FINALLY, I've gotten around to starting this duel up. After researching Joey's deck, Marik's terrible cards (some of which, in this chapter, are not used by him in the anime OR manga), and all of Ra's effects... I'm ready. 'Course, I couldn't finish it so soon, so I'll put on the second half sometime in the coming week. For now, enjoy!

Chapter Twenty-One

The Tombkeeper Strikes Back

Finally, it was time for Joey Wheeler and Marik Ishtar to compete in the quarterfinals of Battle City. Each duelist shuffled their deck many times over, before finally stepping back to face each other and play the gosh darn game already.

It didn't take long for Marik to bring the forces of the Shadow Realm into this mess, but Joey seemed perfectly calm. Asriel sighed. "If only I was dueling for more than justice. Maybe that smile on Joey's face would carry over to mine..." He looked at Undyne's deck, and it seemed... wrong. Something was off about the deck he was holding, and yet it felt the same way his had during the tournament, after Papyrus had given him the Monarchs. It just... didn't seem right. "Oh, well. At least the duel's starting."

Indeed it was. Joey drew his hand first, and began to play. "I think," the blonde said, "I'll play two cards face down and summon my Battle Warrior in attack mode! Your move, Marik!"

Marik drew. "I summon Revival Jam in Attack Position. Now, my slime, consume his warrior!"

"Hold up!" Joey said, triumphantly. "I reveal my face down card, Skull Dice! This'll let me cut the attack power of your monster by one hundred points for each o' those spots that comes up!" A small, almost wind-up demon carrying a red die flew forward, rolling the die when it stopped. It landed with four dots facing up.

"Yeah!" Joey said. "That'll bring your jam's power from 1500 to 1100, Marik! Maybe won't save my warrior, but it'll sure cut the damage!"

JOEY:7600

MARIK:8000

"Very clever. For a fool, that is."

Joey's face contorted in rage. "Oh, we'll see who's the fool. Here's a hint- it's the guy who thought he could just 'beat' Joey Wheeler."

Marik's eyes rolled. "You have a higher opinion of yourself than that prideful skeleton in the stands. That's so pathetic."

Kaiba turned to Papyrus. "Oh, yeah, I forgot. We need to have a rematch for what happened in your house the other day."

Papyrus smirked. "OH, WE'LL DUEL AGAIN, ALRIGHT. AND THE RESULT WILL BE JUST THE SAME, EVEN IF I DON'T USE MY BROTHER'S DECK. IN FACT, I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A LIMIT."

Marik set a card, and then it was Joey's turn. He drew, and picked a card out of his hand. "Here's somethin' that'll take out that blob of slime. I summon my Axe Raider in Attack Mode!"

"I knew you would do that."

"Wha-"

"So I had THIS ready!" Marik flipped over his set card, which turned out to be a trap. "Bottomless Trap Hole! It automatically destroys a freshly-summoned monster with 1500 or more attack points and removes it from the game. Time to banish that muscular monster!"

Joey barely had time to react as a hole opened up below his warrior, and it fell in. Joey shook his head. "Man, you play rough. I hadn't expected that. You're pretty good at this, Marik."

From the stands, Tristan fell back in shock. "Did Joey just compliment Marik? Are we dead and in heaven already?"

Asriel turned to Tristan. "Oh, it's fine. I always give at least one compliment to a powerful opponent."

"And this is Marik we're talking! That's just..."

Joey turned to Tristan. "Shut your mouth. It's a fact, not a compliment."

"Sounded like one to me."

Joey frowned. "Well, I set another card and end my turn."

Marik drew. "I summon my Archfiend Soldier! With 1900 attack points, this monster is more than capable of dealing a massive hit on your life points. Now, ATTACK!"

"I activate a Quick-Play Spell! Go, Scapegoat!" At Joey's command, four small, round sheep appeared on the field, all of them with zero attack or defense points. "See, these Sheep Tokens are gonna keep me and my Life Points safe while I whoop you, Marik!"

"Well, you can say goodbye to two of them now," Marik pointed out. "Both of my monsters are attacking."
"Ignoring that, I still have two. And that's gonna be all that's necessary."

Marik smiled. "We'll see about that. For now, I set one card and end my turn."

Joey drew. "Whaddya know! The card I drew is Monster Reborn! Come back to the field, Battle Warrior!"

Marik laughed, his evil grin now wide with amusement. "Go ahead! Bring back the monster with only seven hundred attack points! What good will that do you?"

Joey smiled. "It's gonna give me a head start at beating you, Marik! I sacrifice my Battle Warrior to summon Jinzo in attack mode!"

"WHAT?"

"Fat chance o' your face down, Marik! If it's a trap (which I'm positive it is), Jinzo will keep it down! Tough luck! Now, Jinzo! Attack his Revival Jam!"

The cyborg blasted the slime into pieces, but, unlike usual, the pieces didn't disappear. "What gives, Marik?" Joey asked?

JOEY: 7600

MARIK:7100

Marik chuckled. "It appears you don't understand the 'REVIVAL' part of Revival Jam. When you destroy it, by paying one thousand life points now, I can bring it back once my next turn begins."

Joey facepalmed as Marik suffered the damage. Then, the slime appeared on Marik's field once Joey ended his turn, after Marik drew a card to mark it.

"I activate Double Summon! This lets me summon two monsters in one turn. That won't matter, though. I summon my Flash Assailant."

"Not bad," Joey said, "but how's he gonna stop Jinzo?"

"HE isn't, but the other monster I'm summoning is! Now, I sacrifice my Revival Jam, Archfiend Soldier, and Flash Assailant!"

Everybody gasped. Kaiba began to speak: "He's summoning-

"The third God Card!" Yugi finished. And it was true... but unexpected, as all that appeared on Marik's field was a massive sphere.

"Behold!" Marik shouted. "The WInged Dragon of Ra, in its Sphere Mode!"

Joey rolled his eyes. "That ain't a dragon! I can show you a dragon on my turn."

"Oh, you'll see. Come my next turn, I will chant a passcode of sorts, and this sphere will turn into a monster with 4000 attack and defense points, far more than any single card in your deck could ever fathom. Now, Joey, make your move! It had better be a good one... oh, who am I kidding, you'll never be able to slay Ra."

Joey drew, the card that he did draw being a bit less useful for the situation. "Urgh. I'll just set this guy and put Jinzo in defense mode."

Marik smiled. "Oh, look. It's my turn. Time to come out, Ra!" Silence fell about the field as Marik began the chant to awaken the dragon.

""Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry! Transform thyself from orb of light, and bring me victory in this fight! Envelop the skies with your glow, and cast your rage upon my foe. Unlock your powers from deep within, so that together we may win! Appear in this Shadow Game as I call out your name, Winged Dragon of Ra!"

The giant golden orb began to open, and the halves of the sphere became like wings for a giant, bird-like dragon inside of it. The dragon roared, and everyone in the arena, apart from Kaiba and Marik (and, for some reason, Frisk), was utterly terrified. It looked like Joey was doomed to lose.

And there it was. The Winged Dragon of Ra, in all of its glory, stood before Joey, its very presence unsettling to be facing. Joey looked at Marik. "So... You're takin' out Jinzo?"

Marik laughed. "Why would I shoot straight for your monster when I can destroy it now? I activate Ra's effect, paying 1000 life points to wipe out that miserable trap-stopper."

Ra blasted Jinzo with energy, and then its target was no more. "And I'll do it all again with your set monster," Marik continued. "Ra, fire!"

One blast from the Winged Dragon of Ra was all it took to take out Joey's set Swordsman of Landstar. "TWICE MORE!" Marik commanded. He used another two thousand life points to eliminate the Sheep Tokens."

Joey fell back. "N...No way! Those guys were all I had!"

"And your Life Points are about to experience a world of damage! Now, Ra, attack directly!"

JOEY:3600

MARIK:2100

Joey felt like he'd been hit by, like, a truck. That was a lot, and, while Joey still had more life points, Marik could wipe out any card he summoned and then blast him with Ra for the kill. An Egyptian God Card was a powerful weapon... but all weapons have a weakness. If only it were found...

Oh. My. Goodness.

Actually, I don't know how on earth Joey could possibly save himself here. Then again, he is Joey, so he's got luck, He'll probably draw, like, Time Wizard or something. In the meantime, as a side note(and I probably should have said this twenty chapters ago), I do NOT own Undertale or Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did, then maybe Asriel wouldn't have become a flower again in the real game.