Episode 10: Double Trouble Part 1

30 minutes ago: The scene shows the throne room of the Duel Sanctuary Castle. The Lord of Chaos sits on his throne above his minions, Lux and Nox, who kneel before him. Lux says, "We denied to help Yuni's friend, just as you asked, my lord."

Nox continues, "Also, Seto has now obtained five entry cards."

The Lord of Chaos says, "Yes, this is all very good. Everything is going according to plan. Within the hour Yuni will have his five entry cards, along with Seto, who already has his. Soon we will be having our ceremonial duel of Chaos. I have new orders for you two. Now that Yuni will surely obtain his fifth entry card, we need to organize his Rite of Passage Duel. I want you two to watch the remainder of the duel he is now, and keep an eye on him after it. I want to know what his weakness is, so I can customize his Right of Passage Duel. Is this understood?"

Both say at once, "Yes my lord!"

"Also, you two are not to interfere, only observe."

"Yes my lord."

"Alright then, you two are dismissed to your duties." And with that, the two ninjas disappear.

Lux and Nox are up in a tree watching Yuni and Goto's duel. Goto says, "Joshi is the grand leader of the Band of Thieves, and would never be caught dead without his gang, so when he is summoned, I can summon four Band of Thieves monsters with different names from my grave in attack position…"

Nox looks to Lux and says, "This is not good, Yuni could lose the duel. We should stop this, we have the right to, this is an illegal duel after all."

Lux says sternly, "No. Our lord was very clear. We are not to interfere. Besides, remember what he did to that Sly kid? And you heard how he beat Trope. On both accounts he was in a worse position than this one. He still has a chance to win."

"We will stop it though before he loses, right?"

"If the need arises, which it won't, I'm sure that our master will not be upset if we keep Yuni in the tournament."

"Alright then, let's wait and find out."

Lux and Nox watch the remainder of the duel in silence until Yuni wins. Lux says, "See, I told you. Now, let's gather our information on Yuni."

Present time: Yuni, Brutus, and Tori are walking through the forest, heading for the Duel Sanctuary Castle. Brutus looks so excited that he can barely contain it. He shouts out, "No one can stop The Brutus! I am unstoppable! This tournament is all mine!"

Yuni says to him, "You're getting way ahead of yourself Brutus. You can't even be sure that you there are enough spots in the finals for us."

"I'm not worrying about that. Besides, it would be a mistake to not let this guy," he points at himself, "into the finals. The finals that I am going to win."

"Don't be so sure of yourself, after all you did lose your last duel."

Brutus' look of excitement turns to a look of anger. "Hey that guy stole my entry cards."

Yuni begins to look more agitated. "That has nothing to do with anything, you still lost!"

"So?"

"So, you lost the duel, which is probably what encouraged him to take your cards! If it wasn't for me, putting my deck on the line, my own deck, you would be on a boat home right now!" Yuni and Brutus give each other looks of anger.

Tori steps between them and says, "Guys, guys, calm down. You guys are best friends. You shouldn't be fighting."

Yugi says to Yuni, She's right. Brutus may be a little foolish, but there is a reason that you risked your deck for him.

Yuni takes a deep breath and calms. He says to Brutus, "Sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you."

Brutus responds, "Yeah, well I was kind of an ignorant jerk too. Sorry." Brutus takes a deep breath. He then says, "Oh yeah, and Yuni," Yuni turns towards him, "thank you. Thank you for everything. You've been a good friend"

Yuni looks at Brutus and says, "The same goes to you."

Tori says, "See, isn't this better. Now come on, we have some finals to get to."

The group continues walking, completely oblivious to the ninjas of light and darkness in the trees above them. Lux says, "We have his weakness."

Yuni and friends are outside the Duel Sanctuary Castle, standing in front of a large drawbridge. Brutus is staring up at the castle in awe. He says, "So what do we do now?"

As if to answer him, the magnificent drawbridge lowers. Lux and Nox walk across.

Brutus says, "Hey, it's those ninjas again!"

Lux says, "Welcome duelists to the Duel Sanctuary Castle."

Nox continues, "We presume that you being here means you have gathered five entry cards."

Lux finishes, "Present your cards now."

Yuni and Brutus hold out their entry cards. "Very good," says Nox, "Please follow us."

Yuni, Brutus, and Tori follow Lux and Nox into the castle's courtyard. Lux and Nox stop and turn around.

Yuni says, "Is something the matter?"

Lux says, "We stop because you have not made it to the finals yet."

Nox adds, "All groups of duelists that come through here, must face a Rite of Passage Duel."

Lux continues, "Our lord has decided that your challenge is to be a double duel."

Nox says, "Yuni and Brutus will duel us."

Brutus exclaims, "Alright, a double duel!" He then whispers towards Yuni, "Hey, do you know how to double duel?"

Yuni shakes his head and says with scorn, "Oh, Brutus. Lucky for an amateur like you, I know how to double duel."

Brutus then exclaims, "Alright then, we except your challenge! It's time to double duel!"

Lux says, "The tall one seems ready enough, but how about the young Yuni?"

Nox continues, "Do you accept our challenge?"

Yuni says, "It seems like I have little choice. Let's do this."

Brutus nudges him, "Come on Yuni, this will be awesome! You and me, Yuni and Brutus, the unbeatable tag team. When we get together, the world should fear us."

Yuni says, "All I fear right now is dueling with you on my side."

"Hey, what is that supposed to mean?"

"It means exactly what it sounds like; I'd rather not be in this duel with you as my partner."

"For the sake of our friendship, I'll pretend that I didn't just hear that."

Lux interrupts, "Do you two have all of your affairs in order? We are waiting."

Yuni responds, "I'm sorry, let's do this duel."

The four duelists all activate their Duel Gauntlet. The computer says its usual, "Scanning decks…decks accepted. Commence dueling."

Lux draws a card and says, "I'll go first. I summon my Shining Astral (Light/Level 1/Fairy/Effect/ATK 200/DEF 0)." Lux summons a monster that looks like a spirit made of pure light. "I end my turn (Lux's hand: 5)."

Yuni exclaims, "I will take the second move!" He draws a card and says, "Duel on! I set a monster and I end my turn (Yuni's hand: 5)."

Brutus says, "Hey Yuni, why are you wasting your time by setting a monster? You have a free attack."

Yuni answers critically, "Maybe in a normal duel the second duelist can attack, but this is a double duel. On the first round only the fourth duelist can attack."

"Oh, that's lame."

Nox says as he draws, "If you two are done with your bickering, I will take my turn. I summon Darkness Spirit (Dark/Level 1/Fiend/Effect/ATK 200/DEF 0)." This monster is similar to Shining Astral, but its body is comprised of shadows. "I also will set one card and end my turn (Nox's hand: 4)."

Brutus draws a card and says, "Alright, it's Brutus' turn. You two are going down! I set a card and then I summon Super Sworder (Earth/Level 4/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 0)!" Brutus summons a warrior clad in minimal armor. But what it lacks in armor is made up by its two massive swords, one long and one broad. "This monster can only attack if you two control two or more monsters, but that is not a problem here."

Yuni looks up towards Brutus, realizing what he is about to do, and tries to object.

Brutus exclaims before Yuni can interfere, "Super Sworder attack Shining Astral!"

Yuni exclaims at the same time, "No Brutus, don't!" But it is too late, Brutus' monster has already started attacking. It charges at Lux's monster, brandishing its two swords. It raises its swords.

Lux says calmly, "Mind lending me a hand, brother?"

Nox responds, "Why of course brother. I activate Darkness Guidance. With this card I can redirect one of your attacks towards one of my monsters. I change the attack towards my Darkness Spirit." Super Sworder gets enveloped in shadows and changes it direction. It begins to attack Darkness Spirit. "Now I activate the effect of my Spirit. Once per turn, if he is in attack position, I can negate one of your attacks and inflict damage to you equal to half of the damage I would have taken." From Darkness Spirit comes a ray of shadow that wraps around Super Sworder. Brutus' monster turns around and charges at Brutus, slashing him (Brutus' LP: 3100).

Lux then says, "Now I activate my Shining Astral's effect. Since you took effect damage, I can inflict the same amount. I target Yuni." Astral shoots several beams of light a Yuni (Yuni's LP: 3100).

After being hit Yuni looks angry and shouts at Brutus, "Didn't I tell you already, you don't attack when the opponent is obviously baiting you?!"

Brutus shouts back, "Hey, you only said that is the case when an opponent has a monster with zero attack!"

"I meant whenever an opponent leaves any weak monster apparently unguarded! Duel with your brains Brutus! Oh wait, you don't have any when it comes to dueling! You are just an amateur!"

"At least I am trying to win this duel! I am doing the best I can!"

Lux and Nox are standing calmly, watching the argument. Lux says, "Mission accomplished."

Nox finishes, "Weakness exploited."

They both say at once, "This should be fun."