Lethalty60: Again, I own nothing! And saw hello to the Thousand Year Dragon, Yami!
Yami: Not this again!
Lethalty60: Also, I'm giving a bit of spoil because this'll be the first double duel! And I'm having one person speak at a time, too!
Yami: Not too much, is there? I'd hardly call it a spoil!
Lethalty60: THOUSAND YEAR, DESTROY HER DARK MAGICIAN!
After the gang got stuck in a cave and decided to explore it, with Bakura in the lead because his Ring can detect other Millennium Items!
"How much further left, Bakura?" Yume asked him.
"Not to far now!" Bakura called, but stopped as they saw a dueling platform. "How would-?"
"You have entered sacred grounds!" Someone said.
"Where only duelists can be found!" Another said.
"So, what's the point? We are duelists," Joey said.
"Before you pass across this chamber…"
"You must agree to face the danger, so let the contest begin!"
"And notify your next kin!"
"And not only that you're trapped because all the doors are locked!"
"And now," they said together as they revealed themselves, "you face the Brothers Paradox!"
"And," one said, "we've been also employed as Eliminators to take away all your Star Chips!"
I wonder how this dual work. Yume thought.
"And if you manage to win by some crazy fluke, a different puzzling test would begin!"
"And behind us are two doors! One leads to an endless maze, and the other leads to where you need to go!"
"And instead of dueling solo, a dueling team must be formed!"
"I've never heard of tag team dueling before," Tristan said.
"But," Yume reminded, "there's no other way, so my and Joey would have to work as a team to win this! I accept with Joey as my partner."
"That's right, Yume! Ain't no way we'll lose to the Paradox Brothers! And I'm betting 2 Star Chips!"
"Along with 4 to make it 6!" Yume put down four as Joey put down two. "And if we win, Joey, we'll both have entrance to the castle and confront Pegasus!"
"TIME TO DUEL!" The Paradox Brothers said.
"And now!" One of them said as he drew his card. "I'll start things off with Labyrinth Wall!"
After some time, the entire field became one big maze! "A whole maze?"
"And unless you can navigate it correctly, you'll be stuck forever!"
"The problem is, we've never been in a tag team duel before!" Yume pointed out.
"Then let me explain," one of the Paradox Brothers said. "We all start with 2000 Life Points like any duel, but if one duelist loses, then their whole team is gone with them!"
"And not only that, each team will alternate between turns, so it would be one of us, then one of you, and it'll continue until this duel is over! And the Labyrinth rules are much easier to follow!"
"As you summon a monster, it would act like a piece on a gameboard, movement equals power level! And if you manage to get past them all and make it to the end, the two doors puzzle will be your reward."
"Freedom for picking the right one, and eternal maze in the wrong one."
"And to make things simple, one would tell the complete truth while the other says complete lies. And to keep track with you, we'll each give you one question!"
This is just like a riddle I had as a kid! Joey thought. "What is the door that you two are guarding?"
After some moment, Para and Dox pointed to Dox's door. This is pretty suspicious, Yume thought as she changed to Yami after a glow from the Puzzle! Better trust only Joey! She thought. "Let's focus on the duel, then the dilemma later!"
"I'm up, so I play Beaver Warrior!"
"And now, for using Polymerization by merging Labyrinth Wall with Shadow Ghoul!"After that, they saw a shadow moving through the labyrinth, surprising Beaver Warrior. "REAPING CLAW SLASH!"
Beaver Warrior got destroyed, and Yami's Life Points dropped to 1600, but something was up. "Wait a minute!" Joey called out. "The number of spaces was way too far to even count!"
"Actually, the Wall Shadow never moved any space. It was moved on the wall, which doesn't have any spaces!"
This is terrible enough, Yami thought. If their monster can move within the walls, then it can strike at least suspicions! But there's a catch with it, too. And now, it's Joey's turn!
"I'll put that shadow to shame with Axe Raider and a card face down!"
"That's surprising, Joey, but a good one to! If our monsters are not near the wall, then what's the purpose of having sneak attacks?"
"Now it's my turn!" Dox said as he drew his card. "I play a card face down!" The first monster, he thought, to land on the symbol marking Jirai Gumo will fall victim to the fatal surprise it has in stock! "And I'm playing Labyrinth Tank in Attack Mode with a 7 space movement!"
"Now it's my turn!" Yami called out and drew her card, then played in. "Celtic Guardian in Attack Mode! And four spaces into the maze!"
Her elf came up and moved the designated spaces. "Nice try, but Wall Shadow will destroy it NOW!"
The shadow approached Celtic Guardian, but Yami just smirked. "You've left him wide open!"
Joey played his Trap. "Kunai With Chain!" A grappler appeared out of nowhere and snagged the Wall Shadow!
"What just happened?"
"Kunai With Chain prevents your monster from attacking! And my Axe Raider gets to reel him in! And not only that, the Attack Points increase to the Celtic Guardian, having reach to 1900, over Wall Shadow!"
"And now to destroy it!" Yami ordered her Celtic Guardian, which slashed Wall Shadow and destroying it.
"And no more surprises again!" Yami and Joey both said as Para's Life Points dropped to 1700.
And now, Joey thought, to strengthen our monsters. "Time for Flame Swordsman to drop some heat in Attack Mode!" His Swordsman showed up.
"And not only that, I'll move both him and Axe Raider four spaces!"
"LABYRINTH TANK, ADVANCE SEVEN MORE SPACES! And not only that, a trap is in place for your warriors, to."
"And it's my turn!" Yami called out. "I hope your Tank isn't too close because the Dark Magician has decided to join the fight!" She played it down. "A five space movement as defense, as well."
"Not any more to help you!" Para drew his card. "For Magical Labyrinth!"
The entire maze was shifted, separating Yami's monsters from Joey's and rearranging the shape.
"Our strategy is blown!" Joey drew his card, but kept calm because Yami insisted that he does. "Right! Axe Raider, Flame Swordsman, time to advance and regroup. Because the sooner we get to the end, the sooner we can end this!"
Axe Raider and Flame Swordsman moved towards the maze, but a trap has been activated! "No, Joey!"
"Now to activate Jirai Gumo for a trap because Axe Raider stepped on the symbol! And now he'll pay the price!" A giant spider came up and snagged Axe Raider, where Joey ordered it to fend it off. "Can't do anything because Jirai can reduce the Attack power back to the original!"
The spider snagged harder, destroying Axe Raider and lowering Joey's Life Points to 1600! "And not only that, I'll advance Labyrinth Tank another 7, bringing it within striking range of the Flame Swordsman! And I'll place a card in Defense Mode."
"Not going to tell us what it is?"
"You have enough to worry with Jirai Gumo and Labyrinth Tank in range of Flame Swordsman! And after that, then you can worry about the other surprises hidden within the maze."
"But it's my turn now!" Yami said and drew her card, to which is a good thing for her and Joey. "I play Mystic Box with my Dark Magician!" The Dark Magician went inside a box and three doors closed, sealing anyone from seeing inside, then swords stabbed inside!
Another box appeared, but when the sword driven one opened, it revealed Jirai Gumo, and the Dark Magician exited from the other one!
"How can this be?!" The Paradox Brothers both exclaimed. "Your Dark Magician is unharmed!"
"The reason why," Yami explained, "is because the Dark Magician magically switched places with the spider, and ending a magic trick! But that's not it!
"Dark Magician, DARK MAGIC ATTACK ON THE LABYRINTH TANK!" The Dark Magician powered up his staff, then released it on the tank, destroying it and dropping Dox's Life Points to 1900!
"And together, we'll overcome any and all obstacles you have to throw at us!"
"Everything, huh?" Para drew his next card, to see a surprise for Yume and Joey! "I'll lay a monster face down!"
"And now it's my turn, and I'll advance Flame Swordsman 5 spaces! Almost there, Yume!"
"My turn!" Dox drew his card. "Another monster face down. And I'll reveal a past monster, Dungeon Worm, from Defense to Attack and then power it up with Invigoration!"
Dungeon Worm showed up with ATK/DEF Points (Added effect of Invigoration) of 2200/1500. The worm then dug itself under the ground and then resurfaced, grabbing the Celtic Guardian and decreasing Yami's Life Points to 800!
"This has to be cheating, right Téa?" Tristan asked her.
"Yeah, this maze gives every single one of their monsters an advantage!"
"Because no one," Para explained, "has ever escaped this labyrinth before."
"How will we do this, Yume?" Joey asked her.
"We'll do this in a different fashion!" Yami said as she placed a card down. "MAGICAL HATS, MATERIALIZE! Cover the Dark Magician and FLame Swordsman!"
"Nice one, Yume! A great one covering them."
"There's a catch, too!" Yami added. "You're worm has 2200 Attack Points with the Dark Magician at 2500! If the wrong hat is chosen with the Dark Magician, then the worm is destroyed."
"That plan will backfire!" Para said. "Because I can play Monster Tamer! Not only will I be able to call out orders for the monsters my brother controls, it'll also add 500 Attack Points to the Dungeon Worm, making him more powerful than the Dark Magician!"
The Dungeon Worm appeared and attacked an empty hat!
"My turn now, and I'll get this guy out! SALAMANDRA!" The Paradox Brothers were frightened. "You have to be scared because Salamandra will raise the Attack Points by the Flame Swordsman by 700! Not only that I'll use him to attack the hole made by your worm inside the empty hat! GO!"
A fire dragon made from Salamandra in the Flame Swordsman went inside the hole. "Not only that," Bakura added, "with the Worm having a weakness to Fire Attributes, the bonus is negated, having to attack a 2200 Attack Points monster, less than the Flame Swordsman!"
The Dungeon Worm raised up from the hole, engulfed in flames, before being destroyed and lowering Dox's Life Points to 1600!
Dox drew his next card, hoping for the element god, and got his luck! "Time to activate the trinity!" He placed it down. "Kazejin, God Of Wind!"
"Uh, Yume. I don't like this!"
"It's a trinity, but it matches the class of Exodia!"
The Paradox Brothers spoke in unison. "Elements of Thunder, Water, and Wind, Suijin, Sanga, Kazejin, BEGIN! Meld your powers in eternal light. Show these fools your UNSTOPPABLE MIGHT!"
After the unison, the three gods became Gate Guardian, with ATK/DEF Points of three separate gods: Thunder (2600/2200), Wind (2400/2200), and Water (2500/2400)!
"Three monsters worth of its strength!" Yami called out. "Three in one!"
"So you think it's unbeatable, huh?"
"You'll soon find out! And it's your turn, Yume!"
"I can't do anything!" Yami called out as she played two face downs. "Except for these two."
"A waste of a turn, because now the Flame Swordsman is now smoldered! THUNDER STROKE ATTACK!"
Gate Guardian started charging up its power, then released it on the Flame Swordsman, only to have it prevented thanks to Mirror Force that Yami played. "Say goodbye, because Gate Guardian conquers ALL!"
"Sorry, but not this turn!" Yami turned over a Trap. "Say hello to Mirror Force!" The attack broke the barrier, but aimed at the Gate Guardian instead.
"SQUALL BARRICADE FOR DEFENSE!" The attack connected to the defense, but it once again got redirected. "Now you failed!"
"I have another trick!" Yami reminded. "Even though you protected your guardian, what's protecting your Monster Tamer?"
The Brothers were surprised to see Monster Tamer take the blow, then vanished! "Destroying your own monster, the worst thing to ever happened!" Para's Life Points has been dropped to 900.
"Now for my turn!" Joey was about to draw his card, but Yami wanted him to wait a bit longer.
"Gate Guardian is created by three different monsters with different stats, so I realized a plan to wipe him out!"
"I hear you now! Flame Swordsman, SALAMANDRA STRIKE THE MID-SECTION" The dragon got reformed and started attacking the Wind Attribute, but the Water Attribute blocked it.
"When one section gets attacked, the others will block it! So you wasted a turn. TIDAL SURGE ATTACK!" The entire maze has gotten soaked, with the Dark Magician safe, but the Flame Swordsman unlucky, as Joey's Life Points dropped down to 1300. And the Paradox Brothers are also in for a surprise.
"You may have soaked the maze," Yami said. "But our spirits are still high in winning! Because I place a card face down and play Summoned Skull!"
"The Swordsman did nothing!"
"Actually, Summoned Skull attacks by using lightning! And if Joey hadn't brought out his Flame Swordsman, this wouldn't have happened! Summoned Skull, LIGHTNING STRIKE!" Summoned Skull released a torrent of electricity, causing the attack to be guided by the water.
"Nice try, but the defense are being activated NOW!" But the Gate Guardian did nothing to protect itself. "Why is it not defending?"
"Simple!" Yami called out. "You drenched the entire maze, and not only that," she flipped a Trap, "the Spellbinding Circle was in with the hats!"
"NO! This can't be happening!"
"Not only that, but 700 Points weaker causes the Water Attribute to be a weak spot, so it's gone!" The electricity connected the Guardian and destroyed the Water Attribute, lowering Dox's Life Points to 900, matching his brother, Para! But the field no longer has Suijin's water anymore.
"No more of this!" Para said as he placed down a Magic Card. "Remove Trap!" Spellbinding Circle was destroyed.
"My turn now!" Joey drew his card, which turn his luck to the right side since his battle against Bonz! "Take this!" He placed the monster down. "Red Eyes Black Dragon!" His dragon showed up next to Yami's Summoned Skull.
"Now I activate my own magic!" Yami flipped a Magic Card. "POLYMERIZATION! I'll fuse Summoned Skull with Joey's Red Eyes to create the Red Eyes Black Skull Dragon!" With the dragon infused with the Summoned Skull, the new ATK/DEF Points is now 3200/2500.
The Paradox Brothers just laughed. "You are such a fool because this maze has one rule you may have forgotten: A NO FLY ZONE!"
"Great! My Red Eyes only moves by flight!"
"I have a plan all along, Joey!" Yami reassured him, but the Paradox Brothers are known not to be underestimated as Dox drew his card.
"Nice try, but I have Riryoku!"
"Riryoku?"
"A rare and powerful card, Joey!"
"And what it does," Dox explained, "is that it takes half the Life Points of my opponents and add them to one of my own creatures attack power." Yami's Life Points dropped to 400 while Joey's dropped to 650!
"Not only that," Para added, "but Gate Guardian is being strengthened by the lost Life Points!" The new ATK Points of the Gate Guardian is now under two Attributes: Thunder (3000) and Wind (3050)!
"You are also lucky that this card ends our turn immediately upon playing! But next turn, the powers will be used to win this in our favor!"
"Stay calm, Joey! My plan is still in effect!" Yami draws her card. "First off, my Dark Magician leaves the Magical Hat he's in and goes to the end of the maze, which is six spaces away!"
"What good would that do? You know our Gate Guardian will finish him off!"
"I'm getting to the point! Because the next card I'll play is Reborn The Monster!"
Nothing, Para thought, will help them no matter what monster she revives! "ATTACK THE DARK MAGICIAN, GATE GUARDIAN!" Thunder started charging up the magic to release, then at full power, released it!
"You're forgetting that I haven't even picked one yet. TIDAL SHIELD, SUIJIN!" Right before the attack connected against the Dark Magician, a water shield appeared, blocking the attack! "This one was your own, because Reborn The Monster brings back any monster that's in the Graveyard, including your own!"
"Try as you might, but it's Joey's turn right now!"
Okay now, Joey thought. What can I do to turn this duel around and get their Guardian to fall? Joey drew his card, and a sinister smile showed on his face. "COPYCAT TIME! I'll use it as though I just played Riryoku!" Both Brothers lost half of their Life Points (450 each.) and powered up the Black Skull Dragon, raising the ATK Points to 4000!
"You wasted yet again! ATTACK SUIJIN USING THUNDER STOKE!"
"TIDAL SHIELD!" The attack hit the shield, defended for one attack.
"Nice try, but we'd known you'll defend. STRIKE AGAIN!" The attack came from the Thunder element, causing the Dark Magician to jump and avoid the blast! But the good thing is, Suijin was reborn in Defense Mode.
"Did you really think that you would win for a two on one elemental battle. You've lost this duel!"
"Not really, I stalled long enough for Joey to play Copycat because now I play-" Yami placed another Magic Card down, "-MONSTER REPLACE!"
"NO!" The Brothers shouted out as the Dark Magician and the Black Skull Dragon were switched.
"At first," Yami said, "I thought it would be piece by piece. But with our dragon powered up, we can destroy the whole thing with one, fatal blast! MOLTEN FIREBALL ATTACK NOW!" Black Skull Dragon charged up, and released two fireballs, one for each element, completely destroying Gate Guardian and dropping the Paradox Brothers to an equal zero at the same time!
After the duel, the Paradox Brother notified them that they still need to solve their riddle. They both said that they'll be giving a difficult time responding, so Yami came up with a plan!
Yami held up two coins, each with a symbol of the doors. "With these coins, we'll decide! I've marked a coin representing one of the doors, and the coin still clenched in my fist is the one we'll pick!"
Yami took some time, then revealed the mark of Dox's door.
The Brothers laughed because they said that he had the right door, but Yami caught on. "Not quite because if we did, then Para's would be the right one!" The Brothers were shocked.
"You can change," Yami explained, "which door leads to which path, can't you, and making sure we choose wrong!" They were about to protest, but Yami stopped them. "You didn't see what our choice was." Yami revealed her other hand, which had the same markings. "So I guess we are on our way to Pegasus' castle because I inscribed a coin with two markings! One for each side, but different."
~Duelist Kingdom, Castle Dungeon~
"Why would you do this, Pegasus?" Seto demanded! "I can take you down as easily as I can for what you did to Mokuba!"
"Be careful how you choose your words, Kaiba boy!" Pegasus reminded. "Because in my dungeon, in my castle, in my realm, the only one here who makes threats is ME!" His Millennium Eye caused a bright flash, making the Kaiba brothers shield their eyes!
When Seto looked around, he saw Mokuba down on the floor. "MOKUBA!" Pegasus laughed, then held up a card, which has a picture of Mokuba on it.
"What did you do to him, you monster?!"
"Just a little magic trick, Kaiba boy. I've only ensured the cooperation, so I've imprisoned Mokuba's soul is locked in a place where locks can't be picked! Where he'll stay until you can beat me in a duel. If you win, you'll have the privilege of dueling me. But fail, and Mokuba's soul is mine for keeps!" He tossed to Seto a Dueling Glove and five Star Chips.
a/n Out of everything I did, I think this may be the longest one I did, but there's still more to come, so stay tuned for another chapter of Daughter Of The Legendary Duelist!