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Everything's Relative

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Episode Originally Aired: November 17, 2001

(NO PREVIOUSLY OR TEASER)

(Opening)

ACT 1 <1:00>

(Mid-day on the island of Duelist Kingdom. At the top of a tall Castle Pegasus tower, someone lowers a rope of tied-together sheets out the window. This kid, disguised with a purple ski cap and a bandanna over his nose and mouth, looks out the window, glancing around for anyone watching, hoists himself up onto the windowsill, and starts carefully climbing down his makeshift rope, escaping from the tower. It's all going well, until he reaches the end of the last sheet.)
Mokuba: Huh?
(He looks down. He's still high, high above the forest. His vision focuses and unfocuses with vertigo. He starts to sweat.)
Mokuba: Ohh...
(A knot in the sheets begins to pull apart. He looks up, feeling it slip, and watches it unravel. He falls, still clinging to the sheet, and lands in the forest below, breaking his fall with a dozen tree branches on the way down. )
Mokuba: Whoa-a-a-a-a!
(He lands with a thud and crawls out of the bushes, rubbing his backside in pain.)

(Back inside the castle, Croquet, Pegasus' right-hand goon, pushes a cart with several platters on it. He opens the door.)
Croquet: A'right, ya little runt. Here's your daily gruel, heheh.
(Then he notices the sheet tied to a bedpost and hanging out the window.)
Croquet: Huh?! Oh, no!
(He hurries over and looks down at the rope of sheets)
Croquet: He's gone!

(In the luxurious halls of Castle Pegasus, we glimpse a few portraits on the walls. One contains a brown-skinned man in white robes and turban, his piercing, strangely blank grey eyes intense and serious. A large, ankh-shaped golden key hangs from his neck by a cord. The portrait next to it is a fair woman with long, blonde tresses, no older than thirty, wearing a puffy-sleeved lavender gown with pink bows down the front of the bodice and pink ruffles around the low-cut neckline. She looks a little sad. <2:00> Pegasus's sinister laughter can be heard ringing through the air.)
Pegasus: Mmmhahahahahahaha...! Ahahahahahahahah!
(Sunlight streams through the tall windows, their curtains, with rich, blue fabric trimmed with gold, all pulled aside. Pegasus is sitting alone at a massive banquet table, with a small, fancy plate of cheese wedges, a bowl of fruit, and a wineglass. He takes a sip, and keeps laughing. Just as we're beginning to wonder what dreadful deed he could be gloating over, we glance over his shoulder and see that he's holding a comic book. He keeps chuckling heartily.)
Pegasus: Hmhmhmhmhahahahaha! Where do these guys get all their ideas?
(He looks down at the next panel, and chortles to himself, continuing to read.)
Pegasus: Mmmhmhmhmhmhm--
Croquet: Euh, Master Pegasus?
Pegasus: Hm?!
(Pegasus stops in mid-laugh, clearly annoyed at being interrupted)
Croquet: A thousand pardons, sir.
Pegasus: Gorgonzola cheese, and the world's finest fruit juice-- along with a copy of my favorite comic book! Times like this are more precious to me than *any other*, you do *realize that*, *don't* you?!
Croquet (gulp): But the prisoner has escaped.
Pegasus (casually): Which one?
Croquet: The boy we imprisoned in the north tower. I have our men searching the island, but, so far there's no sign of him.
Pegasus: Oooh. I guess he didn't *appreciate* my hospitality. Well, no matter, I'm sure I know exactly where our little escapee is heading. He'll seek out Yugi.
(Pegasus picks up a remote control and presses a button. A video monitor descends from the ceiling halfway down the table.)
Pegasus: Computer. <3:00> Request data on the status of the Duel Monsters tournament.
Computer: Six hours have passed since the dueling contests began.
(The monitor displays a map of the island, and opens several small windows showing video footage of individual arena duels.)
Computer: Twelve of the participants have been eliminated. Those that were defeated and lost their star chips are being removed from the island by boat.
(The computer opens another window showing a rowboat at the pier filled with about a dozen people, overseen by Kemo.)
Pegasus: And what of *Yugi Muto*?
(The next window is a front and side view of Yugi, with scrolling text.)
Computer: Yugi Muto has to date gained *five* star chips.
Pegasus: *Wonderful*. I expected no less. He is determined to work his way up in the standings in order to gain entry to my castle. Which is *exactly* what I want little Yugi to do. We'll just *keep* our spy-cams trained on our star duelist; sooner or later, the little runaway prisoner will confront Yugi, for reasons of his own.
Croquet: Hm! *Very wise*, sir.
(Croquet walks out, and Pegasus nonchalantly picks up his comic book again.)
Pegasus: *Actually* the boy's escape plays right into my plans. And I *do* have such special plans in store for Yugi today-- plans I hope he'll find as *entertaining* as I do! Hahahahahahaha!

(Meanwhile, somewhere on a path in the scattered forests and meadows of Duelist Kingdom...)
Téa: Wow, Yugi! I can't believe <4:00> you already won five star chips!
Tristan: Yeah; pretty soon you'll have the ten you need to get into Pegasus' castle, and rescue your grandpa!
Joey: I wish *I* had more star chips.
Yugi: Don't worry about it, Joey, you're doin' fine. You'll be able to help your sister out soon.
Joey: I sure hope so...

(Flashback to Serenity's smiling face on the videotape she sent him.)
Joey (VO): Serenity's really countin' on me.
(end Flashback.)

(Joey smiles to himself, quietly confident)
Joey: An' I won't let 'er down.
- He-e-e-e-elp!!
(They just heard a scream. Everyone startles and looks around)
Tristan: What's that?!
- Help me, somebody, please!
(Down the path, Kemo, one of Pegasus' goons in charge of the tournament, has a young duelist in a chokehold and is dragging him away. The young duelist is yelling and screaming.)
- Aaaagghhh, let go of me, somebody help me!!
Tristan: Hold on, kid, we're comin'!!
- Help, you gotta help me!!
(Tristan lunges for Kemo, cocking back a fist)
Tristan: Let that kid go!

ACT 2 <4:35>

(Tristan punches at Kemo, who's holding a young tournament duelist in a chokehold, as the kid keeps yelling for help.)
- Help! Help me please!
Tristan: I'm on the big guy!
(As Tristan approaches, Kemo tosses the kid aside; Tristan grabs Kemo by the arm and throws him.)
Tristan: Not too shabby.
(As Kemo flies through the air, he turns ninja; he flips over and uses the momentum to kick off from the ground and delivers a flying kick. Tristan falls to the ground, winded.)
Tristan: Ugh... I'm *off* the big guy...
(The kid tries to scamper away, but Kemo grabs him by the arms.)
Kid: Put me down!
Kemo: Quit squirming, ya little brat!
Joey: *You* heard 'im, needle-head! Put the kid down!
Yugi: What d'you think you're doin'?
<5:00>
Kemo: This is none of your business. This duelist lost his star chips. And the rules say he's to be kicked off the island!
Kid: But I didn't lose my chips in a duel, they were *stolen* from me! My cards, too!
Kemo: I don't care *what* lame excuse you have, kid, you need star chips to duel and you haven't *got* any, so you're shippin' outta here! Those're the rules; those are my orders from Pegasus himself.
(Tristan gets up, rubbing his head)
Tristan: Ugh, that big creep! I say we follow 'im!

(Down at the dock, Kemo brings the struggling pink-shirted kid we saw earlier to a small rowboat, which is guarded by a couple of other tournament suits. One of them asks jokingly--)
- Hey Kemo, what'd'ja catch?
Kemo: Just another *loser*. Haha!
(He tosses the kid into the rowboat, where he slams right into Weevil Underwood, and tosses his backpack onto his lap. Weevil rudely shoves him to the other side of the bench.)
Weevil: Hey, buzz off! They may be shipping me out, but I'm still Weevil Underwood, bug duelist extraordinaire!
(Intimidated, the kid stays away from Weevil, and sighs...)
Kid: But *I* didn't even get a chance to *duel*...
Yugi: Hey!
(The kid turns to look; Yugi and his friends are running up the path toward the boat)
Yugi: Hey, you!
Kemo: *You* again?!
Yugi: What did the guy who stole your star chips look like?
Kid: Well, I couldn't see his face-- i-it was covered with a bandanna. But he was a little guy, and he challenged me in the meadow.
Yugi: He challenged you to a Duel Monsters game?
<6:00>
Kid: Yeah. But as soon as I put my star chips and Duel Monsters deck down, he snatched 'em up and ran off with them!
Yugi: You shouldn't be shipped off the island for *that*! *We'll* get your star chips back.
(Kemo folds his arms, getting between Yugi and the boat)
Kemo: This boat leaves in exactly thirty minutes. Anyone without a star chip ships out.
Téa: Then we'll get his chips back by that time.
(Tristan punches his palm)
Tristan: We won't let you bully him out of the game!
Joey: Nope! We'll catch that little thief and bring 'im to justice! Believe me, kid, you can count on us to track 'im down and get those star chips back!
Kid: But who *are* you guys?
Joey: We're the guys that're gonna save your chips! Don' worry, ya got the ba-rilliant mind a' Joey Wheeler on the case, and I *always* get my man.
Yugi, Téa, Tristan (here he goes again): Ugh...
Joey: Even if he's just a kid. Onward, troops!

(Later, elsewhere on the island...)
Tristan: *So* what's you're ba-rilliant mind tellin' ya *now*, Sherlock?
Joey: Beats *me*. Right now, the only thing my brilliant mind is doin' is givin' me a brilliant *headache*!
Yugi: Well, maybe we should stake out the scene of the crime. It's over there!
(Yugi runs over to an arena with 146 stamped on the side, and sits down on the ground.)
Joey: Think the thief'll come back?
<7:00>
Yugi: He just might, and we can put our heads together and plan in the meantime.

(Someone in the bushes is watching them, as the other three walk over and join Yugi. It's the kid who escaped from the tower, with the purple hat, blue bandanna over his face, and red and orange shirt.)
Tristan: Yeah, but don't forget one of those heads is Joey's. That's sorta like *subtractin' one brain*!
Joey: Ha, ha.
(The masked kid leaps out of the bushes)
Mokuba: Ahh- ha!! I've found you at last, Yugi!!
(Everyone stands up again, ready for anything.)
Joey: That must be the kid we were looking for!
Tristan: I can handle 'im!
Téa: I *hope* so, you're twice his size!
Mokuba: Just try me, ya big dork!!
Tristan: Back off, kid!
Joey: And hand over the star chips you swiped from that other duelist!!
Yugi: Hold on. I think I know what this kid's after. He wants to duel.
Joey and Tristan: Huh?
Yugi (to the kid): That's what you want, right? You wanna duel me?
Mokuba: Aww, you better believe it!

(In no time, Yugi is sliding into place atop the blue dueling podium, and his opponent atop the red.)

Joey: I don't get it. Why is Yugi goin' to the trouble a' duelin' this guy, when we can just *take* those star chips away from 'im?
Tristan: Y'know sometimes I don't think even *Yugi* knows why he does half the stuff he does.
Joey: Huh. Yeah, it's kinda weird. D'ya think it has something to do with his Millennium Puzzle?

(As Joey says this, the Millennium Puzzle begins to glow, and shakes and sways on its own. Whether aloud or in his head, we'll never know, Yugi cries out--)
Yugi: Yu-Gi-Oh...!! <8:00>
(As the word is spoken, the voice speaking it grows deeper. From a grey void appears swirling lines, strange symbols, rushing wind, and a column of blue-white light, in which there appears a figure. He's like Yugi, but isn't. The kid looks scared; what has he gotten himself into? He's scared, but he isn't backing down.)
Yugi (Yami): Now, how many star chips will you wager?
Mokuba: To wipe you out? Five!
Yugi (Yami): Then five it is; but only because I think I know why you're doing this.
Mokuba: I don't care what *you* think, Yugi, 'cause *I* think *you're* gonna lose!
(The kid digs the stars from his pocket and scatters them on the console. As the more confident Yugi intently regards his opponent, the outline of a glowing golden eye shimmers on his forehead.)

Téa: What does Yugi see that we *don't*? It's like he's looking into the other player's *soul*.
Joey: Hey-- soul, shmoll. I can see from here that that kid's gonna get his butt kicked!
Tristan: Maybe, but Yugi should hurry if he plans to get those star chips back to the boat in time!
Téa: Don't worry, Tristan. He'll win the chips, and we'll be back at the dock with time to spare.

Yugi(Yami) and Mokuba: Duel!
Mokuba (think): This is *it*, Yugi. Now you're gonna pay for what you did to *my big brother*...

(Flashback. In the top office at the KaibaCorp building, one blue-skied afternoon...)
FB Mokuba: Seto, ya gotta leave now if you're gonna make the boat for the big tournament at Duelist Kingdom. *Seto*, open the door!
(Mokuba opens the door to Seto Kaiba's office; he's sitting at his desk, with a metal briefcase open in front of him, listlessly flicking through a deck of cards.)
FB Mokuba: Huh? Seto?
<9:00>
FB Kaiba: I'm not going, Mokuba.
(Kaiba stops flicking through the deck, and glares at it helplessly, as though wishing he could burn a hole right through the center of it with his eyes.)
FB Mokuba: Not *going*? Why not?
(Kaiba tosses the deck on the desk, letting it scatter.)
FB Kaiba: There's no point!
FB Mokuba: Whaddaya *mean*, "no point"?
(Kaiba is shaking; he closes his eyes, ruefully.)
FB Kaiba: Kid, I am in no condition to duel anyone.
(Mokuba speaks bracingly, but also as a kid who can't understand why his hero is upset and moping.)
FB Mokuba: Whadd'reyou *talking* about? You always say, 'cards're power' and you've got all the strongest cards!
(Kaiba stares down at the desk; he's feeling all the agony of defeat anew, combined with fear and confusion.)
FB Kaiba: Since I lost my duel with Yugi, I just don't know *what* I think anymore. Everything's different, it feels as if I lost a piece of *myself* that day!
(Mokuba blinks, puzzled and sad)
FB Mokuba: But Seto, you're the best. You're the champ.
(Kaiba pulls a card from his blazer and looks at it)
FB Kaiba: Not since the day I was defeated by Yugi.
(Kaiba throws the card to Mokuba, who catches it)
FB Mokuba: Huh?
FB Kaiba: Here, Mokuba. I'm going away for a while; I don't know how long I'll be gone. Keep this; it was always your favorite.
FB Mokuba: Why? Why're you leaving?
FB Kaiba: Because I don't know who I am anymore. Take care, kid.
(Kaiba walks out of the office and closes the door)
FB Mokuba: Seto, don't go!!
(Kaiba doesn't hear; Mokuba is left standing alone in the office, one hand half-raised in entreaty, looking lost.)
FB Mokuba: Uh...
Mokuba (VO): You broke up my family, Yugi...
(End flashback)

Mokuba (think): ...And now, I'm gonna break *you* up! (aloud) My first card is the Man-Eating Plant!
(As its name suggests, Man-Eating Plant is a gigantic, vicious venus flytrap with long, thorny vines and bright pink petals.)
[Man-Eating Plant 800///]
<10:00>
Yugi (Yami): Now it's my turn! I'll counter your attack, with the Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress!
[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 1400/1200/L4/wind]
(Winged Dragon is a relatively small blue dragon, but still plenty tough.)
Mokuba: Ha! Bad choice, Yugi! My Man-Eating Plant will eat your Dragon *alive*!

ACT 3 <10:20>

Mokuba: So now you're finally gonna pay for what you did, Yugi-- and your stupid dragon's gonna be plant food! Man-Eating Plant, attack!
Yugi (Yami): Fireball Attack!
(Winged Dragon counterattacks, and Man-Eating Plant is lost in a blaze of fire. Mokuba flinches away, then turns back to the field, surprised.)
Mokuba: Huh? My monster *lost*?
(Mokuba's lifepoints fall to 1400)
Yugi (Yami): You can't win a duel with cards that don't rightfully belong to you. How could *your* heart ever live in cards that belong to someone else?
Mokuba: Be quiet. I don't believe in that *Heart of the Cards* stuff you keep preachin' about. Cards have nothin' to *do* with heart-- it's all about *power*!
(Yugi has closed his eyes, and the golden third eye has appeared on his forehead again.)
Yugi (Yami, murmurs): Yes, I can see it now.
(He opens his eyes, and speaks to his opponent)
Yugi (Yami): I *sensed* a connection to Kaiba! <11:00> You're his *brother*-- you're *Mokuba!*
Mokuba: How did you know?! (pulls down the bandanna) Well, it doesn't matter!

Joey: Look!
Téa: It *is* Kaiba's little brother!

(Mokuba pulls off the hat, letting his bushy black hair fall loose)
Mokuba: That's right; Seto Kaiba is my brother, and he's the best duelist that there ever *was*. (throws away the hat) But now, thanks to Yugi, he's gone; and Pegasus is trying to take over KaibaCorp!
Yugi (Yami): *Pegasus* wants *KaibaCorp*?!
Mokuba: I dunno what you did to my big brother when you dueled, Yugi, but ever since that defeat, he hasn't been the same...

(Flashback)
Mokuba (VO): He ran away 'cause of you! And with him gone, Pegasus moved right in. Some KaibaCorp executives invited 'im to some kinda secret board meeting.
(Pegasus sits in a dark room with a bunch of shadowy executives; we don't see their faces. Pegasus alone is in spotlight, the focus of the meeting.)
FB Pegasus: Now gentlemen, let's see if I understand your proposition. Seto Kaiba has abandoned his corporate station and now *you five* wish to seize control of KaibaCorp.You *then* want to merge with *my* company, and you'd like me to handle any *messy details*, yes?
(Behind Pegasus, a door cracks open; Mokuba is eavesdropping. KaibaCorp's sleazy board of directors, known as the Big Five, all seem to speak as one, in hoarse, raspy, whispery voices.)
FB Big Five: Precisely, Mister Pegasus. With our money and your leadership, we would *easily* take control of KaibaCorp.
FB Pegasus: Do tell.
<12:00>
(Different members of the board now speak, but it's still impossible to tell the difference between them.
FB Big Five: For our plan to succeed, Kaiba must be taken out of the picture-- permanently.
FB Big Five: However, there is one catch. As per the corporate bylaws, only a Kaiba family member can legally control KaibaCorp.
FB Pegasus: Hmm.
FB Big Five: To that end, Pegasus, we recommend kidnapping Kaiba's brother Mokuba. In *name* he will control KaibaCorp, but *we* will control *him*.
FB Big Five: Do these things for us, and we will lay all of KaibaCorp's technology at your feet.
FB Pegasus: Agreed. The elder Kaiba shall meet with an... accident... and the younger Kaiba will be captured.
FB Big Five: Excellent. But we have one final condition.
FB Big Five: The brat who beat Kaiba has tarnished KaibaCorp's good name.
(Mokuba, listening at the door, gasps)
FB Big Five: And we must insist that you restore it.
FB Pegasus: *Well*, how fortuitous. Plans for me to duel Yugi are already underway.
(As Pegasus speaks, he looks at the doorway out of the corner of his eye; he knows Mokuba's there. Mokuba slowly backs away from the door, ready to leave before he *really* gets found out.)
FB Pegasus: Now-- to show that I truly *am* the man for this job...
(Outside the door, Mokuba tries to run away, and runs straight into Kemo, who towers over him with a grin that's nothing short of evil.)
FB Pegasus: Kemo, bring me young Kaiba, would you?
FB Mokuba: No-o-o!!
(Mokuba is brought into the board room, struggling futilely against Kemo's grip.)
FB Mokuba: Ugh- ah- lemme go, you creeps! I heard everything and when I tell *my big brother* you're gonna be--
(Mokuba keeps raving and struggling in the background, as Pegasus ignores him and addresses the Big Five.)
FB Pegasus: You see, gentlemen? *This* is how efficiently <13:00> you can expect me to handle our business. Young Kaiba is captured, Yugi will be defeated, and Seto Kaiba will bother us no more, hahahahahaha!
(End Flashback)

(Mokuba groans, upset at the memory.)
Mokuba: Ugh... It's all your fault; Seto *deserted* me 'cause a you!
Yugi (Yami): You don't understand. Mokuba, your brother *hasn't deserted you*; he's searching for himself.
Mokuba: Liar! Tell it to my monster!
[Krokodilus 1200///]
Mokuba: Go, Krokodilus!
(Winged Dragon counterattacks, and Krokodilus is destroyed. Mokuba's lifepoints fall to 1100)
Yugi (Yami): Battling *me* won't bring your brother back. And we want to stop Pegasus as much as you do! He's taken my grandfather prisoner.

Joey: That's right, *Pegasus* is the bad guy here! Can'tcha see that, ya crazy little kid?!
Mokuba: You're wrong! I have to protect my brother's company, and Yugi's the one Pegasus has to beat in order to take it over!
Téa: Wait; I get it. Mokuba is trying to save his brother's company by defeating Yugi in a duel-- <14:00> so *Pegasus* doesn't get to face Yugi at all!
Tristan: Whaddaya mean?
Joey: Whaddaya *mean* 'what do I mean'?!
Tristan: I wasn't talking to *you*!
(Joey whaps himself on the head)
Joey: Sorry, what did *you* mean, Téa?
(Téa sighs; these silly guys...)
Téa: If Mokuba can keep Pegasus from beating Yugi, he won't be able to take over Kaiba's company.

Yugi (Yami): Ah, that must be it!
(Yugi turns back to Mokuba-- and there's nobody there.)
Yugi (Yami): Hey-- where'd he go?
(Mokuba comes up behind Yugi, jumps up on his dueling platform, and swipes at the star chips on the console on the 'aagh', managing to grab two.)
Mokuba: If I can't beat you-- aagh!-- I'll have you disqualified!
Yugi (Yami): My star chips!
(He jumps down and starts running. Téa, Joey, and Tristan start to run after.)
Tristan: Hold up, ya little punk!
Yugi (Yami): Mokuba, *listen to me*! You'll *never* save Kaiba Corporation that way!
(Mokuba stops, glancing back over his shoulder uneasily at Yugi. Tristan, Téa, and Joey stop short of grabbing him.)
Yugi (Yami): Your big brother is just *confused.* After I defeated Kaiba in our duel, I opened his mind. I removed from him all the dark influences that clouded his thoughts and actions. Free of that evil essence, Kaiba is *struggling*. Now your brother realizes that his way wasn't the right way, and he's searching his heart for *answers*. And you know in your heart what you're doing isn't the right way either.
(Mokuba turns away, trying to convince himself that Yugi's wrong, that he should take the stars and run. He can't. He turns back to face Yugi)
Mokuba: But then... what can I *do*?
Yugi (Yami): You can start by trusting in *me*, <15:00> and together-- *we will* defeat Pegasus! I promise you, we can only bring Pegasus down if we stick together. We'll help you protect your brother, Mokuba, but you've got to help us, okay? You've got to go back and return those cards *and star chips* to the kid you stole them from.
Mokuba: You're right, Yugi. Then we'll take on Pegasus together!
Téa: We've only got three minutes left 'til the boat leaves!
Yugi (Yami): Let's get going, Mokuba!
Mokuba: Let's do it!

(Meanwhile, in a small house on a cliff overlooking the ocean...)
Kaiba (think): Agh! It's no use! I've gone over it a dozen times in my mind, but I still can't figure it out.
(Inside, Kaiba sits at a desk with a big, beige computer monitor on one side of him and an open briefcase on the other. Computer cables crisscross the floor.)
Kaiba (think): How was a kid who came out of *nowhere,* able to defeat a champion like *me*? I've run computer simulations, probability scenarios, and quantum analysis of our duel, but I *still* don't have the answer!

(Flashback to the duel. Yugi has Gaia the Fierce Knight on the field, but not for long as Blue-Eyes vaporizes it.)
Kaiba (VO, think): I had clearly been dominating the match; my Blue-Eyes White Dragon ripped through his forces! I was on the verge of winning! But Yugi wouldn't give up.
(As Yugi glares back at Kaiba, Tristan and Téa run on either side of grandpa's gurney at the hospital.)
Kaiba (VO, think): Against all odds and <16:00> with absolute faith in his grandfather's deck, he somehow drew the one card that assured his victory!
FB Kaiba: Exodia! It's not possible!
FB Yugi (Yami): Exodia... *Obliterate*!!!
FB Kaiba: Uuaaggh...!!
(End Flashback)

(Kaiba looks up from his work, his expression intense, driven.)
Kaiba (think): I've always believed Duel Monsters was a game of sheer power; but *Yugi* claims that the cards have a heart!

(Outside, a pair of dark-suited strangers approach the building.)

(Kaiba continues to work. His deck is sitting over by the computer, and two different sizes of screwdriver and two sizes of pliers are scattered on the work surface. He's tinkering away on two objects, each one shaped like a flipped-over dinner plate; one sits on the desk, and he's holding the other in his hand as he carefully fine-tunes it. Each disk has a central rectangular panel and four more around the center one, each slanting from a side of the center one. The outer edges of the disks are red, with white in the center.)
Kaiba (think): It sounds crazy, I know; but could Yugi be *right*? Is there really a Heart of the Cards that can affect the outcome of a duel? Is that how he won? The only way I'll know for sure is to face Yugi again-- and these new portable holo-generators will enable me to challenge him no matter *where* I find 'im! If I can just get to-- hmm?
(Kaiba breaks off his train of thought at the sound of pounding on the door. Someone shouts through the door.)
- Seto Kaiba! We know you're in there! Open the door or we'll break it down!
(Kaiba places the two disks in the briefcase and closes it, right before the two thugs burst into the room.)
- Let's go, Kaiba.
- On ya feet!
- Mista' Pegasus would like to have a few words wit'cha.
(Kaiba stands and faces them, undaunted.)
Kaiba: Hmph. <17:00> I bet he *would*, but it'll take more than you two goons to grab *me*.
- This can go easy, or we can snap ya in two, wiseguy!
(Then Kaiba makes his move. He kicks the big office chair he was sitting in so it flies right into the two goons and knocks them over.)
Kaiba: You'll never take me alive!
(Kaiba grabs the briefcase, turns and runs for the window next to the desk. We hear him crash through as the two goons regroup.)
- Get 'im!
(The goons run to the ruined window and look down. The ocean is a good fifty feet or more below them, choppy and studded with sharp rocks.)
- He jumped! ...*Nobody* could survive a fall like *that*.
- Looks like *he* did our work *for* us!
(They turn back to the desk; Kaiba's deck is still sitting between the toolbox and the computer. One of the goons flips the top card-- Blue-Eyes.)
- Yeah, that just leaves the rest a' the job. Pegasus was very clear, he wants the deck wit' the deadly Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

ACT 4 <17:29>

(Waves crash against the cliffs of Duelist Kingdom as Yugi, Mokuba, Joey, Tristan, and Téa run for the pier.)
Téa: Hurry, we're almost there!
Tristan: We're gonna *just make it*!
Yugi (Yami): What?!
(Yugi has just spotted the rowboat of disqualified duelists, already sailing away.)
Weevil: I told you I'm not gonna row, so *quit bugging me*!!!
Mokuba: The boat! It's already left!
Joey: And there's the sleazy lowlife that shipped 'em out!
(They run up to Kemo, watching the boat leave from the end of the pier. He doesn't even turn around.)
Kemo: You're too late, those losers are on their way back home.
Téa: Hey; that's not fair, it hasn't been a half-hour yet!
Kemo: Tough luck; *Pegasus* sets the schedule here!
Joey: *That's* it, I'm gonna give you a *flat* top!
(Mokuba runs up to Kemo, holding out his handful of stolen star chips.)
Mokuba: You've gotta call the boat back, <18:00> I've gotta return that kid's star chips to him!
(Kemo callously slaps Mokuba's hand aside, causing him to drop all seven of the star chips he was holding.)
Mokuba: Ahh--!
Yugi (Yami): The star chips!!
Joey, Tristan, Téa: Ahhh!!
(And all seven star chips fall into the water, and sink instantly.)
Joey: What gives?! A buncha those star chips belonged to *Yugi,* ya big jerk!
Mokuba: I am *so sorry*, Yugi.
Kemo: Ha! You *losers* should keep a tighter grip on your valuables, don'tcha think? Then *accidents* like that wouldn't happen! Now...
(Kemo grabs Mokuba in a chokehold, to the shock of Yugi and friends.)
Kemo: Let's go, you; back to the cage! This little *ingrate* is a special guest of Mister Maximillion Pegasus, and he's been invited to attend a special dinner in his honor *back at the castle*. *Right*, Mokuba?
(Mokuba struggles and gasps out a plea for help)
Mokuba: Yugi--!
Yugi (Yami): Hold on!
Kemo: Hmm?
Yugi (Yami): I still have *three* of my star chips left. (points, declaring) I challenge you to a duel, and if I win, Mokuba comes with us!
Kemo: Hmph. I don't know why you'd risk your chips for this punk; but if that's how you wanna waste your last star chips, then meet me back at Arena One-Forty-Six in exactly four hours; you'll have your duel.

(Later, Yugi and friends approach Arena 146, the same one at which Yugi dueled Mokuba)
Joey: Well, we're here. Where's *antenna-head*?
<19:00>
Mokuba: Yugi-! Over here!
(Kemo is standing beside the arena, still easily carrying Mokuba by the neck under one arm.)
Mokuba: Get'im- off me!
Yugi (Yami): Mokuba! *Put him down*, now!
Kemo: I'll consider it, *if* you win the duel.
Yugi (Yami): Oh, I'll *beat you*, all right...
Kemo: I never said *I* would duel. *There* is your opponent!
(Yugi looks at the person waiting atop the red podium, and gasps aloud. The individual atop the podium resembles Seto Kaiba, except for the fact that he seems to radiate darkness. His eyes are strangely blank, unnaturally shadowed.)
Kemo: He's an old friend who's *dying* to see you again! He met with an unfortunate *end* earlier today, but, he's come back *just to duel you*.
Mokuba (panicked): What're you saying?!
(Yugi and friends look at "Kaiba" with unnerved horror; they can't believe it!)
Yugi (Yami): *Kaiba*...!
(The 'ghost' speaks, in a sort of sinister monotone.)
Ghost Kaiba: Mmmhm, yes, Yugi. It's me, Kaiba. And this time you don't stand... a *ghost* of a chance! Hnhnhnhnhnhnhn...
(To Be Continued...)

END <19:40>

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* Special thanks to Yugioh Wikia (http://yugioh.wikia.com) for the air date and official name for Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1.

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