Kaiba vs Yugi Part 2
On the field Seto had one card facedown and his Ring of Destruction obliterating his own Blue-Eyes White Dragon. He also had Peten the Dark Clown in Defense Mode. Yugi meanwhile had his Gold Sarcophagus floating in the air, two facedown cards, and Gaia and Curse of Dragon in Attack Mode. Seto had an untouched 4000 life points while Yugi had 2300.
"Hahahahaha! Game over, Yugi!" Kaiba laughed maniacally thinking he had won the duel.
The ring continued to spin faster and faster around the Blue-Eyes White Dragon engulfing it in flames. The dragon cried out in terror as if wanting to be saved from its cruel master Seto Kaiba.
Then something uncanny happened. The ring suddenly stopped spinning around the dragon and shattered into a million pieces.
"What's going on?" asked Seto. "My trap card should've destroyed my dragon and caused both of us to lose 3000 life points."
Then Seto looked ahead and saw the Gold Sarcophagus lowering. Slowly the lid came off of the ancient box revealing the card Yugi had put in there at the beginning of the game.
"NOOOO!" Seto yelled so loudly that even someone walking outside of the stadium probably would've heard him. "You … couldn't have," he added in disbelief.
"The card I placed inside of the ancient box was Ring of Destruction, the same one you just played," explained Yugi. "So this duel is still on."
Yugi could hear everyone cheering on how he had negated Kaiba's Ring of Destruction.
"Oh yeah!" Joey and Tristan cheered.
The person Yugi could hear the loudest was Rebecca.
"Yay! I'm so awesome! I'm the one who came up with that strategy. It's a good thing Joey called me to come to Burger World that day, huh Tea?"
Phew! Tea thought to herself, breathing a sigh of relief. That was a close one. That brat Rebecca may be annoying, but at least she came up with an idea that saved Yugi.
"How did you come up with that strategy, Beck?" asked Duke Devlin.
"It's simple. You see what Kaiba did right there is one of the oldest tricks in the book. And my Yugi-poo told me about how he used his Gold Sarcophagus to beat the Pharaoh. So that's how I came up with that strategy. I'm such a genius."
Rebecca's right thought Yugi. If she hadn't discussed that strategy with me at Burger World I would have lost the duel. But I wonder what's up with Kaiba disrespecting his own monster. And why is Mokuba rooting against his own brother?
That's not fair Kaiba thought bitterly. I should have already won. How could he have possibly known which card to put in there?
Yugi looked at Seto who had his head hung down. "Kaiba, there's something I must ask you? Why did you just now call your most valued monster useless and try to destroy it like it meant nothing to you?"
"Yugi … I would do anything to defeat you even if it means disrespecting my own monsters. So don't lecture me on how I should treat my monsters."
"Fine. But know this. You can't win a duel by mistreating your cards."
"It's still my move, Yugi. You're Gold Sarcophagus may have stopped my Ring of Destruction from destroying my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but I can still attack with it. Blue-Eyes, attack his Curse of Dragon right now."
The Blue-Eyes shot a burst of stream at the yellow dragon, but Yugi had other plans.
"Hold it right there. I activate my trap card Negate Attack." A portal opened up capturing the blast fired by Blue-Eyes. "That ends the battle phase. So it's my turn."
"Grrr … fine. Just go!"
"Don't mind if I do," said Yugi drawing his next card. "First I'll play my Card of Sanctity magic card so we each draw until we're both holding six cards." Both players replenished their hands. Yugi smirked when he saw what was in his hand. "Well I have some disappointing news for you. You may have the most powerful monster on the field right now, but that's about to change. Now I'll sacrifice my Curse of Dragon and Gaia to summon my Dark Magician (ATK 2500, DEF 2100) in Attack Mode."
A mage wearing purple robes appeared as Gaia and the yellow dragon disappeared.
"There's just one problem. Your monster has fewer attack points than my dragon."
"That's true, but I never said I was done. Now I'll activate the magic card Thousand Knives to skewer your dragon."
Ugh! I was hoping to save this facedown card in case he tried to multiply those annoying Kuribohs, but I guess I have no choice but to use it up now. "I don't think so, Yugi. I activate my facedown magic card Cursebreaker to deactivate your Thousand Knives."
"And I'll deactivate your Cursebreaker with my trap card Magic Jammer. Now by discarding one card from my hand, I can negate the effect of your magic card." Yugi quickly discarded his Underworld Circle card from his hand so his Magic Jammer would deactivate Cursebreaker. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon cried out in terror as the knives sliced and diced its body.
"Dark Magician, attack his Peten the Dark Clown with dark magic attack." The mage fired a blast from his staff obliterating Kaiba's last line of defense. "That ends my turn."
Kaiba drew his next card. Hmmm. I don't have anything powerful enough to stand up to his Dark Magician. I only have one monster in my hand right now. All I can do for now is summon it to the field to protect my life points.
"For this turn, I'll activate the magic card Cost Down, lowering the level of my Kaiser Glider (ATK 2400, DEF 2200) from 6 to 4 so I can summon it in Defense Mode without a sacrifice." And here Kaiba discarded his Card of Demise card so he could activate Cost Down. "Then I'll activate the magic card Spell Sanctuary. This allows us to choose any magic card from our deck and add it to our hands."
Seto and Yugi each chose a magic card from their decks.
"That's not all my Spell Sanctuary card does. It allows us to treat all Spell Cards as Quick-Play Spell Cards. I'll place one card facedown. That ends my turn."
Yugi drew his next card. "Now I'll summon my Koumori Dragon (ATK 1500, DEF 1200) in Attack Mode. Now I'll clear your line of Defense. Dark Magician, attack his Kaiser Glider."
The Dark Magician fired a blast from his scepter incinerating Kaiba's Kaiser Glider.
"Now my Koumori Dragon can attack your life points directly."
"I don't think so, Yugi. When my Kaiser Glider is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, its special ability allows me to send one monster on the field back to the owner's hand. So I'll send your Koumori Dragon back to your hand. So you can't touch my life points."
"Fine. I'll place this facedown and end my turn."
Seto drew his next card. Hmmm. This monster may not have enough attack points to destroy his Dark Magician, but its special ability should do the trick.
"I'll place this monster facedown in Defense Mode and end my turn."
Yugi drew his next card. "Let's try this again. I'll summon my Koumori Dragon in Attack Mode again. Dark Magician, use your dark magic attack on his facedown monster."
The mage fired another blast that obliterated his facedown monster which was revealed to be Cyber Jar (ATK 900, DEF 900).
"My monsters special ability kicks in destroying all monsters on the field." The Cyber Jar sucked up the Koumori Dragon and the Dark Magician. "Now we both draw five cards from our deck and special summon any level 4 and below monsters among the five to the field. The other cards are added to our hands."
Seto looked at the five cards he had drawn. Not bad. I've drawn the Mystical Elf, a Thunder Dragon, a Polymerization card, Card Guard, and my Shrink card. Seto special summoned his Mystical Elf (ATK 800, DEF 2000) in facedown Defense Mode. He was forced to discard a card from his hand due to the hand-size limit so he chose to discard Card Guard.
Yugi grinned very happily when he saw the five cards he had picked up due to Cyber Jar's effect. He had drawn Alpha the Magnet Warrior, Beta the Magnet Warrior, Monster Reborn, Gazelle King of Mythical Beasts, and his Winged Dragon of Ra. He special summoned Alpha (ATK 1400, DEF 1700), Beta (ATK 1700, DEF 1600) and Gazelle (ATK 1500, DEF 1200) all in facedown Defense Mode. As soon as my next turn comes, I'll sacrifice all three of my facedown monsters to summon my Egyptian God.
"I'll place this card facedown and end my turn."
When Seto drew his next card, he became worried about the anxious look on Yugi's face. "What is it you find so amusing?" Seto demanded to know.
"Oh, nothing," said Yugi not wanting to give away that he'd be ready to summon his Egyptian God on his next turn.
He's up to something, but what? Could it have something to do with those three facedown monsters of his?
"I'll discard this Thunder Dragon card from my hand so that I can pull two more from my deck. Then I'll play the magic card Polymerization fusing them together to form Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (ATK 2800, DEF 2100) in Attack Mode." On the field stood a massive red dragon with two heads and a horn sticking out from each snout. "I'll place this card facedown. That should give you plenty to deal with."
"It won't be plenty for me to deal with for long. That may be an extremely powerful monster, but I'll be able to take it down easily with what I have in my hand."
Uh oh! Could he be holding what I think he is?
"Now I sacrifice…," Yugi began. Beams of light began to shoot up into the sky from Yugi's three facedown monsters.
If he's about to do what I think he is I have to act now.
"Hold it right there, Yugi!" Seto yelled quickly before Yugi was able to sacrifice his three facedown monsters. "I activate my facedown card Confiscation." Seto's card flipped up revealing a man dressed in armor carrying a chest while a peasant clinged to his ankles.
(Note: Even though Confiscation is a Normal Spell Card, he can play it on Yugi's turn since Spell Sanctuary allows him to treat it as a Quick-Play Spell Card.)
"Huh?" asked Yugi wondering why his three facedown monsters were still on the field.
"Here's how it works. First I pay 1000 life points. Then I get to look at the cards in your hand and banish one of them to the Graveyard. So show me your hand."
Seto walked over to where Yugi was standing as his life points dropped to 3000. In his hand he held Celtic Guardian, Multiply, Black Luster Ritual, the Spellbinding Circle, Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress, and the Winged Dragon of Ra. Looking at that Multiply card brought back painful memories from Duelist Kingdom. But he knew which card he had to force Yugi to discard.
"All right, Yugi. I'll banish your Winged Dragon of Ra to the Graveyard." Seto walked back over to his position.
Damn! He ruined my plan. But I have another trick up my sleeve thought Yugi. "I play my facedown magic card Monster Reborn to bring back Gamma the Magnet Warrior (ATK 1500, DEF 1800). Now I'll reveal two of my three facedown monsters, Alpha the Magnet Warrior and Beta the Magnet Warrior. You know what that means, right?"
"Oh no!"
"Now I'll combine Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to form Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (ATK 3500, DEF 3850) in Attack Mode. Now Valkyrion, attack his Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon."
Kaiba merely smirked. "You fool. I activate my facedown magic card Shrink so your Valkyrion will lose half of its attack points."
"And I'll counter your Shrink card with my facedown card Mirage Spell." Yugi's facedown card flipped up revealing what looked like a rainbow. "Whenever one of my monsters is about to lose attack points due to a card effect I can negate the effect and gain life points equal to the attack points that would have been lost. So thank you, Kaiba. Now I'll gain 1750 life points thanks to your Shrink card."
Valkyrion dashed forward and slayed the Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon with its sword bringing down Seto's life points by 700. Seto couldn't believe that Yugi had outsmarted him with that Mirage Spell magic card. Now Seto had 2300 life points while Yugi had 4050 life points.
"Oh yeah!" cheered Joey high fiving Tristan. "Yugi just put the moves on rich boy."
"Now Yugi has more life points than Kaiba does," added Tea.
When Kaiba drew his next card he let out an evil laugh. "Yugi, you may have gained the upper hand with that little Mirage Spell card of yours. But I've just drawn the card I need to tip the duel back in my favor. It's a card that gives my monsters a 500 point boost and doubles the number of monsters that I'm allowed to have on the field. I'm sure you've seen it before. Does this card look familiar?" Slowly Kaiba flipped his card around revealing it to be the card he had retrieved from the depths of the ocean.
Yugi's eyes widened in terror when he saw what Seto had in his hand. "No way! I thought all copies of that card had been destroyed."
"Not all copies," Kaiba replied.
"But where could you have possibly gotten that card?"
"I used my submarine to go all the way to the bottom of the ocean to find that temple where the Pharaoh and I dueled against Dartz. That's how I found it. I bet you're jealous because you didn't think of doing that, aren't you?"
"Kaiba, listen to me. You can't play that card. If you do, one of us might lose his soul."
Seto laughed at Yugi's comment. "You know my little brother tried to talk me out of using this card last night. Now I'll tell you the same thing I told him. You should realize by now that I don't believe in the whole soul-being-taken-away nonsense. Now prepare to lose." Seto began to slide the card in his field card magic slot.
"KAIBA! NO!" shouted Yugi now fearing what was about to happen.
"Too late, Yugi. Now I play the Seal of Orichalcos."
Green lasers shot around the floor of the playing field forming the Orichalcos symbol. Then a green-colored dome formed around both Yugi and Seto.
"Big brother," Mokuba whispered sadly.