Yu-Gi-Oh: War of the Gods.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Yu-Gi-Oh

Author's notes: OK I thought I'd just clear some things up before I wrote the next chapter. I thank you gymrat, for your review! I loved it. It was exactly the kind of review I was hoping for. You critiqued my fic, and told me what it needed. You are my favorite reviewer. Where should I begin? Well let's start with your qualms about the "gods". Just because someone claims to be a god, does not actually make them a god. There is a big difference between what the characters say, and what I say. Both of these will become clearer later on. If I told you too much, that would give away what I'm planning. As for magic, I have never met a Christian who doesn't believe in magic! What we believe magic is however, is another story, we believe that it is an evil force that was never meant to touched by humans. Hence G-d forbidding the use of magic in Leviticus, more on that as my fanfic progresses.

As for Amanda, sage of the Atheists, well I do believe that Davis pointed out the same problem didn't he? Amanda's existence as a Sage is a key to something that will be revealed later. I know Satanism is a cult. Cults get Sages too FYI. The entire Egyptian religious system was a series of cults. (Or so my Archeology professor tells me).

I don't think Davis's deck is Yugi-ish, but if you do, I'll try to cut back on the cards that Yugi and Davis share. As for your Character submission, why don't you give me the benefit of the doubt huh? Maybe I'll surprise you. I desperately desire a female Orthodox Jewish character. (I have too many male Sages.) Christianity is not the most fragmented religion, Hinduism is! However, there are only three Christian Sages: Catholic, Protestant, and Greek Orthodox. (And I suppose Hineni) Finally yes, lesser known religions will get spots in the story, I apologize for making Cabalism into a Sage, I obviously had gotten a mistaken impression of it from my World Religions professor, and did you look at my character notes for Shinto?

Daniel and Davis arrived at London Bridge about half an hour early. It was dark and there were few cars passing over the bridge.

"Are you gonna duel right in the middle of the street," Davis asked.

"Looks like it," Daniel said, "My dueling pager seems to indicate that the duel will take place in the middle of the bridge."

As the two of them approached the center of the bridge they saw yellow caution signs and construction cones blocking off a large area of road. There was enough space blocked off for the holographic projections of monsters to emerge.

"Methinks you duel here," Davis said.

At that moment a huge dust storm in the shape of a tornado spun in their direction. It stopped just inches from their makeshift "dueling arena". The dust storm dissipated and a bald man with dark skin and black robes stepped out of the dust. He wore a duel disk on his arm.

"I am Imhotep, prepare to duel," he said. At once their dueling pagers went off, beeping loudly indicating that the duel was about to begin.

Daniel's normally easy-on-the-eyes features broke away into wolf like parts as Rikuo took over. He snarled at Imhotep.

"Are you done with the special effects show," he asked, "Or are you ready to duel?"

Imhotep snorted as their duel disks locked into battle mode. "I could ask you the same thing wolfy."

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Imhotep-8000LP

"You may begin," Imhotep said.

"You'll be sorry you said that," Rikuo sneered, drawing his sixth card.

"I'll start this duel with one of my most devastating cards, the spell card: Hell Meteor!"

A huge fireball from the dimension of lost souls formed in the sky and shot down on top of Imhotep, for a brief moment virtual flames consumed him, and then they dispersed.

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Imhotep-4000LP

"What the..." Imhotep sputtered.

"Hell Meteor deals four thousand points of direct damage to your life points," Rikuo said.

"A card like that must have a downside," Imhotep scowled.

"You would think so wouldn't ya?" Rikuo laughed derisively, "I then summon Tetragon Lizard in defense mode and end my turn. (DARK/4/Demon/Effect/900/400)"

An evil looking black lizard with red eyes and a pyramid on top of its head appeared atop a giant image of its own card.

Imhotep sneered at the obviously weak card that Rikuo had played. Davis snickered from the side, knowing full well Tetragon Lizard's special ability.

"I play Call of the Mummy," Imhotep declared, "Allowing me to special summon an undead subtype monster from my hand. Giant Axe Mummy! (EARTH/5/Undead/Effect/1700/2000)"

A fat mummy handling a long metal weapon that vaguely resembled an ax appeared on Imhotep's field.

"I then summon Wandering Mummy in attack mode," Imhotep declared (EARTH/4/Undead/Effect/1500/1500)"

A second, less portly, mummy emerged on Imhotep's side.

"Giant Axe Mummy, attack his Tetragon Lizard," Imhotep announced.

The overweight cadaver lunged at the lizard, which laughed evilly before being cut in half.

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Imhotep-4000LP

"Why did your life points drop when your card was in defense mode?" Imhotep asked, noticing the drop immediately.

"Because Tetragon Lizard forces me to take damage even when he's destroyed in defense mode," Rikuo replied.

"Why would you keep a card in your deck that forces you to take damage in defense mode?"

"Because of his other effect you moron," Rikuo said, "Because I just took 1300 damage, I can now summon a monster from my deck with 1300 or less defense points. I summon Demon Wolf Lord! (DARK/6/Demon/Effect/2400/1000)"

A demonic looking wolf in samurai armor appeared on Rikuo's field.

"I activate the special abilities of my Giant Axe Mummy and Wandering Mummy. They both will flip to facedown defense mode, and Wandering Mummy will shuffle them around, and make it so you don't know which is which!" Imhotep said.

A giant sandstorm covered the field, and when it cleared both of Imhotep's cards were facedown.

Rikuo rolled his eyes, ("I don't have time for this,") he thought.

Rikuo smiled maliciously as he drew his new card.

"I play Spell Reproduction," Rikuo said. "By discarding two spell cards from my hand, I get one back from the graveyard. I discard Monster Reborn, and Limiter Removal. I think you know what this means. This means that this duel is over! Hell Meteor!"

Once again the gigantic meteor of torment rushed at Imhotep. Imhotep starred blankly at Rikuo.

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Imhotep slowly walked away in shame, unlike when he arrived in a swirl of sand.

"You are one scary guy you know that?" Davis said.

Rikuo and his wolf body faded away leaving just Daniel.

"That Hell Meteor card scares me," he started to say, when his dueling pager began beeping.

"Congratulations on your first win! You have earned one thousand duelist points. Your next duel is in Toronto Canada! Good Luck!"

"Looks like this is it," Davis said, "You've been really cool Daniel, and Rikky too. You guys have been great."

Daniel smiled, "Thanks, I think that this Tetragon Lizard is gonna come in handy in the future. Rikuo says don't call him Rikky, or a werewolf, again."

"Tell him to go shove a rock," Davis said.

"See you in the finals," Daniel said as they both headed off in different directions towards their respective hotels to get some sleep.

Authors notes: I think I covered everything important at the beginning. Just everyone remember, there is a big difference between what the characters say is going on, and what is really going on, there's more to these sage's games than meet the eye. This chapter was fun to write cause I got to use a bunch of original cards. Hell Meteor, and Demon Wolf Lord both belong to Wolf General, but Tetragon Lizard is mine. Here's his text for those who care.

Tetragon Lizard: DARK/Fiend/4/900/400

Effect: When this card is in Defense mode and does battle with a card in attack mode and the attack mode monster's ATK is higher than Tetragon Lizard's DEF the difference is applied as battle damage.

When this card is in attack mode and destroyed in battle, you may special summon one monster from your hand or deck with ATK equal to or less than the amount of damage you took to your Life Points.

When this card is in defense mode and destroyed in battle, you may special summon one monster from your hand or deck with DEF equal to or less than the amount of damage you took to your Life Points.

Thanks everyone for reading and reviewing. Please read my sister's Fanfic "The Time Guardian" She still hasn't gotten any new reviews.