Supersonic11: Hey folks! I'm back with yet another tale from the crypt…-cackles-
Bakura: . Rrrrright…
Supersonic11: Okay now! Well this tale is what I like to call "Mystery of the Masked Duelist".
Bakura: Really now? This masked character doesn't seem all that tough.
Spuersonic11: Well Bakura…I cannot tell you who this masked character is now can I?
Bakura: Whatever… . If he comes my way, I just kill him…-cackles evilly-
Supersonic11: Rrrrright… . and now to this disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Supersonic11 doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh. But he does own his made up characters.
Bakura: And now, on with the story.
Title: Mystery of the Masked Duelist
Chapter 1: A New Foe! Danger Lurks In The Dark!
It was a quiet day in the town of Domino. The birds were chirping and the sun was beginning to rise. Yugi was in bed with his little ducky PJs on sleeping peacefully until there was a loud buzz going off next to him. Yugi rolls over and quickly shuts off the clock and rubs his eyes as he gets up from his bed.
"Ugh…. what time is it?" Yugi yawned as he looks to his clock and it read 6:30AM. Yugi's eyes widened at the clock and he went crazy to find his clothes.
"I'M LATE! GOTTA FIND MY CLOTHES!" Yugi looked in his drawers and picked up his school uniform, which was a white T-shirt with a black jacket and blue jeans. Yami, in spirit form, sits on the bed watching Yugi going nuts trying to put on his clothes.
'Hurry Yugi or you'll be late!' Yami tapped his foot and folded his arms patiently.
'Don't you think I know that?' Yugi quickly put on his clothes and then he takes the chain that's attached to the millennium puzzle and puts it around his neck.
'Well if you haven't set you alarm this late this would have never happen,' Yami sighed and Yugi glares to the spirit sitting on bed and then Yugi also sighs and rushes downstairs and past his grandfather and out the door. He had his book bag on his back and he rushed as fast as he could towards the school. Finally, he reaches up to his friends that he saw that were about to go in the school.
"Hey guys! Sorry I was late. I woke up late," Yugi said rubbing the back of his head and sweatdrops.
"Heh, don't sweat it man. I get up late as well," Joey cheers Yugi, and Honda and Tea chuckles a little as the first period bell has rung when they entered school.
Everyone in the room took their seat at their own desk and class was now in session, but a new kid had just entered. He had dark purple hair that reached near his shoulders; he also wore the same uniform as all the other guys in the classroom. He stood about 5'8 and he had a book bag on his back was well.
"Class! We have a new student here at Domino High School. His name is Haku Agata," the teacher introduced Haku to everyone in the classroom and everyone looked to Haku and they seemed to not mind his presence. The teacher pointed out a seat right next to Yugi and Haku sat down and put his book bag beside him.
"Hi there! I'm Yugi Mutou. Welcome to Domino High School," Yugi extended his arm out for a handshake and Haku accepted it.
"Nice to meet you Yugi Mutou. Are these your friends?" Haku pointed out to Yugi's friends sitting around him.
"Hiya! Joey Wheeler is my name! Nice to meet ya Haku!" Joey chuckled and shook Haku's hand and he introduces Haku to the others. "And right there is Tristian, and over there is Tea." He points out to both Tea and Tristian as they both waved "Hi."
Class had begun and everyone sat there pretty much listening to the teacher. People were either taking notes or just not paying attention at all. Hours and hours of teaching passed by and the final bell had ringed for dismissal. Everyone was excited about leaving the school and everyone including Yugi and the gang left and Haku followed afterward.
"So Yugi, I heard that you've won the Battle City Championship. I'm quite impressed," Haku said and Jou looked to Haku.
"Hey! What about me? I'm a duelist also aren't I? I competed in Battle City!" Joey says in his bragging tone of voice and all of them sweatdropped at Joey. "What? It's true!"
"No one remembers last place Joey." Tristian says in a dull tone of voice and Joey chases after Tristian and chokes in to death.
"Now you're starting to sound like Kaiba you dumbass!"
"So, Haku, do you also play duel monsters?" Tea asked Haku and Haku turned and simply smiled.
"Well, I'm not that good of a duelist but I am looking forward to a duel between Yugi or Seto Kaiba."
The sun was soon to set and it was getting kind of dark. Everyone said their goodbyes and walked in the opposite direction. Haku, the only one still standing there, smirked and he rushed over to the dark ally and opened his book bag. He took out his costume and he said to himself. "This night Yugi, your Egyptian God Cards shall be in my possession." Haku quickly changes and he puts on a duel disk on his right arm and puts his deck inside and he chases after Yugi quickly.
Yugi was walking all by himself home. He sighed to himself as he made it back home and his grandpa greeted him.
"How was school Yugi?" Mr. Mutou asked his grandson as he was wiping off the glass counter.
"I met a new kid today grandpa! His name was Haku and he seemed kind of friendly," Yugi said all excitedly like and he run up into his room. Yugi sent his book bag down and he layed down on his bed and looked to the nighttime sky. Just then, he notices a guy wearing a mask at the window and he smashes it.
"Hey! Who are you and why are you hear!" Yugi yells at the masked person but he stayed silent and quickly took the golden box that had the Egyptian Gods in it and he ran off quickly and out of the house. "Come back here!" Yugi took a duel disk and his deck along with him and ran off.
The chase came to a stop and the masked figure glanced at Yugi who stood before him. This was his chance if he was able to defeat Yugi now that he got his attention.
"Well, well, the great champion Yugi Mutou stands before me. I have your Egyptian God Cards captive and if you want them back. You will duel me for them. Win, and I'll give you the cards back. Fail, and they shall remain mine!" The masked figure chuckled and he smirked under his masked.
"Fine! I accept you challenge!" Yugi's millennium puzzle glows and now Yami appears before the masked duelist. His duel disk turns on as he puts his deck inside. "I will win back the Egyptian God Cards! Mark my words!"
Yami Yugi: 4000
Cards in Hand: 5
Masked Duelist: 4000
Cards in Hand: 6
"You may called me, 'The Phantom Renegade.' Now I'll start first." The phantom drew his 6 cards and he smirked at what he just received. "First I play one spell/trap card faced down and I play the spell card Call of the Mummy, which allows me to special summon a zombie monster from my hand when I have no monsters on the field. So I call forth my Vampire Lord! (2000/1500) Your move."
Phantom: Cards in Hand: 3
Yami drew his first 6 cards as well and looked at his hand and planned a defense. "I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in defense mode. Then, I set two spell/trap cards faced down. Your move phantom!"
Yami Yugi: Cards in Hand: 3
It was the phantom's turn and he drew his one card from his deck and examined it. Then he placed another monster down on his duel disk. "Come forth my Regenerating Mummy! (1800/1500) Attack his Celtic Guardian!" The mummified like creature appears and it hurled a bunch of wraps of bandages at the warrior and it crushes it until it collapsed. "Now Vampire Lord, attack directly!" The malevolent vampire smirks and opened its cape as a huge swarm of bats appeared and they're going right toward Yami to bite him.
Phantom: Cards in Hand: 3
"Not so fast! I activate my Spellbinding Circle! This will stop your vampire's attack and preventing him from attacking or switching positions. And if you sacrifice, that monster will also be ensnared in my trap." A magic circle appears and shield Yami from being attacked and it pushed the bats away and reached the sinister Vampire Lord and the circle snapped on him like he was tied with a rope.
"Fine…it's your move now." The phantom said with not much confidence in his voice.
Yami drew a card from his deck and it seemed that he was very confident that now he got the phantom cornered. "First I play Polymerization to fuse Berformet and Gazelle to form Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast! (2100/1800)." Yami then pushed a button on his duel disk and a faced down card of his raised up. "Next I activate my Cost Down magic card to decrease the level of a monster in my hand so I can summon forth my Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700)!"
The phantom didn't seem worried but in Yami's view, it hard to tell the looks on his face since it's being hidden with a mask. "I guess I underestimated you then Yugi Mutou. You're a better duelist then I thought." A smirk appeared under that mask of his and the pharaoh stared down at the phantom.
Yami: Cards in Hand: 0
"You haven't seen my true potential yet masked duelist! Chimera, attack his Regenerating Mummy!" With that order from the pharaoh, the two-headed winged beast did so as it leap forward at the mummy and set it flying.
Yami Yugi: 4000
Phantom Renegade: 3700
Cards in Hand: 3
"And now for my second attack and that is to your life points! Dark Magician Girl, attack him directly!" Just when the female sorceress raised her staff to gather energy, dark chain appeared and came straight at her binding her tightly and also draining her strength.
"Too bad for your Dark Magician Girl, she's tied up in my Shadow Spell trap card. It disables her attack and lowers her attack points by 700." The phantom snickered at the pharaoh's reckless move and the pharaoh had a disgusted look on his face since there was nothing left for him to do. Yami signaled the phantom that he has ended his turn for now and it was time for the phantom to strike back. He drew a card from his deck and looked to it. "First I activate my Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your spellbinding circle." A gust swooped up and immediately destroyed the circle that was stuck on the Vampire monster. "Then I play black pendant to raise my monster's attack points by 500. And now my Vampire Lord, attack his Dark Magician Girl!"
The Vampire wore a powerful necklace that made it stronger and it opened it cape to set all of his bat pets free and they were all coming toward the female sorceress and then seconds later after the bats struck, she was no where to be seen since the bats have done their job.
Yami Yugi: 2800
Phantom Renegade: 3700
Cards in Hand: 2
Yami had a horrifying look on his face since one of his favorite monsters was gone but he had to find a way to turn this match around. "Since my Vampire did damage to your life points, you must discard a card from your deck but that type of card is my choice. So, you have to discard a monster card."
Yami did so and he picked another one of his favorite magicians to the graveyard like he wanted to do that. "I finished my part and now you finish yours."
"Fine. My turn is over Yugi and your life pointer getting lower." The phantom chuckled slightly watching the pharaoh struggling in his duel.
Yami quickly drew a card from his deck and he smiled at the one card he has and he place in the magic/trap card slot of his duel disk. "I shall place one spell/trap card faced down and end my turn."
The phantom stared at Yami's faced down magic/trap card and then to his monster and thought to himself. 'He kept his own monster in attack position for a reason and it might his faced down card.' The phantom drew a card and things seemed to be going well for him. "I play the magic card Spell Absorption. As long as this card is on the field, for each spell card that is activated, I gain 500 life points. Now my Vampire Lord, attack his Chimera!"
Phantom Renegade: Cards in Hand: 2
Again, the Vampire open his cape for his bat pets to be free to kill it's victim but as soon as the bats reached Chimera, one big hat appeared with a question mark on it and then it multiplied into three hats. "What's this! Explain Yugi!"
Yami smirked as his faced down card was his Magical Hats. "Well, it seems you have to play a game of chance with my hats now. All you have to do is pick one. If you pick the wrong hat, then it's too bad for you."
The phantom was not happy about this and he ordered his Vampire to attack the middle hat and the bats aimed for that hat and they went right through the hat and nothing seemed to be there. "Damn you and your hat trick…"
Yami enjoyed the fact that he fooled the phantom into attacking one of his hats. The phantom signaled the end of his turn and the hats evaporated and Chimera was spotted in the left hat. Yami drew a card and he placed it in his magic/trap card zone and activated it. "I activate my Card of Sanctity! This lets us draw until we have 6 cards in out hands." Yami drew 6 cards straight and the phantom only drew 4 cards into his hands. "Now then, I activate my magic card Tribute Doll! It allows me to sacrifice my Chimera so I can summon a level seven monster from my hand and that is my Dark Magician! (2500/2100) Afterwards, I place two cards faced down and my turn ends!"
Yami Yugi: Cards in Hand: 2
The phantom smirked as he watched his life points only go higher by the maneuver the pharaoh pulled. "Thanks to that show you made Yugi, my life points increase by 1000 since you have played two magic cards."
Phantom Renegade: 4700
Yami Yugi: 2800
The phantom drew a card from his deck and he had many options to make before he attacks the pharaoh. 'Let's see, he has his Dark Magician on the field and I have my Vampire Lord and they both have equal attack strengths. I'll use this card just in case.' After the phantom thought out his moves, he placed a card in his duel disk on the magic/trap card slot. "I set one magic/trap card faced down and I play my Block Attack magic card to switch your monster to defense mode so my Vampire Lord can attack your Dark Magician!"
Phantom Renegade: Cards in Hand: 5
The powerful magician was weakened as he feel to his knees in defense and the swarm of bats came flying at him until he began to glow and the magician's circle appeared beneath the defending magician. Yami smirked as he raised his faced down magic/trap card. "I activate my magic card Dedication through Light and Darkness! It allows me to sacrifice my Dark Magician to summon Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) from my hand, graveyard, or deck. In that case, the card I sent to the graveyard with the effect of your Vampire Lord is my Dark Magician of Chaos."
The card came out of his graveyard slot and Yami placed it on his duel disk. In the magician's circle the Dark Magician transformed into a powerful new magician and he was much taller and he had long black hair. It was like he was all black everywhere and he had a tall and mighty staff. "With the effect of my magician, whenever I special summon it or normal summon it, I add one spell card from my graveyard to my hand."
Another card came out of the graveyard slot of Yami's duel disk and he took the card he need and it was his Card of Sanctity. "Now for my counterattack! Dark Magician of Chaos, Chaos Scepter Blast!
Yami Yugi: Cards in Hand: 3
The magician twirled its staff and collected a mass amount of energy and he hurled it at the Vampire Lord. The Vampire tried his best to escape the blast but it was too late. The phantom looked to his duel disk but it did not worry him much that this magician wasn't much of a deal for him.
Yami Yugi: 2300
Phantom Renegade: 4900
"You're trying way too hard Yugi. Have you forgotten my Spell Absorption magic card? I gain 500 life points for each time a spell card is activated. So that attack didn't do much to me. Also, since black pendant went to the graveyard, you lose 500 life points." The phantom laughed hard and the pharaoh stood there as he has forgotten about the Spell Absorption card on the field. The pharaoh signaled the end of his turn and the pharaoh seemed pleased.
The phantom drew one card from his deck and he immediately placed the card on his duel disk. "Now, I summon Despair from the Dark! (2800/3000)"
"Wait a minute! You can't summon that monster. It's too high of a level to summon." The pharaoh yelled out but the phantom couldn't help but laugh harder at the clueless pharaoh.
"Yugi, have you forgotten my Call of the Mummy magic card? Since I have no monsters on my side of the field, I get special summon one zombie monster to my side of the field. That's not all because I equip it with Malevolent Nuzzler raising its attack points by 700."
Phantom Renegade: Cards in Hand: 4
"Now, attack my dark one!" An evil spirited like monster appeared with a bulky form. It had two large arms and it was being powered up by an evil aurora surrounded it. It hurled its might fist at the magician and the magician stood there confident in his master's abilities.
"Activate trap card, Magic Cylinder! It will negate your monster's attack and send it right back at your life points!" Two huge cylinders appeared with question marks on them. The monster's huge fist was sucked into one of the cylinders and then it flew out of the second cylinder and it hit the masked duelist right in the stomach and it sent him flying about a foot and a half.
Yami Yugi: 2300
Phantom Renegade: 1400
"Bastard…you'll pay for that!" A curse was mumbled underneath the phantom's breath as he stood up from the attack and he activated one of his faced down cards. "I activate my Skull Invitation! So now each time a card goes to a player's graveyard, that player loses 300 life points. Now, make your move Yugi!"
"Very well…" The pharaoh drew a card and he smiled once again and it was now time to win. "I play my magic card, Offerings to the Doomed! So now your monster is gone!"
Huge bandages came and wrapped up the evil spirited monster and dragged it down back into the graveyard from whence it came from. And now the phantom was shocked to see that his side of the field was open for a direct attack, even though his life points went up.
Yami Yugi: 2300
Cards in Hand: 3
Phantom Renegade: 1900
Cards in Hand: 4
"Now magician, attack him directly!" The black magician fired another energy shot and this time it came hurling to the phantom and he was shot again and he fell to the ground. The life points on the phantom's duel disk went down to 0.
After the duel was over, the holograms disappear and Yami walks over to the phantom as he rose to his feet. Yami glared a cold stare at the phantom but also a puzzling one wondering what he was after.
"Hehehe…you may have one this duel…but the phantom will strike again." The phantom ran off as he left the gold box that contained the god cards since he had to keep his part of the deal.
'Who is this guy Yugi? He seems to be after the Egyptian God Cards like everyone else.' Yami told to his soul partner who was standing beside him in spirit form.
'I dunno but I got a bad feeling about him. We might meet up with again someday.' Yugi explains to the pharaoh and they both sigh, as things will get much worse. Yami takes his spirit form again and lets Yugi take control and Yugi picks up the box only seeing that only Osiris remains in the box. "OH NO! He took the other Egyptian God Cards…"
Yugi quickly runs back home so he can figure out this mystery that is going on.
End of Chapter 1
Supersonic11: WOW! I say that I like the first chapter of my great story! How about you Bakura?
Bakura: Phantom Renegade? Lemme see, you got some crook trying to steal rare cards for no reason? AND HE TOOK THE GOD CARDS! Looks like I'll have to interfere in his plans. –cackles-
Supersonic11: He took 2 out of the 3… .
Bakura: Whatever… .
Supersonic11: Well, let's just say the name "Phantom Renegade" doesn't belong to me either. It belongs to another cartoon but I'm going to be using that name.
Bakura: -coughs-RIPOFF!-coughs-
Supersonic11: …rrrrrrrright…..anyways, I hope you like the first chapter of my story, because I'm going to make more. Just post your opinion and tell me what you think.