realm before directing his words to Pegasus. “Pegasus, I know you are watching. Know that nothing you send will stop me from reaching you. When we duel again, you will lose. I will win back my grandpa’s soul and make you pay for all the people you’ve hurt in the name of your sick, little game. I’m coming for you Pegasus!” Kaiba Estate Pegasus’ men burst into the room, but Kaiba was already gone. Pegasus’ Castle “I have some bad news sir. Seto Kaiba has eluded capture once more, but you were right in that he was using a terminal within the estate to hack our systems. If I thought he were alive, I’d have beefed up security.” “That’s two escapes now, Croquet.” Pegasus smiled. “Fortunately, Kemo made off with Mokuba in all the excitement, so it’s not a total loss this day.” Duelist Kingdom With the darkness sent back to the Shadow Realm, Yugi moved over the red side reclaiming Kaiba’s deck alongside the four wagered star chips bringing his total to 15. “Kaiba…” “That ghost is toast, huh Yugi.” Joey declared. “I knew it wasn’t the real Kaiba the entire time.” Tristan added. Sunset smirked. “Sure you did, Tristan.” Tea looked around worried. “Wait, that creep took Mokuba.” That got everyone’s attention as they realized that in the excitement of that last turn, Kemo had, in fact, made off with Mokuba.