Vengeance, Card Games and Magic

Vengeance, Card Games and Magic

Story by Morgie93

Creativity Advisor: obsidianreaper

Temporary Chief Editor/ Test Subject:  Sketch

Chapter the first:

Obsession with Vengeance

Note to those who read this: anything in these brackets [   ] is me commenting on the situation and/or giving author's notes on the go and/or being directly involved. Now, without further delay, here is a crappy [and my first!] fan fiction that could potentially be okay. [Stop being so optimistic, it’s depressing.]

It has been about year since the events of Yu-Gi-Oh Season 5 and the return of … Let’s say… a main antagonist that is pretty crazy. Everything is back to normal in both worlds. In Domino City, Yugi Mutou now runs the Game Shop with Grandpa and Joey. Téa still works as a waitress and has started dating Yugi. Duke and Tristan are still trying to hit on Serenity who is living with her brother Joey under his protection.

Over in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle still runs the library with help from her number one assistant Spike. Applejack is busy with running Sweet Apple Acres and Fluttershy as usual has been caretaking for injured animals. Rarity was busy trying to finish off her dress designs for the upcoming season. At Sugar Cube Corner, Pinkie Pie continues to help out Mr and Mrs Cake with the shop. And Rainbow Dash? When she wasn't busy being the weather manager, she was practicing her moves to try and join the Wonderbolts.

[Boring, we know that already! On with the story!]

Both groups of friends have saved their worlds on many occasions: eternal darkness, ancient forces out to destroy every living thing, and so on. Things have been quiet though... for now.

Though it may seem like a peaceful time now, but who knows how long it will last... As the two biggest egomaniacs prepare to bring down their rivals for good, something else is getting ready for a final act that may leave both worlds in ruins.

Enjoy! [Or not…]

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The Afterlife

Yami hated the afterlife. If he had the choice to be reincarnated in any of the Yu-Gi-Oh series instead of being stuck in this bleak world, he would take it. Even if it was Yu-Gi-Oh GX… only if he was that desperate. He missed beating Kaiba in the children's card game and insulting all of Yugi's so called friends. I mean come on! Joey is obnoxious as hell, Tristan is dim-witted, to be nice. Duke happens to be... quite sexy... And Téa, always on about friendship. It's so annoying!

Yami, or was known as Atem, ruler of Egypt over five millennia ago, was finally at rest. It was great in the afterlife, but he missed the land of the living. The feel of the warm sun on his face, the breeze blowing in his spiked hair. And his friends: Téa, Duke, Tristain, Serenity, Joey, and of course Yugi Mutou, his future incarnation. If it wasn't for him solving the Millennium Puzzle, he would have still had his soul trapped within the Millennium item. Not only that, Yugi had also shown him the darkness that the ancient pharaoh had inside himself. With the help of Yugi and his friends, this darkness in his heart was gone.

"Morgie, I don’t like this." Yami spoke into the Afterlife, making contact with the writer…

[Yami! It’s four in the morning here! What do you want?]

"I sound like an out of character poof. Repeat the second last paragraph!"

[All right then. But I’m warning you. This is my one and only favour to you. Are you sure you want to use it?]

"Of course I do! Nothing bad is going to happen to me at all! The whole plot revolves around me being in this story. Now do it!" He bellowed.

[Fine, have it your way! Irony is heaps funnier anyway.]

“What?” Yami questioned the writer’s response.

[Forget that last part.]

Pffft! As if Yami even cared about those so called friends of Yugi's. Tristan is as stupid as stupid could possibly be, Téa, who never seems to stop talking about friendship. Along with the annoying Joey, Duke, who is quite attractive to anyone, and Serenity.

I don't even remember how I even ended up in that bloody puzzle anyway! And for all the times I had to save the world. Man, it got annoying!  Having to prevent Anubis, Reshef the Dark Being, the spirit of the Millennium Rod otherwise known as Melvin and The Great Le- Whoops! Nearly gave away the plot for the future (or the past?). [Breaking the 4th wall already? Jeez! This is going to be a long story.]

Oh how Pharaoh wished he could go back to his friends, not. It was so bland here and to have one more adventure would make him happy again. It's a shame the Millennium Items are sealed away... that and there is no evil forces that need to be stopped. Still, Yami didn't regret anything that he had done, apart from allowing Yugi to stop him from killing Kaiba in Season One or stealing Joey’s sandwich. Speaking of arrogant pricks, I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with him now! Ha Hah! Kaiba.

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Some desert somewhere in Egypt

"Is this where you wanted us to excavate, Mr Kaiba?" The contractor asked the sharply dressed man.

Seto Kaiba merely shrugged in response to the contractor and said: "No, I want you to find the lost treasure of 'One Eyed' Willy in the middle of Atlantis. Why else did I hire you to dig at this very site in the first place! There happens to be some very important artefacts in this desert, and so far you've come up with nothing that even resembles them! I should be asking you a question, why haven't you found these things yet?"

"Well, Mr Kaiba, it has only been a few weeks and-"

"And you have gone down nearly twenty five thousand meters with no results" Kaiba interrupted the contractor, "I want your men working longer on the excavation. Trust me; by the time they find these items of interest, they will be handsomely compensated for their work."

Just then, an archaeologist of a short stature and pasty white skin appeared before the two, panting as he struggled to speak. By the looks of the man, he probably ran the whole way here from the site.

"Sir, *pant* you better *pant* look at what *pant* we found *pant*."

The contractor and Kaiba both looked skeptical about the news. Kaiba probably assumed they found another trinket or some ancient hieroglyphs that was important to a historian. The contractor was certain that Kaiba would ignore the findings and make them dig another thousand meters into the ground. At this rate, they would end up digging a hole to China.

"Let me guess," Kaiba said, unmoved by the news, "You found another stone slab with more hieroglyphs talking about some Pharaoh dating back more than five thousand years ago?"

The archaeologist vigorously shook his head.

"This time it's different! They are like nothing we have seen before!"

"Might as well see the site for myself then, if it's that special..."

"No need for that, sir. I carried them here with me, all seven items."

And with that, the archaeologist pulls out of his satchel what appeared to be an ankh made of pure gold. Next, he took out what looked like a golden eye along with a necklace. Along with this was a scepter, a set of scales and what looked like a dream catcher. Six out of seven, but still, the one Kaiba wanted wasn't there...yet.

Finally, the archaeologist pulled out a small, golden pyramid and placed it into Kaiba's hands.

"Now, Mister Kaiba," The contractor gleamed, barely able to suppress his smile "About that money you're going to pay..."

"I lied."

From there, Kaiba ran to his private helicopter and decided to GTFO of Egypt. The contractor and archaeologist just stood there in a dazed state as the KaibaCopter flew into the distance.

"Fuck!"

[Apparently 4Kids doesn’t censor parts of Egypt.]

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8 months later

Kaiba's mansion

Kaiba’s POV

I can't believe it has been nearly two years since I first battled Yugi Mutou. In our first duel, I saw him as a weak, pathetic excuse for a duelist. After that same duel, I was mentally crippled. There is no explanation that I, The Great Seto Kaiba could lose to a wimp like him!! 'That was nothing but pure luck!' I kept saying to myself. It was a fluke! But that was just the beginning...

No matter what I did, or how much advantage I had, he consistently defeated me. I kept denying the truth and continued with my life goal: To humiliate Yugi by beating him in one duel without him forfeiting. Trying so hard only damaged what was left of my ego. I already had riches and was one step closer to becoming a god of Duel Monsters. Being the best in the world! Only if I had never lost to Yugi Mutou. He was the one who always defeated the villain, saved the world and got all the attention!

What about Kaiba? The orphan who rose to the top and revolutionized the game of Duel Monsters? Not even a bit of respect! Yugi had always gone on about the power of friendship and how having friends can help accomplish anything. If that isn’t bullshit I don’t know what is! My little brother and I were fine with each other. Besides, it has always been me and Mokuba, no one else bothered to help us out.

Even our ‘so called’ foster parent Gozaburo Kaiba, he adopted us and used me as a way to bring back his dead son! But that plan was never put to use. Using my skills in economics and business, I eventually bought out KaibaCorp and overthrew my tyrant of a foster parent, making me the world's youngest millionaire.

Of all the things I did in this world, they were for Mokuba. I would move mountains, drain seas and even work with Yugi Mutou just to save him. He means everything to me, and I am prepared to do anything to keep him safe. I still don’t like working with Yugi to help Mokuba. Anything else accomplished was a mere bonus: saving Yugi's grandfather, saving Yugi's friends and even saving the world! They all meant nothing to me.

My one goal is to defeat him and after months of planning, I think the moment I will defeat Yugi once and for all is at hand.

Why is this sounding like I give a crap about Mokuba?

[Blame the writer. Oh wait, that’s me...]

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The Great Wilderness, Some jungle-like place in Equestria

The All Powerful Trixie was famous around all of Equestria until she went to Ponyville and met Twilight Sparkle. Trixie was praised for her amazing abilities in magic. Even as a foal she had a natural aptitude for magic. Trixie was the top of her class and did not know a single unicorn that could possibly be better than her... She didn't even realize that Princess Celestia had her own student.

Twilight Sparkle made me look like a fool! I was seen as an arrogant show off but I KNOW the truth. Trixie will rise again stronger than ever! But of course she needed to be stronger, how else will she become truly great and powerful?

This new spell that Trixie has been working on for months is nearly ready. Twilight won't miss this magic trick though, as it will be her last. Everypony shall see my powers first hand and then Trixie will get the respect Trixie deserves.

That day when we duel will come soon...

Even though it has been two years since that dreaded embarrassment, the New, Improved Trixie is better than ever. Anypony foolish enough will end up becoming nothing but dust. She then shouted out for all of Equestria to hear her "At last my plan for vengeance will happen! And nothing in Equestria can stop me!!!"

Amongst the dense foliage of trees and vines, her voice carried out throughout the rugged jungle.

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The Shadow Realm

The two powerful entities inhabiting the realm had been back for a year or two after they were sent here, again. They were talking about their enemies who vanquished them to this place.

"I feel sorry for you, to be beaten by a bunch of ponies twice!" The humanoid spirit said.

"At least I have a body to return to!" the other spirit retaliated. His figure was a mash of different animals crudely attached together.

"I can easily conjure a body up, if I could get out of this place!"

"Boo hoo! You would think that after five thousand years, there would be some way to escape this place... what is your name again?"

"They have called me many things, my dear Discord. A nightmare, a killer, a monster, but you can call me Melvin."

"So, Melvin, please explain how your host managed to break from your control."

"Long story short, my host, Marik Ishtar, tried to grow some balls and attempted to defeat me. I take full control of his body, give some people a 'hug', hospitalized a couple of the Pharaoh's friends, blew up a ship, and then the little wuss trades places with me in a shadow duel and I end up here! Tell me how you managed to fail!"

"My plan was perfect! Nothing could have stopped me! But somehow, this purple unicorn broke free from my control and did the same to every one of her friends and defeated me! That then turned my body into stone, again. And now my spirit winds up here! By the way, how are we going to ever get out of this hell hole?!?"

"I've been here four millennia longer than you have. If I knew a way to get out, don't you think I would be elsewhere? Besides, this place acts as a medium between our worlds. It's the only reason to how both of us can see each other, yet alone communicate."

Discord paused for a moment to ponder on their circumstances, putting his 'paw' to his chin, as if he was posing for some statue. Regardless, the distorted being finally spoke once again.

"Melvin, I have an idea..."

Melvin stood, or levitated where he was (one or the other) while Discord explains his detailed execution of his plan. He would have spoken out loud but there was always the chance of the writer copying out everything he says word for word. After what felt like hours of planning, Melvin finally said something that the writer could hear.

"That would be great if there was a way to get out of here!"

"Oh there is always a way! And your little friend Kaiba is going to help!"

"They need a distraction though, and he is not my friend!"

"Don't worry, everything will sort itself out. All we need to do now is wait..."

"..."

"..."

"...Would you like a hug?"

"No, I would like to beat the crap out of the writer, whoever he may be until he pisses his pants! This isn’t how I would do things at all!" Discord bellowed into the empty space.

"Yes, there isn’t enough murder for my liking." Melvin added on.

"And the worst part is the explanation of our failures! Who does he think he is? Spiderman?"

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaand now we’ll be moving on to greener pastures.]

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Meanwhile, at Kaiba's Mansion

"I will," Kaiba bursted out from thought, "I am going to end Yugi Mutou once and for all!"

Mokuba had just stared at his brother across the dinner table, stunned by his sudden burst of anger.

There was a long silence, unbroken silence before Mokuba spoke again.

"Seto, are you okay?" He finally asked, breaking the daunting silence.

Kaiba snorted, "I'm fine, it was about him again... he pisses me off, that's all.  Every time I see him it just makes me want to destroy him!"

"Whoa, Seto! You're not trying to kill Yugi, are you?" His little brother shouted, completely startled by the very mention of homicide.

"I know how much you hate him and all but don't you think that murder is a bit of a new low for you? Not to mention that 4Kids is probably going to try and censor it."

"Why then?" Kaiba said, glaring at the teenager with a stone cold gaze.

"Huh?"

"Why would I want to kill him...when I could break him and watch as he cries himself away like an infant; defenceless and alone!" Kaiba shouted, ending with a smug grin on his face. Ten thousand puppies died as a result of this smile.

The sight of Kaiba smiling was daunting to Mokuba; he had rarely smiled out of joy. Kaiba himself was a little shocked at what he was doing. How long has it been? It was probably when he saved his little brother after the Duelist Kingdom tournament from the creator of Duel Monsters himself, Maximilian Pegasus.

Kaiba’s mind, Memory Lane

At the time, Yugi duelled Pegasus himself after my attempt to defeat him myself... It didn't turn out so well, having my soul trapped and all. At least Yugi defeated him; the jerk got what was coming.

Planting spies in my corporation, that's okay. Overthrowing me from my corporation; a little bit annoying. Attempting to kill me, I’m kind of angry now. Kidnapping my brother, that was the last straw. I did my best to save him, but it was Yugi who saved him along with his grandfather.

What had surprised me the most was that he saved me. I cannot say how much I thank him, because I don't. Anyone could have done it if Pegasus didn't have that Millennium Eye of his. What mattered most is that Mokuba was safe. Wait… since when did I care about Mokuba at all? The writer is a complete idiot!

And seeing him made me feel relived, to know that I can sleep without worrying about him. Never again was I going to allow this to happen, obviously that wasn't the case. Ever since that moment, I realized how at times my work made me forget about him. At least I can show him now... Why is all of this mushy crap in the story? I didn’t sign up for this!

[That’s right, you didn’t. I’m trying to establish a background story to engage the readers!]

Fuck the readers, this is my gig!

[No, no it’s not. Get back to the story and make me famous!]

That… was really weird.

Back to reality […I think?]

"What do you mean, Seto?" the young boy said, bringing Kaiba's attention back from memory lane to reality.

He gave himself some time to gather his thoughts, and finally opened his mouth and said,

"Follow me."

Kaiba stood up and left the table with the mess of old pizza boxes on top. Thanks to his recent endeavours, there wasn't time to make dinner himself and takeaway was more accessible. Even if he had the opportunity, he was a pathetic cook and they would end up ordering take-away regardless.

Mokuba followed suite and started to walk over to his brother who was making his way to the lift. Kaiba pressed the buttons on the control panel that resulted in the lift moving down at a slow speed. Then suddenly, the carriage jolted and moved to the left! After a few more of these twists and turns, the doors opened and revealed a large room filled with pieces of scrap metal, blueprints and power tools scattered around the room.

Apart from being a billionaire and a duelist, Kaiba is also a brilliant inventor. KaibaCorp doesn't make money doing nothing! Without Kaiba and his technology, the company would have gone broke years ago. Some of his greatest inventions were made in this very room, including the Duel Disc System, which still brings in a lot of revenue to this very day... not to mention that when this was released, it was for a special occasion. Not every invention was sent off for production though.

What really stood out in this vast space amongst the machinery was a large, metallic arc and a wooden workbench placed to the side of the room. From the bench, he picked up a strange looking remote from the clutter of papers, notes, coffee cups and hand tools.

"Mokuba, I would like to show you a little thing that I have been working on for months."

Kaiba then pointed the remote at the strange arc and the gears whirred into action. At first nothing happened, until a glowing orb appeared in the centre of the arc.

"Behold, the Dimensional Gateway! With it, I will send Yugi to an alternate dimension and avoid any further contact with the nuisance! It also serves as my media player to watch all the illegally downloaded movies I have gotten off the Internet. It also has cup holders."

All Mokuba could do was stare in awe. He was shocked when the arc began to glow. His brother's machine could change the world. Knowing Seto though, he would keep this one for himself. Anyways, KaibaCorp is not in any financial troubles so that could wait until there is some sort of trouble with business.

Kaiba's plan seems flawless... well nearly flawless.

“Two questions” Mokuba finally spoke.

“Yes?” Seto asked.

"How are you going to even get him here on his own accord?" Mokuba spoke up, questioning his brother's slightly flawed logic.

Seto sighed deeply; it would be nice to go through with one cunning plan without being questioned at every turn. “It is insignificant, what’s the second question?”

“Why cup holders?”

"Shut up, Mokuba! Cup holders are the world’s best invention! Why wouldn’t I have them?"

And as quickly as it had appeared, the Dimensional Gateway turned off and the gears within the arc began to grind to a halt. Kaiba moved away from the arc and moved back over to the workbench. Placing the remote back on the pile of papers, he then opened up a draw and pulled out what looked like a golden pyramid.

'I know I've seen it before,' thought Mokuba 'But where exactly?'

"The last time anyone saw this was quite some time ago..." Kaiba said, holding the pyramid out in front of Mokuba. "I guess when you have the resources; it's easy to find anything in Egypt. I wonder how Yugi will react once he gets this back and sees his good friend back from the afterlife."

“I’m happy you’re not killing Yugi.” Mokuba was relived to say.

“Don’t worry; Yugi’s demise will be strictly PG… to some extent.”

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"At last!" the blue unicorn said, "The time has come for Twilight Sparkle to get what was coming to her!"

As she put on her cloak, Trixie felt uneasy, something was not right... It felt like there was some magical disturbance around her. Nothing could stop her now. Trixie merely ignored the sensation and got her belongings ready. Two years of training in this horrid place was finally going to use. Then came the sudden realization...

The Great and Powerful Trixie forgot how she arrived here. This wasn't like when you forget where your keys are. It was more like forgetting what the keys even looked like on top of forgetting where they are. Or forgetting how to breathe, that’s always fun to watch but not to experience.

"Perfect! Just perfect! Might as well take it slow. It will just make me treasure the moment more when I show her who truly is the best!"

And with that, Trixie sets off for her long quest by hoof, without any idea of where to go or in what direction Ponyville was. She decided to use her intuition to guide her or had no idea where she was really going.

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"Oh, That... Um, Seto?"

"Yes, Mokuba?"

"Can I watch Spongebob on the portal thingy?"

Kaiba sighed as he tried his best not to slap his brother in the face, "First off, this is a highly advanced piece of technology. If anything happened to it, I would personally kill the asshole who broke it. Second, give me a good reason why I should let you play with it?"

"Because you will be too busy with your Blue-Eyes and flagging YouTube videos?" Mokuba replied, knowing that Kaiba would probably end up doing that anyway.

"You're right for once Mokuba, go watch 'Spongepants Squarebob' for all I care. Now if you excuse me, I'll be in my office. I have some... unfinished business to attend to." With that, Kaiba walked off to the lift and left Mokuba alone there. All Mokuba did was wait, until his brother was truly out of sight.

"Finally!" Mokuba said to himself, "I can watch it without anyone judging me."

He went over to the desk and grabbed the remote along with a bunch of DVDs. After inserting all the disks into the DGS, Mokuba pushed a tattered couch in front of it and proceeded to lay on it. Once he was comfortable, he hit play on the remote. The machine booted up again, now acting as a screen, displaying anything he wanted. Suddenly, a voice comes out of the machine and starts to sing as the picture begins to form, "My Little Pony, My Little Pony," Soon the monitor of the DGS paints the beautiful image of Equestria in every video frame.

"This is the greatest day of my life!"

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A place with lots of sand, Equestria

He had been screaming as he fell further though the abyss that dragged him into this wretched place.

'There's nothing here but frigging sand!' Melvin thought to himself, 'At least I made it here.'

He stretched a little and cracked a few of his knuckles as he got up from the crater in the middle of the supposed desert. He checked to see what form his spirit inhabited: Hands, fingers, feet, legs, arms, hair, definitely a humanoid figure. Clothes then formed around the ancient being, creating boots, a shirt, leather chaps along with a fancy leather jacket. Dusting off the sand from his clothes, Melvin mutters to himself:

"At least he was right. Now, where is your body, my dear Discord? It's a shame I didn't get to give you a goodbye 'hug'." And with that, he started what was going to be a long trek.

After a couple of seconds, the sand started to irritate his skin.

"This is just fucking perfect!" He groaned sarcastically.

[Author's Notes: Yes, Mokuba is now a brony. 'Nuff said. Now, if there is any problem with the chapter or you want to give me some advice/praise/commentary/slander/death threats, I would really appreciate it. Those who don't understand ANY of the Yu-Gi-Oh: Abridged jokes, search YGOTAS into google and watch episode 1 through to whatever is out so far. I promise you're gonna have a great time.

First question I'm going to probably going to get is, "Why does Trixie have a lack of speaking parts in this chapter?"

One, she's currently a loner in the middle of nowhere practicing to duel Twilight in a magic fight. Two, there's quite a lot of canon backstory from the ONE episode Trixie was in (there are very high traces of sarcasm here...) Kaiba has plenty of backstory as he is in next to every episode. And lastly, do you really want to hear Trixie constantly refer to herself in third person? I didn't think so.

Don't worry, The Great and Powerful Trixie shall get her screen time, like Bakura did (eventually).

Secondly, "Why is this story all serious and not that funny?" Look here; I am really bad at telling jokes yet alone writing funny things down. The funniness shall come forth when the story is in it’s darkest hours (which is now!). Randomness is surely going to ensure with Pinkie and Tristan running amok.

Thirdly, "Where is everybody else?!!" Odion is probably in Egypt with his Gummy Bears collection. Ishizu, does anyone want a one liner from her? Beavis and Butthead, I mean Weevil and Rex, don't deserve to be in this fanfic. Involving Pegasus looks desperate, and Dartz should stay where he is. Now, Marik and Florence... They will definitely appear or be referred to in the fanfic. I am being intentionally vague here...

If you, the viewers, want any change, then I am in needing of a temporary or permanent editor. Sketch is currently thinking of editing but will decide after exams. So if you want to become editor, give me your email and I will send you a confirmation email. I shall send parts of the following chapter(s), which need refinement. You will get credit for the time that you put into this project. I don't have Facebook for personal reasons, so the Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged forum (morginator92), email and Fimfiction will be the only forms of contact. I look forward to working with you.

Damn, speaking of exams, I will most likely not be able to update from the 21st of May until the 31st. If I update at all, check on the 28th of May. Now is a good time to remind you I live in the merry old Land of Oz This may or may not affect your lives. Please spread the story around, I need at least 100+ views or I will lose $50 to some haters.

Until I see you guys again,

Kindest of regards, Morgie93]