Editing Dark Yugi and Seto Kaiba's Battle City Duel (manga)

| game type    = ''[[Duel Monsters]]''

| event        = [[Battle City]]

[[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] and [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]] faced each other in a game of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' in the second [[Battle City]] semifinal, in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]].

After [[Death-T]], [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi]] had hoped to face Kaiba in a fair Duel.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|1|ref}}</ref> At the conclusion of the [[Duelist Kingdom]] tournament, Kaiba shared a similar sentiment, declaring his battle with Dark Yugi to be unfinished until he defeated Dark Yugi in a fair Duel.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|74|ref}}</ref> With Dark Yugi as the only Duelist that Kaiba recognized as a rival,<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|89|ref}}</ref> Dueling him became one of Kaiba's goals in the Battle City tournament.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|100|ref}}</ref> Having seen the [[Tablet of Lost Memories|Tablet of Memory]] depicting himself [[Atem and Seto's ka battle (manga)|battling]] [[Priest Seto (manga)|Priest Seto]], Dark Yugi wondered if the tablet had predicted his present-day conflict with Kaiba<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|91|ref}}</ref> and believed they were fated to battle.<ref name="d d 180">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|180|ref}}</ref> Yugi entered Battle City, hoping it would give him the chance for the fair Duel with Kaiba.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|92|ref}}</ref>

After translating the effects of [[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]]'s [[Egyptian God|God]] card, "[[The Sun Dragon Ra]]", Kaiba calculated the odds of his Deck defeating it as being 13%.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|177|ref}}</ref> Among the factors to improve his chances, he figured he would need to win "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (manga)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]" from Dark Yugi<ref name="d d 180" /> and see "Ra" used in battle again. For these reasons, he decided he would need to face Dark Yugi in one semifinal and have Katsuya Jonouchi face Dark Marik in the other.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|184|ref}}</ref> His actions in the [[Battle City battle royal (manga)|pairing-organizing battle royal]], contributed to achieving these match-ups.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|183|ref}}</ref>

Kaiba regarded his semifinal with Yugi to be a Duel to determine the ultimate Duelist. As such he prepared a befitting setting, the "Sky Duel Coliseum", a [[Solid Vision]] virtual reality stage.<ref name="d d 193">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|193|ref}}</ref>

Following Jonouchi and Dark Marik's [[Katsuya Jonouchi and Dark Marik's Duel (manga)|Duel]], Jonouchi was left unconscious and not breathing. He was considered dead by Dark Marik. With one hour until the next semifinal, Kaiba instructed Dark Yugi to overcome his friend's death and return in time for their Duel. Dark Yugi began to lose the will to continue fighting, until the [[Millennium Necklace|Millennium Tauk]] showed him a vision of him and Jonouchi Dueling in the future.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|191|ref}}</ref>

Dark Yugi returned to the top of the Duel Tower to face Kaiba. Kaiba had been worried that Dark Yugi's anguish would make the Duel a walkover, but was soon relieved to see that he still had his fighting spirit.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|192|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Kaibadrawsobelisk.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Kaiba]] draws "[[The God of Obelisk]]".]]

Kaiba activated "[[Soul Exchange (manga)|Soul Exchange]]", taking Dark Yugi's "Queen's Knight" and "Kuriboh", allowing him to Sacrifice them, but also relinquishing his sacrificial privileges of his own monsters to Dark Yugi. As soon as "X-Head Cannon" went to Dark Yugi's side, Kaiba activated his face-down "[[Enemy Controller (manga)|Enemy Controller]]", allowing him to control "X-Head Cannon". By [[Cost|paying]] 1000 [[LP|Life Points]] and entering the command "⬅ ➡ Ⓐ Ⓑ", he was able to Sacrifice "X-Head Cannon".<ref name="d d 193" />

With the Summoning of "Obelisk" canceled, the Sacrifices remained on the field and the effect of "Soul Exchange" ended. Although Kaiba was unable to use "Obelisk" for another three turns, he was not bothered too much, since he still had a plan to Summon a God, making use of "[[Voice of the Heavens]]".<ref name="d d 194">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|194|ref}}</ref>

Kaiba Summoned "[[Y-Dragon Head (manga)|Y-Dragon Head]]" and Dark Yugi noted its similar naming syntax to "X-Head Cannon". He wondered if they were magnet monsters with the ability to fuse. From the fear in Dark Yugi's eyes, Kaiba saw that he had figured it out and fused his monsters to form "[[XY-Dragon Cannon (manga)|XY-Dragon Cannon]]". He warned Dark Yugi that with the final part, "[[Z-Metal Tank|Z]]", he would achieve their ultimate fusion. Kaiba's fused monsters would be too strong for Dark Yugi's to overcome and after two turns would provide sufficient Sacrifice for "Obelisk". Dark Yugi realized that Kaiba had planned this from the beginning and thought it was a perfect strategy for Summoning God.<ref name="d d 194" />

Kaiba asked if it scared Dark Yugi, knowing that his God card would be freed in three turns and what if he were to say that he did not have to wait. He declared that the God cards always wind up in the hands of the ultimate Duelist. Dark Marik agreed, but claimed that he was said "ultimate Duelist", rather than Kaiba. Kaiba then activated "[[Voice of the Heavens]]", paying 1000 Life Points to declare "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (manga)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]", allowing him to take that from Dark Yugi's Deck. "Slifer" was near the bottom of Dark Yugi's Deck, with "[[Dark Magician Girl (manga)|Dark Magician Girl]]", being at the very bottom. Being that far down, Kaiba reckoned Dark Yugi would not have drawn it this Duel. He laughed and asked if Dark Yugi now understood that the God cards only obey him. However Dark Yugi smiled and replied "We'll see about that." He gestured to his [[face-down]], "[[Exchange (manga)|Exchange]]", and said that he had planned on activating it the moment that "Obelisk" went free.<ref name="d d 194" />

Dark Yugi reflected on [[Yugi Mutou and Brainwashed Jonouchi's Duel (manga)|the Duel]] against [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Jonouchi]], who was brainwashed by [[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]] and how "Exchange" was used then to win back Jonouchi's friendship. He activated "Exchange", while thinking that he inherited a part of Jonouchi's Duelist spirit that day, and took back "Slifer the Sky Dragon".<ref name="d d 194" /> Kaiba, being able to a card from Dark Yugi's hand, took "[[Life Shaver (manga)|Life Shaver]]".<ref name="d d 195">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|195|ref}}</ref>

Kaiba Set<ref name="d d 195" /> "[[Interdimensional Matter Transporter (manga)|Interdimensional Matter Transporter]]",<ref name="d d 196">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|196|ref}}</ref> which Dark Yugi suspected was "Life Shaver". He Summoned his third magnet monster, "[[Z-Metal Tank (manga)|Z-Metal Tank]]". With "X", "Y" and "Z" on the field, Kaiba fused the three to form "[[XYZ-Dragon Cannon (manga)|XYZ-Dragon Cannon]]".<ref name="d d 195" />

Dark Yugi Set<ref name="d d 196" /> "[[Pot of Greed (manga)|Pot of Greed]]",<ref name="d d 197">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|197|ref}}</ref> which surprised Kaiba, since it lowered the number of cards in his hand, and therefore the ATK of "Slifer" ("Slifer": 3000 → 2000 ATK, 3000 → 2000 [[DEF]]).<ref name="d d 196" />

"Obelisk" attacked "Slifer", but Dark Yugi activated "[[Pot of Greed (manga)|Pot of Greed]]", drawing two cards ("Slifer": 3000 → 5000 ATK, 3000 → 5000 DEF). Kaiba responded with "[[Life Shaver (manga)|Life Shaver]]", causing Dark Yugi to discard<ref name="d d 197" /> "[[Dark Magician (manga)|Dark Magician]]"<ref name="d d 199">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|199|ref}}</ref> ("Slifer": 5000 → 4000 ATK), leaving the two God cards with the same ATK.<ref name="d d 197" />

As "Obelisk" and "Slifer" destroyed each other, a brilliant white light was emitted, forming a sphere, which engulfed Dark Yugi and Kaiba. The spectators in the Battle Ship saw the light and wondered if the Duel Tower was after exploding. The [[Millennium Rod]] began to glow; a phenomenon Dark Marik equated to its behavior during [[Seto Kaiba and Ishizu Ishtar's Duel (manga)|Kaiba and Ishizu's Duel]], leaving him conclude that another of Kaiba's memories was about to manifest. The Millennium Puzzle reacted similarly and Dark Yugi and Kaiba consciously found themselves floating min-air at the ruins of the [[pharaoh's palace]], in ancient Egypt, where they witnessed some of [[Atem and Seto's ka battle (manga)|the battle]] between [[Priest Seto (manga)|Priest Seto]] and [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Pharaoh Atem]].<ref name="d d 198">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|198|ref}}</ref>

[[File:D-198 Pharaoh VS Priest.png|thumb|left|250px|Dark Yugi and Kaiba witness [[Atem (manga)|Atem]] and [[Priest Seto (manga)|Seto]]'s [[Atem and Seto's ka battle|battle]].]]

Seto and Atem, stood at opposite sides of an arena. Seto declared that the [[Akhenaden (manga)|High Priest of Darkness]] had conquered Heaven and Earth with his evil power and that Atem's divine right and [[Millennium Items]] were worthless against the power of darkness. He professed himself an enemy to Atem, with one wish to defeat him with his own hands. The two began to battle. Using their Millennium Items, Seto and Atem erected [[stone slabs]] and Summoned [[The White Dragon (manga)|The White Dragon]] and [[Mahado (manga)|Dark Magician]], respectively. Dark Yugi and Kaiba recognized the scene as the one depicted on the [[Tablet of Lost Memories|Tablet of Memory]].<ref name="d d 198" />

With no monsters on Kaiba's side of the field, Dark Yugi wondered if he could make a successful attack and Summoned "[[Baphomet (manga)|Baphomet]]". Kaiba then activated "Clone Reproduction", Summoning a copy of "Baphomet" to his side and reminded Dark Yugi that a battle would result in the destruction of both monsters. Dark Yugi switched "Baphomet" to Defense Mode and Set<ref name="d d 199" /> "[[Magic Formula (manga)|Magic Formula]]".<ref name="d d 200">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|200|ref}}</ref> Kaiba commented that it was a wise move, but that he was going to Sacrifice the clone.<ref name="d d 199" />

Dark Yugi drew "Monster Reborn". He reminded Kaiba of the tablet depicting the battle they witnessed. Pharaoh or priest, he said it did not matter who the people were, what was carved was their spirit as Duelists and that spirit has been passed on to him and Kaiba. He then activated "Monster Reborn" to revive "Dark Magician", which Kaiba realized must have been the card discarded for "[[Life Shaver (manga)|Life Shaver]]". The field now echoed the scene from the tablet. Dark Yugi noted that the tablet did not say what happened next and that it was time for them to settle it.<ref name="d d 199" />

Dark Yugi Set a card. Since "Monster Reborn" can only affect a God card for a single turn, "Obelisk" returned to Kaiba's Graveyard at the end of the turn.<ref name="d d 200" />

With only two monsters, both weaken than "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", Dark Yugi worried that he was unable to defend himself and wondered if it was all over. Kaiba warned Dark Yugi to brace himself and carve Kaiba's name into his memories as the name of the true winner. He declared a triple attack with the three Dragons. Dark Yugi briefly shut his eyes in anticipation of defeat, but opened them upon hearing Jonouchi's voice, telling him not to lose. An apparition of Jonouchi appeared next to him and reiterated that Dark Yugi had always thought him that there is always a chance while you still have cards in your hand and that a true Duelist never gives up. Dark Yugi looked at his hand, which contained the "[[Red-Eyes Black Dragon (manga)|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]" card, which had belonged to Jonouchi.<ref name="d d 201">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|201|ref}}</ref>

The sound of "The Flute of Summoning Dragons" affects Dragons in both players hands, so Dark Yugi Special Summoned "Red-Eyes Black Dragon".<ref name="d d 201">

The following cards from each player's Decks were shown:

* [[Dark Paladin (manga)| Dark Paladin]]

* [[XYZ-Dragon Cannon (manga)| XYZ-Dragon Cannon]]

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