Yu-Gi-Oh: Sacred Darkness
The Deal with Collectors Part 3
Mason could only stare in absolute shock and anger at what had transpired. His ultimate combo that had earned him countless victories time and time again came to a sudden screeching halt at the hands of this…high school kid, and some worthless weak card! To Mason, this shouldn't even be possible, his combo was perfect, but yet, here he was, his Spell Card removed from play and combo broken. All he could do now at this point, was glare at the one who had done this, Kaosu Cross, who just looked back at the collector with a very determined expression on his face.
"Now I hope you're prepared because trust me, this is only the beginning of my counter attack!" Kaosu proclaimed strongly. "Get ready, because I'm ready to win this duel once and for all!"
"Win this duel?!" Mason exclaimed angrily. "What a delusional statement! So you got lucky, so what?! Just because you stopped my combo doesn't guarantee you victory!"
"Maybe so, but things are now in my favor." Kaosu stated with a straight face. "After my turn ends, the Swords will disappear, allowing me to attack again, and without Magical Blast, you can't take out my Life Points. And with no cards in your hand, you are now forced to rely completely on the luck of the draw to get you the card you need to win. Do you think you can do it?!"
"Of course I can!" Mason shouted defiantly. "If a punk like you can pull it off, then so can I! I'll draw the one card that will obliterate you, and win me your Dark Magician card once and for all! And there's nothing you can do about it!"
"We'll see, because personally, I now think you're time is running out." Kaosu stated, crossing his arms. "But for now, with no other cards in my hand or moves to play, I officially end my turn. Which means that three turns have passed and your Swords are no longer in affect."
No sooner did the words leave his mouth that the sword of light slowly began to disappear one-by-one until finally they had all vanished. All of Kaosu's monster stretched their limbs, now free from their bind. Kaosu's Dark Magician flashed a smirk at Mason's, who just scowled in response. Mason himself growled at this event.
"So what if your monsters can attack again?!" Mason shouted with a snarl. "It won't make much of a difference."
"Actually, I think it obviously will, as next turn I'll attack you with everything I got." Kaosu stated with a calm expression.
"There won't be a next turn!" Mason proclaimed, placing his hand on his deck with a vicious smirk. "Because with this next draw, you'll be finished! I'll have exactly what I need to end this once and for all!" Mason was about to draw his next card when...
"Will you?" Kaosu suddenly asked; Mason momentarily froze mid-draw. "Do you truly believe you'll draw exactly what you need to win this duel?...Because I don't think you do."
"What are you blabbing on about?!" Mason shouted angrily. "I know I'm going to get the card I need! If you can do it, so can I!"
"But the reason I drew what I need..." Kaosu said, narrowing his eyes. "Was because I put all my faith in my cards. I believed in them to pull through for me when I needed it the most, and they gave me what I needed. You, however, you don't have the same faith in your cards like I do. I can tell that you have that doubt in you, the doubt that you will not draw what you need to win this duel. I can just tell by how your hand is trembling. The moment I broke your combo, was the moment I won this duel."
"Faith? Believing? AS IF ANY OF THAT CRAP ACTUALLY MATTERS IN A DUEL!" Mason shouted in a furious tone. "What good does faith do in a duel?! What good does believing in your cards do?! They're just paper cards, nothing more! They can't really do anything! Faith in your cards can't change crap! I know I'm going to draw what I need because the odds are in my favor! I have more Life Points than you, I have more monsters than you, and I have more Attack Power than you! Even if you broke my combo, I still have the advantage! Which is why when I draw my card, I will have what I need to win! Because after all, just about any card will win me this duel!"
"You can say that all you want, but that doesn't mean it is true, and you know it." Kaosu retorted calmly; he then shrugged. "But if you think you'll actually draw what you need, then by all means, go ahead and draw. Let's see if you can actually pull it off, though I highly doubt it."
"Ha, I will definitely pull it off! Watch me!" Mason grinned wildly. In a quick, intense motion he drew his card from the deck. "This is it, kid! With this card, my victory is now achieved! Your Dark Magician will finally be mine, and I will finally be one step closer to my ultimate goal! You never stood a chance against me, kid!" He turned the card over and looked at is as he continued speaking. "Your faith and believing got you nowhere, while my skills brought me to ultimate-"
Mason's stopped mid-sentence as he looked at the card, eyes widening in complete shock. Kaosu remained calm and indifferent as Mason looked at the card in his hand, the hand itself trembling as a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Mason's mouth slowly opened, leaving it agape as it tried to struggle with what he was now looking it, trying to wrap his mind around it.
"This...this can't be!" Mason thought in shock and despair. "THIS ISN'T WHAT I NEED! This card...this isn't the right situation to even use this card! This card is absolutely useless right now! This...THIS WASN'T WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! I was supposed to draw the winning card, defeat this idiot, and take what I wanted! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
"Let me guess: you didn't draw what you need?" Kaosu spoke calmly, placing a hand in his pocket. Mason snapped out of his thoughts, glaring at Kaosu, but it lacked any intensity and was filled with dread. "Judging from your expression, I'd say I'm right. I expected as much, to be honest. So, is that the end of your turn?" Mason just continued to glare at him as his arms fell down to his sides. "I'd take that as a yes, so now it's my turn!" Kaosu quickly drew his card, and after a brief look at it, stared down Mason. "And with it, the end for you! I activate my facedown card, Reverse Trap!"
"WHAT?! NO WAY!" Mason shouted in shock.
"The way this trap works is real simple." Kaosu explained; the Enchanter and Cerberus suddenly began to look weaker. "Any increases that the monsters on the field have suddenly turn into decreases, and the decreases turn into increases! Basically, your monsters' increase in Attack Points now turn into decreases!" Dark Red Enchanter (ATK: 2300 - 1200 = 1100) Mythical Beast Cerberus (ATK: 2400 - 2000 = 400)
"You got to be kidding me!" Mason exclaimed, gritting his teeth in anger. "Why are using a card like that?! That card is worthless! It's one of the least used cards in the game! Nobody freakin' uses it! It shouldn't be able to help you at all!"
"A good duelist makes use of even cards that seem weak." Kaosu stated. "You never saw Reverse Trap coming, which made it even more effective! And with it, this duel is about to be over! Dark Magician, attack his Mythical Beast Cerberus with Dark Magic Attack!"
Mason's eyes widened as Kaosu's Dark Magician readied his staff and built up energy at the tip. "Shit! If that attack hits, he'll wipe nearly all of my life points!" Mason thought as sweat dripped down his forehead. "I can't let that happen! No way in hell! I'm going to play my facedown!"
"Oh no, you don't!" Mason proclaimed, throwing his hand forward! "I activate my Trap Card, Attack Guidance Armor! This trap creates a piece of armor that redirects your attack to another of my monster that I choose." Kaosu just narrows his eyes at this. "And the monster I choose to attach this armor to is..." Suddenly, an grey piece of armor with red eyes and a mouth with sharp teeth appeared...on Mason's Dark Magician! "...my very own Dark Magician!"
"WHAT?!" Kaosu proclaimed in shock; Both Dark Magicians looked shocked at what had just happened. "Aare you crazy?! That'll mean your Dark Magician will be destroyed! That's your most powerful monster, your trump card! A card you spent so long collecting! And you're just going to sacrifice it like that?!"
"Of course." Mason chuckled. His Dark Magician looked at him fear and disbelief. "It's just some stupid card. It doesn't really mean anything to me except something to be sold and give me a huge payday! It doesn't have any feelings! And even if it does, it doesn't matter to me! These cards just serve my needs, serve what I want! I am their master, and I can do whatever the hell I want with them! So if I want to sacrifice my Dark Magician, so be it! After all, I'll be just selling it to somebody once I get what I want!"
"You greedy bastard..." Kaosu growled, disgusted by the speech. Kaosu's Dark Magician just narrowed its eyes in anger as well.
"Whatever, like what you think even matters." Mason scoffed. "Because now your Dark Magician's attack will be redirected towards my own! And with their Attack Points the same, looks like both are dead meat!"
Kaosu's magician looked reluctant until the red eyes of the Attack Guidance Armor glowed, which forced Kaosu's magician to forcefully turn towards its counterpart. At that moment, Mason's magician's fear grew even more as his staff was forcefully raised into the air, and Kaosu's was now doing the same. WIth both staffs raised into the air, the two Dark Magicians looked at each other for a moment, understanding suddenly coming between them before they threw their staffs forward, striking each other with Dark Magic Attacks! With their power equal, the magicians continued attacking each other until they shattered into pieces, indicating their destruction. Mason smirked at the sight, while Kaosu clenched his fists tightly, anger rising up in him.
"Well, looks like I really dodged a bullet there." Mason chuckled. "If that attack had struck my Cerberus, it would have set me up for defeat this turn! Heh, and I took down your own Dark Magician in the process! Win-win for me."
Kaosu trembled with anger as he glared at the card collector. "You...you bastard!" He shouted in rage. "You betrayed your cards! You threw away your Dark Magician like it was just some toy that you were done with! You treat cards as if they're just some way to get rich quick! You sicken me! And I refuse to let you win this duel! You may have taken out my Dark Magician, but I still got two attacks left, and they're going to do a hell of a lot of damage! Magician's Valkyria #1, take out his Cerberus with Mystic Scepter Blast!"
The Valkyria nodded, a new fire seeming to be brimming from her eyes as she raised her staff before thrusting it forward, a green magical sphere erupting from it and connecting with the Cerberus. The flaming blue wolf roared out in pain before being blown away by the blast! Mason shielded himself with his hand as his Life Point counter went down.
Mason's LP: 1200
"Dammit..." Mason cursed.
"And I'm done yet! Valkyria #2, destroy his Dark Red Enchanter as well!" Kaosu exclaimed. "Make sure he realizes why you shouldn't treat your cards like crap!"
The Valkyria spun her staff in an elegant way before grabbing it with both hands and firing off a stream of green magical energy, which completely engulfed the enchanter before shattering it into pieces. Mason narrowed his eyes in anger as he glanced at his Life Point counter, seeing it drop once more before his eyes.
Mason's LP: 700
"And now, I set one card facedown, and end my turn." Kaosu stated, placing the card in the Duel Disk and allowing the hologram to show up. "You may have allowed yourself to survive with that despicable move of yours, but the tables have turned and now you and I are just about the same with Life Points! And next turn, I plan on finishing you off! It's over, Mason! Make your move so it can happen!"
"This is not good..." Mason thought, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. "If I don't win this duel, and sell the cards to get the money...then I'll have no money to give to...him..." A shiver ran down his spine at the thought of this person. "Time is running out, dammit. I need to win this duel and quick, but I'm in a damn tough spot right now! This next draw better produce something!"
"Alright then!" Mason said, drawing his card. Once he looked at it, a crazy grin broke out on his face before he began to laugh, confusing Kaosu. "Perfect! Just what I needed to win this duel now! I activate the Spell Card, Dark Hole!"
"Oh no!" Kaosu's eyes widened.
"Oh yes..." Mason chuckled darkly. A massive dark hole suddenly materialized above them beginning to suck in everything it could and frightening all the monsters below it. "You obviously know what this little number does! It wipes out every monster currently on the field! So say bye-bye to that little combo you have with those damn Valkyrias!"
"But you'll be destroying your own monsters as well!" Kaosu shouted, anger growing. "Dammit, you don't care a single bit about what happens to their monsters!"
"Like I said before, these cards are meant to serve me and to help me get rich!" Mason laughed with a wild grin. "As long as I win, as long as I get the money, I could care less about what happens to them anyway! And besides, their just stupid holograms! As if they actually matter! Now watch as everything is sucked into the void!"
The Valkyrias looked up at the Dark Hole in apparent fear, while the Card Ejector just covered its face with its hat, trying to hide its fear. Mason's Magical Exemplar and Alchemist of Black Spells looked up at it in fear as well until all five monsters were suddenly lifted off the field. They all flailed around, trying to escape, especially the little Card Ejector that was now crying its tears out. Unfortunately, the Dark Hole sucked them all into its endless void in a swirling motion before it disappeared. Kaosu looked at where it once was with great anger, while Mason chuckled darkly.
"And with that final Spell...I now have six counters on my Citadel..." Mason stated slowly; an orb was once again absorbed into the tower, lighting up a sixth circle. "And with six counters on the Citadel...your end has finally come..."
"What do you mean by that?" Kaosu questioned, glaring at Mason.
"Simple. Remember the card I drew last turn?" Mason asked, holding up the only card in his hand. "I couldn't use this card last turn because summoning it wouldn't have done me any good in my situation, its effect unusable at the time. But now...now is the perfect ideal time to use it! If you thought my Dark Magician was bad, wait until you see this! I remove the six Spell Counters on my Citadel!" Mason threw his hand into the air, and the six orbs popped out of the Citadel and suddenly shot towards the ground and collided with it. "And with it! I summon forth from my hand, Endymion, the Master Magician (ATK: 2700)!"
Once Mason announced this and showed his card, a bright flash of light appeared where the orbs collided, slightly blinding Kaosu. The high school student managed to get a look at the light, and saw a figure emerge from it. Once the light died down, Kaosu was left with a figure that shocked him to his core. A giant purple-skinned figure wrapped in royal magician garments with gold linen all across it appeared, several purple orbs attached to its clothes. It had shoulder pauldrons, and wore a long flowing purple cape, and a big white ring with purple orbs embedded into it was attached to him from behind. And in his hand, he held a black and gold scepter with a crescent moon at the tip, a purple and gold orb in the middle of that crescent moon. The Master Magician gazed down at Kaosu, bearing its full power down on the high school student who gulped at the sight of it.
"Ah crap..." Kaosu muttered, worried once more.
"Meet my true trump card, Endymion!" Mason cackled. "He's the most powerful monster I have in my deck, and with his Summoning comes your defeat! Want to know why? Here's the deal! Endymion can be Special Summoned by removing six Spell Counters from the Magical Citadel of Endymion, and once he is summoned this way, one of his effects kicked in! If summoned this way, I am allowed to take one Spell Card from my Graveyard and put it back in my hand!"
"What?! There's no way he can have that ability!" Kaosu exclaimed; the student's eyes widened as a card suddenly slid out of the Graveyard slot in Mason's Duel Disk and he grabbed it, waving it in the air.
"Oh, but he does!" Mason grinned. "But don't worry, I won't be activating it! No, I have in mind a different use for this Spell Card! I now activate Endymion's second Special Ability! Once per turn, by discarding one Spell in my hand to the Graveyard, I can destroy one card on the field!"
"Ah shit!" Kaosu cursed.
Mason continued his grin as he placed the Spell he just took back into the Graveyard. "Now all that matters is choosing which card to destroy..." Mason stated, watching as Endymion began powering up its scepter. "You have two facedowns on your side of the field, and that's all. Which means one of them has to go. One of the two I feel will stop my subsequent attack, so I must choose carefully." Mason placed a hand on chin, closing his eyes thinking about this. Kasou watin ched him warily. "I choose..." Mason snapped his eyes open. "The card on the right! Endymion, wipe it out!"
Endymion followed its master's command as it powered up it's scepter, and fired off a purple wave of magic. The wave made contact with the facedown on the right and it shattered before Kaosu, who shielded himself with his arms in front of his head. Mason chuckled as he closed his eyes once more.
"And with that, my victory is assured." Mason proclaimed cockily. "Endymion, wipe out the rest of his Life Points! Master Magical Stream!" Endymion pointed its scepter towards Kaosu, and a few seconds later, suddenly fired off five powerful yet graceful black streams of magic that swirled around each other at Kaosu. And just when they were about to strike...
"Mason...YOU CHOSE WRONG! I activate my facedown, Negate Attack!" Kaosu announced. Before the streams could strike Kaosu,they suddenly struck an invisble wall, and stayed that way for a few seconds before vanishing. "Now your attack is cancelled. You chose poorly in destroying my facedown."
Mason growled in anger. The kid was really starting to piss him off. "You have more lives than a cat, I'll give you that!" Masn said begrudgingly. "But now you have no monsters, no facedowns, and no cards in your hand! There's no way you'll draw anything that can match up to my Endymion! So next turn, this duel is mine!"
"I wouldn't count on that. A duel can change with just one draw, I can tell that much." Kaosu stated confidently. He looked down at his deck and placed his hand on it.
"Deck, you've managed to save me before in this duel, I'm now asking you do the same again. I'm placing my faith in you once more, so please, give me the card I need."
"Here goes nothing!" Kaosu shouted as he quickly drew his card, wanting to not delay the inevitable. He slowly looked at the card, and his expression turned to surprise. "This card is..." Kaosu's face suddenly hardened. "I activate Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards!" Mason growled at this turn of events, and Kaosu once again prepared to draw. "These next two cards...they're going to decide this duel. I need to destroy Endymion, or I'm done for! No sense in wasting any more time here! It's all or nothing! Let's do this!"
Kaosu drew the two cards that would decide the duel for him, and with a deep breath he slowly brought the card to eye level, and studied them. Kaosu looked stiff for a moment at the sight, until he began to chuckle with closed eyes. "My cards never cease to amaze me, nowadays. I think I know exactly what to do with these. Mason..." He looked the card collector dead in the eye, a smirk on his face. "This duel is over. I've won."
"As if!" Mason replied angrily. "I don't care what two cards you drew! There's no way those two little cards can ever hope to defeat my Endymion! You're delusional!"
"No, you're the delusional one for thinking you could just treat your cards like toys to be sold at a moment's notice!" Kaosu retorted strongly. "And now it's time for you to learn your lesson! I activate...Monster Reborn!"
"Shit! What monster is he going to bring back from the grave?!" Mason cursed. "It has to be his Dark Magician! It's the one with the highest attack power after all!"
"Wrong, Mason." Kaosu stated, earning a look of suprise from the collector. "I know a more suitable monster to bring back from the grave to end this duel. This is the monster you forced me to discard from my hand earlier, and it's time to repay the favor. I can't find a more fitting card to beat you to the ground with. After all, you probably didn't even know I had this card in the first place. So come back...DARK MAGICIAN GIRL (ATK: 2000)!"
Mason completely froze in complete disbelief at the words just spoken, but once they were spoken, pink energy began forming at the ground in front of Kaosu. Suddenly, the pink energy suddenly formed a circle in the ground, and created a pink circle of magic in the ground. After the Monster Reborn symbol appeared above it for a moment, a figure suddenly emerged from the pink circle and into the air, and that figure was none other than the Dark Magician Girl. The busty magician girl smiled warmly before throwing her wand into the air and caught it before crossing her arms over her chest, staring down Mason, who still stood shocked.
"No...that's impossible." Mason trembled, trying to grasp what he was seeing. "Only Yugi has this card...he's the only one..and yet this kid has somehow summoned forth the Dark Magician Girl! He has one of the rarest cards in the whole game!"
"And with her summoning comes your defeat Mason!" Kaosu proclaimed as he pointed at him.
"Ugh...so what?! Rare or not, she's still weaker than Endymion! She doesn't stand a chance!" Mason shouted, momentarily snapping out of his shock.
"Weak? You may want to look at her again." Kaosu narrowed his eyes.
Mason blinked at Kaosu in confusion before looking up at the Dark Magician Girl, wondering what was different about her. She looked the same as she did on the card...wait, something was different. Mason looked closer, and suddenly saw a figure behind the Dark Magician Girl as she glared down at Mason. Suddenly, the figure turned around...and it was none other Kaosu's Dark Magician!
"What the?!" Mason exclaimed. "Your Dark Magician?! But he's in the Graveyard!"
"Yeah, that's the point." Kaosu smirked. "See, Dark Magician Girl has an ability where for every Dark Magician in the Graveyard, she gains 300 Attack Points to her total. Looks like you didn't do enough research."
"So what?! You only have one Dark Magician in the Graveyard, so it's just a lousy 300 extra points!" Mason shouted angrily. "Still doesn't change anything!"
"Look closer, Mason." Kaosu told him. "You'll find that what I said doesn't apply to just MY Graveyard."
Mason narrowed his eyes at Kaosu before looking back at the Dark Magician Girl, who still had Kaosu's Dark Magician behind her. But wait, Mason could now see a second figure behind her on the right side of her. The figure slowly came into view and materialized and turned around to face Mason..the collector's eyes widened in complete fear and disbelief! It was HIS Dark Magician, and it was glaring down at Mason, disapproval and anger in its eyes.
"N-No, t-that c-c-can't b-be!" Mason stammered. "That's my Dark Magician! But how is that possible?! I mean...WAIT! You don't mean-"
"Yes, Dark Magician's Girl ability applies to BOTH Graveyards!" Kaosu stated icily. "For every Dark Magician in either Graveyard, my Dark Magician Girl increases in strength. They are giving her power, making her stronger so she can defeat you. You should have treated your monsters better, because now they are coming back to get their vengeance on you." A pink aura suddenly surrounded the female magician, making her stronger. Dark Magician Girl (ATK: 2000 + 600 = 2600)
Mason looked at the scene before him in disbelief until he snapped out of it and glared at Kaosu. "Grrr...you're little female magician may have gotten stronger thanks to those damn Dark Magicians in the graveyard, but she's still weaker than my Endymion! So in the end, it's all for naught! You card is mine, dammit!"
"Hold on, Mason." Kaosu stated fiercely. "I still have one card left in my hand, and this card will put an end to you once and for all. I activate..." Kaosu turned the card over, revealing it to Mason. "...Riryoku! This card is immensely powerful, for with it, I can take away half of your monster's attack points!...And add it to my own monster's!"
"WHAT?! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Mason shouted in complete disbelief.
Mason could do nothing but watch as Kaosu activated his card, and a bright orb suddenly appeared and shot towards Endymion in a hurry. The Master Magician could do nothing as the orb struck it in the chest, and after a bit of a struggle, went right through it, leaving Endymion in a considerably weaker state. Endymion, the Master Magician (ATK: 2700 - 1350 = 1350). The orb then shot towards Dark Magician Girl, and then struck it in the chest as well. But after a bit of a struggle, instead of going through her, Dark Magician Girl absorbed the orb, and suddenly burst forth with a powerful magical aura surrounding her, a fire in her eyes. Dark Magician Girl (ATK: 2600 + 1350 = 3950)
"With this, my Dark Magician Girl is now much stronger than your Endymion." Kasou stated.
"No, this can't be..." Mason muttered in despair. "This can't be happening. This was supposed to end in my victory. End in me taking your Dark Magician as my own. This...THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!"
"Well too bad, things don't always go as planned!" Kaosu shouted angrily. "This is what happens when you disrespect your own cards like you've done! Dark Magician Girl, end this duel and show this fool what happens when you betray your cards! Dark Burning Attack!"
Dark Magician Girl narrowed her eyes intensely as she gather a great amount of pink magical energy at the tip of her wand, the spirits of the two Dark Magicians aiding her. After gathering up magical energy into a giant pink ball, she launched the magical pink ball forward with a great cry at Endymion. The Master Magician did all it could to block it, but it never stood a chance as it was completely engulfed in the ball of magic and cried out in immense pain before being caught in the explosion. Mason tried to shield himself, but could not as he was blown away, crying out in despair and defeat before falling down onto his back, the Life Point Counter dropping down one final time.
Mason's LP: 0
Winner: Kaosu Cross
All was silent for a few moments as Kaosu stared at the defeated form of Mason before looking at the fading form of Dark Magician Girl. And at that instant, she suddenly turned around and smiled warmly at him before fading away. Kaosu was once again surprised by this occurrence, but decided to worry about it later as he turned his attention back to Mason. He began to walk over to him, as the collector groaned before lifting his head up to see Kaosu.
"How...?" Mason questioned as Kaosu came closer. "How were you able to overcome all I threw at you? How were you able to defeat me like you did?"
Kaosu stood over Mason before wagging his finger at him. "Sorry...but a magician never reveals his secrets."
Mason growled at Kaosu before attempting to stand up, but was stopped when Kaosu slammed his foot down on Mason's chest hard. The collector coughed in sudden pain as he tried to pry the foot off of him, but Kaosu held no remorse for his action. To him, after seeing how Mason acted, thought, and treated his card, he deserved what was happening to him. With his foot still on Mason's chest, Kaosu bent over and took Mason's Duel Disk off his arm, and began looking through it. Mason tried to get up to stop him, but the foot prevented him from doing so. Eventually, Kaosu found the card he was looking for and held it in his hand: Mason's Dark Magician card.
"As per our deal, since I won the duel, I'll be taking your Dark Magician card." Kaosu said coldly. "It deserves to be in the hands of a better owner than you! At least I'll take care of it properly!"
"Bastard..." Mason got out, grunting in pain as Kaosu pressed his foot harder against his chest.
"And since I won our duel, you're going to let me out of this damn place...right now!" Kaosu growled at Mason. "Unlock the doors so I can leave!"
"And what makes you think I'm going to do that for you?" Mason replied sharply, only for Kaosu to press his foot even harder down.
"Because if you don't unlock the doors and let me out of here, then I'll get out of this place another way if I have to!" Kaosu narrowed his eyes. "And if I do get out that way, then I may feel like going over to the authorities and report this little tidbit. You know, about you taking me hostage in this place for your own ridiculous reasons, and how I escaped from you! I won't mind fabricating the truth a little bit if it means putting you in jail! But if you let me go now, and never both me again, then I will forget this ever happened and not mention this to anyone. Are we clear?"
Mason glared at the student above him for a long while before closing his eyes and reluctantly nodding. A small smirk appeared on his face. "Good. Now unlock these damn doors and let me out of here. I rather not keep my mom waiting any longer than she already has."
Soon enough, Kaosu was once again seen walking down on the path back to his home, school bag flung over his shoulder and a disinterested look on his face. At face value, you would think nothing had happened to him today, but in reality, Kaosu went through a hell of a lot in just one day, more than he ever expected. He opened the deck box strapped to his waist and pulled out a card from it, looking down at it with a thoughtful expression on his face as he continued to walk down the path home.
"This Dark Magician...it was treated so badly under Mason." Kasou said to himself. "And for some reason, I can feel that this card was treated even worse under the owner before Mason. This card has been betrayed so much, but with me, maybe it can now be treated right." Kaosu closed his eyes and sighed. "What a crazy day. Dealing with a crazy card collector out for my Dark Magician, going through one of my most hectic duels, getting a second Dark Magician, and perhaps the craziest of them all, actually having some sort of vision or hallucination or whatever of the Dark Magician Girl. Crazy day indeed."
"Yeah, seems like craziness seems to follow you around a lot these days."
Kaosu quickly snapped towards the owner of the voice, and his eyes widened to the size of saucers. Floating before him was the transparent figure of the Dark Magician Girl, who was smiling that warm smile of hers at hers. It took a few moments before this registered to Kaosu before he screamed out in surprise, losing his balance in the process and falling down onto his ass. Kaosu felt the notion of pain from his backside, but he couldn't truly register it as he was too busy gaping at the Dark Magician Girl.
"W-What the...Y-You again...T-This can't be..." Kaosu stammered out.
"Cat got your tongue again, Kaosu?" Dark Magician Girl said amused at his reaction. "You really need to get used to seeing me, otherwise you're going to start embarassing yourself."
"I-It's you!" Kaosu exclaimed, pointing at her. "It's you! You're talking to me the same way you did before! So that means that...that wasn't just some vision I had before! That...that was really you!"
"Of course, silly!" Dark Magician Girl giggled. "Who else could've it been? After all, I'm pretty sure there was no one else there helping you out of your little depressive state!"
"A-And t-that voice...that voice that spoke to me during my duels...that was really..." Kaosu managed to get out, piecing the puzzle together.
"Me! Guilty as charged!" Dark Magician smiled.
"But...but how?!" Kaosu questioned, still in shock. "How is this even possible?! You shouldn't even be able to be before me! You're not supposed to be real! And what's with the transparent thing?! I...I don't get this at all! What's going on?!"
"It's simple, Kaosu." Dark Magician Girl replied. "I'm a Duel Spirit."
"Duel...Spirit?" Kaosu spoke out in confusion.
"Yes, I'm the spirit of the Dark Magician Girl card that you have." She explained.
"From the card...?" Kaosu asked as he pulled out the Dark Magician Card. He was starting to worry if starting to duel again was starting to mess with his head if he's starting to believe in all of this.
"Exactly! That card connects to the Duel Monster world which I live in to your world. Call it a bridge between worlds. Normally, duelists can't see a Duel Spirit, but you are an exception to that." Dark Magician Girl explained to him in a simple, non-lectured way that anyone could understand.
"...You sure it's not because I'm insane or something?" Kaosu questioned, now a bit worried that he was actually hoping that he might be insane.
Dark Magician Girl giggled at the question. "No, you're not insane Kaosu." She replied with a smile. "That's because you're connected deeply with the cards you use. The bonds between a duelist and their cards can bestow them the ability to see us Duel Spirits. But those kind of duelists are rare, since everyone else seems to go for the power and style. Never really caring for their cards sadly." She told him with a dejected sigh.'
"Yeah, Mason was the prime example of that, and he made me sick to my stomach." Kaosu stated with a frown. He then sighed deeply. "This is all so surreal. Duel Spirits, Duel Monster world, me being able to see you...this all sounds so insane, yet for some reason, I'm starting to believe all of this. I'm still wondering if I'm not hallucinating or something. This is all so hard to take in."
Dark Magician Girl just chuckled, "Nope, you're not hallucinating Kaosu. This usually takes time for duelists like you who can see Duel Spirits to get used to. But once you've gotten used to seeing a Duel Spirit out and about, anything related to Duel Monsters won't phase you!" She said.
"Is that so?" Kaosu replied, slowly standing up. "Well I better get used to it, I guess. So I'm the only who can see or hear you, right?"
"That's right!" Dark Magician Girl replied with a wink and a pose. "I'm Dark Magician Girl, and I'll be your partner for the rest of our journey together. Nice to meet you!" she said with a smile and a small bow.
"Nice to meet you too, I guess." Kaosu scratched the back of his head, a faint blush appearing at her actions. "This is going to take a lot of getting used to, and I still wonder why this is even happening to me. But I guess this is alright. I mean, you've helped me out of some very tight spots before, and you've given me the confidence I needed at those times, so having you around, weird as it may be for me...it doesn't sound too bad."
Dark Magician Girl giggled. "It's no problem at all. I like helping others whenever I can. Especially with you. And I'm excited for the tournament that's going on! It's been a while since I was used in a duel until I was added to your deck." She replied as she flexed her arms and did a few stretches mid-air.
"Really?" Kaosu asked surprised. "I thought Yugi would've been using you, since he's the only other person I know who even has your card aside from me." Kaosu was surprising himself on how nonchalant he was sounding considering the situation.
"Well..." Dark Magician Girl trailed off, scratching her cheek sheepishly, as if embarrassed about something. "Truth be told, I accidentally escaped from his deck a long time ago and was left wondering around in the winds until an old man found me. By then, I was asleep until he handed me to you, which awoke me from my slumber. But I know Yugi won't mind me hanging out with you, probably saying something mysterious about how he fell like something tells him that I need to be with you or something. He's pretty good at those kind of predictions actually." She replied, a bit embarrassed as she laughed nervously.
Kaosu looks at her in shock. "So you're telling me...that I basically hold in my possession the only copy of the Dark Magician Girl card?! The one that belongs to Yugi Muto!" Kaosu slaps a hand to his forehead. "The heads just keep on rolling, I swear..."
"All in the nutshell, minus the rolling heads." Dark Magician Girl replied. "But still, for you to get your hands on my card, it can't be coincidence. Maybe I was meant to be given to you..." she muttered to herself with a hand under her chin as she was thinking.
"Meant to? As if." Kaosu scoffed. "Destiny and fate...they are all just a bunch of crap as far as I'm concerned. I decide my own fate, not some divine force."
"That's the spirit!" she cheered. "Truth be told, I don't really believe in fate or destiny either. The only thing that's real is karma!" she replied.
"Karma, huh?" Kaosu said. "Well, it was nice getting to know you, Dark Magician Girl. It makes this whole situation a bit more easy to get a handle of, even if it's still a bit weird to me."
"Likewise, oh, and shouldn't you be getting home?" Dark Magician Girl realized with a finger under her chin in curiosity.
"Shit! You're right!" Kaosu cursed. "I'm already late as it is thanks to that asshole, Mason! Man, my mom is going to kill me! I gotta back home fast or else!" Kaosu then ran as fast as he could down the path home, a worried expression plastered on his face.
With that, Dark Magician Girl smiled and proceeded to follow him, laughing along the way. Kaosu still did not understand many things going on, like why he was given the Dark Magician Girl card, what the Duel Monsters world is, or why this was all happening to him in the first place, but considering how much the Dark Magician Girl had helped him out, and how nice she seemed...he guessed he didn't mind having her around at all, though it will take a lot of getting used to. However, as Kaosu ran home with Dark Magician following him with her merry laughter, neither knew what was happening to Mason at that very moment.
Left alone in the abandoned warehouse, Mason laid down on the ground, an angered and frustrated expression as he looked up at the ceiling. He curled his hands into fists and slammed them down onto the ground, giving out a cry of great fury. He slowly got up and stood on his feet, his expression a mixture of frustration and fear pooled into one.
"Dammit. Dammit! DAMMIT!" Mason cursed, throwing his arms out to the side in anger. "This wasn't supposed to happen at all! I was supposed to take that kid's Dark Magician for my own, not lose my own Dark Magician to him! Now I got zero Dark Magicians, and nothing truly valuable to sell right now! My goal has just been stomped, and what's worse is that I'm running out of time! I got to do something quick! I got to find a way to get money quick or buy myself more time or else..."
"Time's up boy." A mysterious voice suddenly rang out from the darkness, Mason's eyes widened with horror as he looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, knowing exactly who it was.
"No, wait please! Give me more time!" He begged. He saw a black robed figure with a scythe emerge from the darkness and tower over him, and got onto his knees before it. "No, please wait! I just need more time to pay!" He replied, cold sweat dripping down his face as a skeleton hand reached out for him.
"The deal was, pay me in time, or you go back in your grave..." The figure replied.
"But I do! Let me just go get it!" Mason replied, hoping to buy little time to make his escape.
"I wanted it on the EXACT time, not one second less." The figure growled as cracks in the ground started opening up, unbeknownst to Mason.
"No, ple-urk!" Whatever Mason was going to say was stopped as many hands grabbed him as one clamped his mouth shut as the figure "tsked" in annoyance.
"Beg all you want, but you sold your soul just to keep your greedy self alive, now burn like the others who have inherited Greed...in Hell!" The figure replied, snapping his fingers as Mason's silent screams for help were unheard as his body was dragged into the ground as it closed up, looking as if nothing happened. After watching this display, the figure black-robed figure turned its head towards the exit that Kaosu had exited through.
"Kaosu Cross..." The figure replied, as if tasting the name, "I have a feeling you will be the most entertaining event during my stay here." The figure mused as it faded away, like he was never there in the first place.
A/N: After so many long months, I am finally BACK with another chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh: Sacred Darkness! I guess you're all wondering where the hell I've been, huh? Well I've been preoccupied with college and finding a new university to go to, and there is also the fact I got caught up in my new wrestling fic, though I won't bore you with those details! I finally managed to get around to finishing this chapter and ending what the Mason duel. I very much enjoyed writing this duel, and I can only hope that you all enjoyed it much as I did, and that the end was satisfactory. Hopefully, future chapters will be just as good, so I hope you enjoy this chapter until then!
Kaosu has finally defeated the greedy collector Mason, and in turn has gained a shocking companion in the Dark Magician Girl. What will come about from this new partnership between Kaosu and Dark Magician Girl? Why exactly is all this happening to Kaosu of all people and now of all times? And who was this mysterious robed figure that sent Mason to "Hell"? Find out in the next chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh: Sacred Darkness!