Yuto, deadpan: You plan to make this a horror show? I've seen scary Monsters before, and they were most likely the ugliest I've ever seen, but I highly doubt that your cards are scary or ugly.
Iris: And his Monsters were not even scary at all, despite being Zombie Monsters.
Marduk: My Monsters are the very embodiment of your demise...I will win...You will never stop Avatar...And nobody, not even you or that stupid, pampered pig can't do anything about it...
Just then, a set of sharp nails go up to Marduk's neck.
Vampire's Curse, in a very hostile tone: Who died to let you insult my liege, you filth...?!...For that, you will face judgement from him...
Marduk: Why should I...?...He's a worthless, pathetic-
Vampire's Curse, inching his nails closer to Marduk's face: You will not insult him, and you will Duel him...
Marduk: I was assigned to Duel the girl...Not your has-been of a master...
Avatar, who now has spider-like legs on his back: You'll Duel whoever catches my eye, and that man picked my interest.
Iris, comically tearing: I never get to Duel anybody.
Yuto, also comically tearing: I get the feeling our chances of Dueling will be nothing.
Marduk: I refuse to Duel an inexperienced-
Avatar, raising a sharp set of claws from his hands towards Marduk: You'll Duel who I order to Duel, and you will Duel him or risk being replaced and demoted. I have spoken.
He then vanishes into fog.
Rosario: Well, it looks like I have to Duel again...Very well...
He then activates his Duel Disk.
Marduk: When I'm done with you, I'll tear that card in half...Then I Duel the girl...
Rosario: I'm sorry, but both are unlikely to occur, now or ever...
Both players started off with 8000 Life Points and 5 cards each.
Marduk: The first turn is mine...I play the Field Spell...Zombie World...
The field then turns into a graveyard full of zombies.
Yuto: Okay, this is haunted.
Morgan and Megan, scared: I don't want to be here anymore!
Iris: Must you make them scared?!
Marduk: It's amusing to hear them scream...Just wait until I Summon Gernia...!...
He then summons a very grotesque Monster out of the pile of bones.
(Gernia, Lvl 4, ATK 1300, DEF 1200, Dark, Zombie)
Yuto, comically disgusted: Anyone who feels like they're going to hurl, raise your hands.
Yuto, Iris, Morgan and Megan raise their hands.
Yuto: I feel better knowing that I'm not the only 1 who thinks that thing is disgusting.
Marduk: Your turn, old man...
Rosario: How rude...I think it's time somebody teach you some manners...I Summon Blood Sucker...
Blood Sucker: Your majesty, let me take this fool out...
Rosario: Don't be so hasty...I play Fissure, to destroy Gernia...
A giant fissure swallows the Monster, and then closes shut.
Rosario: Now, Blood Sucker, attack with Feast of Pain...
Blood Sucker: I've been waiting all day for this...!
Blood Sucker swoops down and bites Marduk on the wrist, the very wrist he has his Duel Disk strapped onto.
Marduk: 8000-6700
Rosario: Now for his effect, you must mill the top card in your Deck due to losing Life Points due to him...
Marduk: Maybe...However...I still have Gernia...When you end your turn, it'll resurrect...
Rosario: I'm well aware...I Set 1 card face-down...Your turn, I believe...
Marduk: Now for the resurrection of Gernia...!...Now I Summon the Tuner Monster...Plaguespreader Zombie...
Raising from the bone pile, he then summons a hideous Zombie with the left arm of a Berserk Gorilla and the right arm of a Koalo-Koala, a scaly tail, an ape-like right foot, a goat's left foot, a decaying head with bolts in it, and an unidentified creature's chest with a shirt that is old and torn. It radiates with several diseases.
(Plaguespreader Zombie, Lvl 2, ATK 400, DEF 200, Dark, Zombie, Tuner)
Yuto, off-screen: Gross...
Marduk: Now to tune my Level 4 Gernia with my Level 2 Plaguespreader Zombie...
The hybrid Zombie then merged into the grotesque Monster, instead of turning into rings, and the former's Level Stars didn't line up inside said green rings, but merely made a circle with the latter's Level Stars.
Yuto: Okay, I just started paying attention to what is happening. What the Deck is going on?!
Marduk: Watch as the spirits of the fallen gather...Watch as their grudge melds together...Watch as the Dragon buried deep spreads its wings to seek vengeance...Watch as I Synchro Summon Doomkaiser Dragon...
Out of the pile of bones that the Level Stars buried into, he summons forth a dead version of Chthonian Emperor Dragon.
(Doomkaiser Dragon, Lvl 6, ATK 2400, DEF 1500, Fire, Zombie, Synchro)
Yuto: What in the name of Exodia is that thing?!
Iris: Big, ugly and scary is what.
Marduk: Since you have no Monsters in your Graveyard, I'll have to adjust that...Doomkaiser Dragon...Attack...Flame of the Netherworld...
The Zombie Chthonian Emperor Dragon releases a stream of hellfire that would be strong enough to burn a Monster into nothing.
Rosario: I activate my face-down, Impenetrable Attack...I can choose to not get damaged or my Monster's safety...I choose to save Blood Sucker...
The flames go through Blood Sucker and hit Rosario.
Rosario: 8000-6900
Blood Sucker: Why you...!...You'll pay for hurting his majesty...!
Yuto, deadpan: He doesn't know that he took the hit for him.
Marduk: I Set 1 card face-down...
Rosario: I play Fiend's Sanctuary to Summon a Metal Fiend Token...I then play Double Summon to bring forth both Vampire's Curse and Patrician of Darkness...
Other than Vampire's Curse, he summoned forth a vampire in his mid-50's that wears full armor, has white hair, blue skin, long and pointy ears, and a tired expression clearly visible in his eyes.
(Patrician of Darkness, Lvl 5, ATK 2000, DEF 1400, Dark, Zombie)
Patrician of Darkness: Oh my, I've been Summoned when I least expected.
Rosario: I now play the Overpowering Eye...Now my Curse will introduce you personally to his Nails of Steel...
Vampire's Curse: I'd rather bite his neck, but orders are orders...As you wish, my liege...
He then swipes his nails at Marduk.
Marduk: 6700-4700
Rosario: I place 2 cards face-down, and play Mirage of Nightmare...
Marduk: Why you...!...I send 1 card from my hand to my Deck to resurrect my Tuner...Then, I Summon Reborn Zombie...
From the pile of bones, he summons a hardly decayed zombie.
(Reborn Zombie, Lvl 4, ATK 1000, DEF 1600, Dark, Zombie)
Marduk: Now I tune my Level 4 Reborn Zombie with my Level 2 Plaguespreader Zombie...
The same thing occurs with the last Synchro Summon, the hybrid Zombie merges into the non-Tuner Monster, and their Level Stars form a circle, and bury deep into the bone pile.
Marduk: Watch as the spirits of the suffering merge...Watch as their torment boils...Watch as the tyrant rules all that is unworthy once more...Watch as I Synchro Summon Revived King Ha Des...
Out from the pile, he summons a dead version of Dark Ruler Ha Des.
(Revived King Ha Des, Lvl 6, ATK 2450, DEF 0, Dark, Zombie)
Marduk: Revived King Ha Des...Attack...Spell of the Netherworld...
The Zombie Dark Ruler Ha Des chanted a dark spell directed towards Vampire's Curse.
Rosario: First, I play Emergency Provisions to send Mirage of Nightmare to the Graveyard...
Rosario: 6900-7900
Rosario: Next, I activate Safe Zone to protect my Patrician, which you were attacking...
Marduk: No I'm not...!...
Rosario: Look for yourself...
He looks, and sees the zombie Dark Ruler Ha Des aiming towards Patrician of Darkness.
Patrician of Darkness: It's my special ability I like to call Persuade, which lets his highness choose who you attack.
Rosario: 7900-7450
Patrician of Darkness: And so long as this combination of me and Safe Zone is in play, I'm completely immune to effects and destruction in battle.
Marduk: Why you...!...
Rosario: My turn, and due to Emergency Provisions, I don't have to discard any cards...I will Set 2 cards face-down just in case...
Marduk: Running scared...Are you...?...I Summon Pain Painter...
He then summons a fat Zombie painter with a horribly disfigured face from the bone pile.
(Pain Painter, Lvl 2, ATK 400, DEF 200, Dark, Zombie, Tuner)
Yuto: Another Tuner?!
Marduk: Pain Painter's name is treated as Plaguespreader Zombie when on the field...I now play the card I sent to the top of my Deck...Battle Waltz, letting me Summon a Waltz Token...The Monster I choose is Doomkaiser Dragon to make an almost exact copy...
He then summons a blacker version of the Monster he selected.
(Waltz Token, Lvl ?, ATK ?, DEF ?, ?, ?, Token)
Marduk: Now I play Fiend's Sanctuary to Summon a Metal Fiend Token...
However, when the Metal Fiend Token was summoned, it started to rust.
Marduk: The Zombie World is wonderful place, isn't it...?...It turns all on the field into Zombies...Now I activate Pain Painter's effect to make my Tokens' Level 2...Now I tune my Level 2 Tokens with my Level 2 Pain Painter...
The painter Zombie splashed paint into the shape of a star before turning to dust, and then the Tokens writhed in pain as the Level Stars started to act up. Then, they shattered, leaving only the Level Stars making a circle and burying under the pile of bones.
Marduk: Watch as the spirits of the cursed grow stronger...Watch as their hatred becomes unquenchable...Watch as the ultimate ruler of Fiends is resurrected from the grave...Watch as I Synchro Summon Archfiend Zombie-Skull...
Out of the pile of bones comes a dead version of either Summoned Skull or Skull Archfiend of Lightning with inverted color.
(Archfiend Zombie-Skull, Lvl 6, ATK 2500, DEF 1200, Dark, Zombie, Synchro)
Marduk: Archfiend Zombie-Skull...Attack...Thunder of the Netherworld...
The Zombie Archfiend began charging lightning, intending on striking Vampire's Curse.
Marduk: No running away now...My Monster prevents all effects on the field from targeting my Monsters...
Rosario: Are you sure...?...I believe you misread the text...It protects your face-up Zombies from effect destruction, not effects overall...So Patrician of Darkness will be attacked...
The lightning goes through Patrician of Darkness and hits Rosario.
Rosario: 7450-6950
Marduk: I play Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard 2...I play Double Summon...This lets me Summon Malevolent Mech-Goku En...
He then summons a dead version of Majestic Mech-Ohka from the bone pile.
(Malevolent Mech-Goku En, Lvl 6, ATK 2400, DEF 1400, Light, Zombie)
Marduk: I can Summon it without a sacrifice...And since I have at least 1 other Zombie, both of us are safe...
Rosario: My turn, and I switch Patrician of Darkness into Defense Mode, then I play Magical Stone Excavation to add Overpowering Eye to my hand, which I play now...Vampire's Curse, attack with Nails of Steel...
Vampire's Curse: As you command, my liege...
Vampire's Curse swipes his nails at Marduk.
Marduk: 4700-2700
Marduk: I play Monster Reborn to revive Gernia, but only as a sacrifice for Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon...
Out of the pile of bones, he summons a dead version of either Red-Eyes Black Dragon or Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon.
(Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon, Lvl 7, ATK 2400, DEF 2000, Dark, Zombie)
Rosario: I play A Hero Emerges...Choose a card from my hand...If it's a Monster, it can be Summoned onto the field...
Marduk: Far left...
Rosario: You let me Summon Vampire Lord...
Vampire Lord: Foolish choice, for you, peasant...
Marduk: I then play Twister to destroy that machine...
Marduk: 2700-2300
A giant tornado then destroys the Trap Card, which causes Patrician of Darkness to blink in different colors.
Patrician of Darkness: Ah! My re-death! It makes no sense at a-!
Before he could finish, he turned into ashes.
Rosario: I play Threatening Roar to protect me this turn...
Marduk: No matter...Now I can attack who I choose...
Rosario: Not after this, you won't...I banish Vampire Lord to Special Summon Vampire Genesis...
Vampire Genesis: Master, with all due respect, out of all of these times, you couldn't have Summoned me beforehand...?
Rosario: I felt the need was too early...Apologies for keeping you waiting, but we have bigger fish to fry, such as that Revived King Ha Des...
Vampire Genesis: Of course, my master...
Rosario: Attack with Crimson Storm...
Vampire Genesis released hellfire onto the Zombie Dark Ruler Ha Des, burning it into ashes.
Marduk: 2300-1750
Rosario: Now, Vampire's Curse, attack his Doomkaiser Dragon with Nails of Steel...
Vampire's curse attempted to swipe his nails at the zombie Chthonian Emperor Dragon, but the latter dodged it and set the vampire on fire, burning him to ashes.
Rosario: 6950-6450
Rosario: Now, he resurrects...
Rosario: 6450-5950
Vampire's Curse ATK: 2000-2500
Marduk: You think that fazes me...?...
Rosario: No, but I think Battle Mania does...
Marduk: What...!?...
Rosario: Now you must attack with your Monsters...
Marduk: No...!...
Rosario: Doomkaiser Dragon, attack Vampire's Curse...
The dead Chthonian Emperor Dragon exhaled its flames, only for Vampire's Curse to deflect it easily, and slice it with his nails.
Marduk: 1750-1650
Rosario: Malevolent Mech-Goku En, attack Vampire's Curse with Flames of the Fallen...
The Zombie Majestic Mech-Ohka breathed out a blue flame that would normally burn Vampire's Curse, but he merely deflected it and delivered the same attack as the last.
Marduk: 1650-1550
Rosario: Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon, attack Vampire's Curse with Infernal Fire of Demise...
The Zombie Red-Eyes released a stream of hellfire, which was also easily deflected, and was given the same fate as the last 2 Zombies.
Marduk: 1550-1450
Rosario: Archfiend Zombie-Skull, attack Vampire Genesis...
The zombie archfiend prepared to launch another blast of lightning, only for Vampire Genesis to release his hellfire onto the former, burning it to ashes.
Marduk: 1450-950
Marduk: How...?...You lost your Patrician of Darkness...!...
Patrician of Darkness: Or did he?
Rosario: I activated Call of the Haunted, to revive my fallen Monster, letting me choose who I find a fitting foe...
Marduk: Why you...!...I'll Set 3 cards face-down...
Rosario: I believe it's time to end this...
Marduk: I think not...!...Reveal Trap Card...!...Call of the Haunted to revive Doomkaiser Dragon...!...I then play Assault Mode Activate...!...
Yuto: Wait a second! I recognize that card!
Iris: Isn't that the card that Psycho Duelist played on his Hyper Psychic Blaster?
Yuto: Yes, and I have a feeling this Zombie Dragon has hidden potential as well as Hyper Psychic Blaster.
Marduk: I sacrifice Doomkaiser Dragon from the Graveyard to let me Special Summon, from my Deck, Doomkaiser Dragon/Assault Mode...!...
Doomkaiser Dragon started to upgrade into a more horrifying form. It gained skeletal arms, a skull-like chest piece with missing wings, bones covering the top of its top wings, and a greater connection to the dead.
(Doomkaiser Dragon/Assault Mode, Lvl 8, ATK 2900, DEF 2000, Fire, Zombie)
The upgraded Doomkaiser Dragon then revived Revived King Ha Des, Archfiend Zombie-Skull, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon and Malevolent Mech-Goku En.
Marduk: Not only will you face my new Zombie, but also some old faces...!...
Rosario: Not necessarily...I activate the Spell Card, Star Blast, making my Vampire's Curse Level 1 at the cost of 1500 Life Points...
Rosario: 5950-4450
Rosario: I now Equip Vampire's Curse with Opti-Camouflage Armor, letting him attack directly...
Marduk: No...!...
Rosario: Yes...Vampire's Curse, finish this little charade with your Nails of Steel...
Vampire's Curse: Yes, my liege...This was starting to bore me just watching him, anyway...
Vampire's Curse made 1 final swipe towards Marduk.
Marduk: 950-0
Rosario wins.
Marduk: No...
Yuto: ...That...was...amazing! Using a combination of Star Blast and Opti-Camouflage Armor was pure genius! I never even thought of that!
Iris, lightly smiling: Well, we learn something new every day.
Morgan and Megan, smiling brightly: Like Mr. Rosario being a good guy!
Marduk: No...
Yuto: "No" what? You're upset that you lost the Duel?
Marduk: I was supposed to Duel the girl...!...Not him...!...I was denied my right to Duel my chosen opponent...!...You'll pay for this...!...
Marduk then vanished into thin air.
Avatar, who now acquired wings: Well done, Vampire Tamer Rosario. Your skills haven't gotten rusty. Yuto, you and your team are half way done with this Level, but not done. After this, you'll face the Duel Queen.
He then vanished into fog.
Yuto: We appreciate everything you've done for us.
Iris: Yes, thank you.
Rosario: No worries...
Cut to outside of the mansion.
Yuto: Well, this is where we say goodbye and part ways.
Rosario: Maybe, but I would be glad to see you when our paths cross again...
Yuto: And by the way, that Duel we had together. When we see each other, let's Duel again when we do.
Rosario: I'd be honored...
Morgan and Megan: Bye, Mr. Rosario!
Yuto: So, now we have to meet up with the rest of the team at-
When he looks at the map, he notices something quite irritating.
Yuto: Oh my Egyptian Gods...
Iris: What is it?
Yuto: We have to meet at Domino City III's danger zone.
To be continued...