The Queen of Games

The Finals

Chapter 19

Daisuke Vs. Marik: The Final Battle- Part II

Previously on The Queen of Games, it was time for the final duel of Battle City with Daisuke facing Marik for the crown. As with the last 2 duels, Marik unleashed another shadow game, but this one was more different than the rest. With Daisuke and Marik each losing life points, Yugi and the original Marik will slip into the shadows, and if things weren't bad enough, Marik brought forth the final guardian: Thinen the Great Sphinx. Can Daisuke and Slifer find a way to overpower Marik, or will this duel be over too soon? Let's find out.

"It's time for you to see what Thinen is capable of" Marik said as Slifer's attack hit, but nothing happened.

"How can Thinen still be standing?!" Daisuke asked in shock.

"Thinen is quite powerful, then you think. Now it's time for me to activate it's special ability. By giving up 500 life points, I can increase my monster's attack points by 3000" Marik said.

(Marik: 3500)

A piece of Marik's left leg faded away.

(Thinen: 3500-6500)

"Now it's even stronger than Slifer" Tea said worriedly.

"Daisuke's God Card can blast that thing away with no problem" Joey said.

"Let's hope so" Duke said.

"All right, it's time for me to get rid of your guardian. Slifer, attack with your second mouth!" Daisuke commanded as her dragon roared before firing 3 orbs of purple energy from it's second mouth toward Thinen, but the attacks bounce off.

"I forgot to mention, Thinen is indestructible. Now it's time for me to rid the field of Slifer" Marik said causing everyone to gasp.

"Wait, can Marik really do that?" Tristan asked.

"I believe he can, Tristan" Tai said.

"Now, Thinen attack Slifer the Sky Dragon, now!" Marik commanded as his monster gathered a flame in it's mouth and unleashed it, consuming Slifer and causing Daisuke to shield her eyes.

"Hang in there" Tristan said.

"Stay strong, sis" Jun cheered as Slifer roared in pain as it vanished.

"No, Slifer's gone" Mokuba said.

"And Daisuke has no monsters left, so if Marik attacks next turn, she's finished" Matt said.

"Looks like you're down one monster, Daisuke. Now, Thinen return to the graveyard" Marik commanded as his monster disappeared. "I'm afraid the worse is yet to come. Thinen maybe gone for now, but I assure he will return soon" Marik added.

"How? You can only have one Monster Reborn in your deck, Marik" Daisuke pointed out.

"Yes, but I have a face down card to help. And now, it's time to activate it. Reveal Zombie's Jewel" Marik announced as his face down card flipped up and activated.

"What the hell does that card do, Marik?" Daisuke asked.

"It lets me take any card from your graveyard, and place it in my hand, and since you know what card I want..." Marik trailed off.

"It's Monster Reborn" Daisuke gasped as the card flew out of her graveyard and into Marik's hand as he caught it.

"That's right. This will allow Thinen to return and continue what he started" Marik said as he caressed the card like he loved it so much. "But since, I activate Zombie's Jewel, you get to draw one card, but choose carefully. For if you guess wrong..." Marik trailed off as he brought out Bakura's Millennium Ring.

"That's Bakura's Millennium Ring" Tristan said.

"How did he get his hands on that?" Joey asked.

"He must taken it when we weren't looking" Duke answered.

"With the Millennium Ring in my collection, it won't be long before I add your Millennium Bracelet to my collection as well" Marik said.

"Don't count on it yet, Marik. My move" Daisuke said as she looked at her deck. "This is it. Everything rests on one card. I just hope it's the card Kaiba gave me. He put his trust in me. So I have to put my trust in him" Daisuke thought as she closed her eyes and drew a card from her deck, and she opened her eyes. When she saw what she drew she gave a discreet smile. "I place one card face down and end my turn" Daisuke said with finality as a face down card appeared.

"So, what card do you think Daisuke drew, guys?" Veemon asked.

"At this rate, anything. But let's hope it's a card that beat Marik" TK said.

"So, the impending threat of the shadows clouds your judgement. No matter, it's my move and I'll place one card face down and then, I activate Monster Reborn. Now Thinen, return to me" Marik announced as the final guardian appeared. "Next, I'll activate my monster's second ability, by transferring all but 1 of my life points I can power up Thinen's attack points" Marik said as his body faded until the only thing left was his left eye.

(Thinen: 3500-6999)

"That's almost 7000 points" Joey asked.

"Next, I'll sacrifice Juregado to power Thinen up even more" Marik said as Juregado was consumed in a pillar of fire and vanished.

(Thinen: 6999-8699)

"That's close to 9000 attack points" Jun said worriedly.

"And Daisuke's a sitting duck" Duke added.

Marik laughed madly as he was on top of Thinen's head. "We have become one powerful beast, and now it's time to finish you off. Thinen, attack her life points now!" Marik commanded but Daisuke smirked.

"Sorry, Marik. But I activate my face down card, Fiend Sanctuary" Daisuke announced as her face down card flipped up and activated.

"Seto, its the card you gave Daisuke, isn't it?" Mokuba asked.

"It is, but for Daisuke to play it at the right time took skill" Kaiba answered.

"Watch and learn, Marik. The power of Fiend Sanctuary will bring about your downfall" Daisuke said as a strange circle appeared and out of the circle, rose a monster made of metal beads.

"What is that?" Marik answered.

"It's a Metal Fiend Token" Daisuke answered. (0/0). "Watch closely, for whatever in my token's reflection is the target of your attack" Daisuke added as the image on the token revealed Marik's eye, causing him to gasp.

"No, that's me!" Marik cried.

"Yup. And since my life points are no longer being targeted, your monster will be targeting my token. And since you have one life point left, as soon your attack hits my token, you lose" Daisuke explained.

"This can't be!" Mark cried again.

"I'm afraid it's all over, Marik" Daisuke said.

"I have to stop my monster from attacking or I lose the duel" Marik thought as Thinen unleashed a fireball toward Daisuke's token and destroyed it, causing her and the others to shield their eyes form the flames.

"You're through, Marik" Daisuke said but as the smoke cleared, she gasped.

"Sorry, Daisuke. But nice try" Marik said.

"What the hell, Marik? How did you escape?" Daisuke demanded.

"With this card" Marik said as his face down card flipped up causing to Daisuke to gasp in horror. "My De-Fusion card!" Daisuke cried.

"That's right, and thanks to your card, I was able to escape my monster's attack and my life points get a nice boost as well" Marik said.

(Marik: 8700)

"Oh man, his life points are close to 9000" Duke said in worry.

"How's Daisuke going to get him down to 0?" Tea asked.

"She'll find a way. She always does" Joey assured his friend.

"There is another way for Daisuke to use Fiend Sanctuary to her advantage. Let's see if she smart enough to figure that out on her own" Kaiba thought.

"Now, Thinen, return to the graveyard" Marik said as his monster vanished again. "Next, I'll discard my Monster Reborn to the graveyard as well" Marik as he discarded said card from his hand to the graveyard. "Next, I'll place one card face down and end my turn" Marik finished as a face down card appeared.

"Something tells me, Marik's going to try and bring back Thinen again. I have to figured out a way to stop him" Daisuke said as she drew a card and she smiled at what she drew. "Before I begin my turn, I would like to show you this" Daisuke said as she showed a card to Marik.

"What is that?" Marik asked.

"It's called Golden Ladybug" Daisuke answered. (0/0) "And I'm showing it to you because I'm activating it's special ability: by showing the card to my opponent, I get 500 life points" Daisuke explained

(Daisuke: 3700)

Yugi's left side stated to return a little bit.

"It doesn't matter. Of course, there is your Metal Fiend Token. In order to keep it on the field, you have to pay 1000 life points" Marik pointed out.

"He's right, Yugi. As I lose life points, a part of you is lost to the shadows" Daisuke said as she looked at Yugi.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine. You just do what you have to do to win this duel" Yugi said reassuringly.

"All right. I hope you forgive me for this, Yugi. I pay 1000 life points to keep my Metal Token on the field" Daisuke said as Yugi's left side and legs faded.

(Daisuke: 2700)

"Suit yourself. Why waste life points for such a worthless creature?" Marik tauntingly asked.

"It means everything to me" Daisuke said mysteriously, causing Kaiba to gasp.

"Perhaps Daisuke does know the 2nd effect of my magic card" Kaiba thought.

"It's my turn and I reveal my magic card, Multiply" Daisuke announced as her face down card flipped up and activated.

"No, not that card!" Marik cried out.

"The power of Multiply will turn my Metal Token from one to three" Daisuke said as 3 metal tokens appeared.

"It can't be. She's planning to sacrifice them!" Marik cried in thought.

"And now, I sacrifice all 3 of my Metal Tokens to summon this, Obelisk the Tormentor!" Daisuke said as her metal tokens vanished in a flash of lightning that soon took the form of the blue-winged behemoth who gave a loud roar. (4000/4000)

"Thank you, Kaiba. I knew that the minute you gave me this card, you put your faith in me, and for that I consider you a good friend" Daisuke thought as she looked at Kaiba.

"Way to go, Daisuke!" Yolei cheered.

"You got Marik scared now, sis!" Jun cheered.

"I knew she could do it" Tristan said as he grabbed Duke in a choke hold.

"Obelisk'll crush him" Duke said as he was trying to breathe.

"And there's more, next I play Cyclonic Winds to increase Obelisk's attack points by 2000" Daisuke added.

(Obelisk: 4000-6000)

"No, how could I let her get away with this?!" Marik asked in shock.

"All right, Obelisk, attack Marik's life points directly! Fists of Fury!" Daisuke commanded as her monster reared it's fists back and lunged towards Marik sending out shock waves.

"NO! I will not be destroyed!" Marik thought in anger.

To be Continued

Daisuke's made a comeback, thanks to Fiend Sanctuary and Obelisk. But what's that face down card Marik put on the field earlier? What sort of surprise does it hold for Daisuke? Find out next time.

A/N: As you read every disclaimer, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Digimon. Enjoy the new chapter.