Chapter 2
"Yugi, I'll start this one off with my X- Head Cannon in attack mode (1800/1500). I'll then place these two cards face down and end my turn." Seto began.
"Very well, my move." Yugi said, the slightest hint of nervousness in his voice. "I'll place one card face down in defense mode, and I'll also play one card face down. That ends my turn."
Seto drew with force, adding the drawn Y-Dragon Head to his hand. "I'll play this monster in defense mode." he said, moving his hand over to the other side of his hand. "Now, X-Head Cannon, attack his facedown monster!" As the blast of light struck the card, the blobs of Marshmallon reformed on Yugi's field.
"You've activated the effect of my Marshmallon, dealing you one thousand points of damage!" Seto- 3000.
"I end my turn." Seto said, rather displeased.
"My turn." Yugi called, drawing, brining his hand to five. "I activate Marshmallon Glasses. This card forces you to select Marshmallon as an attack target. Next, I send one card from my hand to my graveyard in order to special summon The Tricky (2000/1200). Now, Tricky, attack his X-Head Cannon!"
"Go, Attack Guidance Armor." Seto called, revealing his trap card. "Redirect the attack to Marshmallon!" The blob of pink separated and reformed, much like Revival Jam.
"I end my turn with one card face down." Yugi said, passing it on to Seto. Seto happily obliged.
"I draw!" he announced. "Then I summon my Y-Dragon Head from my hand (1500/1600)! Next, I'll flip summon my Z-Metal Tank!"
"I chain my Tricky Spell 4 to your summon! This allows me to sacrifice my Tricky to summon three Tricky Tokens in defense mode (DEF 1200)." Yugi added.
"Very well. Now I activate Soul Absorption, my other face down card. For every card removed from the game, I gain five hundred life points! So now, I remove my three monsters from the game to summon my XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600, Seto- 4500)! Next I will use my Dragon Cannon's special effect! By sending a card in my hand to the graveyard, I can automatically destroy Marshmallon." The fluff shattered where it floated. "Now, Dragon Cannon, attack his Tricky Token!"
"Activate trap card, Negate Attack! This card ends the Battle Phase of your turn." Yugi interrupted.
"Fine. I finish my turn with a face down card." Seto said, knowing what would come next.
"I draw." Yugi said, brining his hand count to a mere two. Two was all he needed. "I sacrifice my three Tricky Tokens, in order to summon my Slifer the Sky Dragon (1000/1000)! Next I activate my Card of Sanctity. This card causes us each to draw until we are holding six cards. Finally, I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your last line of defense (Slifer ATK- 5000). I know that you are aware of how Slifer's attack and defense are calculated, Kaiba."
"Just do it." Seto said, focusing on his hand.
"Slifer, attack his XYZ-Dragon Cannon, now, with Thunderforce Strike!" The Dragon disappeared in the smoke. Seto- 2300
"I will now play a card face down and end my turn." Yugi said. Slifer- 4000/4000
Seto looked up from his hand. "Yugi, in your focus on summoning Slifer the Sky Dragon to the field, you have allowed me to gather the cards necessary to defeat you!"
A rush of whispers flooded through the crowd. Even Chancellor Sheppard seemed shocked at the accusation. At this time, an unexpected visitor entered the arena unnoticed. He moved quietly and slowly, as to not attract any attention.
"I will first activate Polymerization, fusing the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand to summon the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Seto said, summoning his famed creature.
"Don't forget about Slifer's effect." Yugi pointed out. "Blue-Eyes loses two thousand points (BEUD- 2500)!"
"I know." Seto said, annoyed. "Now I sacrifice my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to summon my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!" The Ultimate Dragon began to crack, each time pouring more and more light into the arena. It finally deteriorated away, revealing a shiny dragon, to which Yugi had ever seen once before. "As you know, my Shining Dragon is not affected by Slifer's effect. Now, I activate the hidden ability of my Shining Dragon!" It allows me to sacrifice it and destroy any one card on the field. So, Shining Dragon, use your Shining Nova and take down Slifer the Sky Dragon!"
Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon began to circle Slifer, increasing its speed and brightness with each passing revolution. It finally just became a blur, blinding all who attempted to witness. As the dragon let out its fury, the man who had entered the arena moments ago fell to his hands and knees in dire pain. He didn't dare make a sound, even in excruciating pain. Joey Wheeler let out a yell of disapproval.
"No way!" he complained. "His plan actually worked!"
People around the world paused for a moment to take in what had just happened. Those watching the duel on skyscraper monitors fell to a hush. Several major interstates came to a standstill. The news had shocked everyone who had seen or heard the news. It might have been considered unlawful to drive under such shock.
The field cleared, leaving Yugi's face down card, Marshmallon, and Seto's Soul Absorption.
"Now, I use this card, Monster Reborn, to bring back my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)! Ultimate Dragon, attack with Neutron Blast!
"Reveal face down card! Dark Magic Retribution! This allows me to bring back The Tricky from the graveyard to take the assault!" Yugi called, saving himself. Yugi-1500
Seto, with one card and no attacks left, ended his turn by playing that last card face down. Yugi drew, planning his counterattack.
"I activate Monster Reborn, bringing back my Queen's Knight from the graveyard. Next, I summon my King's Knight. This allows me to summon Jack's Knight from my deck. Now, I activate my magic card, Double Summon. This card allows me to perform an addition normal summon this turn. So, I sacrifice my three knights." He then began chanting. Seto rolled his eyes at the chant.
"Almighty protector of the sun and sky, I beg of thee, please heed my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight. I beseech thee, grace our humble game. But first I shall call out thy name, Winged Dragon of Ra!"
"Now, Winged Dragon of Ra (5000/4000), attack his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Seto- 1800
The duel had completely swapped sides. It was only five minutes ago that Seto had Yugi cornered, and now, Seto was facing his own demise, depending on what he was about to draw.
"I use Card of Demise, allowing me to draw until I have five cards, but, in five turns, I must discard my hand. Now, I use Magical Stone Excavation. By giving up two cards from my hand, I get back one spell from my graveyard. So, I get to use Monster Reborn again, to bring back my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Next, I use Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Then, I use Monster Reincarnation. By sending Vorse Raider, I can bring back my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon back to my hand."
"No! Not again!" Tea exclaimed. The stranger who has previously entered gathered up the strength to reach his destination. The edge of the stands.
It was very apparent to the world that this duel would rank as the greatest of all time. To public knowledge, only Yugi had ever defeated an Egyptian God card without using an Egyptian God.
"I summon my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, and activate its special ability, allowing me to destroy the Winged Dragon of Ra!" Seto announced. His words were true. Shining Dragon followed the exact same flight pattern as before, prepared to crush it in its vortex.
"Yugi!" Pegasus Crawford yelled in a warped voice from the edge of the stands, causing Yugi to look to his left.
"Pegasus?" Yugi wondered. Pegasus was stricken with another assault of pain as Ra was destroyed. He fell to the floor, shaking in agony. Chancellor Sheppard rushed over, only to be stopped by Pegasus himself.
"Don't touch me " he managed to get out, still in the warped voice from before.
Yugi turned once more to face Seto. The field was once again, eerily empty. All that remained was Kaiba's Soul Absorption, his face down card and Yugi's own Marshmallon Glasses.
"Yes, we have just received word that Yugi Mutou has lost his second Egyptian God card to Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" said a Californian newscaster. "We will keep you updated through the hour."
"I-95 witnessed one of the largest traffic jams its seen in years earlier today, and police are still trying to get cars to keep on down the highway."
"Now, I play this card face down and end my turn." Seto said, proud of his achievements.
Yugi drew a card. "I activate Premature Burial! By giving up eight hundred life points, I can bring back my Tricky in attack mode (2000)!" Yugi- 700 "Now, I use Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards. "Go, Tricky, attack Seto's life points directly!"
"I reveal my spell card, Shirnk, reducing The Tricky's attack points to 1000!" Seto responded. Seto- 800
"I play two cards face down and end my turn." Yugi said.
Seto drew his card. "I activate my Soul Release, in order to remove up to five cards from the game. So, I remove your Queen, King, and Jack's Knight, Marshmallon, and your Pot of Greed from the game. This, in turn, activates my Soul Absorption, giving me an additional twenty-five hundred life points. That ends my turn." Seto- 3300
Pegasus had come around, now sitting up against the wall.
"Please, allow me to stand." he asked. "I must witness the duel." He was adamant on what he wanted.
Yugi drew a card. "I summon my Blockman in attack mode (ATK-1000). Tricky, attack his life points directly!"
"I use my face down card, Magical Trick Mirror!" Seto announced. "I use it to activate Card of Sanctity from your graveyard, forcing us to draw until we each hold six cards." Seto- 1300
"Very well, now, Blockman, attack him directly!" Yugi continued, drawing six cards. Seto drew five. "This ends my turn" Seto- 300
Seto drew to a hand of seven. "I remove Vorse Raider and Kaiser Glider from the graveyard in order to special summon my Chaos Emperor Dragon! This activates the power of my Soul Absorption, giving me one thousand life points. Now, I will activate my Dragon's special ability, allowing me to pay one thousand life points to destroy all cards on the field and deal damage to you at the rate of three hundred points per card!"
"I now activate the trap card, Divine Wrath!" Yugi announced.
"No!" Seto called back.
"By discarding a card from my hand, I can negate the effect of your Chaos Dragon and destroy it!" Yugi proclaimed. Seto- 300
"I use Emergency Provisions!" Seto said. "By destroying Soul Absorption, I gain back one thousand life points (Seto- 1300)! Next, I will play two cards face down, and activate Spell Reproduction. By discarding two spells, I can bring my Monster Reincarnation back to my hand. This ends my turn."
"My move, Kaiba." Yugi said. "First, I activate my own Emergency Provisions, gaining a thousand life points after destroying my Marshmallon Glasses (Yugi- 1700). Then, I use the special ability of my Blockman, allowing me to split it up into two monster tokens. Now, I sacrifice my three monsters in order to summon my final Egyptian God, Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000). Obelisk, attack his life points directly! End this duel, with Fist of Fury!"
"Not so fast, Yugi! Watch this!" Seto yelled across the arena. "I activate the trap card, Trap of Darkness! By giving up one thousand life points, I can activate a trap card from the graveyard, as long as I remove that trap from the game (Seto- 300)! I use it to activate my Magical Trick Mirror! Then, I'll use my mirror to activate Monster Reborn from your graveyard, allowing me to bring back my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)!"
"You know, I'm really getting sick of that dragon." Joey remarked.
"Yugi, look out!" Tea called.
"You have two choices, Yugi. Either finish your attack and lose Obelisk right here, or wait for me to destroy Obelisk next turn!" Seto said, an accomplished smirk on his face.
Yugi thought about his options. "Obelisk, cancel your attack!" he decided, moving into his second main phase.
"A wise choice, Yugi." Seto commented.
"I still have hope, Kaiba! Reveal trap, Lightforce Sword!" Yugi said. "Now, one card from your hand will be removed from the game for three turns. Monster Reincarnation is the only card in your hand, so you won't be able to summon your Shining Dragon." The sword appeared on the field, aimed at Kaiba's hand. It pierced through the card, taking it down with it.
"Oh no!" Kaiba complained.
"Now, Kaiba, I play one card face down and end my turn." Yugi confidently said, inserting the card into his duel disk.
Seto was all but happy with the current events of the duel. "No matter, I will make do." he thought. "My draw, Yugi! Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack Obelisk the Tormentor with Neutron Blast attack!"
"I reveal my face down card, De-Fusion, splitting your monster into the three original Blue-Eyes White Dragons (3000/2500)." Yugi announced.
"Dian Keto the Cure Master. I end my turn." Seto said, disgruntled.
"Alright, Kaiba!" Yugi yelled, beginning his turn. "Obelisk, attack one of his Blue-Eyes White Dragons!" Yugi expected Seto to activate his remaining face down card.. Seto- 300 "That ends my turn, Kaiba."
Seto drew his next card. "I activate this magic card, Fusion Recovery, allowing me to bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Polymerization back to my hand. Now, I can activate that Polymerization, and once again summon my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Go, Neutron Blast attack!"
"I activate my face down card, The Regulation of Tribe!" Yugi said over the roar of the dragon. "I choose to prevent Dragon type monsters from attacking!" The dragon lowered its head.
"Fine." Seto said. "I'll end my turn."
Yugi drew. "I do not wish to destroy a monster to keep my Regulation on the field, so it is destroyed. Then, I summon my Alpha the Magnet Warrior to the field."
"A lot of good that will do." Seto commented.
"Now I activate Tribute to the Doomed. This allows me to discard a card from my hand, in order to destroy one monster on the field, and I choose to destroy my Alpha the Magnet Warrior!" Yugi announced. Seto contemplated on activating his face down card, but chose against it. "Obelisk the Tormentor, attack his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon now!" Seto stood puzzled. Obelisk's massive fists met with Blue-Eyes' Neutron Blast, and to Kaiba's surprise, both monsters shattered in front of him.
"What? Ultimate Dragon's strength was five hundred points higher than Obelisk's." Seto said, confused.
"When I activated my Tribute to the Doomed, I discarded my Archfiend of Gilfer. Its effect lowers the attack points of a monster on the field by five hundred points, meaning both monsters had equal points when I attacked." Yugi explained. "It's your move, Kaiba."
"I know!" Seto shot back, drawing. "I am required to discard my entire hand, due to the effect of my Card of Demise. I end my turn."
Yugi drew a card, smiling. "I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800)."
"It's not over yet, Yugi!" Seto said. "I reveal my face down Solemn Judgement! By giving up half of my life points (Seto- 150), I can negate the summoning of Gamma the Magnet Warrior!"
The field stood completely as Yugi and Seto both took a breath, ready to move on. "I play one card face down and end my turn." Yugi finished.
Seto drew his normal draw. "I can now retrieve my Monster Reincarnation because Lightforce Sword's effect is over. I play one card face down and end my turn."
Yugi drew a card. "I summon my Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600). Beta, attack Kaiba's life points directly!"
"I use my Command Silencer!" Seto announced. "This allows me to negate the attack of your monster, and draw a card from my deck."
"I end my turn." Yugi said, two failed attempts in the bag. Seto began his turn.
"I summon my Spear Dragon to the field (1900/0)! Attack his Beta the Magnet Warrior!" Yugi placed his card in the graveyard, watching his life points fall to 1500.
Yugi 1500 vs. Seto 150
"Now, because my Spear Dragon attacked, it moves to defense mode." Seto reminded. "I play a face down card. That ends my turn."
Yugi drew. "I use Aria from Beyond, allowing me to activate my removed from play Pot of Greed! Now, I activate Emblem of Dragon Destroyer! This lets me bring my Buster Blader to my hand from my deck. Now, I activate Polymerization, allowing me to fuse my Dark Magician and my Buster Blader to summon my Dark Paladin (5900/2400)! Dark Paladin, attack his Spear Dragon!" The dragon was destroyed and sent to the grave.
Seto revealed his face down card, Flat Level 4. Kaiba summoned his Double Coston (1700/1650) while Yugi summoned Skilled White Magician (1700/1900). It became Seto's turn.
"I draw, and activate the spell card Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three cards, as long as I discard two to the graveyard. Now, I activate another Dian Keto the Cure Master, restoring my life points by 1000 (Seto- 1150)! Now, I activate my Lullaby of Obedience!"
"Not that card." Yugi gasped.
"Yes, now, by paying a thousand points, I can declare one level eight or higher card, and if its in your deck, it's added to my hand. I choose Dark Magician of Chaos." Seto said, beginning his walk over to Yugi, who met him in the middle. Yugi handed him the card, then returned to his original position. As Seto did the same, he began to speak. "I use my Double Coston's ability to use it as two sacrifices in order to summon Dark Magician of Chaos. Then I use Chaos' special ability, allowing me to return a spell from my grave to my hand. I bring back Card of Demise. Next, I activate Rain of Mercy, restoring both of our life points by one thousand."
Yugi 2500 vs. Seto 1150
"Now, I activate the trap card Exchange of the Spirit! By paying one thousand life points, I can swap all of the cards in our deck with the cards in our graveyard!" Yugi let out a tired sigh. Seto 150
"This is absolutely ridiculous." Joey commented, sitting down. "This duel could take hours!"
"That might be Kaiba's point." Tea pointed out.
"The continuation of the duel symbolizes the long rivalry between the two." said Pegasus, who had found the strength to stand. He posed his next thought calmly. "The only question I have is, how did I get here?"
VekuKaiba: Another day, another duel. Or half of one. No matter what, this duel was so long, I even had to write it in halves. But, with Exchange of the Spirit on the field, Kaiba can being back his most powerful cards, including the devestating Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. Why is the Shining Dragon able to destroy the Gods? Why has Pegasus doubled over in pain, notably each time and Egyptian God is destroyed? And, when the duel's done, who will come out on top?
EDIT 8/10/10: Apparently, I've been using 'Magical' for every mention of a Magnet Warrior. Oh well. Thank you to PurpleWildcat2010 for pointing that out!
EDIT 12/25/2010: In addition, I noticed that there is no plausible way for the Dark Magician Girl to end up in the graveyard when it did. Fixed.
