Yugioh: The Hope of Six

Chapter 16: Kaiba Arc - Part 6

Aqua and the humans with her were definitely worried for their friends. They had watched as Yugi's team took down the opposing team Noah brought in. They were glad the others were okay. Just when Yugi's team could move on, Noah threw a curveball and unleashed something even worse.

"Guys, what do you think that is?" Mokuba asked, sounding afraid.

"Whatever it is, I'd hate to go up against it." Duke said.

"Yugi..." Solomon muttered.

"Yuya..." Yusho said to himself. Aqua said nothing as they all continued to observe what took place in Noah's tower.

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Yugi, Yuya, Joey, Tristan, Tèa, and Serenity stayed rooted to their spots in fear. They couldn't move as the huge figure slowly made it's way to the arena. Each step it took shook the ground slightly. After a moment that seemed to have dragged on forever, the gang got a good look at their newest enemy.

It appeared to be a bald, muscular green alien that stood several feet tall. It had large black eyes and wore heavy looking armor over the main body. It also carried a much bigger version of the laser guns everyone else was carrying. As soon as it was completely through, the door closed once more. There was no way out at that point.

"What... is that?" Serenity asked, now terrified. Noah laughed as he got their attention.

"That, my dear Serenity, is your real enemy of Death T-1: The Martian Terminator! Quite a sight, isn't he?" The gang couldn't argue with that.

"What's the deal Noah?! I thought we had to beat your team to get out of here! You said nothing about facing off against some space freak!" Joey complained.

"I said the Death T-2 door would appear if you won, and you did. I never mentioned you were allowed to go through it... not just yet. Before you proceed to Death T-2, you must take down my creation as well! Make no mistake, he is much more deadly than those mercenaries that should've killed you guys. Good luck." Noah laughed once more before cutting off.

"So those four we took down were just the warm up, and now Noah just unleashed the big boss." Zarc noted with great annoyance.

'Yeah, emphasizing on "big".' Yuya replied mentally. He was very glad Yuzu wasn't here to deal with this... though he suspected she would face something just as dangerous.

"Guys, we can't just stand around and wait for it to crush us! We need a plan!" Tèa shouted.

"What do we do?" Yuya asked.

"Everyone, that thing may be big, but it's slow. I'll get it's attention while the rest of you circle around and blast it at the same time! That might be enough to take it down!" Tristan instructed.

Earlier, when each member of Noah's team was beaten, their weapons were taken to replace the fakes they had been given. Unfortunately, that meant they only had 5 working blasters, including the one Yugi originally took before this game started.

"Acting as bait for that thing?! Are you crazy?!" Serenity protested.

"This is not up for debate. It's the best plan we got, and I'm not going to let anyone else take the risk... especially not you." Tristan then gave his working weapon to her.

"Are you sure about this Tristan?" Serenity asked, afraid for his life. He gave her a confident smile.

"I'll be fine. Besides, being de facto team leader for this, I have to insure we win this fight and live." Serenity still felt hesitant, but she nodded.