Chapter 2: A Trump Move and the End of the Duel

As the spell hit, the Barrel Dragon began falling apart until more than a pile of scrap metal. Now Jeremy drew a card, De-Spell, Seto Kaiba's cousin placed it face-down. It was Yugi's turn now, and he drew. Next, the young duelist put a card in the magic/trap zone face down. Back to the anti- hero's (Jeremy of course) draw stage. A magic card-Sword of the Deep-Seated- he placed it face-down on the field, attached to nothing. Once again, it was the world champion's turn. As usual he drew a card, and then played one to the field. This time it was Curse of Dragon in attack-mode. In Jeremy's draw stage, Gaia Dark Knight of the Gale was picked up and placed on the field in attack mode. Next, the boy placed Sword of the Deep-Seated onto Gaia, raising his already heightened attack points by 500 to 3000. "Make your move soon-to-be-previous world champion." "Maybe in your dreams, soul thief." Yami responded as he took his turn. "I play polymerization and fuse Dark Magician and Curse of Dragon in to a brand new monster, Cursed Dragon Rider. With an attack of 3000 and a defense to match, it can go head to head with your Gaia." "Or can it?" Jeremy mocked Yugi as he drew a card-Kazejin-and played De- Spell on the shorter boy's Book of Secret Arts. "That little trick lowers your Dragon Riders attack points to 2700. Now, Gaia attack Cursed Dragon Rider." Suddenly Cursed Dragon Rider swooped down as if to get ready for a medieval-like joust. The two monsters charge, Gaia with one of his two lances, and the Cursed Dragon Rider with Dark Magician's staff. Gaia impaled the Dark Magician in mid-air after front flipping from his trusty steed. "That, Beginner, reduces your life points to 4400." After the great loss, Yugi played a card face down in defense-mode. At his next turn, Jeremy did not attack, he only drew a card. However, it was one of the most powerful magic cards in the game, Ritual of Black Chaos. "Done." Yugi then played Swords of Revealing Light after his one card draw. "Now Gaia and Millennium Shield are frozen in place." For the next three turns Jeremy played the Harpy Lady and Giga-Tech Wolf face-down, in defense and drew one card on his first, Book of Secret Arts. Yugi did much the same with two monsters face down. After Swords of Revealing Light finally wore off, Jeremy drew a card (the perfect draw) Magician of Black Chaos. Now he played it by sacrificing Gaia and the Millennium Shield. He then equipped with Book of Secret Arts powering it up to 3100 and 2900. Now his turn was finished. Yugi began to get worried, and even more so after his draw. He did nothing. Again, the draw stage was upon Jeremy he got Elegant Egotist and Sword of the Deep-Seated. He played Elegant Egotist face-down and then used it, however, he kept it face down while using it and played Harpy Lady Sisters face down. Jeremy's opponent made his move now that our anti-hero was done. "I play Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000) in attack mode." Yugi then finished his turn. "Your move." As usual, Jeremy's first step was to draw. Not for the first time the teenager drew a rare (super-rare to be exact) card-Kazejin (wind god). "I reveal two of my cards, Giga-Tech Wolf and Sword of the Deep- Seated. Now, to finish my turn I'll attack your Stone Soldier with My Giga- Tech Wolf" When Giga-Tech Wolf attacked, at first Stone Soldier seemed to have won. Then out of nowhere, a sword chopped the rocky head of Stone Soldier off. Yugi's card image fell to the ground and disappeared. After the brutal assault by Giga-Tech Wolf, Yugi's life points dropped by 400 to 4000. "Half your life points have been depleted, little Yugi." Jeremy had a devilish grin on his face. "And they just keep on going, because now I attack you directly with Magician of Black Chaos. Lowering your life points to a mere 900." "You're like a cockroach, you never die, you piece of crap. So now I attack your face down card with this, Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon." The demonic shape of the Red Eyes Black Dragon appeared on the field (2400/2000). For only the second time in their duel, Jeremy lost life points, 1100 to be precise. Un-effected, Jeremy drew his card, Suigin (2500/2400). ***Sorry, that's the correct spelling, right? Back to the story*** "Now I'll attack you with the newest edition to my deck, Suigin water god. Suigin, attack Red Eyes." At soon as Jeremy finished, an evil face appeared and shot a wall of water at the Red Eyes Black Dragon. The other boy's card had a large, empty space where its head should be. "That lowers your life points to 800." "I know how to count, Demon" Yami Yugi responded to the taller boy's comment. "So, only now you figure out I am in the spirit of the Millennium Ring. You're smarter than I suspected, I thought I might actually have to tell you." "Shut up and let's continue." "Let's." This turn, Yugi played a second Dark Magician to the field. "Dark Magician attack Giga-Tech Wolf." The usual Dark Magic Attack destroyed the Giga-Tech Wolf, as with all machine-type monsters, Giga-Tech Wolf fell apart. Jeremy drew his two cards, Petit Moth and Cocoon of Evolution. He then put it face-down along with Cocoon of Evolution as an equip magic card transferring its attack and defense points to 0/2000. "Now, Magician of Black Chaos attack Dark Magician." Yugi's life-points were now at 200, after the almost fatal assault by Jeremy's Magician of Black Chaos. For once in his life, the small boy was afraid of losing his duel. He then drew three cards, De-Spell, Ritual of Black Luster, and the Black Luster Soldier. He played all three, De-Spell destroying Yami, and the other two playing Black Luster Soldier "Now, for my trump move I attack Magician of Black Chaos with Black Luster Soldier, destroying it." "Really, does it destroy it? I mean truly, does? Jeremy laughed as his Magician defended itself against the other boy's Black Luster Soldier. Surprisingly for Yugi, the dark spell caster wasn't destroyed, but his life points depleted to 0. "No, what happened?!?!" "You forgot about a little magic card called Book of Secret Arts." As Jeremy said this, the image on the duel field showed Magician of Black Chaos destroying the Chaos Soldier. "I win, now hand over your Millennium Puzzle." "No, I refuse" "That's too bad," "Really, why" "This is why," Jeremy then used his Millennium Ring to suck out the short boy's soul. "Good bye Little Yugi." Jeremy then took off Yugi's Millennium Ring and picked up a Dark Magician with Yugi's face on it. Jeremy laughed at the boy's face on the card...