Destined to be Yours

Chapter 27: Duel Against the Creator Part 2

"Clever girl, aren't you?" Pegasus commented. On his side of the field had Faceless Illusionist (1200/2200) in defence mode, Toon Gemini Elf (1900/900) in attack mode, and the Spell Card Toon World. Akia's side of the field had two Magician's Valkyria (1600/1800) in attack mode. Pegasus then placed a facedown to end his turn. He didn't want to risk anything, especially that now he couldn't read Akia's mind due to her protecting herself with her Millennium Scale. Keeping his composure, however, he smirked at her.

"Don't you guys find it weird how calm Pegasus is?" Honda noted.

"Hm? What do you mean?" Anzu asked.

"I mean that this probably means that he's sure he can't lose... Don't you think that maybe he's planning to play dirty using the hostages he's keeping?" The brown-haired boy replied.

"Come on, you're worrying way too much. Pegasus is a duelist too. He has to have some honour," Jounouchi denied his friend's worries.

"I guess..." Honda said, but he wasn't convinced. He then made up his mind to go find the hostages to keep Pegasus from playing any dirty tricks on Akia. "I have to go to the bathroom. Tell me what I miss when I come back." Honda then left in a hurry. The Spirit of the Ring was observing the whole thing. He knew that Honda was going to search for the hostages. For him, this could be very useful, since the hostages were devoid of their souls, making them potential vessels for him. Without a word, he followed behind Honda when the others were too busy concentrating on the Duel.

"I draw!" Akia looked at her hand. She then looked at Pegasus' side of the field. She remembered the duel he had with Yugi. Pegasus had used a spell card with his Faceless Illusionist that took control of Yugi's Black Magician. She knew she needed to get rid of that Illusionist, or it would be a big loss of one of her Magician's Valkyria. "I'll set a monster in facedown defence position, and put two cards facedown. I'll end my turn." That was all she could do for now.

Meanwhile, Honda made his way into an underground dungeon. There were a few cells around. He had heard some of Pegasus' henchmen talking about keeping Mokuba down there. He then hid inside a suit of armour and started searching for the cell where Mokuba was.

It was now Pegasus' turn. He drew a card from his deck. He was treading very cautiously, now that he didn't know what to expect from his opponent. He was worried about the two facedown cards she had laid on her side of the field. However, he knew that she would be planning to destroy his Faceless Illusionist as soon as she could, to prevent him from using Eye of Illusion on one of her Magician's Valkyria. Little did she know, he had just drawn the card.

"Akia girl... You really are giving me a hard time. I'll switch my Faceless Illusionist to attack mode," Pegasus told his opponent.

"You...!" Akia's eyes widened.

"By the look on your face, I'd say you figured out what I'm about to do. That's right! I'll activate my Eye of Illusion and target one of your Magician's Valkyria."

"I won't let you!" Akia then reached out for one of her facedown cards and flipped it face up. "I activate Book of Taiyou! I'm sure you know what that will do."

"You're going to flip a facedown monster into face up attack position... The only monster would be...!" Pegasus retorted, dreading what was next.

Akia smirked, knowing that Pegasus was probably expecting exactly what she was about to do, but he had no way of stopping it, "exactly. The only facedown card is one of my monsters which is..." She flipped her defence monster to face up attack position. "Man-Eater Bug! Of course, the reason why I did that is because of its flip effect. I get to destroy one of your monsters. And I'll choose... Your Illusionist."