Yugioh: The Hope of Six

Chapter 44: Kaiser Arc - Part 16

Devil Kaiser grinned maliciously as his three opponents now stood before him. Sho stood in the middle, with Judai on his right and Serena to his left. All three then activated their Duel Disks. "Whatever you are, whatever reason you're really here, my friends and I will stop you!" Sho bravely declared.

"You will try." Devil Kaiser replied as he too activated his Disk, starting the final battle in the Domain of Destruction.

"DUEL!"

(Devil Kaiser: 4000) (Sho: 4000) (Judai: 4000) (Serena: 4000)

"The first move is mine. My turn! Draw!" Devil Kaiser smirked at his opening hand. "I Set one Monster in Defense Mode, Set two cards facedown, and end my turn."

Sho was extremely wary of his opponent. He knew next to nothing about him. He had to be careful. "I'm going next! My turn! Draw!" The card he drew might shed some light on Devil Kaiser's tactics...

"Trap card open, Needlebug Nest!" Devil Kaiser interrupted. "This allows me to send the top five cards of my Deck to the Graveyard!"

'Why would he do that?' Sho wondered before he proceeded with his turn. "I Set four cards facedown, then I Summon Patroid!" (EARTH; Level 4; ATK: 1200; DEF: 1200) What appeared to be a police car in robot form materialized before Sho. "I activate Patroid's Effect! Once per turn, during my Main Phase, I can look at one of your facedown cards, then put it back in how it was! I'm choosing to peek at your facedown Monster!"

Devil Kaiser smiled wickedly as his facedown Monster was revealed. (DARK; Level 4; ATK: 800; DEF: 2100) The thing looked like a machine like purple dragon with large, dark green wings with long metal spikes.

Sho was momentarily surprised by what he saw. 'That Monster... it looks similar to the Cyber Dark Monsters Ryo and I used to have. But it can't be.' Sho didn't want to think what this could mean. It just wasn't possible.

"What do you think of my Cyber Dark Chimera? Looks so much like it's brethren, doesn't it?" Devil Kaiser asked with great amusement before his Monster got Set back facedown.

"Cyber Dark?" Serena asked. Judai, Ryo, and Samejima gasped in shock more than most of the others. Sho started to tremble. He was beginning to understand what he was truly dealing with... and it was so much worse than he ever imagined.

"No. No! That's... That's impossible! You can't have the Cyber-Art Reverse Deck! There's no way you can!" Sho said in denial. Devil Kaiser then snarled.

"Why not? Because you destroyed the cards yourself?" Sho's shocked silence said it all. Devil Kaiser went on. "Oh yes. I know full well what you did that day, Sho. The day you thought you helped your brother get his dueling life back. Only, you took it all away."

"What is he talking about?" Serena asked. Sho didn't answer her. He only looked down. He knew everyone had to be staring at him again by now.

Devil Kaiser regained his malicious grin as he noted the confusion on nearly everyone else's faces. "What's this? You didn't tell them?" Sho still wouldn't answer. "Oh this is going to be good." The villain turned to face everyone. "The cards of the Cyber-Art Reverse Deck, the Cyber Dark cards, prevented Sho's big brother from dueling ever again. Sho wanted to fix that problem by burning the Cyber Dark cards, thinking that would break their hold on the former "Kaiser". The thing was, it didn't fix poor Ryo. Instead, destroying those cards caused Ryo's heart to be diseased beyond repair! The power from those cards did the same with both his replacement hearts, keeping him from recovering! Within a month of that little event, Ryo Marufuji died on his bed... and I arose later in his place!" Devil Kaiser pointed a thumb at himself. "Do you see it now? I am the manifestation of the Cyber Dark cards Sho foolishly burned away! He is not only the cause of his big brother's death, but also the one who allowed me to take over his brother's body for myself! All the events that took place today only happened because your so called "friend" made the biggest mistake of his life!" Devil Kaiser laughed insanely at revealing his secret origin to Sho's friends.