CHAPTER 4: Another Challenger, Part 2
A Yu-Gi-Oh Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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(A/N: Italicized letters are that character thinking to themselves.)
CONTINUE DUEL!
Current LP: Jake - 2625, James - 1300
"With that Ray of Frost card, I'm not sure Jake can win this one..." Joey says.
"We'll just have to wait and see." Tristan says.
JAMES' TURN (LP: 1300) - James draws a card, and glances around his hand. If he thinks he's seen the last of Dragon of Ages, he's sadly mistaken. For now it finishes him! "The duel is over, Reesan! I'm playing Sub-Arctic Dragon!" The familiar dragon of ice appears. (L4/2000/2000)
"That's the same card Jake has!" Tea remarks.
"I'm not surprised James has it, considering he loves Dragons..." Yugi states.
"Eat this, Reesan! Attack, Sub-Arctic Dragon! Destroy his Vorse Raider!" The icy dragon fires a storm of icicles, destroying Vorse Raider. (Jake's LP: 2625 > 2525) The Dragon is then frozen in ice, as per it's effect. "Ha! Your Vorse Raider just became a living pincushion."
"Don't get too excited, James. This duel isn't over." Jake says.
"Actually it is. For I still have one more attack." James counters.
"But you have only one monster out..." Jake remarks.
"Not for long! I activate my down card, Call of the Haunted!" A gravestone and an odd ghost appear. Jake looks on, knowing what's going to happen next: The Dragon of Ages appears as a ghost. "Do the math, Reesan! My beast's 2600 Attack points, and your 2525 Life Points! The duel ends! Attack him directly, my dragon!" The Dragon powers up it's blast of golden energy.
"It's all over!" Joey says.
"This duel is NOT over, James!" Jake yells. James raises an eyebrow. The Dragon fires it's blast. The blast flies straight toward Jake, as a wall of rock ascends in front of him. The attack collides with it and destroys it, leaving Jake unharmed.
"What the heck was that?!?" James yells.
"I've activated my Trap, Wall of Stone. It's a Continuous Trap that keeps you from attacking me directly." Jake explains.
James growls in annoyance. Yugi and the others breathe heavy sighs of relief. "That was a close one." Tea says.
That was close, but now I realize this duel can go either way... Yugi thinks.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 2525) - Jake draws, and prepares his counter-defense. "First, I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy your Ray of Frost!" A massive tornado shoots from a black hole and decimates the crystal ball. "Next, I summon Goblin Attack Force!" A horde of Goblins appears with small blades. (L4/2300/0) "Attack Sub-Arctic Dragon!" The Goblins rush onto James' field and manhandle the still frozen Dragon. (James' LP: 1300 > 1000) James is now quite angry. The Goblins jump back to Jake's field and pass out in exhaustion. "As per their effect, my Goblins switch to Defense Mode after the attack. Now I'll finish my turn with this face-down card." The silhouette appears.
JAMES' TURN (LP: 1000) - James is now quite angry. His Ray of Frost is gone, and he's down to a meager 1000 Life Points. Look at him and his smug look. He taunts me! Heh. He should have used that Typhoon to destroy Call of the Haunted... Now he will pay for his mistake. "Dragon of Ages! Wipe out those puny Goblins!" The Dragon fires a golden beam, turning the Goblins into dust.
"Thank you very much, James. I wanted you to destroy my Goblins. I can activate my trap, Michizure!" A large fissure appears behind the Dragon of Ages. A hand then sticks out and grabs the Dragon's leg, pulling it under. The fissure seals back up.
"My Dragon!" James yells.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 2525) - "You shouldn't be wasting all of your time re-summoning that Dragon. I know you're better than this." Jake draws. "Now, I'll play a monster face-down and end my turn."
JAMES' TURN (LP: 1000) - Better than this? Grr... He draws, and smiles. I'll show him who is better. "I'll also set a monster face-down and end my turn."
"Hmm. We're back at square one. No Traps, just defenses." Solomon says.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 2525) - "And now for my strategy to kick in. I Flip Summon my face-down monster, the Unlucky Owl!" The card shines, revealing an owl. (L2/300/500) "Since I just Flipped him up, I get to use it's effect: I grab one Magic Card in my deck and place it on top of my deck, so I can draw it next turn." He does so. "Your move, James."
JAMES' TURN (LP: 1000) - "And a brilliant one it will be! For I also have a Flip Effect monster that deals with Magic Cards." Jake's eyes go wide. "I Flip Summon... Magician of Faith!" The magician appears. (L1/300/400) "It lets me nab one Magic Card from my Graveyard. And guess which one it is?" Jake says nothing, knowing exactly what's next. "Fine then... it's Premature Burial! Arise again, Dragon of Ages!"
"Again?!? You've gotta be kidding me!" Joey says.
"This is not good." Tristan says.
"You said this was a bad strategy, Reesan? Well feel it's sting! Attack the Unlucky Owl!" The Dragon blasts the Owl to non-existance. (Jake's LP: 2525 > 225) James laughs maniacally. "How does it feel to be this close to losing, Reesan!?"
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 225) - Damnit! That Dragon is out again! Okay, compose yourself, Jake... This Magic Card will help me. "Well then, James. I guess you're curious as to my Magic Card." James realizes he had forgotten about the Magic Card Jake got with the owl. But he remains arrogant, smiling with arms crossed. Jake draws the card and smiles. "First, I'm going to play Monster Reborn, to bring back Vorse Raider!" Vorse Raider appears on the field. "And now, for the Magic Card. I play... Darkness Falls!" A shroud of darkness appears on Jake's field.
"Huh? What is this?" Yugi wonders.
"This card? I should have expected this!" James says.
"I know you're familiar. Darkness Falls works first by sacrificing one of my monsters on the Field." The darkness passes over Vorse Raider. Raider buckles over and is absorbed by the dark energy. "Now, I get to summon one of my shadow demons from my deck. You've already caught a glimpse of Stalker and Hunter, so now I choose... the Shadow Sniper!" A ninja-like monster, similar to Stalker and Hunter, leaps out from the darkness. (L4/1700/1000) It wears high-tech looking arm bands. As soon as it appears on the field, it leaps off the field and into the air.
"Man... I don't remember what that thing does..." James says, looking up at it.
"Well then let me refresh your memory. Once I summon it, it jumps off the field and locks in on one of your monsters. For 3 turns, your monster is entirely useless. At the end of those 3 turns, Shadow Sniper obliterates your monster, removing it from the game, and then Sniper returns to my Hand, where I can summon it again and start all over again." Jake explains.
"Wow! That's crazy!" Tea says.
"So, Sniper! Snipe out the Dragon of Ages." The Shadow Sniper gathers a strange green energy around it's arm bands and fires it in beams at the Dragon of Ages. The beams constrict the Dragon. The Shadow Sniper then begins charging dark energy in it's palms. "The process has begun. Now, I'll finish my turn with a monster face-down." Jake says.
JAMES' TURN (LP: 1000) - Darnit! I have to find a way to stop this! While Sniper is removed from the field, it's untouchable! He draws. This is a nice card, but it won't save my Dragon. I know... I'll just have to defeat him before he can succeed in anything! "Alright, Reesan! First, I'm switching my Magician of Faith to Defense Mode. Next, I'll play Mystical Space Typhoon to get rid of your Wall of Stone card!" The tornado descends and wipes out Jake's card.
"Uh-oh! That was Jake's perfect defense!" Tristan says.
"Now, I'll play Monster Reborn to get my Sapphire Dragon back!" The dragon appears. "Now for your face-down card... destroy it, Dragon!" The Sapphire Dragon fires it's shards. The card is revealed as Magician of Faith. "What! Not Magician of Faith!" The shards destroy it.
"Correct, and now I grab a Magic Card from my Graveyard." Jake says.
"No matter. I end my turn with a card face-down." James says.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 225) - "Well, I'm going to have to play the Magic Card I just grabbed: Pot of Greed!" Jake draws two cards. Ha! It appears I may not even need Shadow Sniper... "I'm setting a card face-down, and then summoning Shadow Stalker!" The ninja-like Stalker appears out of a dark ray.
"Is he crazy? Why did play it in Attack Mode?" Joey says.
I think I know why... Yugi thinks.
"My turn is over. That's turn #1 for my Sniper." The Sniper's energy charge grows larger.
JAMES' TURN (LP: 1000) - "You idiot! With Stalker in Attack Mode, I can win in one attack!" Jake says nothing. "Whatever, man. Go Sapphire Dragon!" The Dragon attacks.
"Dumb move, James. I activate Shield of Jhudora!" A dark fairy with a crystal ball appears, and turns into a void of darkness. "I use this when you attack one of my shadow demons. Now your attack flies right back at your Life Points!" The shards fly into the dark void and are absorbed. The dark void then turns into a ball and fires toward James.
"It's not over! Activate Warrior Quartered!" Two large swords appear and form an X shape, flying at the ball. They strike the ball, slicing it into 4 pieces. Only one piece collides with James. "I've reduced the damage done to me down to one-quarter!" (James' LP: 1000 > 525)
"Wow. Both of them only have a sliver of Life left." Tea says.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 225) - Jake draws, and smiles. "Just what I wanted to see. I play Sword of Dark Destruction, which raises the power of my Shadow Stalker to 2000! Go, Stalker! Destroy the Sapphire Dragon!" The Shadow Stalker dashes over and uses the sword to behead the Dragon. The Dragon collapses over, and shatters to pieces. (James' LP: 525 > 425) "That's it for me. Only 1 turn left!" The Sniper gathers more energy.
JAMES' TURN (LP: 425) - This is insane! I can't lose to him! He draws. Alright, this card work! "Eat this, Reesan! I'm discarding a card from my hand to play Tribute to the Doomed!" A mummy appears on the field. "Wipe out his Shadow Stalker!" The mummy shoots off wrapping at the Stalker and wraps it up. A large hand then begins to rise.
"Nice try, James." Jake says. James raises an eyebrow. He then looks on in horror as Shadow Stalker breaks out of the mummy wrapping and slashes the giant hand, destroying it.
"WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE!" James yells.
"Wrong, Corain. You forgot about one of Shadow Stalker's special abilities. If it's holding the Sword of Dark Destruction, it can't be targeted with any of your card effects. Tribute to the Doomed is one such effect. My Stalker remains alive!"
"Wow, what a great play!" Tristan says.
"With that effect, James will need to get craftier to destroy the Stalker." Mai remarks.
"And I don't think James has any more craftiness left in him." Yugi says.
"Darn you, Reesan! .... All I can do now is play Book of the Moon." A book appears and opens up, shining a light over Magician of Faith. "Book of the Moon allows me to reset a monster back to face-down Defense Position." The Magician of Faith is turned upside down.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 225) - "Fine by me. I'm setting a card face-down and ending my turn, without attacking. And by the way... that's 3." James goes wide-eyed. Up above the field, Shadow Sniper gathers it's final bit of energy. It fires a massive ball of dark energy straight at the Dragon of Ages it has constricted in it's bindings. The dark energy explodes with massive force. "Ever particle of your Dragon's existance has been annihilated. It is now removed from the game, so none of your resurrective cards can bring it back!" Yugi and the others cheer.
JAMES' TURN (LP: 425) - "Fine by me, Reesan! I've just drawn the Dragon Nails card, which can power up any Dragon!"
"You have none!" Jake says.
"Not for long I won't... I flip up my Magician of Faith, grabbing back my Monster Reborn!" James announces.
"This is bad!" Mai says.
"Now I play my Monster Reborn! Rise again, Sapphire Dragon!" The dragon appears.
"Thanks a lot, James! My Trap activates!"
"WHAT?"
"Bottomless Trap Hole!" A massive hole appears under the Sapphire Dragon, and it drops into it. "The Bottomless Trap Hole instantly takes one monster with 1500 or more Attack Power that you summon and removes it from the game!"
"It can't be!" James yells.
"This duel is over!" Joey says.
JAKE'S TURN (LP: 225) - "Time to end this! Shadow Stalker, annihilate his Magician of Faith!" The Shadow Stalker fires a blast of darkness, destroying the weak attacker. (James' LP: 425 > 0)
END DUEL!
Winner: Jake Reesan
By Way Of: Knockout
Final LP: Jake - 225, James - 0
Yugi and his friends cheer. "NO! I CANNOT LOSE!" James yells.
"Wrong! You HAVE lost! All you've been doing was throwing down cards to resurrect Dragons I already destroyed. You've completely screwed up your deck since we last fought. THAT was your mistake!" Jake explains.
"This isn't over, Jake Reesan! I'll be back!" James says, as he dashes away down the street.
"Hey! You stop right there!" Joey yells, about to give chase.
Jake grabs his jacket. "Let him go." He says.
Joey stops. Everyone stands and watches James disappear from vision.
End Chapter 4. Hope you like...
Next: Chapter 5 - A Stroll Through Domino