Chapter 15: - Skies Clearing
"It's better they did come and take him away." Tea's voice filtered into her mind. "If they've been after him and you Shadow Gamed him, it wouldn't have gone down well."
"I know, but…"
"You two can't blame yourselves." Joey was saying, "We just got the bad luck. Are you sure she's gunna be alright? Her screams…"
"It'll hurt when she wakes up but…"
Kari groaned, opened her eyes and tried to sit up, whimpering as she let herself go limp and collapsed back onto the bed. "I won, didn't I?" She whispered to the group.
"You are an idiot." Robyn declared, "I said you just needed to delay him, why couldn't you have babbled away about justice and honour and all that stuff? You would have won by default once he was arrested. I mean he would have had even more charges to his name if the Aurors had seen what was going on, it not like they can convict him under video evidence."
"Did I lose the finals by default?" Kari asked when Robyn was done ranting and settled for glaring.
Robyn's glare only seemed to increase. "Foolish girl, you could have been killed if Wingweaver hadn't protected you, and you can only worry about wither you won or not?" Robyn threw up her hands in defeat and stalked out grumbling.
"What's an Auror?" Kari asked the group, trying to will herself to move and go after her friend.
"No idea." Yami replied, helping her sit up. "I'm guessing it's whatever authority took Xuan away." The two switched over and Yugi gave her a warm smile.
"There are two of you!" Kari grinned, "I knew it!"
"Uhhh." Yugi gave his friends a 'help!' look.
"Your eyes changed colour!" Kari declared triumphantly.
Yami appeared in spirit form beside Yugi and Kari looked at him, "You look like Yugi."
'Why can everyone suddenly see me?' Yami asked a confused Yugi.
Kari tilted her head at Yami, "That's strange, I can't actually hear you."
'Not like Robyn then.' Yami pointed out.
"Shall I tell her your name?"
'It's up to you hikari.'
"Wait, Robyn can see and hear you? Why didn't she tell me?"
"I got the feeling she doesn't like to reveal other peoples secrets."
"What did you do to make her avoid you?" Kari asked, "You ask her too many questions or something?"
"She said something abut Pegasus and then ran away."
"Pegasus? Maximillian Pegasus? Creator of Duel Monsters?" Yami nodded. "Why would she have secrets about him…?" Kari looked incredibly confused.
"That girl has way too many secrets for comfort."
"So, ready to Duel?" Yami asked her with a small smile.
"I'm still sore but I'm ready… wait Kaiba didn't declare me the loser by default?"
"Nope, you won your match."
"Yes!" Kari yelled.
"I think that means she's excited." Tristan pointed out.
"I've been looking forward to this!" Kari grinned, wincing as she got off of the bed. "I'm gonna get to fight the King of… Kings of Games?" Kari asked Yugi and Yugi2, confused.
"Stick with King, we don't want to confuse too many people."
"Fair enough." She shrugged, wincing slightly as she did so, "Let's go."
"Will Robyn be waiting for us at the arena?"
"I think Robyn's going to stay mad at me for a while." Kari looked worried by this, "I did pull some rather ridiculous stunts back there any of which could have backfired."
"Some friend you have there."
"Robyn's my best friend." Kari snapped, "She's been by my side through everything." She snarled, then sighed and shook her head, "She probably already knows what's going to happen anyway."
"Everything?"
Kari just shook her head and smirked at Yugi, "Come on Yugi, let's show them a Duel to remember."
Yugi grinned and nodded.
Kari went ahead but Yugi was a little slower. "How could Robyn know of events in advance?"
'Have you ever heard of a Seer?'
"What's that?"
'It's a person with a similar sort of power as the Millennium Necklace.'
"So they see the future?"
'Or past.' Yugi sensed Yami's shrug.
"Another thing she's kept from Kari?"
'Not very well apparently.'
"People tend to freak a bit if you tell them you know the future. I just drop hints and figure most people will either take me or leave me as I am." Robyn said, sliding into the hallway.
Yami took over and raised an eyebrow, "You enjoy creeping up on people, don't you?"
"Only as much as Kari likes pizza. By the way, been thinking about what you said about me not doing a very good job at protecting Kari. I have to go home... but I think I can find something that might help..."
"You're not going to be here for the finals?"
"Sorry I've got a plane to catch, tell Kari to post Wingweaver back will you?"
"But you don't even know where…" Robyn vanished, "How did she do that?"
Yugi was laughing at his reaction.
'Oh be quiet.'
"You want to face her don't you?"
'Kari or Robyn?'
"Kari!" Yugi laughed, "Robyn isn't in the Tournament!"
'If you want to fight her…'
Yugi rolled his eyes at that answer, it was a 'I'd step aside but please please please….' "Go on then."
'Thank you.'
"Just don't lose our title, Kaiba would have a fit." Pause. "No you can't lose just to give Kaiba a fit!"
'I wouldn't even think of losing!' Yami sounded indignant.
"Let's go."
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Yami turned to face an excited, but serious looking Kari who'd already activated her Duel Disk.
She wasn't quite as bouncy as before, but she probably still hurt quite a bit. Yugi was still in pain from yesterday.
He at least had had a day to heal.
"This is the Final match of the second Battle City. Yugi Muto to move first. Are both Duellists ready?"
"Ready." Kari nodded.
Yami activated his Duel Disk, "Ready."
"May the best Duellist win."
"Let's Duel!"
Yami drew, "I play Big Shield Gardna in defence mode and play two cards face down." He was wary of playing too many cards face down, remembering how Kari had beaten Xuan, "Your move Kari."
"I play one card face down; summon Dark Blade to the field in attack mode." Kari called, the black armoured knight appeared, "And end my turn."
"Gamma The Magnet Warrior in Defence Mode." Yami called, the pink magnet creature appearing on the field. Yami was surprised by Kaiba's interest in the duel, he hadn't seemed too bothered about Kari's match against Xuan except that it was taking time out of his busy schedule. "And I end my turn."
Kari drew, "I summon a second Dark Blade to the field." She said, placing her card on the Duel Disk, "And place a card face down. Your move."
Yami was trying to keep a tally of what he knew about her deck as he drew, "I sacrifice my Big Shield Gardna for my Dark Magician Girl." The original appeared on the field and surprised Yami by waving at Kari. "Dark Magician Girl, attack Dark Blade."
One of Kari's Dark Blade exploded taking 200 points.
"Your move."
"Fine, I sacrifice my Dark Blade for my Dark Magician Girl." She appeared, "I've had her in my hand since we started. " She tilted her head, thinking. "Your move Yugi."
"I play Exchange." Yami called. "Allowing us to take a card from each others hand and us it as our own."
Kari grumbled under her breath but allowed Yami to take her Dark Magician in exchange for his Multiply. "I've always wanted this card." She confided in him and earned a grin from him as they retook their places.
"I summon Beta, the Magnet Warrior in defence mode and end my turn."
Like she was going to let him summon her Dark Magician against her, "Dark Magician Girl, attack his Gamma!"
"I activate Spellbinding Circle!"
"Damn." Kari's Dark Magician Girl could no longer move. "Sorry Dark Magician Girl. I have no choice but to end my turn."
"I sacrifice my two Magnet Warriors for your Dark Magician." He appeared on the field. "Dark Magician attack the Dark Magician Girl!"
"I activate Waboku!"
Her life points were safe but her Dark Magician Girl was sent to the graveyard.
"One card face down and it's your move."
Kari held her breath, drew and cheered, "Yes, yes, yes!" She squealed, "I summon Kuriboh in defence mode and activate Multiply."
Yami got to see a Kuriboh wall from the other side as the fuzz balls multiplied all over her side of the field.
"And I end my turn."
Yami suddenly realised how annoying that wall was as he drew and looked at his hand, with that one draw she'd saved her life points and he had nothing to destroy it… yet…
"I set one card face down and end my turn."
"I think she just pulled a Yugi." Tristan murmured.
"I play two cards face down and end my turn." Kari placed the two down.
Yami drew again, "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior and merge them together to form Valkerion the Magna Warrior!" The 3500 attack point magna warrior gave Kari's Kuriboh wall a rather rude look. "And end my turn."
Kari drew, "I set a card in defence mode and end my turn."
The face down card appeared in front of her wall, making it a target for the Magicians.
"Princess of Tsurugi?" Yugi asked.
'Either that or Old Vindictive Magician.' Yami replied, drawing. "I pass this turn."
That's no fun. Kari thought as she drew again. She set another card in defence mode. "It seems like you're scared of my face down cards, Yugi."
"I haven't forgotten what you did against Xuan." Yami replied.
"You'll never get to my life points if you don't attack me though."
"She has a point."
'You're not helping, Yugi.' Yami sighed, "Alright, Dark Magician, attack her right face down card!"
It flipped up, revealing an Obnoxious Celtic Guard who just held strong against Dark Magician's attack.
"Sorry, he can't be destroyed by anything over 1900." Kari grinned.
"Fine, Dark Magician Girl attack her other face down card." The card exploded, Yami lost 1500 points. "Let me guess, Princess of Tsurugi, yes?"
"Yeap." Kari grinned.
"I end my turn."
Kari drew and grinned even more, "I activate Dark Magic Ritual, sacrificing my Obnoxious Celtic Guard and my Double Costan from my hand to summon the Magician of Black Chaos!" The Chaos Magician appeared, staff ready for combat, "And I equip him with Mage Power, boosting his attack by 1000."
The mage grew even more powerful.
"Now, attack Valkerion!"
It blew up and Yami lost another 300.
"I end my turn."
Yami drew and smirked, turning Kari's triumphant grin to a rather worried one. "I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Valkerion and spilt it into Alpha, Beta and Gamma. I activate Card of sanctity so we can both draw until we have 6 cards in our hand and I sacrifice Alpha, Beta and Gamma to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon."
Kari yelped and took a step backwards as the huge red dragon god appeared on the field.
"Attack Magician of Black Chaos!"
The shockwave knocked Kari backwards as her mage died, costing her 2200 life points.
"You ok?" Yami asked.
"Fine." Kari leant on the railing as she got up, "Ow."
"Your move."
Kari was once again hiding behind her Kuriboh wall as she drew. She looked at it and decided to test something, "I play a card in defence mode." When it didn't get blasted immediately by Slifer's second mouth effect she gained some confidence. "And a card face down. It's your turn Yugi."
Yami drew and played a card face down, not worried about doing so now she'd played her Princess of Tsurugi. "Slifer, destroy her face down card!"
It died and so did Yami's Dark Magician.
"Old Vindictive Magician." Kari said helpfully.
The Pharaoh rolled his eyes and ended his turn.
"I pass this turn." Kari called after drawing.
"So do I." Yami drew too.
Kari drew again frowning slightly, "I play one card in defence mode and end my turn."
Yami drew, "I play De-Spell on your Kuriboh-Multiply combo." The card destroyed the wall, reducing it down to just one Kuriboh. "Dark Magician Girl attack Kuriboh!" The 2300 attack point Spellcaster destroyed it with little trouble. "Now Slifer, destroy her face down card!" Yami frowned as Kari cheered and couldn't work out why until it flipped up.
A certain blonde haired, red robed, gem holding warrior/effect monster.
'She had two!'
Slifer destroyed it, but Yami's points shot down to zero.
Stunned silence ruled the arena.
"I know, but…"
"You two can't blame yourselves." Joey was saying, "We just got the bad luck. Are you sure she's gunna be alright? Her screams…"
"It'll hurt when she wakes up but…"
Kari groaned, opened her eyes and tried to sit up, whimpering as she let herself go limp and collapsed back onto the bed. "I won, didn't I?" She whispered to the group.
"You are an idiot." Robyn declared, "I said you just needed to delay him, why couldn't you have babbled away about justice and honour and all that stuff? You would have won by default once he was arrested. I mean he would have had even more charges to his name if the Aurors had seen what was going on, it not like they can convict him under video evidence."
"Did I lose the finals by default?" Kari asked when Robyn was done ranting and settled for glaring.
Robyn's glare only seemed to increase. "Foolish girl, you could have been killed if Wingweaver hadn't protected you, and you can only worry about wither you won or not?" Robyn threw up her hands in defeat and stalked out grumbling.
"What's an Auror?" Kari asked the group, trying to will herself to move and go after her friend.
"No idea." Yami replied, helping her sit up. "I'm guessing it's whatever authority took Xuan away." The two switched over and Yugi gave her a warm smile.
"There are two of you!" Kari grinned, "I knew it!"
"Uhhh." Yugi gave his friends a 'help!' look.
"Your eyes changed colour!" Kari declared triumphantly.
Yami appeared in spirit form beside Yugi and Kari looked at him, "You look like Yugi."
'Why can everyone suddenly see me?' Yami asked a confused Yugi.
Kari tilted her head at Yami, "That's strange, I can't actually hear you."
'Not like Robyn then.' Yami pointed out.
"Shall I tell her your name?"
'It's up to you hikari.'
"Wait, Robyn can see and hear you? Why didn't she tell me?"
"I got the feeling she doesn't like to reveal other peoples secrets."
"What did you do to make her avoid you?" Kari asked, "You ask her too many questions or something?"
"She said something abut Pegasus and then ran away."
"Pegasus? Maximillian Pegasus? Creator of Duel Monsters?" Yami nodded. "Why would she have secrets about him…?" Kari looked incredibly confused.
"That girl has way too many secrets for comfort."
"So, ready to Duel?" Yami asked her with a small smile.
"I'm still sore but I'm ready… wait Kaiba didn't declare me the loser by default?"
"Nope, you won your match."
"Yes!" Kari yelled.
"I think that means she's excited." Tristan pointed out.
"I've been looking forward to this!" Kari grinned, wincing as she got off of the bed. "I'm gonna get to fight the King of… Kings of Games?" Kari asked Yugi and Yugi2, confused.
"Stick with King, we don't want to confuse too many people."
"Fair enough." She shrugged, wincing slightly as she did so, "Let's go."
"Will Robyn be waiting for us at the arena?"
"I think Robyn's going to stay mad at me for a while." Kari looked worried by this, "I did pull some rather ridiculous stunts back there any of which could have backfired."
"Some friend you have there."
"Robyn's my best friend." Kari snapped, "She's been by my side through everything." She snarled, then sighed and shook her head, "She probably already knows what's going to happen anyway."
"Everything?"
Kari just shook her head and smirked at Yugi, "Come on Yugi, let's show them a Duel to remember."
Yugi grinned and nodded.
Kari went ahead but Yugi was a little slower. "How could Robyn know of events in advance?"
'Have you ever heard of a Seer?'
"What's that?"
'It's a person with a similar sort of power as the Millennium Necklace.'
"So they see the future?"
'Or past.' Yugi sensed Yami's shrug.
"Another thing she's kept from Kari?"
'Not very well apparently.'
"People tend to freak a bit if you tell them you know the future. I just drop hints and figure most people will either take me or leave me as I am." Robyn said, sliding into the hallway.
Yami took over and raised an eyebrow, "You enjoy creeping up on people, don't you?"
"Only as much as Kari likes pizza. By the way, been thinking about what you said about me not doing a very good job at protecting Kari. I have to go home... but I think I can find something that might help..."
"You're not going to be here for the finals?"
"Sorry I've got a plane to catch, tell Kari to post Wingweaver back will you?"
"But you don't even know where…" Robyn vanished, "How did she do that?"
Yugi was laughing at his reaction.
'Oh be quiet.'
"You want to face her don't you?"
'Kari or Robyn?'
"Kari!" Yugi laughed, "Robyn isn't in the Tournament!"
'If you want to fight her…'
Yugi rolled his eyes at that answer, it was a 'I'd step aside but please please please….' "Go on then."
'Thank you.'
"Just don't lose our title, Kaiba would have a fit." Pause. "No you can't lose just to give Kaiba a fit!"
'I wouldn't even think of losing!' Yami sounded indignant.
"Let's go."
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Yami turned to face an excited, but serious looking Kari who'd already activated her Duel Disk.
She wasn't quite as bouncy as before, but she probably still hurt quite a bit. Yugi was still in pain from yesterday.
He at least had had a day to heal.
"This is the Final match of the second Battle City. Yugi Muto to move first. Are both Duellists ready?"
"Ready." Kari nodded.
Yami activated his Duel Disk, "Ready."
"May the best Duellist win."
"Let's Duel!"
Yami drew, "I play Big Shield Gardna in defence mode and play two cards face down." He was wary of playing too many cards face down, remembering how Kari had beaten Xuan, "Your move Kari."
"I play one card face down; summon Dark Blade to the field in attack mode." Kari called, the black armoured knight appeared, "And end my turn."
"Gamma The Magnet Warrior in Defence Mode." Yami called, the pink magnet creature appearing on the field. Yami was surprised by Kaiba's interest in the duel, he hadn't seemed too bothered about Kari's match against Xuan except that it was taking time out of his busy schedule. "And I end my turn."
Kari drew, "I summon a second Dark Blade to the field." She said, placing her card on the Duel Disk, "And place a card face down. Your move."
Yami was trying to keep a tally of what he knew about her deck as he drew, "I sacrifice my Big Shield Gardna for my Dark Magician Girl." The original appeared on the field and surprised Yami by waving at Kari. "Dark Magician Girl, attack Dark Blade."
One of Kari's Dark Blade exploded taking 200 points.
"Your move."
"Fine, I sacrifice my Dark Blade for my Dark Magician Girl." She appeared, "I've had her in my hand since we started. " She tilted her head, thinking. "Your move Yugi."
"I play Exchange." Yami called. "Allowing us to take a card from each others hand and us it as our own."
Kari grumbled under her breath but allowed Yami to take her Dark Magician in exchange for his Multiply. "I've always wanted this card." She confided in him and earned a grin from him as they retook their places.
"I summon Beta, the Magnet Warrior in defence mode and end my turn."
Like she was going to let him summon her Dark Magician against her, "Dark Magician Girl, attack his Gamma!"
"I activate Spellbinding Circle!"
"Damn." Kari's Dark Magician Girl could no longer move. "Sorry Dark Magician Girl. I have no choice but to end my turn."
"I sacrifice my two Magnet Warriors for your Dark Magician." He appeared on the field. "Dark Magician attack the Dark Magician Girl!"
"I activate Waboku!"
Her life points were safe but her Dark Magician Girl was sent to the graveyard.
"One card face down and it's your move."
Kari held her breath, drew and cheered, "Yes, yes, yes!" She squealed, "I summon Kuriboh in defence mode and activate Multiply."
Yami got to see a Kuriboh wall from the other side as the fuzz balls multiplied all over her side of the field.
"And I end my turn."
Yami suddenly realised how annoying that wall was as he drew and looked at his hand, with that one draw she'd saved her life points and he had nothing to destroy it… yet…
"I set one card face down and end my turn."
"I think she just pulled a Yugi." Tristan murmured.
"I play two cards face down and end my turn." Kari placed the two down.
Yami drew again, "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior and merge them together to form Valkerion the Magna Warrior!" The 3500 attack point magna warrior gave Kari's Kuriboh wall a rather rude look. "And end my turn."
Kari drew, "I set a card in defence mode and end my turn."
The face down card appeared in front of her wall, making it a target for the Magicians.
"Princess of Tsurugi?" Yugi asked.
'Either that or Old Vindictive Magician.' Yami replied, drawing. "I pass this turn."
That's no fun. Kari thought as she drew again. She set another card in defence mode. "It seems like you're scared of my face down cards, Yugi."
"I haven't forgotten what you did against Xuan." Yami replied.
"You'll never get to my life points if you don't attack me though."
"She has a point."
'You're not helping, Yugi.' Yami sighed, "Alright, Dark Magician, attack her right face down card!"
It flipped up, revealing an Obnoxious Celtic Guard who just held strong against Dark Magician's attack.
"Sorry, he can't be destroyed by anything over 1900." Kari grinned.
"Fine, Dark Magician Girl attack her other face down card." The card exploded, Yami lost 1500 points. "Let me guess, Princess of Tsurugi, yes?"
"Yeap." Kari grinned.
"I end my turn."
Kari drew and grinned even more, "I activate Dark Magic Ritual, sacrificing my Obnoxious Celtic Guard and my Double Costan from my hand to summon the Magician of Black Chaos!" The Chaos Magician appeared, staff ready for combat, "And I equip him with Mage Power, boosting his attack by 1000."
The mage grew even more powerful.
"Now, attack Valkerion!"
It blew up and Yami lost another 300.
"I end my turn."
Yami drew and smirked, turning Kari's triumphant grin to a rather worried one. "I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Valkerion and spilt it into Alpha, Beta and Gamma. I activate Card of sanctity so we can both draw until we have 6 cards in our hand and I sacrifice Alpha, Beta and Gamma to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon."
Kari yelped and took a step backwards as the huge red dragon god appeared on the field.
"Attack Magician of Black Chaos!"
The shockwave knocked Kari backwards as her mage died, costing her 2200 life points.
"You ok?" Yami asked.
"Fine." Kari leant on the railing as she got up, "Ow."
"Your move."
Kari was once again hiding behind her Kuriboh wall as she drew. She looked at it and decided to test something, "I play a card in defence mode." When it didn't get blasted immediately by Slifer's second mouth effect she gained some confidence. "And a card face down. It's your turn Yugi."
Yami drew and played a card face down, not worried about doing so now she'd played her Princess of Tsurugi. "Slifer, destroy her face down card!"
It died and so did Yami's Dark Magician.
"Old Vindictive Magician." Kari said helpfully.
The Pharaoh rolled his eyes and ended his turn.
"I pass this turn." Kari called after drawing.
"So do I." Yami drew too.
Kari drew again frowning slightly, "I play one card in defence mode and end my turn."
Yami drew, "I play De-Spell on your Kuriboh-Multiply combo." The card destroyed the wall, reducing it down to just one Kuriboh. "Dark Magician Girl attack Kuriboh!" The 2300 attack point Spellcaster destroyed it with little trouble. "Now Slifer, destroy her face down card!" Yami frowned as Kari cheered and couldn't work out why until it flipped up.
A certain blonde haired, red robed, gem holding warrior/effect monster.
'She had two!'
Slifer destroyed it, but Yami's points shot down to zero.
Stunned silence ruled the arena.