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Quest for the 7th Item
Fanfic Chapter 266: Introducing the Card Guards Pt 2: Pandemonium!
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Yugi and his friends went to Senator Hinxton's home in the hills to find out what he knew about the death of Dr. Adam Hunter and hopefully obtain the seventh Millennium Item. But as it turned out, Hinxton was waiting for them. He set them up in a combination Duel Monsters tournament/Propaganda campaign. They would be used to discredit the game of Duel Monsters as a tool for corrupting children. Their only hope was to defeat the six Card Guards for their freedom and what they needed. The first Card Guard was Titan, a psycho with a metal mask and a deck filled with monsters with Archfiend in their names. Yugi stepped up to the plate first, taking on Titan with his Obnoxious Celtic Guardian and his Magnet Warriors. But then Titan activated Pandemonium. What can it do? Well looks like we're about to find out.
Yugi's friends gathered around each other as the strange demonic place formed. "This place is creeping me out," Tea complained.
"Me too," Harold agreed. "And if the scenery is pretty bad, just imagine the powers contained in the actual card."
"With my Pandemonium out on the field, your doom is sealed!" Titan cried. "I summon Infernalqueen Archfiend (1) in defense mode!" The new Archfiend monster was vaguely feminine but still looked hideously demonic. "Each turn, my queen can raise the attack points of one of my monsters by 1000! So how about we power up my Cyber Archfiend!"
(CA: 1000-2000)
Titan switched his Archfiend into attack mode. "Cyber Archfiend, attack his Beta Warrior now!" The queen opened her mouth and let loose with a blast of flames which destroyed Beta.
(Y: 2000)
(T: 2900)
"Lastly, I play Poison of the Old Man to gain back 1200 life points."
(Y: 2000)
(T: 4100)
"Now Titan has more life points than when he started out," Kevin noted.
"Almost twice as many as Yugi," Harold added.
"That ends my turn."
(CA: 2000-1000)
Yami-Yugi drew a card.
(Y: 1200)
(T: 4100)
"I play Premature Burial, now by giving up 800 life points, I can resurrect the monster you just destroyed."
(Y: 400)
(T: 4100)
"Next I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior (2) in attack mode."
"What can those three little pebbles do against my Archfiends?""
"Nothing by them selves," Yami-Yugi replied. "But by combining them…" The three Magnet Warriors broke apart and combined into a single being. "They form Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3)! Now attack his Cyber Archfiend with Magna Blade strike!"
"I reveal one of my face-down cards Desert Sunlight which lets me switch my Cyber Archfiend to defense mode." The monster was still destroyed but Titan's life points remained unchanged.
"I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn."
"Too bad, Yugi could've really dealt him a blow with that last attack," Tristan commented.
"There's always next turn," Amara assured him.
"Sorry, little girl, but for Yugi there is no next turn, you see, now the effect of my Pandemonium kicks in. You see, when an Archfiend monster is sent to the graveyard, I can add a monster of the same or lower level from my deck to my hand. He showed Yami-Yugi his Desrook Archfiend (4). "But I won't even need it, because once I end my turn and Yugi starts his, my Falling Down magic card will take away the rest of his life points. I will win the duel and trap the whole lot of you down here forever."
From his study, Andros chuckled, "I warned you, Yugi, that I wouldn't hold back, this is the end of you, your friends, and the game of Duel Monsters as you know it."
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Yami-Yugi said in response to Titan. Andros put on a concerned look.
"You don't have anything to say about it," Titan said. "I will take away your life points, and that pendant you wear."
"Go ahead and try," Yami-Yugi dared.
"Yugi!" His friends all gasped.
"Pharaoh, wait a second, I don't think this is a good idea."
"It's okay, Yugi, even if he does win the duel there's no way he'll get the Millennium Puzzle. He's not a chosen one. The Shadow Realm would punish him as soon as he tries to take it. There's only one person from this time period worthy of the power of the Millennium Puzzle and that's you."
Behind him, Yugi smiled, "Thanks, Pharaoh."
"I end my turn and this game," Titan declared.
"That's what you think," Yami-Yugi said as he drew a card. "Go, face-down cards! Life Equalizer and Dust Tornado!" A twister kicked up and destroyed the Falling Down magic card.
(Y: 3000)
(T: 3000)
Mystical Elf floated back to Yami-Yugi's side of the field.
"What happened to my life points? I had 4100 and you only had 400 left."
"Which made conditions perfect for my trap card Life Equalizer," Yami-Yugi explained. "Now we're both given 3000 life points. In addition, my trap card Dust Tornado destroyed your Falling Down card and returned my Mystical Elf to me. So now the playing field is even. But not for long, because I'm about to take control of this duel!"
"How?"
"I'll show you, but first I'll switch Mystical Elf to attack mode."
"Bad choice, Yugi, my queen has more defense points than your elf has attack points."
"But not as many attack points as my Valkyrion. Valkyrion, attack!" The giant warrior used its sword to slash the Infernalqueen Archfiend. "Mystical Elf, attack him directly!" The elf held out her hands and fired an orb of light which blinded Titan.
(Y: 3000)
(T: 2200)
"I end my turn."
"I knew there was nothing to worry about," Joey said while he crouched in the corner.
"Sure you did," Tea said dryly.
Titan roared furiously and drew a card. "I send Desrook Archfiend to the graveyard activating its special ability."
"You're sending it to the graveyard?" Yami-Yugi gawked.
"That's right, now I can special summon Terrorking Archfiend (5)! And thanks to Desrook's ability, I get to summon another Archfiend monster, my Archfiend General (6)! Archfiend General, attack his Mystical Elf!" The inside out demon destroyed the elf.
(Y: 1700)
(T: 2200)
"Hang tough, Yugi, you're just one attack away from winning," Harold called.
"Somebody, tell me when it's over," Joey moaned from the corner much to the chagrin of everyone else.
"We're each just one attack away from defeat, Yugi," Titan said. "But I might be willing to make a blunder if you turn over your pendant over to me."
"I don't think so," Yugi said. "This 'pendant' as you call it is not the sort of thing you can just hand over. If you only knew the power contained within this, it would overwhelm you!"
"Now I want it all the more!" Titan licked his lips.
"This guy is power hungry," Tristan complained.
"You would never turn over the Millennium Puzzle to him, even if we lost the duel, right, Pharaoh?"
"Right, Yugi." Yami-Yugi started his turn. The only question now is which of his two monsters should I destroy? His Archfiend General has more attack points and could prove to be a threat down the road. Then again, his Terrorking Archfiend probably has a lethal special ability that I don't know about so it might be best to destroy it. But what if he wants me to destroy it? Archfiend decks are really tricky and require long practice to master. Titan has probably mastered the cards individually but I don't think he quite knows how to perform them in combination moves, otherwise he would've finished off my life points a long time ago. Yami-Yugi looked at the magic card he drew, Fissure. Fissure could help me destroy his Terrorking Archfiend and then I can use Valkyrion to destroy his General. "I play the magic card Fissure to destroy your Terrorking Archfiend."
"You activated my Archfiend's special ability!" Titan announced. A strange dial numbered 1-6 appeared behind him.
"What is this?" Yami-Yugi asked.
"A game, Yugi," Titan said mockingly. "A game of chance." Each of the numbers started to light one by one. "If the numbers 2 or 5 light up, your effect is negated!"
"Gypped," Joey cried, suddenly at the forefront of the group. "I though I was supposed to be the chance expert here!" The others sweat-dropped at that comment.
Everyone watched as the intervals between the numbers lighting up got shorter and shorter until the 2 was permanently lit up. Titan laughed, "Your magic card is negated! That's the beauty of my Archfiends. Any card effect used against them would just be stopped!"
"That's not always the case," Yami-Yugi said. "True, Archfiend monsters can negate card effects but only if the right number comes up. But just relying on luck alone isn't enough, skill is also needed." He smiled. "Along with a little heart."
"Are you listening to this, Joey?" Tristan asked.
Joey bonked his friend's head, "Does that answer your question?"
"I don't need any of that stuff," Titan said as Yami-Yugi set a card face-down. "My Archfiend deck is invincible."
"You don't know how many of my opponents have said that their decks are invincible right before I beat them."
"Then this is where your lucky streak comes to an end, Yugi Moto!" Titan drew a card. "I play Monster Reborn to revive my Infernalqueen Archfiend! Next I reveal one of my face-downs Ekibyo Drakmond, and I'll equip it to your Magna Warrior!" Four strange blue beings grabbed Valkyrion's arms and legs. "Now your ultra-powerful monster can't attack. Plus in two of your turns, your monster will be destroyed and then you'll be dealt damage equal to your monster's attack points."
"But Valkyrion is one of my most powerful monsters!"
"That means you better think of a way to win this in two turns, because then I'll unleash my strongest Archfiend monster!"
I didn't think there was any Archfiend monster stronger than his Terrorking. And with that crap shoot special ability, my only hope is to get rid of my Magna Warrior, but how? Yami-Yugi drew a card. "I play my own Pot of Greed, so I get to draw two extra cards. Perfect, with these, I can take back the advantage. "I activate Valkyrion's special ability!"
"Valkyrion has no special ability!" Titan protested.
"For a Card Guard, you don't have much knowledge on your weapons," Yami-Yugi commented. "Valkyrion does have a special ability. By sacrificing it, I can re-summon my three Magnet Warriors!" Valkyrion's body broke apart and the three magnet warriors reappeared. "Next I sacrifice Alpha and Gamma to summon Buster Blader (7)!" Yami-Yugi's large armored warrior appeared.
"You were better off with your Valkyrion."
"And you are better off being quiet," Yami-Yugi said. "Because with Buster Blader out, I can play this card: Dragonic Attack!"
"What?!"
"I'll explain," Yami-Yugi said. "Dragonic Attack can only work with a warrior-type monster like my Buster Blader, which is why I sacrificed my Valkyrion and Magnet Warriors to summon it. Buster Blader now gains 500 attack and defense points."
(BB: 2600-3100, 2300-2800)
"Buster Blader, attack his Terrorking Archfiend with Sword of Dragon Slash!" The warrior brought his sword up and leapt at the Terrorking. It brought it down and a dragon-shaped energy burst which completely consumed the Terrorking.
(Y: 1700)
(T: 1100)
"And with that I end my turn."
He defeated one of my most powerful Archfiends, Titan thought. "I thought nothing could defeat it."
Yami-Yugi just smirked.
"Nice job kicking butt, Yug," Joey said.
"Way to go," Tristan threw in.
"Yes, way to go, Yugi," Titan said mockingly. "Nobody has been able to defeat my Terrorking before. But don't think this means you have won yet!" He started his turn. "I sacrifice my Terrorking to summon my Skull Archfiend of Lightning (8) in attack mode. Now attack Beta the Magnet Warrior!" The demon gathered lightning and released it in a ball which destroyed Beta.
(Y: 900)
(T: 1100)
"Next I sacrifice my Skull Archfiend of Lightning to summon my Archfiend Dragon (9)!" The dragon was similar in appearance to the Curse of Dragon (10) except its wings were more skeletal-looking.
"But you already performed one sacrifice," Yami-Yugi protested. "You can't do another!"
"I can if I sacrifice an Archfiend monster while Pandemonium is on the field. And not only is it indestructible, but for every Archfiend monster in my graveyard, it gains 200 points."
(AD: 2000-3400)
(BB: 3100-3600)
"What… how did your Buster Blader got stronger than my Dragon?"
"The same way your Dragon got stronger," Yami-Yugi explained. "Through a special ability, for every dragon on the field, my Buster Blader gains 500 extra attack points."
Titan cringed.
"Can you do anything more?"
"No," Titan said grudgingly.
"Good, I think I'll wrap this up right now with this…" he drew a card. "With Riryoku! This mighty magic card lets me take half the attack points from your dragon and add them to my Buster Blader!" Streams of energy flowed from the dragon to Buster Blader.
(AD: 3400-1700)
(BB: 3600-5300)
Titan backed up in fear.
"Buster Blader, end this duel with Buster Slash attack!" The warrior ran forward and stabbed its sword into the underside of the dragon. It dragged its sword through along the dragon's undercarriage as the dragon was cleaved in half.
(Y: 900)
(T: 0)
"Looks like that's game," Joey said.
"Honestly, Joey, where do you come up with these sayings?" Amara asked.
"The power!" Everyone turned to see Titan, on both knees, crawling towards Yami-Yugi. Yami-Yugi took a step back. But as Titan reached out to touch the Millennium Puzzle, the Puzzle let out a flash of light throwing Titan into the wall.
"I warned you," Yami-Yugi said. "The Millennium Puzzle will not accept just anyone, but only one can wield it." Little-Yugi appeared next to him. "Only the one who solved the Puzzle, one who's proven himself worthy of its power, can safely wield it. Anyone who tries to take it will be punished by the Shadow Realm."
"Nice going, Yugi," Harold said.
"Yugi, if you would have lost," Tea said concerned. "He would've won your Millennium Puzzle."
"It's like I told Yugi and him, even if he won it, he wouldn't have been able to wield it, only the one who solved the puzzle can safely wield it."
I guess that's good to know, Tea thought. I'd feel pretty bad if something were to happen to the Pharaoh.
Yami-Yugi looked up, "I finished your challenge, Hinxton; now let us go."
"Well done, Mister Moto," Hinxton's voice came from the loudspeaker. "I suppose I deserved that defeat for having to challenge you, but don't celebrate just yet. There are still five more Card Guards left to battle and remember that even one failure would result in you being held down here forever." A doorway opened. "Now proceed to the chamber of the second Card Guard."
"Well, here we go, guys," Harold said. They all walked through the doorway. Tea was last, taking a parting glance at Titan. The discovery of all seven Millennium Items will mean the Pharaoh gets his memories back, but once he does, there will be no need to stay anchored to the Millennium Puzzle, he'll leave forever. She turned away. I don't want that to happen.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Infernalqueen Archfiend
Level: 4
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Fire
ATK; 900
DEF: 1500
(2)
Name: Alpha the Magnet Warrior
Level: 4
Type: Rock
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1700
(3)
Name: Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Level: 8
Type: Rock/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 3500
DEF: 3850
(4)
Name: Desrook Archfiend
Level: 3
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1100
DEF: 1800
(5)
Name: Terrorking Archfiend
Level: 4
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1500
(6)
Name: Archfiend General
Level: 4
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2100
DEF: 800
(7)
Name: Buster Blader
Level: 7
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 2600
DEF: 2300
(8)
Name: Skull Archfiend of Lightning
Level: 6
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1200
(9)
Name: Archfiend Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1500
You can Special Summon this monster by offering 1 monster with "Archfiend" in its name on your side of the field if "Pandemonium" is out on the field. This card gains 200 ATK for every monster with "Archfiend" in its name. When Pandemonium is destroyed or removed from the field, you receive damage equal to this monster's original ATK.
(10)
Name: Curse of Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Dragon
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1500
