Chapter 2
"I'll start," Kaiba said. He drew his card and looked at the six cards in his hand. 'Alright, I already have one Blue-Eyes in my hand. All I have to do is sacrifice two monsters to summon it. Once I do, I'll really give Reginald and his cronies a good show.' "I activate the magic card Polymerization to fuse the two Thunder Dragons in my hand, so I can form the Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon." Two green dragons emerged, and then they merged together in a circular pattern into an even bigger dragon, one which was a much lighter shade of green with two heads, giving a roar once it was formed. "Then I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
"Fine," Reginald said. "Horris, your turn."
The figure to Reginald's right gave a nod. "Yes, brother."
"These cronies are your brothers?" Kaiba asked.
Horris sneered. "Hey, ya don't like it, tough." He drew his card. "I summon Cannon Soldier, in attack mode." A purple machine with arms with turquoise hands, two legs on which it stood and a cannon on top of its head appeared. "I then place one card and end my turn."
As he drew, Yami said, "My move," and looked at his hand. 'Hm, I wonder why he played Cannon Soldier in attack mode. It only has 1400 attack points, what's he planning? It must have something to do with that face down card he played. I can't attack this turn since it's the first round, but after that, we'll find out soon enough.' "I play my Horn Imp in attack mode," A tan, human sized monster appeared. "Then I'll add to its power by playing my magic card, Horn of the Unicorn, which raises my Imp's attack strength by 700 points," Sparks emerged from the Imp's horn as the Horn Imp's attack power jumped from 1300 to 2000. "Then I'll play one card face down and end my turn."
"Then I guess it's my move," Reginald's other brother said. He drew his card and smiled. "My name's Jackal, and I won't be easy to defeat. So for my move, I play Muka Muka in attack mode." A hideous green, purple and brown thing that looked like an oversized insect appeared. "Then I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
Joey grinned. "Then look out boys, 'cause now it's my turn." He drew his card. 'Kaiba and Yugi both made good moves, so now it's time for me to continue where they left off. "I'll summon my Axe Raider, in attack mode." a man wearing a yellow, red and purple suit of armor and yellow helmet appeared. "Next, I'll increase his strength by 800 attack points thanks to my magic card, Lightning Blade." Sparks surrounded the Axe Raider's sword as his attack points jumped from 1700 to 2500. "Then I too leave one card face down and end my turn."
Reginald smiled. "Finally, my turn. You're all going down," Reginald drew. "I activate Card Destruction. This forces us to discard our entire hands to the graveyard, and then draw the same number of cards from our deck."
'No, my Blue-Eyes,' Kaiba thought.
"Now everyone, discard your hands."
Everyone did, and then redrew the same amount of cards from their deck. Reginald looked at the five new cards he had drawn, and a smile instantly crossed his face. "It's time for you to witness the power of a force that is truly... unstoppable."
"Get on with it already will you?" Kaiba asked.
Reginald's grin grew. "As you wish, I activate the magic card, Contract with Exodia."
Fear spread across Kaiba's face.
"What does Contract with Exodia do?" asked Yami. Though he wasn't scared like Kaiba was, he was getting anxious; for he had never heard of this card before.
To Yami's surprise, Kaiba was the one who answered. "Contract with Exodia can only be activated when all five pieces of Exodia are in the graveyard. Then he can summon Exodia Necross to the field."
A look of astonishment crossed Yami's face. "He's actually planning to discard all five pieces of Exodia?" 'This Exodia Necross must be powerful if he's giving up an automatic win to play it.'
"Now," Reginald exclaimed. "Come forth, Exodia Necross!" A huge, black version of Exodia appeared.
"Wow, a black Exodia," Joey said.
"And he's just as unstoppable as the original Exodia itself!"
"Oh yeah," Joey wasn't convinced. "He's only got 1800 attack points. All three of our monsters could destroy that thing 1-2-3."
"Wrong Wheeler," Reginald replied. "Each piece of Exodia the Forbidden One in the graveyard protects it from monsters and their effects, magic and trap cards, thus making my Exodia Necross literally immortal."
'That's not good.' the anxiety that was on Yami's face was now on his. 'I just hope this Exodia Necross doesn't have any more surprises up its sleeve.'
Reginald continued. "I place two cards face down, then I'll end my turn." He gazed at Kaiba, as if daring him to attack. "So, make your move Kaiba."
Kaiba smiled. "Oh, I will alright; and trust me, you're not going to like it." Kaiba drew. 'Reginald thinks I'm stupid, but he doesn't know I've faced Exodia Necross before. I beat it once, and I can do it again.'
"Oh really," Reginald replied. "What makes you think you can stop me?"
"See for yourself," Kaiba said. "I activate the magic card Monster Reborn, so I can bring back a card you forced me to send to the graveyard, my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" A huge, white dragon with sharp teeth and long wings appeared, roaring upon being summoned. "Now I have two powerful dragons on the field. So, Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, destroy Cannon Soldier. Blue-Eyes, go for Muka Muka now!"
The two dragons opened their mouths, and large laser beams emerged from them. The yellow blast from the Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon aimed for Cannon Soldier, the white blast from Kaiba's Blue-Eyes aimed towards Muka Muka.
"I activate one of my face down cards," Horris said, "Astral Barrier. This trap card allows me to make an attack go directly to my lifepoints, rather than to my monsters."
The yellow blast went right through Cannon Soldier, and exploded on Horris' stomach. He bent over from the force of the blast as his lifepoints dropped from 12,000 to 9200.
Meanwhile, the white blast from the Blue-Eyes impacted on Muka Muka, and it shattered, reducing Jackal's lifepoints to 10,800. "I activate my trap card, Rope of Life. At a cost of 1000 lifepoints, I can bring the monster I lost back from the graveyard." Muka Muka reappeared and Jackal's lifepoints then reduced to 9800.
"Hold on," Joey called to Jackal. "Your monster only has 600 attack points, so you lose more than 1200 lifepoints."
Jackal laughed. "You wish. Muka Muka's special ability allows it to gain 300 extra attack points for each card in my hand. Since I had four cards in my hand, that raises my monster's power to 1800 attack points. So the math is right, Wheeler. Tough luck."
Kaiba shrugged. "I don't know why you'd need such a pathetic monster, when our monsters clearly have the advantage. But hey, it's your funeral. I end my turn."
Horris smiled. "Good. My turn again," he drew. "I activate the magic card Change of Heart, allowing me to take control of one of my opponent's monsters," he pointed towards the Horn Imp. "And the monster I choose is the Horn Imp." The Horn Imp levitated off the ground, and then levitated onto Horris' battlefield. "Then, I'll sacrifice him in order to activate my Cannon Soldier's special ability. When ever I sacrifice a monster on my side of the field, I can reduce my opponents' lifepoints by 500."
The Horn Imp turned into tannish smoke, and then entered the gun on top of Cannon Soldier's head.
"Now," Horris ordered. "Wipe out 500 of their lifepoints."
Cannon Soldier fired. The blast left the gun, and then diverged into three different paths. Each hit Yami, Kaiba and Joey, reducing all three of their lifepoints to 11,500.
"But wait," Horris exclaimed. "I'm not done yet. Next, I summon my Lady Assailant of Flames, in attack mode." A female Amazon warrior with grayish hair appeared. "Now, Lady Assailant of Flames and my Cannon Soldier, attack Yugi's lifepoints directly!"
Cannon Soldier fired, and Lady Assailant of Flames lifted her mighty arm and threw her knife at Yami. He groaned as the blast and the knife made contact. In seconds, his lifepoint meter reached 8600.
"That's enough torture for now," Horris grinned. Your turn, Yugi."
"Fine," Yami drew. "I activate the magic card, Double Spell. All I have to do is discard one magic card from my hand, and I can activate the magic card you used in your last turn Horris."
Irritation flashed across Horris' face.
"And the monster that I choose to control is your Cannon Soldier." Like the Horn Imp did earlier for Horris, the Cannon Soldier levitated onto Yami's portion of the field.
"Then I'll sacrifice Cannon Soldier, so I can summon my Dark Magician Girl to the field." A beautiful female magician appeared. She had long blonde hair protruding from her pointed blue magician's hat, with a uniform both pink and a matching blue. She also had a blue staff with a tannish rounded finish at the end. She then winked before waiting for orders. "Then I'll activate my face down card, Sage's Stone. Since I have my Dark Magician Girl on the field, my magic card allows me to special summon my Dark Magician from my hand or my deck."
Yami pulled the Dark Magician card from his deck and placed it on the field. A magician wearing a purple magician's costume with a huge pointed hat the same color, and a shining turquoise staff.
Yami grinned. "Now my magicians, attack Horris's monster and his lifepoints directly!"
The Dark Magician Girl attacked Horris' Lady Assailant of Flames. She screamed and shattered. Horris' lifepoints reduced to 8700.
"Activate trap," this was almost a yell from Horris. "I activate the trap card Michizure. When my monster is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can destroy one monster on the field. And I'll bet you have a hunch as to which monster I choose."
"My Dark Magician." Yami was talking through clenched teeth.
"Exactly. Now, say goodbye to your Dark Magician."
The Dark Magician dropped his staff, then as the staff hit the ground, it and the Dark Magician itself shattered.
"I play one more card face down and end my turn." Yami explained. "Make your move Jackal."
"Thank you Yugi," Jackal sneered and drew. "I activate the card that I just drew, Infinite Cards. This card wipes out the six card limit, allowing me to hold as many cards in my hand as I so choose."
Joey sneered. "That's not good Yug,"
Jackal gave a short cackle. "No Wheeler, it isn't. Especially since I have more magic cards I plan to unleash during this turn." He reached for the second card to his right. "Next, I activate Card of Safe Return, which allows me to draw three cards from my deck whenever a monster is revived." He paused for so long; Joey actually thought Jackal had finished his turn. Then he finally continued. "In fact, I'll demonstrate this for you right now. I activate the magic card Autonymous Action Unit. It may cost me 1500 lifepoints, but I can select one monster from my opponent's graveyard and bring it onto my side of the field. Care to guess which monster I choose Yugi?"
"My Dark Magician." Yami replied.
"Good man. Now, your Dark Magician is mine!" The Dark Magician appeared on Jackal's side of the field, and his lifepoints reduced to 8300. "Since he was revived, I can draw three cards, giving me a total of five cards. And I'm not done yet Yugi, for now I summon my Enraged Muka Muka." A larger, angrier looking version of Muka Muka, with a stomach lit light orange like a lantern appeared.
"Let me guess," Yami said. "Your new monster gains more attack points as well."
"Now you're catching on Yugi. My new monster gains 400 attack points for every card in my hand. Therefore, since my Enraged Muka Muka originally had 1200 attack points, his attack strength now jumps to 2800. Now Yugi, say goodbye to your Dark Magician Girl."
"There are other duelists here too you know," Joey said, trying to save Yami.
"Oh I know Wheeler," Jackal replied. "I'll deal with you soon enough. Now, as I was saying; Dark Magician, destroy Yugi's Dark Magician Girl!"
The Dark Magician attacked.
"Not quite," Yami pointed to his Dark Magician Girl. "I activate my Magical Hats to protect Dark Magician Girl from your assault." A human sized hat hovered over the Dark Magician Girl, and then covered her. Next it split into four human sized hats. The Dark Magician's attack hit the second one to Jackal's right.
"Don't get too comfortable Yugi, now it's my Enraged Muka Muka's turn to attack." He pointed to the hat all the way to his right. "Attack the hat to the far right." The Enraged Muka Muka opened its mouth, and an orange blast the same color as its stomach came out. It sped towards the hat on the far right. Then it impacted, causing the hat to explode. "Goodbye Dark Magician Girl."
Yami grinned. "Wrong Jackal."
Jackal gasped. Yami was right; both of the remaining Magical Hats remained on the field. "You may have got lucky this time Yugi; but trust me, next time, I won't miss!" He looked at Joey, and then gestured with his head as he spoke. "Your move Wheeler."
'These three brothers make a great team,' Yami thought. 'Each brother has great strategies, and they each focus on one opponent at a time rather than sporadic attacks against various opponents. It's a pity that they're using their skill for evil rather than good.'
"'Bout time," Joey cut Yami's thoughts. He drew his card. "I summon Rocket Warrior, in attack mode." A green rocket with a humanistic green body and apricot head like Joey's appeared. "Now Rocket Warrior, transform into your invincible mode." The Rocket Warrior turned into a green rocket. "Now weaken Jackal's Enraged Muka Muka by 500 attack points!" A flame protruded from its bottom, and it lifted off towards the Enraged Muka Muka.
"Sorry Wheeler," Reginald said sarcastically, "but I activate the trap card, Negate Attack."
"No, that cancels my attack!" Joey complained.
"And it prevents you from attacking any more this turn."
Joey groaned. "I play one more card face down and end my turn."
"I thought you would," Reginald said. "Now I activate my Exodia Necross' special ability. Before I draw, Exodia Necross gains 500 additional attack points." Exodia Necross' attack went up to 2300. Reginald then drew. "Now, I activate the magic card, Card of Sanctity. This allows everyone to draw until we're all holding six cards."
Everyone drew until they had six cards.
Reginald gave a thirty second laugh. "You may have evaded dealing with Exodia Necross before; but now, you'll have no choice in the matter. I activate the magic card, Metalsilver Armor. This prevents my monster from being affected by any magic, trap or monster effect. You've got no chance."
Joey grinned. "I don't think so! I activate my face down card, Magic Jammer. All I have to do is discard one card from my hand to the graveyard, and it will cancel the activation of your magic card." Joey discarded a card from his hand, and then the Metalsilver Armor card shattered into pieces.
Reginald gave another laugh. "Boy, I can always count on you to screw up, can't I?"
Kaiba turned to face Joey. "What were you thinking Wheeler? You just destroyed a card that wasn't even worth destroying! Didn't you hear when Reginald said Exodia Necross wasn't effected by magic, trap or monster effects earlier? You're pathetic!"
Joey was upset, but his smile hid it well. "Well excuse me Kaiba for making a mistake."
"Oh you're excused alright," Reginald said. "Because now, I activate two more magic cards. The first one is another Metalsilver Armor, and the second is my Raregold Armor card. Now, as long as I control my Exodia Necross, you can't attack anything, or use magic traps or monster effects on anything but Exodia Necross."
'Great,' Yami, Joey and Kaiba all thought.
"Next, I'll activate my De-Spell magic card, allowing me to destroy one magic card on the field, and I choose to rid the field of your Magical hats, Yugi."
The two remaining hats disappeared, and Yami's Dark Magician Girl was exposed.
"Now, I activate Tribute to the Doomed. All I have to do is discard one card from my hand, and I can destroy one monster on your side of the field. And I choose Dark Magician Girl!" Bandages like those that surround a mummy wrapped around the Dark Magician Girl. She screamed until a huge hand grabbed her wrapped body and dragged it downward until the hand and the Dark Magician Girl were gone. "Now, Exodia Necross, attack Yugi's lifepoints directly!"
Exodia Necross pulled back its mighty arm, and then released his punch. It hit Yami smack in the face, and his lifepoints reduced to 6300.
"Now, I just have to do one more thing before my turn is done. I activate my final face down card, Implosion in the Cemetary. This reduces my opponents' lifepoints by 1000 for each card in his graveyard."
"No," Yami said, shock filled his voice. "Since I have seven cards in my graveyard, that means I lose the duel."
"Excellent work, Sherlock," Reginald teased.
Joey's lifepoints reduced to 10,500, Kaiba's to 6500, and Yami's lifepoints to 0.
"Before the duel ends," Yami said. "I activate my face down card. I play the magic card, the Dark Door, which forces all players to attack with only one monster per turn." Then, Yami gave a nod, accepting that the brothers' team strategy had overwhelmed him, and caused him to lose.
Looks of shock and awe filled Joey and Kaiba's faces.
'I can't believe it,' Joey thought. 'Yugi actually lost.'
The shock and awe that was originally on Kaiba's face turned to pure anger. "No one's allowed to defeat Yugi Moto but me!" Kaiba clenched his fist. "All three of you will pay for this, I promise you!"
The three brothers just smirked.
"Don't count your chickens yet Kaiba." Reginald said. "Now it's you and Wheeler against us. And since Yugi Moto is out of the way, my brothers and I will enjoy clobbering the both of you, painstakingly slowly. Face it boys, you two won't defeat the three of us."
Kaiba and Joey groaned with anger.
'I hope Kaiba and Joey can work as a team,' Yami thought. 'Because if they don't, we're in big trouble.'
