Authors note: This chapter won't feature a Duel but more like a Table Top RPG as seen in the last two volumes of the original Yu-Gi-Oh manga series, only my version borrows elements from the original Duel Monsters game.
This was fun to make but rather difficult to fit into a story, maybe it will make a return in this or another Fiction.
Narrator:What happened last time on Yu-Gi-Oh War Against Smithy.
When Mario and the others were victorious over their Shadow clones, Mallow faced off against Belome, with a dirty trick made by Grave Mallow held in his attack and Belome could easily win.
But the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle blocked the attack and now the Spirit of the Puzzle faces off against the Spirit of the Millennium Ring.
25. Dark Master - Zorc.
Yugi and the Pharaoh have faced Zorc on several occasions always beating Zorc when they were at the brink of defeat, now I the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle face Bakura once more.
In the dark realm Yugi and Bakura sat across each other a tabletop RPG stood between them.
'Now.' Bakura spoke. 'Choose your Avatar.'
'I'll pick this one.' Yugi said and Freed the Brave Wanderer appeared. (1700 ATK)
'H-ha ha ha a weak pawn as him, I would have expected the Dark Magician.'
This time Yugi laughed. 'The trump card of Atem the Pharaoh, don't get me wrong but I shall not rely on his cards too much I use him only when I need him.'
(Yugi: 8000) - (Dark Bakura: 8000)
'In a darkened land.' Bakura started. 'Once lived a king, the king fell ill, doctors from over the whole country tried to cure him but without success, now the land is barren and deserted.'
Yugi had a serious look in his eyes.
'On one day an adventurer passed by, intrigued by the mysteries of the fallen kingdom he decided to find out what happened.'
Two dice appeared before Yugi a white and a red one.
'These dice shall decide everything.' Bakura said.
'Now roll.' Yugi rolled the dice the red one landed on a four the white one on a three.
'The white die tells the one unit the red one the ten unit, since you rolled 43 you can move 4 spaces.'
Freed moved four spaces entering a small town.
'Eager to start his adventure the adventurer Freed entered a small town, all there was left were nine people.' Bakura told.
An elder man stepped forward.
'Turn around, go home while you have the chance.' The man said in a thrilling voice.
'The adventurer wanted to know more about what happened.' Yugi reacted.
The old man coughed. 'Once this was one flourishing town, but then disaster struck, all people died except for myself and eight other who were not in the town.'
'Freed doesn't want to turn around and decides to find a place to sleep.' Yugi said.
'The decision Freed made was a brave one.' Bakura said. 'The night started to fall.' Bakura continued and indeed it became more dark on the board, but only around the town.
'What's happening?' Yugi asked.
'It's the curse.' The elder man said. 'There was a duke here, but when the Dark One invaded the duke betray his people, now a curse is placed around this town, the curse of the eternal night.'
'Now it is time for my roll.' Bakura said and two dice appeared in his hand.
'The curse is about to strike and it has seventy percent chance to be successful, in other words I must roll below the seventy.'
Bakura dropped the dice the spun for a bit and stopped on 44.
'No!' The old man growled. 'Not this!' The nine people in the city started to change, the three youngest changed into purple ghost-like creatures their screams were full of agony.
'H-ha ha ha ha! Bakura laughed the curse struck, now each monster has a ability, and the Souls of the Forgotten can stick together.' The three purple ghosts flew to each other. (2700 ATK together 900 ATK individual)
Two female villagers changed into creepy ghosts flying in the air on beds. (1300 ATK 2x)
'The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams cannot be reached from the ground, only by air or ranged attacks.' Bakura explained.
One bulky looking man changed into a knight without a head, two other men changed into red ghosts half sticking from the ground. (500 ATK)
'These two Earthbound Spirits can move underground.' Bakura said and the two ghosts disappeared under the board.
The elder transformed lastly he wore rags of what was first fancy clothing he had dark skin and one of his eyes stuck out of it's socket. (2000 ATK)
'Kill him!' The Earl hissed.
'The Earl of Demise, was in fact the earl who betray his people, since he is their leader he can summon additional ghosts, and he can protect his underlings from taking damage.' Bakura said.
'Freed draws upon his holy blade of light!' Yugi shouted.
Freed drew his blade and the monsters drew back.
'Seems they are affected by my light.' Yugi said. 'Meaning that I take the first attack!'
Bakura growled something.
'First I place two traps of my own.' Yugi said and he placed two cards on the table.
'Now I summon reinforcements.' He said an
a small dragon with a long beak and leather skin appeared. (1900 ATK)
It was Spear Dragon.
'Now how does battles work?' Yugi asked.
'Like in normal Duel Monsters.' Bakura replied. 'You can choose one target and a monster then attack, no dice roll, only when certain special effects are activated that needs one.'
'In that case.' Yugi said. 'Spear Dragon takes flight!' Spear Dragon rose from the ground and stormed at a Gross Ghost piercing it on its beak.
'The Earl of Demise halves all battle damage I take.' Bakura said.
'Fine but now Freed attacks one of the Souls of the Forgotten!' Yugi shouted, Freed rose his blade and cut one of the purple souls down.
(Yugi: 8000) - (Dark Bakura: 7300)
'Freed has managed to gain one ally, but the battle against the Gross Ghost has made him weary.' Bakura said and Spear Dragon landed. (0 DEF)
'Freed however managed to successfully slay one of the Souls, with one down their team spirit is crushed.' Bakura continued and the Souls of the Forgotten dropped to a combined attack power of 1800.
'It's not over! Kill!' Earl of Demise shouted.
'The Earl who saw two of his companions die couldn't forget that, with a determination to kill Freed the Earl set up a counter attack.' Bakura said.
'Then you first have to find my monsters I activate Mist Body!' Yugi said the town became filled with a thick fog.
'Smart move Yugi.' Bakura said.
'When the Earl wanted to make his move a thick mist blocked his sight, but the Souls of the forgotten can see a form clearly through the mist.' Bakura took the dice.
'Your Mist Body has a sixty percent chance of a success on Souls of the Forgotten.'
The Souls closed in on Freed Bakura rolled the dice they landed on 73.
Freed leaped out of the way the Souls missed him.
'Remember Yugi I have two other ghosts here.' The ground under Spear Dragon burst open and the Earthbound Spirit appeared under the dragon pulling him down.
'While Freed was busy with the ghosts above ground Spear Dragon was taken by the Earthbound Spirit who were able to attack because they were unaffected by the thick mist.' Bakura told.
'I'll kill!' The Earl shouted.
'Since the Earl is higher class monster the success chance of your Mist Body drops to forty percent.' Bakura said and he rolled again this time he rolled 55.
'Kill him Earl!' Bakura shouted.
'I was expecting an attack like that, and the mist hides more than monsters.' Yugi said.
'I activate a trap I placed here Miniaturize!' The Earl of Demise shrunk his attack dropped to a mere 1000.
'Freed who saw the Earl coming charged in for a counter attack!' Yugi said and Freed cut down the Earl with a clean swoop.
(Yugi: 8000) - (Dark Bakura: 6600)
'With the Earl of Demise pierced to the sword of Freed the ghosts were in disarray, they stopped their assault.' Bakura said.
Yugi looked at the field the thick mist disappeared.
'When the fog cleared, Freed could see what chaos he created among the ghosts.' Bakura spoke with threatening voice.
'I'll just summon my next monster Thunder King Rai-Oh.' Yugi said
A mysterious machine appeared in the town, he had no arms or legs but kept himself floating with the help of electric charged antenna's. (1900 ATK)
'Thunder King Rai-Oh attacks your Earthbound Spirit.' Yugi declared.
'H-ha ha ha that would be foolish.' Bakura replied.
'I don't think so.' Yugi said. 'Now the mist is gone the ground is soaked, and we all know that thunders goes well with water.'
Thunder King Rai-Oh unleashed a powerful thunder attack electrifying the whole ground, with a huge explosion the two Earthbound Spirits were launched into the air, but a red barrier bounced them back to the ground.
'H-ha ha ha this is my Spirit Barrier, now I take no damage.'
Freed looked confused.
'Freed knew he could not hurt the Dark Master but slaying his minions would create a way to escape.' Yugi said and Freed slew another Souls of the Forgotten now there was only one left.
'When Freed thought he had escaped the onslaught of the Earl of Demise he was deadly wrong.' Bakura said in a dark tone, further on the board closer to Bakura a thick black mist started to appear it took form slowly.
'From the depths of Hell a fierce creature rose from the darkness.' Bakura said in the same dark tone.
A green-skinned beast appeared it had red eyes everywhere. (1600 ATK)
'This is my Shadow Ghoul.' Bakura said. 'And my first Avatar.'
Bakura played another card and a fearful axe appeared in the hands of Shadow Ghoul. (2600 ATK)
'My Axe of Despair has a Special effect of it's own.' Bakura said.
'But first I'll show you the power of my Shadow Ghoul, because he can move to any place as long there are shadows, and shadows are leading to you.' Bakura said and Shadow Ghoul disappeared suddenly he reappeared in front of Freed.
'Now we roll if I roll better, that means lower than your score my attack continuous.' Bakura said and Yugi rolled, he rolled 99.
'H-ha ha ha that's a fumble, now I roll!' Bakura rolled and his dice landed on 08. 'Critical, now I attack Freed with my Axe of Despair and Shadow Ghoul attacks you directly!'
Shadow Ghoul cut through Freed then he disappeared and appeared in front of Yugi he spat some slime over Yugi.
(Yugi: 5400) - (Dark Bakura: 6600)
'H-ha ha ha ha give up!' Bakura laughed.'
'Move.' Yugi said.
'I cannot after this attack I must end my turn.' Bakura replied.
'Look like the field is dry again.' Yugi said.
'That means I sacrifice Rai-Oh and Freed for Dark magician!' The two monsters disappeared and the Dark Magician appeared. (2500 ATK)
Of course this wasn't the same Dark magician that Atem always used.
'This is my new Avatar.' Yugi said. 'Now I use his Dark Magic Attack.' Yugi said picking his dice, he rolled the ten counter stopped at 0, the number counter rolled and also landed on a 0.
'Impossible!' Bakura shouted.
'A Super Critical, now Dark Magic Attack!' Yugi shouted and Dark Magician fired his magic all the ghosts were blown away the Spirit Barrier broke.
'When Freed called upon his friend the Dark Magician the ghosts of the village stood no chance, with one blow of his mighty magic Dark Magician vaporized every last of them.' Bakura said.
'Now I set a trap.' Yugi said placing a card on the board.
'And I move Dark Magician into the forest.'
Dark Magician stepped out of the village he now stood in a huge forest.
'The adventurer Freed retreated himself injured by the ghosts, his friend Dark Magician took his place, Dark Magician vanquished the spirits and he ventured outside the village into the dark forest.' Bakura said with a dark tone in his voice.
'Suddenly the shadows of the trees packed together.' Bakura said and indeed the shadows started to turn into something it was an evil looking jester in purple clothing some wires stuck out of his fingers he grinned maliciously. (0 ATK)
'This is Puppet Master, my second Avatar, he is weak but the chances of success activating ability is one-hundred percent.'
Bakura picked his dice and threw they landed on 24.
'H-ha ha ha ha ha now I summon The Earl of Demise, the three Earthbound Spirits and Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams!' Bakura laughed and the five ghosts appeared. (Various ATK)
'Now I activate the effect of Earl of Demise!' Bakura rolled again, this time the dice landed on a 04.
The ground broke open and ten Headless Knights crawled out of the ground. (1450 ATK x10)
'Now that Puppet Master had appeared all ghosts returned and with Dark Magician cornered Shadow Ghoul launched his attack.' Bakura said. From out of the shadows Shadow Ghoul appeared moving toward Yugi.
'I activate Spellbinding Circle!' Yugi shouted and the pentagram appeared Shadow Ghoul was trapped in the center of it.
'In that case I use the ability of Axe of Despair only once it can be thrown to inflict 1000 points of damage.' Shadow Ghoul threw the axe it cut Yugi in the shoulder.
'Now Souls of the Forgotten attack Dark Magician!' The three Souls charged in biting Dark Magician three times, the attack of Dark Magician dropped to 1900.
'Earl of Demise finish this!' Bakura shouted and the Earl attacked Dark magician lowering his attack to 1800.
(Yugi: 3700) - (Dark Bakura: 6600)
'Finally I use Mystical Space Typhoon.' Bakura said and the pentagram around Shadow Ghoul scattered Shadow Ghoul retreated further into the forest.
Yugi started to sweat.
'If this doesn't work I am in real trouble.' He said.
'I activate Soul Release!' He shouted a bright light shot down from the sky. 'I release the Souls of the Forgotten, The Earl of Demise and the Gross Ghost!' Yugi shouted.
'With all the ghosts gone and the Earl of Demise all the Headless Knights disappear as well.' Yugi said and all ghosts disappeared.
'Now the Puppet Master is defenseless Dark Magician attack!' Yugi shouted and Dark Magician fired his magic with a loud scream Puppet Master exploded.
(Yugi: 3700) - (Dark Bakura: 4700)
'Now I place this card on the board and I end my turn.' Yugi said.
'Now the army of the Dark Master was thinned out because one of his commanders was slain in battle, the Shadow Ghoul became desperate, with his morale down, the chance of a monster encounter is only twenty percent.'
Bakura rolled his dice they landed on forty-five.
'Shadow Ghoul attack him directly!' Bakura shouted and Shadow Ghoul rushed forward, Yugi smiled as Shadow Ghoul fast approached Dark Magician. 'I activate Yami!' Yugi shouted and suddenly the field turned dark Shadow Ghoul froze in his place.
'With all this darkness there is no shadow left for Shadow Ghoul to move in, he is frozen to his place, also Dark Magician gets a healing effect from Yami.' The attack of Dark Magician rose back to 2500.
'Now I attack with Dark Magic Attack and because of Yami that chance of success rises to fifty percent.'
Yugi rolled his dice, they landed on 33.
'Dark Magic Attack!' Yugi shouted and Shadow Ghoul was vaporized.
(Yugi: 3700) - (Dark Bakura: 3800)
'Next I activate another one of my cards.' Yugi said and a stage appeared in the forest, a red curtain opened.
'With my Dark Magic Curtain I summon Dark Magician Girl!' Yugi shouted and the female Spellcaster appeared. (2000 ATK)
'Bakura I attack you with Dark Burning Attack!' Yugi shouted. 'And thanks to Yami that chance of success is sixty percent and that attack can reach everywhere I want it.'
Yugi rolled and his dice landed on 32.
'Dark Burning Attack!' Yugi shouted and from the darkness a blast of pure darkness hit Bakura in his face.
(Yugi: 3700) - (Dark Bakura: 1800)
'Now with his two generals down the Dark Master had no choice but to enter the battle field himself, Dark Magician and his apprentice vastly approached the castle which would be the site of the final battle.'
A dark figure started to appear, he looked like a young man with long black hair, covering his left eye, his right eye was red and filled with anger, the limbs of the man were long and thin his long thin tail was holding a sword. (? ATK)
'Now this is the Dark Master the Embodiment of Zorc!' Bakura laughed.
The effect of Yami slowly wore off.
Five bubbles appeared in front of the castle, Mario and the others were trapped in them.
'Bakura what is the meaning of this?' Yugi shouted.
H-ha ha ha ha remember that I transferred the souls of your friends into the figures when myself and the Pharaoh played our first RPG?'
'I could never forget that!' Yugi shouted.
'Well this is better, the people in these bubbles are linked to Zorc, when his Embodiment dies they die. H-ha ha ha ha ha you cannot win.'
Bakura focused back on the game.
'Now Zorc is so powerful he doubles my chances with a dice roll and he halves yours, but because of his enormous power he has no attack power of his own, so he takes my Life Points as his power and the power of his generals.' The power of Zorc rose to 3400.
'Also Zorc has lost the power to destroy the Avatar of his enemies.'
(Yugi: 3700) - (Dark Bakura: Zorc's Effect)
'If I kill Zorc now he loses because he has no Life Points left only Zorc keeps him alive.' Yugi whispered. 'But doing so kills Mario and his friends.'
'Zorc attacks Dark Magician Girl!' Bakura shouted and Zorc closed in on the Spellcaster.
'Now all Zorc's attacks need a die roll.' Bakura said.
'And his chances of success are seventy percent, his own effect doubles that to 140 percent, so it stays at 100 and Zorc gains the 20 extra percent as attack points.' Bakura explained and Zorc's attack rose to 4760.
'Now I roll!' Bakura shouted and he rolled 78.
'Zorc attacked with the blade on his tail Dark Magician Girl screamed.
(Yugi: 940) - (Dark Bakura: Zorc's Effect)
'Bakura this turn decides everything.' Yugi said.
'My life rides on this card Thousand Knives!'
The knives hung above Dark Magician.
'If this works the attack of Zorc is reduced to only 100' Yugi said.
'But your chances of doing so are only ten percent, and Zorc reduces that to only five, now since you attack my last Avatar I can also roll.'
Bakura rolled his dice.
'04 a critical that means your chances of success are reduced by four percent leaving it to one percent which Zorc reduces to only a half percent, but that is impossible so to win you must roll a super critical or one.' Bakura said.
'Not to mention that if it succeeds your friends die.'
Yugi closed his eyes and he threw the dice the ten counter stopped at 0.
'So you have a critical then.' Bakura said, but the one unit die still rolled it turned over to a 2. 'You lost Yugi.' Bakura said but the die made another turn and landed on a 0.
'Super Critical Dark Magic Attack!' Yugi shouted and Dark Magician blew away the knives at Zorc then he attacked with his mightiest blow yet.
Zorc countered the blast and pushed Dark Magician away.
'Not enough, your heart isn't into it you are afraid to kill your friends I win!' Bakura shouted.
'Look better.' Yugi said he grinned.
'What the...' Bakura shouted Zorc had a hole blown through his body.
'I attacked him, not killing him, you are linked through that Embodiment now he is weak and so are you!' Yugi shouted and he pointed his finger at Bakura.
'H-ha ha ha and once again you outsmart me.' Five bubbles broke and Mario and his friends disappeared.
'After a fierce battle the Embodiment of Zorc was crushed but not killed, with his last words of vengeance The Embodiment of Zorc disappeared but soon a new encounter shall give him a new chance.' Bakura spoke.
(Yugi: 940) - (Dark Bakura: 0)
'It's over Bakura.' Yugi said.
Mario suddenly felt something his Millennium Puzzle stopped glowing and he was back in the temple Grave laid on the floor he wasn't moving.
Next time:
Bakura: You think this is over?
Mario: What I saw Yugi destroying you.
Bakura: H-ha ha ha ha ha I always have a backup plan, now I face you one more time Yugi!
Yugi: Bring it Bakura!
Card details:
Okay I now explain the effects of the cards I used here, some cards had their normal effects or no effects, so you won't find these here. Also some monsters now have Ghost as a Type those monsters are normally Fiends but in this chapter they are more like ghosts.
Souls of the Forgotten
Type: Ghost
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 900
The individual ATK of all Souls of the Forgotten on the field are combined as one ATK score.
Each Souls of the Forgotten can attack with the combined attack score.
The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams
Type: Ghost
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1300
This is an airborne monster, so only air monsters or ranged attacks can reach it.
Earthbound Spirit
Type: Ghost
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 500
This monster moves underground, so Field status won't affect this unit, it is safe for most attacks.
Also these monsters have no movement limit.
The Earl of Demise
Type: Ghost
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
Halves all damage the controller takes. This monster can summon an infinite supply of Headless Knights, a dice roll decides how many it can summon, when The Earl of Demise is destroyed all his summoned Headless Knights disappear and all other monsters you control cannot attack anymore.
Dark Magician Girl
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
The ultimate attack of this Spellcaster is Dark Burning Attack a ranged spell.
In combination with the Field Condition Yami this attack can strike from wherever the controller wants.
Mist Body
Field Spell card (normally this is an Equip Spell card.)
Changes Field Condition to a misty area for 1 turn after that the area is wet for 1 turn.
When the enemy attacks he now must throw dice to attack, attack chance success is low.
Yami
Field Spell card
Changes Field Conditions to complete darkness for 1 turn.
Dark monsters the player controls who activated this card will be restored to their original ATK (if their ATK was lower then their original ATK.)
Success of a Special attack rises this turn for Dark monsters.
Spirit Barrier
Field Spell card (normally this is a Continuous Trap card.)
Creates a barrier around a part of the field, if a Ghost monster is destroyed the controller takes no damage.
Only a special attack can destroy the barrier when at least a critical is rolled.
Axe of Despair
Equip Spell card
The Equipped monster gains 1000 ATK. When the monster attack you can do a dice roll (if not the monster attacks with his normal ATK plus the 1000 of this card,) when a critical is rolled the Axe of Despair does 1000 points of direct damage to a monster and the LP of the controller of the attacked monster, also that monster loses 1000 ATK.
The Equipped monster can attack again after that without the 1000 ATK bonus.
For one attack the Axe of Despair can be used as a range weapon dealing 1000 points of damage after that it is destroyed.
Soul Release
Normal Trap card (Normally this a Normal Spell card.)
Banishes up to 5 Ghost Type monsters from the field.
Dark magic Curtain
Normal Trap card (Normally this is a Normal Spell card.)
Summon 1 Spellcaster to the field near another Spellcaster you control, the summoned monster can attack.
Thousand Knives
Normal Trap card (Normally this is a Normal Spell card.)
Can only be used by Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl, if the dice roll is a success reduce the ATK of one opponent's monster to 100.
Freed the Brave Wanderer
Avatar: Yugi
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1700
Freed's holy blade gives him an advantage over Ghosts making him attack first even if the opponent issues an attack.
Dark magician
Avatar: Yugi's second Avatar, replaces Freed the Brave Wanderer.
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2500
Dark Magician can unleash his Dark Magic Attack a ranged magic attack, with a critical roll he can destroy all monsters in range.
Shadow Ghoul
Avatar: Bakura's first Avatar.
Type: Ghost
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1600
Shadow Ghoul can move through shadows, giving him no movement limits on shadowy places.
Puppet Master
Avatar: Bakura's second Avatar.
Type: Ghost
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 0
This monster can summon other Ghosts to fight for him, a dice roll determines how many Ghosts can be summoned.
As long as there are other Ghosts on the field this monster cannot be attacked.
The Embodiment of Zorc
Avatar: Dark master
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
Zorc is so strong he has no attack of his own, he takes the attack of all the controllers Avatars plus all the LP of his controller.
As long as Zorc is on the field the controller cannot lose.
Zorc doubles your success chance with a dice roll.
Zorc halves opponent's success chance with a dice roll.
Zorc is a master in close combat and in ranged attacks.
Zorc cannot destroy opponent's Avatar.