Chapter 17 - The Second Duel pt. 2 Mystical Beast Serket

"But remember, it will be your last."

"No, it won't..." she drew a card. "I can promise you that." She looked at the card and smiled.

"guess what I just drew."

"What?" She smirked and held up a card.

"Harpies Feather Duster."

"What?!"

"Hey Mai, don't you have that card?"

"Yeah, but you need a Harpie Lady on the field...wait, unless-"

"I summon Harpie Lady."

"No way!" Harpie Lady appeared on the field.

"And now I play Harpies Feather Duster which destroys your trap-monsters."

"I sacrifice one to save my Temple of the Kings."

"I don't care. Your monsters die." all of his serpants were destroyed. "Harpie Lady, attack him directly!"

Harpie Lady clawed at him and his lifepoints fell down to 700.

"Attack me all you want! You can't win. Remember, I possess have my Ancient Temple of the Kings. just wait until you witness it's unparalleled force."

"Then bring it on!"

He drew a card.

"I play my Swords of Revealing light!"

"Darn..." The swords trapped her Harpie Lady.

"I end my turn."

"Fine. I switch Harpie lady to defense mode."

"Prepare to lose." He drew a card and looked at it, then his face grew fearful. It took him a few minutes to look calm again. "i'll place this card face down on the playing field. Now prepare yourself for the next card I play will be the final instrument of your destruction!"

"wow, Marik looks freaked out."

"Yeah, you're right Adelinda."

"what do you think he just drew?"

"Now, I seal this card in the sacred ark of the temple. By sealing this card of the gods, I have sealed your fate! Turn end."

"Fine." She drew a card. "i pass this turn."

"I play one more card face down and pass."

She drew. "I play Monster reborn to bring back my Lord of Dragons. Next, I'll use Flute of Summoning Dragon to Summon my Hyozanryu and Diamond Dragon." The two monsters appeared on the field. "Next, I'll sacrifice my Lord of Dragons and Harpie Lady to summon Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

"HEY! She has a Red Eyes too?" Jounouchi yelled.

"Your turn and make it count, because after this, those lights are gone and I'm free to destroy you."

"Ha, you think just because you were able to acquire a few strong monsters you can defeat me? You are so naive for I am about to summon a beast that you can't destroy."

"What?!"

"While your monsters were trapped in my Swords of Revealing Light, I was able to prepare for the arrival of my ancient creature. And this all-powerful entity will serve as the guardian of the Sacred Temple of the Kings, protecting my sanctuary and all of the secrets that lie within."

"Just tell me what your move is!"

"You can't win once I play this: Cup of Sealed Soul. Then I reveal my facedown card, Seal of Serket."

"wait...I think I remember this...you're planning to summon the Mystical Beast of Serket!"

"Correct! Please hear my call, Guardian of the Temple, now! Mystical Beast of Serket! I summon thee!"

I giant, scorpian-like creature appeared.

"Great, that beast is killer..."

"That creature is minute compared to what lurked within my sacred temple."

"So what do you have hidden?"

"Within the sacred ark lies my Egyptian God Card: The Sun Dragon Ra!"

"No! Not that card!"

"Yes. Face it, defeat is imminent! You cannot win!"

His scorpian had 2500 attack points, none of Kay's monsters were powerful enough. Her Hyozanryu had 2100 attack points, Red eyes had 2400, Diamond Dragon had 1600.

"...there's probably a small chance of winning, but it'll take some good cards to do it."

Marik's Mystical Beast devoured her Red Eyes and gained 1200 attack points and was up to 3700. She used a trap to make it devour her Diamond Dragon instead of her Hyozanryu so it would only gain 800 instead of 1050 attack points.

"Can you see? It's pointless! My beast has 4500 attack points!"

"Listen, Marik."

"Hm?"

"...I know I'm going to win."

"What?!" she smirked.

"I may need to use a power in my deck i swore not to use, but if it comes ot it, I will. My deck will not be defeated, I can promise you."

"Grr, foolish girl. you can deny it all you want, but victory will be mine." Kay smirked at her hand.

"Wrong, Marik. Wrong. And one more thing..." She looked at him. "I won't forget it when you controlled Jounouchi's mind, how low you stooped. However...you have fought a fair duel and a good one at that."

"Really?"

"Yes. And that scum would have never done so." Namu growled a bit.

"What are you saying?"

"simple...you're not Marik."

"What?!" Kay smirked.

"You look surprised. Why is that, Marik? or whatever your name is..." she looked up, a small smile on her face. "Odion."

"No way...how could you know my name?"

"Wait, that's NOT Marik?" Mai asked.

"Nonsense, she's insane! Of course that's Marik."

"Then who is Marik?" Yami asked.

"Yeah." Cat looked around. "I can't think of anyon-wait!" she looked in Namu's direction and Yami did too.

"I am! Only I hold the Winged Dragon of Ra and the Millennium Rod!" he said, holding up the rod. Kay raised an eyebrow.

"Really? so why don't you prove me wrong?" she asked, smiling. Marik narrowed his eyes.

"FINE! I sacrifice, MYSTICAL BEAST OF SERKET! And because it absorbed two monsters, it is considered three sacrifices which is enough to summon: THE SUN DRAGON RA!"

He turned and held up the rod to the ark of the temple.

"Ancient one, hear my call! I now offer up my Mystical Beast along with half of my lifepoints to release thee! Come forth my Sun Dragon and reveal your awesome strength in the name of the next great pharaoh: King Marik!"

A blinding ray of light shone up into the skies and black clouds gathered. In the lightening, a golden claw came from the clouds, followed by a divine bird-like creature.

"It's time, show yourself, my beast!"

The Sun Dragon was revealed as a grand, golden dragon/bird creature.

"Let anyone who doubts my power feel the fire of the mighty the Sun Dragon Ra!"

"That thing looks unstoppable!" Cat cried.

"It is..." Yami said.

"How can Kay win now?" Cat asked. Kay frowned.

"The final Egyptian God card...at last, it's revealed."

"Behold, the strongest of all the Egyptian God monsters. A being like no other. And, remember my Mystical Beast had absorbed the power of your Red Eyes and your Diamond Dragon, and now my Winged Dragon of Ra has a total of 4500 attack points."

"Don't forget, my Hyozanryu is still guarding me...so I still have time to defeat you..."

"HA! That would be a miracle."

"I've pulled off miracles, Odion."

"For the last time, I am Marik."

"You and I both know that's a lie."

"Do you not see the great beast behind me? Perhaps it needs to attack you to knock some sense into your mind."

"Well I'm waiting, attack me and get it over and done with. Or are you all talk?" she challenged. Marik growled.

"Here it comes..."

"Kay..." Cat said.

"Yugi is there a way she can make it out of this?" Alex asked.

"It's slim..." Yami murmered heavily.

"What if she gets hurt like Bakura did? Yugi, remember what your God card did to him? These things are dangerous!"

"I know. I know."

"Now, Sun Dragon of Ra, attack her Hyozanryu and wipe out her last, pitiful line of defense!"

The dragon did not do anything. Namu noticed a powerful aura coming from his deck and grew worried.

"...I don't think it heard you." Odion turned and looked at the dragon.

"Obey me! Attack my opponent now!" he commanded.

"why isn't it attacking?" Tori asked.

"Yeah, Yugi. What's going on?" Kristen asked.

"Do you tihnk Kaiba's program has a glitch?" Cat wondered.

"I doubt it..."

"What's happening?" Anzu asked.

"something's gone wrong!" Yami exclaimed, worry taking over his features.

"It's like the card is alive!" Kristen cried.

"That's impossible."

"It's more than a card."

"Now what?" Odion asked.

"This storm...it came out of nowhere. And what's happening to Ra? It's...it's turning black." Kay stared and took a step back. "This isn't normal...Kaiba, if this is your dueling system that's causing this, you'd better fix it!" she yelled. Thunder crashed and lightening flashed powerfully. Jounouchi stared.

"Either that is the best duel monsters hologram I've ever seen, or we'd better take cover!" he cried.

"Kay!" Alex yelled.

"Get down from there!" Cat called. Kay looked at them and looked back at Odion. lightening was striking the arena now.

Marik stood there, head hung down, a saddened expression on his face. He recalled everything, and silently apologized to his master: the real Marik, for failing him.

And with that, a bolt finally struck Odion. The millennium rod in his hand cracked then shattered. Yami stared in shock.

"I'm sorry...ah..." he said as he began to fall. "I tried my best to serve you, my master. I tried. I...tried...unh!" He hit the ground. Kay stared.

"Odion!" she yelled, running toward him.

"KAY! ARE YOU BLOODY NUTS!" Alex screamed.

"Odion!" She narrowly dodged a bolt of lightening and ran next to Odion. "Odion, please, say something!" she begged. Alex climbed up.

"Kay, get your butt down here before you get struck too!"

"Get down!" Roland commanded. "There's a duel going on."

"What?! Are you blind?! Kay's opponent is out cold! He needs to get some help."

"Enough!" They looked at Seto. "I don't know where the lightening came from, but it had nothing to do with the Kaiba Corporation's duel disk system. Whatever it may have seemed to be, this lightening storm is a freak act of nature and nothing more."

"Who cares what is was, Kaiba?" Tori snapped. "We need to get help!"

"Odion, please wake up!" Kay begged, shaking him.

She remembered...

Suddenly, a bolt rained down on her and she collapsed on next to Odion.

"KAY!" Alex screamed.

"NO! ONEE-CHAN!!!" Adelinda shrieked.

"Should I declare this duel a double forfeit, Mr. Kaiba?" Roland asked.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?" Alex yelled.

"Not yet. Since the duelists both have lifepoints, give them five minutes. Whichever duelist gets to their feet first will be declared the winner and continue on in the finals."

"What?" Alex asked.

"Kaiba! That's ridiculous!" Yami roared.

"Onee-Chan, wake up!" Adelinda yelled.

"They each have three minute.s Once that time elapses, both duelists will be disqualified for the Battle City finals."

Odion groaned and weakly opened his eyes. He started struggling up. He got to his knees.

"Oh no...take a look, guys."

"No, he can't get up first!"

"I won't...disappoint you...again..Master Marik..."

"It looks like we have our winner."

"and, the winner is-" But before Odion could stand, he fell right back down, too weak to get back up to his feet. "Hmm."

"I'm...sorry...sir..."

"you can still win, Kay!" Yami yelled.

"Please, get up!" Cat said.



A young Kay stood with an even younger Adelinda and was looking up at Ishizu, who seemed about 15-16. Next to Ishizu was Odion who appeared to be in his 20s.

They were running around, playing some kind of game.

"Hey, Ishizu, Odion."

"Yeah?" they asked.

"Do you feel as if this all has happened before?" she asked.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ishizu asked.

"It's almost like...I'm reliving this moment...it's like major Deja vu."

"I don't know what you're talking about, Kay."

"Hmm...and are we missing someone?"

"Who?"

"Your brother."

"Oh, you mean Marik."

"Yeah, where is he?"

"He's hiding in the shadows."

"Shadows?" Ishizu, Adelinda, and Odion nodded. Kay blinked weird.

"Kay-Chan!"

"Huh?" She turned around to see Cat, Alex, Tori, Kristen, and Adelinda.

"Guys? Um, what's going on?"

"You're dreaming." Kay blinked.

"I am." she looked at herself and was no longer little but 15 again and wearing her Battle City clothes and her duel disk. "wait, wasn't I dueling?"

"You were dueling Odion."

"But you got knocked out, and you need to get up or else you'll be disqualified."

"What?! No way!"

Jounouchi, Honda, Shizuka, Anzu, Mai, Yugi, and Mokuba appeared.

"Kay, c'mon. you gotta get up."

"Yeah, Kay. That way you will make it to the next round."

"I don't know if I can, Yugi."

"Pathetic."

"Huh?" She turned around. "Kaiba?"

"I should have known you were too weak to get up. So it looks like you'll be a loser just like that mongrel." He pointed at Jounouchi who growled.

"Kaiba, you jerk." Kay glared.

"I'll show you, Kaiba!"

"Come on, Kay." Tori grinned. "Show everyone what you're made of."

"Now wake up and win before I kill you."

"You? Kill me? Pfft, keep dreaming, Alex."

"You're the one who's dreaming."

"...right."



"Guys! Look!" Adelinda yelled, pointed. Kay was weakly getting up to her feet. Her eyes were still close,d but there was no doubt: she was standing up. Sheopened her eyes and looked up, just in time to hear Roland announce her as the winner.

"I...won?" she asked. The few duel holograms vanished.

"KAY!" Alex yelled. She jumped up and hugged her, nearly knocking Kay over.

"Hey!"

"Sorry, Kay. But you jerk, we thought your goose was cooked!"

"Well, I'm fine...wait! Odion!" she pulled out of Alex's grip and looked at Odion. "Are you alright? c'mon, say something." She held him in her arms and he opened his eyes and was breathing heavily.

"Please, Kay...forgive me...I'm sorry..." she smiled.

"hey, what's a little duel between old friends, huh?"

"Ok, call me nuts, but did she just say FRIENDS?" Honda asked.

"I'm lost..." Jounouchi said.

"she called him Odion...but then, who's Marik?" Cat asked. Yami blinked.

"It was an honor to duel you, Kay."

"Same, Odion. But please, tell me, what happened? Why have you betrayed Ishizu? And what happened to Marik?"

"I am now...jsut a servant for Marik. The real Marik...is there..." He pointed weakly toward Namu, who was clutching his head and groaning in pain.

"That's Marik?" Jounouchi and Yami asked.

"It's that rod!" anzu pointed out. Indeed, he held the real millennium rod in his hand.

"So..that's Marik...I don't remember ever meeting him..."

"You only met...me and Ishizu all those years ago...Marik was not there..."

"Admit your true identity, Marik!" Yami commanded. Marik turned and looked at him, smirking evilly, sweat forming on his brow from the strain.

"Yes, it's true. I am indeed the real Marik, you fools."

"So Namu lied to us all along?" Anzu asked.

"I don't understand, what's going on?" Tori asked.

"Well, Marik is an evil freak who controlled Jounouchi and tried to make him kill Yugi. And apparently, that's the real man over there." Cat pointed at Marik. "He's after Yugi and his millennium puzzle."

"What? Why?"

"Power..." Cat answered simply.

"So he's a mad man?"

"Pretty much."

"Lovely..." Alex sighed.

"Namu? He was a disguise to get me closer to Yugi."

"You little worm." Jounouchi glared.

"He's the one who brainwashed you." Marik chuckled evilly. Kay narrowed her eyes at him.

"So, pharaoh, we finally meet face to face."

"Master..." Odiuon said.

"Now at last I can finish the job my pathetic servants couldn't! Yugi, your puzzle and power will soon be where they belong." Marik grabbed his head again.

"Oh no...I was afraid of this." Kay looked at Odion. "We're all in great danger!"

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