Hallo everyone! It's that time again:D Just to clear it up now... Manukan killed Bakura and surrendered to Yami. Sorry if that was too confusing, lol
Crazy Little Devil: Well, I'm glad you liked the card. And if Seal of Souls was continuous, it wouldn't have disappeared from the field, now would it?
redgirl90: Yep, that's right. And it's Sarah's time to shine!
Vyser Dragoon: Aww... happy week after your birthday! And I hope your in a better mood now :(
Ninja Wolf 25: Yep. That's what happened. Yay!!
Rakuren: RAKU-SAMA!! 200TH REVIEW!!!! YAY!!!! XDDDDDDDD And that's really wierd... this is the first (and only) 3-way duel in the fic. Perhaps from the yami vs bakura part... but I dunno
ForensicDuelist4137: Mini-cliffies are fun! xD And the really kool ccg cards are coming up. Oh wait, speaking of which...
I didn't make Mira's cards... although there were 1 or 2 I did make... it says in the original card section xD But the rest were made by my friend
RER!
Chapter 36: Trial of the Princesses
"That was a tough day of classes," Sarah huffed to no one, entering her dorm room. "It's almost the end of the year, and the teachers are really bulking up on material!
"It's almost the end of the year, and Bakura still has four Millennium Items, including my family's Millennium Rod," Sarah remembered on a sadder note. She set her books, deck, and PDA on a table, and then went into the kitchen to get a small snack.
However, when she was in the doorway to the kitchen her Millennium Necklace suddenly activated, revealing a vision. She turned around to look at her PDA a moment before it began beeping, indicating he had received a message.
"Bakura… he's challenging me to a duel," She told herself. That was all that she had discovered, though. She activated her necklace again, but to her horror discovered that she couldn't see anything after she entered the designated room.
"Bakura is also blocking my Millennium Necklace," Sarah continued talking to herself. "I have no idea what will happen… should I go? If I lose then Bakura will get my Millennium Necklace. But then again, if I win….
"What should I do?" She moaned. She didn't have much time left. If she didn't get there soon, Bakura would go away. "I have to get revenge for my family, but last time I dueled Bakura, I lost, so why would I win this time?"
"Next turn I'll beat you Bakura, just you wait!"
"I doubt it," Bakura smiled as Sarah ended her turn. "You just fell for Dark Necrofear's effect. Since your anger forced you to destroy her, I gain control of your monster!" Dark Necrofear's doll glowed, and Desert Avenger went over to Bakura, and picked up the doll.
"It doesn't matter if you got my monster!" Sarah shouted. "Since you don't have any Desert cards in your graveyard, Desert Avenger's attack reduces to 200!"
"I'll get some Desert cards soon," Bakura chuckled as he began his turn (5). "I pay 1000 lifepoints to play Cemetery Change! Now our graveyards switch!"
Sarah: 2800; Bakura: 50
"What?" Sarah shouted, taking a step back. All the cards were swept out of both duel disks, and then went into the opposing duel disks. Desert Avenger's attack increased back to 2900. At least now I have Dad…
"Now you shall fall by your own monster! Desert Avenger, attack Sahara Ishtar!" Bakura commanded. The strange mummy sped forward, and attacked Sarah with its claw.
Sarah: 0; Bakura: 50
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"Wait, I said it myself already: I need to avenge my family!" Sarah shouted, gaining confidence. "Plus, Chris and Sam went when Bakura challenged them, so I have to go too!" She grabbed her deck and PDA and stormed out of the room.
"Hold on a second," Sarah said, stopping in the middle of the hallway. "If I lose, then Bakura will definitely have my Millennium Necklace, and I'll go missing again! I'll type a message to Chris, but I'll only send it to him if I lose," Sarah decided. She took out her PDA, typed out a short message, and continued on her way to Bakura.
She went to the duel arena of her floor to discover Bakura and another Obelisk girl. She was about as tall as Bakura, and had pale skin and an hourglass figure. She had dark devious eyes, and long ebony hair. Her hair was tied into a ponytail that reached her lower black.
"Looks like the little princess is finally here," The girl chuckled.
"Wait a second… I remember you! From the first day of school this year!" Sarah exclaimed.
Okay, last dorm, Sarah told herself. She was going around to her dormroom-neighbors to introduce herself.
Last year, in her first year, there were an odd number of girls in Sarah's dorm. Sarah was the odd girl. She was all by herself, and she felt intimidated by almost everyone she saw.
However, just when she was so freaked out that she was about to give up on all hope of enjoying Duel Academy, Amy, who was her neighbor, came. Amy introduced herself to Sarah because she was introducing herself to all of her neighbors, and soon Sarah and Amy became good friends.
Now Sarah was doing the same to her neighbors. She hoped she could do the same thing for another first-year, or even make new friends.
She came to the last dorm she was going to introduce herself to, the one right across from her own. She knocked on the door, and the girl who was with Bakura answered.
"This isn't your dorm," The girl spat, opening the dorm. "My roommate has already come here."
"Oh, n-no," Sarah nervously laughed. "I know this isn't my dorm. I just came here to introduce myself. I'm Sarah." She extended her hand for the other girl to shake.
"Oh, you came here to introduce yourself? Well, then, hiii!!" The girl said, waving her hand and pretending to be kind. However, as soon as she finished, she regained her annoyed facial expression and shouted, "Bye!"
The girl to close the door, but Sarah stuck her foot in the doorway to stop the door from completely closing. "You do know I could report that as invasion of privacy, right?" The other girl asked as Sarah forced open the door again.
"Oh, you would?" Sarah nervously laughed again. "Well then, uhm, I'll see you later, then. Bye…."
Without saying another word, the girl slammed the door shut.
"Well, that was a waste," Sarah huffed, crossing the hallway back to her dorm.
"Oh yeah, I remember you, too," The girl said. "You're that annoying girl that bothered me on the first day."
"What's your name, anyway?" Sarah asked. "I told you mine, now tell me yours!"
"Of course I'll tell you: it's Mira," Mira said. "After all, how can you properly beg for mercy if you don't know my name?" Mira asked as she took out her deck.
"Duel you? I should have known I wouldn't duel you, Bakura," Sarah challenged. "However," Sarah raised her hands to her neck, "Mira, I don't think you'll be finding yourself on Bakura's side for long."
"Go ahead and try to do that, Sarah," Bakura laughed. "I'm sure you could temporarily disable the power of my Millennium Rod. However, I'm not using my Millennium Rod on Mira!"
"Wh-What?" Sarah stuttered. "But, Mira! He's evil! How can you… how…"
"Sarah, it's not like he's going to destroy the world!" Mira laughed. "It's not that bad."
"Yes it is!" Sarah insisted. "He may not destroy the world, but he's going to plunge it into eternal darkness!"
"So what?" Mira asked.
"Billions of peoples' lives will be destroyed! Those people might even die!"
"I don't care! I'll be happy!" Mira laughed. "I'm going to rule right beside Bakura as his Queen!"
"Do you actually believe that he'll keep his word?" Sarah incredulously asked.
"Of course!" Mira instantly replied.
"So, are you ready to duel?" Bakura asked. Sarah nodded. "Well then, this will be a Shadow Game, so your souls will be on the line. Sarah, your Millennium Necklace will be on the line, too."
"And let me guess: you're betting your Millennium Eye?"
"Actually, no," Bakura smirked. "I'm betting the Millennium Ring. That's how confident I am in Mira's abilities!"
"Fine!" Sarah shouted as she activated her duel disk. "Game on!"
"I've never seen anyone so eager to lose their soul," Mira noted as her duel disk turned on.
"Let's duel!" The girls shouted as the dark sphere appeared.
Mira: 4000; Sarah: 4000"I'll start the duel (6)," Mira declared. "I set a monster (5) and another card (4) and end my turn."
"Do you really think you're going to be able to defeat me with just set cards?" Sarah asked as she drew (6).
"Actually, I do. Of course, I won't be setting cards soon."
"Whatever," Sarah sighed, "I activate the effect of Caravan (1000/1500)! Now I shuffle him into my deck face-up (5), but when I draw him again I can add any card in my deck to my hand!"
"Let's see if you even draw Caravan," Mira snorted.
"Every time my opponent says that, and every time I draw Caravan," Sarah smirked as she shuffled her monster into her deck. "Anyway, I'll summon Sand Warrior (4;1800/1600) and attack your set monster!"
A warrior made of sand wearing a scimitar appeared, and charged at Mira's monster, which was a man holding a large black shield. As Sand Warrior brought its sword down, the monster turned into a strange black goo, which wrapped itself around Sand Warrior, destroying it. The goo then attacked Sarah herself.
Mira: 4000; Sarah: 2200"That was Dark Soul Trap," Mira explained before Sarah could ask. "I tributed my Ancient Warrior Zeljhi (0/2200), so your monster was destroyed and you lost life points equal to its attack!"
That's a powerful card! Sarah thought. Another one of those, and I might lose! "I'll just set this (3) to defend myself and end my turn."
"That was just a small taste of Mira's power," Bakura evilly grinned as Mira drew a card (5). "You will feel the rest of her power soon enough, Sahara."
Mira and immediately slapped her new card onto her duel disk (4). A man wearing black leather armor holding a black grappling hook appeared. "I summon Ancient Warrior Legkton (1900/400)! Now, attack Sarah directly, and take away four cards from her deck!" The man threw his grappling hook at Sarah, but a strange vortex appeared and stopped the attack.
"That was Negate Attack, one of the few non-Desert cards in my deck," Sarah quickly explained. I sure am glad I got it in my opening hand.
"Oh well. It doesn't really matter, since that will only save you for one turn," Mira shrugged. "I'll set a card (3) and end."
Sarah drew a card (4) and smiled. "I activate the field spell Desert (3)! Now Sand Warrior is revived from my graveyard, and I'll summon Sand Scarab (2;2000+200/1000+200)! Now, Sand Warrior, attack Legkton with Sand Scimitar!"
A large desert replaced the darkness of the Shadow Realm. Then a warrior and a large bug rose out of the desert grounds as the intense heat slightly reduced Legkton's power. The warrior ran forward, but a strange shadow being appeared and held Sarah's monsters in place.
"I'm sorry, but you won't be able to attack this turn," Mira happily apologized. "It's because of my trap card, Sucking the Elemental Soul. It only allows dark monsters to attack this turn, and all of your monsters are earth."
"Yes, Sahara, perhaps you should have used dark monsters," Bakura commented. "Then you'd be able to attack."
"I'll never stoop to your level and use evil monsters, Bakura," Sarah hissed.
"But dark monsters are the most powerful!" Bakura exclaimed. "As you can see, Mira here has a deck filled with rare dark monsters, and it is extremely powerful!"
"I'll still beat it," Sarah vowed. "I activate this spell: Pot of Sand (1)! This is a very handy card in Desert decks. First, Negate Attack returns to my deck! Second, I draw two cards (3), and third, Pot of Sand returns to my deck! Anyway, I'll set a trap (2) and end my turn."
"Just for the record, I've had my field spell in my hand since the first turn," Mira said as she drew a card (4). "I've just been waiting for you to activate Desert first, so I could destroy it! Now I play Sins of Darkness (3)!!"
The vast desert disappeared, and what appeared was even worse than the Shadow Realm. It had the same dark mist (if not darker mist), but tortured souls randomly appeared and disappeared, floating around the monsters and duelists, moaning.
"Oh, I love the Shadow Realm, but I love Sins of Darkness even more!" Bakura laughed.
"Yes, and not only does it create the perfect atmosphere for your defeat, but it also has a great effect," Mira maliciously smirked. "During each of your turns, you'll lose a card from your deck for each card you don't use!
"Anyway, to continue with my turn, I summon Ancient Warrior Gargax (2;100/100) in defense mode." A frail magician holding a small black wand appeared. "Then I activate Swords of Concealing Light (1)! This will turn your monsters face-down, and stop your monsters from changing position! And with that, I'll end my turn."
Black swords descended upon Sarah's field. Their black light hid Sand Warrior and Sand Scarab, and only their card backings remained.
Sarah drew a card (3) and sighed. "I have to pass."
Three spirits appeared from Sins of Darkness. Each took a card from Sarah's deck, and placed it in the graveyard. "Now I draw (2), and Gargax activates his effect!" Mira shouted. Gargax's wand glowed, and then two cards disappeared from the top of Sarah's deck. Then another man similar to Zeljhi appeared, except he was holding a large black sword. "I activate Backup of the Ancient Ones (1), which will summon Ancient Warrior Thyzeruz (2100/0) from my deck! I'll just end my turn there."
Why didn't she attack my monsters? Sarah wondered as she drew (4). She must want me to have cards on my field for Sins of Darkness. "I summon Loyal Wanderer (3;300/200) in defense mode!" A tan man wearing torn white robes appeared, kneeling in defense. "I end my turn."
Again, three souls took three cards Sarah's deck. Mira drew (2), and once again Gargax activated his effect, but three cards disappeared this time. Also, Sword of Concealing Light disappeared. Then a grinning green pot appeared on Mira field.
"Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards (3)," Mira quickly explained. When she saw her cards, she began to manically laugh. "I've drawn her!" She laughed.
"You did?" Bakura asked. "Well, Sarah, you're in for a special treat! This is one of Mira's strongest creatures!"
"Yes," Mira agreed. "By tributing Ancient Warrior Legkton, Gargax, and Thyzeruz, I can summon Ancient Heroine Otius (2;3200/3500)! Then I'll summon another Ancient Warrior Thyzeruz (1)." A woman with red eyes wearing a black jumpsuit appeared. She had medium-length black hair with red highlights, and a long silvery tail. However, her most distinct feature was her large black wings, which were filled with glowing red symbols. Then another sword-wielding soldier appeared.
"3200 attack points?!" Sarah exclaimed.
"That's right," Bakura said.
"Now, let me explain Otius' effects," Mira began. "Excluding her summoning conditions, she has three effects. First, you cannot target or destroy her with card effects. Second, if you would gain control of her, I gain control of one of your monsters instead. And third, if she's destroyed, I lose the duel, but I doubt that'll happen. Anyway, continuing with my turn, I activate Dark Matrix (0)! By ditching two cards from my deck, I can destroy all of your set cards!"
Black lightning materialized out of a black vortex, obliterating most of Sarah's field.
"Don't worry, Sarah. I'll let you live one more turn," Mira winked. "Otius, attack Loyal Wanderer! Then Thyzeruz, direct attack!" A blue dragon made of lightning appeared and circled around Otius a few times. Otius pointed at Sarah's monster, and the blue dragon immediately destroyed him before disappearing. Then Mira's other monster launched a direct attack at Sarah, ripping her Obelisk blazer, revealing a beige shirt underneath.
Mira: 4000; Sarah: 100"I'll call that a turn!" Mira laughed.
"Yes, good job Mira!" Bakura congratulated as Sarah drew a card (4). "Just a little more damage and Sahara will be defeated!"
"And then you'll have five Millennium Items," Mira happily added.
"If you'll excuse me, I'd like to take my turn!" Sarah shouted. "Anyway, I'll remove a Sand Warrior from play to return Loyal Wanderer to my hand (5), and then I summon another Sand Warrior (4)! I set a trap (3) and end my turn."
"All right, let's see what you got to defend yourself," Mira said as she drew a card (1). "Ancient Heroine Otius, attack Sand Warrior!" The blue dragon appeared again and charged at Sand Warrior, but suddenly a dozen more appeared, and the blue dragon was only able to destroy the original.
"I used Mirage Battalion to defend myself," Sarah proudly explained. "It increased Sand Warrior's attack to 3800, but prevented him from dealing any damage."
"Fine then, I guess I'll have to activate my Mirror Spell (0). Now I can reuse my Pot of Greed (2)." Mira's eyes widened to an unbelievable extent when she saw one of her new cards. "Bakura… Bakura, I drew it!"
"Which one?" Bakura asked.
"My card," Mira replied, grinning. "Sarah, Bakura already said my Ancient Warrior are rare, and that's true! But there is a special Ancient Warrior support card that is so rare, only one exists… and I've just drawn it! I activate Elemental Sword of Darkness (1)!" A long, black, elegant katana appeared in the air. Its power was so great, black sparks were crawling all over the metal. It descended into Otius' hands, and she began to laugh manically with Mira, Otius' attack points raising to 4000.
"F-Four thousand attack points?" Sarah murmured.
"Yep!" Mira proudly answered. "And you thought she was powerful before! Now, let me quickly explain its effect. As you've already seen, Elemental Sword of Darkness increases my monster's attack by 800. Also, the sword negates Otius' effect, but it will also negate the effect of any monster she destroys in battle! Anyway, I'll end my turn."
"I sure am glad you used that Elemental Sword of Darkness," Sarah said as she drew a card (4)."
"And why is that?"
"I'll show you. First I summon Loyal Wanderer (3), and then I activate Desert Hypnosis (2)! Since Otius' effect is negated, I can tribute my two monsters to gain control of her! After all, even if she's a dark monster, she is still a heroine so she should be on the good side!"
"Oh no," Mira murmured as her powerful monster flew over to Sarah's field.
"Now, Otius, attack Ancient Warrior Thyzeruz!" Sarah shouted. Otius tightly gripped her sword and flew forward at Thyzeruz. However, a dark barrier appeared and stopped the effect.
"Dark Shield of Souls stopped your attack and protected my lifepoints!" Mira explained.
Sarah took a deep breath and ended her turn. I've been using most of my cards, Sarah thought, analyzing the duel. The past few turns, Mira hasn't been able to destroy my deck with Sins of Darkness, which is good. I hope I'll be able to keep it up, especially with Ancient Heroine Otius!
Mira grimly drew a card (1), forced into topdecking.
"I switch Thyzeruz into defense mode and end my turn." This is horrible! I should have killed her earlier when I had the chance. Now she just needs another monster and I will lose!
"Don't worry, Mira," Bakura said, seeing Mira's forlorn expression. "I'm sure you'll pull through."
"Yes… with my powerful cards, I cannot and will not lose!" Mira shouted as Sarah drew a card (3).
"I told you before, I will not stoop to your level, Bakura," Sarah sighed. "That's why I'm tributing Ancient Heroine Otius, so I can summon Desert Assailant (2;1800/1300)!"
"What?" Mira mumbled, almost inaudibly.
Sarah didn't hear what Mira said, so she just continued with her turn. "Desert Assailant, assassinate Thyzeruz!" The assailant disappeared, and quickly reappeared behind Mira's monster, which was almost instantly destroyed. "I end my turn with a set card (1)."
"You… you… tributed Ancient Heroine Otius?" Mira asked, as if in a state of shock. She slowly drew her card (2). "You… you… you… just destroyed my powerful monster like that? You… how… HOW DARE YOU!!"
Sarah was taken aback at how quickly Mira went from shock to anger. "I activate Card of Sanctity (1)! Now, draw (6)! Then I activate Card Destruction (5)! Now we discard our old hands (0) and draw new hands (5)!"
Sarah hadn't even drawn all her cards from Card of Sanctity when Mira played Card Destruction. Great, she just took away eleven cards from my deck, Sarah groaned as she drew yet another new hand (6). She sadly stared at her small deck.
"I continue my turn with Abyss of Dark Power (4), and I'll activate its effect immediately! My hand is revealed to you!" Four large holographic cards appeared in front of Sarah, but to her dismay she didn't recognize any of them. "My cards are rare, so I'm sure you didn't know what any of them were. But I'll just tell you that three of them had Ancient in their name, so I can draw three cards (7)!"
That's a powerful card! Sarah realized. Now she has more cards than me!
Mira looked over her new hand, and began to laugh manically, yet again. "I activate a spell card Dark Soul (6)! Now, look," Mira commanded. She quickly flashed Sarah a card in her hand. "I need that card in my hand to activate Dark Soul, so now I can summon two Ancient Warrior Thyzeruz, Ancient Warrior Gargax, Ancient Warrior Zeljhi, and Ancient Warrior Legkton from my graveyard!"
"All those monsters, with one card?!" Sarah shouted as a small army of dark warrior appeared on Mira's field. However, they looked pale and exhausted.
"Well, yes, but it has its downside," Mira explained. "These monsters cannot attack or use their effects, and if I don't tribute all of them I lose the duel."
"Wait, does that mean," Sarah said, piecing it together, "That the monster you showed me…"
"Needs these five monsters as a tribute?" laughed Mira.
"Actually, yes!" laughed Bakura.
"By tributing these five Ancient Warriors, I can summon Ancient Evil Zeith (5;2450/2450)!!" A muscular man wearing a dark jumpsuit similar to Otius' appeared. He had the same red eyes as Otius, but short silver hair.
"He has less attack and defense than Otius," Sarah noted. "What are his effects?"
"Well, Otius is a beatstick, but Zeith is more of a wall," Mira began. "Like Otius, besides his summoning conditions, there are three effects. First, he's completely unaffected by all your card effects! Second, your monster must have at least 500 more attack than Zeith to defeat him in battle! And finally, similar to Otius, if he's sent to the graveyard or removed from play I lose the duel. Now then, Zeith, attack Desert Assailant!"
"Hold on! First I activate Loyal Wanderer's effect to return him to my hand (7). Then I activate my trap, and it's a good thing it affects my monsters, not yours," Sarah said as her trap card flipped up. Sand came out of nowhere and wrapped itself around Desert Assailant as Zeith began to rush forward. The sand shaped itself into a giant bird right as Zeith approached. Zeith quickly drew a sword and slashed at Sarah's monster, but it wasn't destroyed.
Mira: 4000; Sarah: 50"My trap card was Desert Illusion, and using it I was able to tribute Desert Assailant to summon Sand Hawk (2400/1700)! Then I used Sand Hawk's effect to keep it on the field by discarding Loyal Wanderer (6)," Sarah explained. "I'll use Loyal Wanderer's effect once again to return him to my hand (7)."
"It doesn't matter," Bakura chuckled. "With fifty life points left, even the slightest damage will let Mira win!"
He's right, Sarah thought. Before when I had a hundred lifepoints, that was bad, but this is horrible! Now I've got to be sure to play completely defensive, with no chance of taking damage!
"I end my turn," Mira smirked. "Let's see what you can do now with so few lifepoints and so few cards in your deck."
"Desert Illusion now activates, and would destroy Sand Hawk. However, I'll discard Loyal Wanderer (6) to keep Sand Hawk on the field. And now I draw (7)." She looked over her hand for a few moments. "I set a trap (6), switch Sand Hawk to defense mode, and end my turn."
Mira drew a card (6), and immediately ordered Zeith to attack. He ran forward and attacked Sand Hawk, but again it wasn't destroyed.
"I discarded a card (5) to keep Sand Hawk on the field," Sarah quickly explained.
"I'll just end my turn. You can't keep on defending yourself like this forever," Mira stated. And even if you can, you'll run out of cards in your deck soon.
"We'll see," Sarah said as she drew a card (6). "First I switch Sand Hawk to attack mode. Then I activate the spell card Desert Wind (5), which will switch Sand Hawk back to defense mode." Now I won't lose a card in my deck because of Sand Hawk. "I then set a trap (4) to end my turn." A spirit appeared for Sins of Darkness and took a card from her deck for the trap card she set in her previous turn.
Mira drew a card (7), and her face lit up. "Smashing Ground will destroy your Sand Hawk (6)! But do you have any cards to save him?"
"No," Sarah sadly replied.
"Well then, Zeith, direct attack!" Mira laughed.
"Not so fast!" Sarah shouted, "I activate my trap card, Desert Lure! Now I pick a card, and if it's in your hand you're forced to play it! And there's only one card that can save me now… Dark Hole!"
"Oh no," Mira murmured; Dark Hole was in her hand! She sadly slid the spell card into her duel disk (5), causing a large black vortex, which destroyed Ancient Evil Zeith, to appear.
"Zeith might not be affected by my cards, but yours are a different story!" Sarah triumphantly said. "But wait… shouldn't you lose the duel now?"
"I'll lose the duel at the end of my turn. Anyway, I activate Abyss of Dark Power once more!" Mira hissed. Five holographic cards quickly appeared in front of Sarah. "Again, I have three Ancient cards, so I draw three cards (8)!"
Mira looked over her new cards, and immediately continued her move. "I activate Magical Stone Excavation (7)! By discarding two cards from my hand (5), Elemental Sword of Darkness (6) returns to my hand!"
Why would she want Elemental Sword of Darkness? Sarah wondered. I doubt she has two copies of Zeith or Otius, or that she has more than two extremely powerful monsters like that.
"Bakura," Mira began.
"Yes?"
"I drew your card earlier, not just now, for the record," Mira said. "I just didn't want to make a big deal out of it since I didn't use it then. But I am using it now!" She shouted as she slid the card into her duel disk (5). The holographic card that appeared was… black. No text, no background, no picture, just black.
"What… what is that card?!" Sarah demanded.
"It's a card Bakura gave me," Mira answered, grinning evilly. "Since it's effect isn't written on the card, I'll have to explain. It's called Seal of Darkness. It has the same effect as Monster Reborn, except I can ignore summoning conditions, but I lose during the end of this turn. And with its effect, I can revive Ancient Heroine Otius, and then I equip her with Elemental Sword of Darkness (4)!"
"But this is your Main Phase 2!" Sarah cried as the dark heroine appeared once more. "You can't attack, so what's the point of having a powerful monster like that!?"
"Well, I would lose the duel anyway from Ancient Evil Zeith, so I figured now would be the perfect time to use Seal of Darkness," Mira shrugged. "Anyway, end turn. Oh, and now I can activate Double Cross (3) to prevent me from losing."
So that's why, Sarah thought as she drew a card (5). She was prepared for Zeith or Otius to be destroyed, since she had Double Cross! "I set a monster (4) and another card (3), and end my turn," Sarah sighed. A spirit appeared, and took one card from Sarah's deck again.
"I could destroy your monster right now with Otius," Mira said slyly as she drew a card (4), "But I think this method will be more fun…. First, I set two traps (2). But now, go, Blue Lightning Strike (1)!"
Ancient Heroine Otius raised the Elemental Sword of Darkness above her head, and her blue dragon came and began to circle her. The dragon then infused with the sword, giving the sword and Otius a bright blue glow. Otius let out a battle cry and then ran forward. With one swing of her blade, all of Sarah's cards on her field and her hand were completely decimated (0).
"All my cards… gone…" Sarah wept.
"That is the full power of Ancient Heroine Otius," Bakura declared.
"However, my next five turns are skipped, except for my Draw Phase," Mira noted.
"That means… that means I have a few turns to recuperate!" Sarah celebrated. But Mira still has those two face-downs…
"Not exactly," Mira winked. "You see, I've been counting cards, and so far thirty-nine cards have been removed from your deck! Oh, and look at your last card. It's Caravan. How ironic, since you won't be able to use it's effect. Anyway, Blue Lightning Strike forces me to immediately end my turn, so go."
"Your wrong," Sarah slowly stated, but then repeated more forcefully, "You're wrong! I have forty-one cards in my deck! That means I draw Caravan (1), but then remove him from play (0) to get my last card!" Sarah took a deep breath before placing her fingers on her last card. Please…please pull through for me. Sarah drew a card (1) and smiled.
"I win," Sarah confidently declared.
"Oh really?" Mira asked. "I doubt that there's any card that could save you at this point. After all, you have barely any life points, just one card, and I have full life points and an extremely powerful monster!"
"Like I just said, you're wrong! I can still beat you!" Sarah laughed. "My last card is the spell card is Mirage (0)! This lets me summon a monster from my graveyard, but removes all other monsters in my graveyard from play." The air on Sarah's field began to warp, as if in intense heat. A strange mummy-like creature made of sand soon appeared from the haze. "The monster I've chosen is Desert Avenger (?/?)!"
"An unknown number of attack points? Ha!" Mira laughed, but then it struck her. "Wait, what determines Desert Avenger's power?!"
"Actually, it varies," Sarah began to explain. "It can either be 300 for each monster in my grave, or 400 for each removed from play. I have twenty monsters in my deck, excluding Desert Avenger, and all of them are removed from play due to the combined effects of Ancient Warrior Gargax and Mirage. Do the math."
"This… this can't be happening!" Mira wheezed as Desert Avenger's attack shot up to eight-thousand.
"You may have full life points, but that doesn't matter, because this attack will deal four-thousand damage! Go, Desert Avenger! Avenge all my monsters that Mira destroyed!" Sarah commanded.
Mira turned around to look at Bakura as Desert Avenger drew nearer. They were able to communicate just with their eyes.
'Do something,' Mira pleaded, 'Please.'
'Your face-downs,' Bakura coldly responded.
How could I forget those?! Mira scolded herself as she turned her attention back to the duel. As Desert Avenger swung its claw through Otius, Otius turned into a strange blue mist. The mist then reformed into a dark warrior holding a large shield.
"Sorry, but one of my traps was Monster Relief," Mira explained. "It returned Ancient Heroine Otius to my hand, and summoned another Ancient Warrior Zeljhi from my hand in defense mode!"
Sarah just stood there, motionless, as Desert Avenger automatically destroyed Zeljhi. She did her best… she was pushed to her uppermost limits… victory was right there… but she still lost. And that meant Bakura won.
"Since you have nothing else to do, I'm assuming you're ending your turn," Mira laughed as Desert Avenger faded into nothing. "I draw a card (2), and then I am forced to end my turn from Blue Lightning Strike. However, since you don't have any cards in your deck, you automatically lose."
Mira: 4000; Sarah: 0 (from deckout)
"No…" Sarah murmured, before the spirits of Sins of Darkness suddenly swarmed around her, attacking her. The message, Sarah suddenly remembered, ignoring the pain. She ripped out her PDA; all she had to do was select who to send the message to with her stylus, and the message would be sent.
However, the spirits were trying to get the PDA and stylus from her, and Sarah had to fight with almost all her mind to stay awake. She had no choice. Sarah slammed the stylus down randomly on the screen. She couldn't see who she sent it to, because at that very moment the spirits ripped the PDA out of her hands.
That was also when she finally ran out of energy to resist the penalty of the Shadow Game. "Please… save me…" She managed to whisper before falling to the ground unconscious.
Mira walked forward to where the PDA had been dropped onto the ground. She took a quick look at it, and then, smirking, threw it to Bakura. "Look who Sarah called for help."
After Bakura looked at it, he joined Mira in her smirk. "Excellent," he chuckled.
Aw, poor Sarah. She just can't seem to win, can she? I have no idea why it turned out like that... I didn't mean to pick on her :( Oh well, it's another one of those cliffies I know you all luv :D
Oo... lots of custom monsters. Hope they weren't too confusing. And btw, I did count the cards to make sure Sarah had 1 card left, like with chapter 16
Now, review plz!!
Card of the Day
Ancient Heroine Otius (DARK)
Warrior/Effect
Level 10
ATK 3200/DEF 3500
This card cannot be included in your deck if you have any non-DARK monsters. This monster cannot be normal summoned or set. This card cannot be special summoned except by tributing three DARK "Ancient Warrior" monsters. This card is treated as an "Ancient Warrior" monster. This card cannot be targeted or destroyed by your opponent's card effects. If control of this card would shift to your opponent, instead, gain control of one monster your opponent controls until the end of the turn. If this monster is destroyed, you lose the duel.
Original Cards
A/N: Katoma (my friend) made all of Mira's custom cards, except Mirror Spell, Dark Matrix, and Dark Shield of Souls
Caravan; level 4; Warrior/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 1000/1500; You can shuffle this card into your Deck face-up from your Hand. When this face-up card is drawn, remove this card from play. Search your Deck for a card and add it to your Hand.
Sand Warrior; level 4; Rock/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 1800/1600; This card's Type is also treated as Warrior. This card is treated as a Normal monster.
Dark Soul Trap; Trap; Activate when your opponent declares an attack by tributing a DARK "Ancient Warrior" monster. Destroy the attacking monster, and inflict damage to your opponent's life points equal to the sum of the attacking monster's ATK and the tributed monster's ATK.
Ancient Warrior Zeljhi; level 4; Spellcaster/DARK; 0/2200
Ancient Warrior Legkton; level 4; Warrior/Effect/DARK; 1900/400; If this card successfully attacks your opponent directly, send one card from the top of your opponent's deck to the graveyard for each card in your opponent's hand and on your opponent's field. After you have successfully activated this effect, for the remainder of the duel this card's effect becomes "This card cannot attack your opponent directly. Any battle damage this card deals to your opponent is negated."
Desert; Field Spell/Desert; When this card is activated, you can Special Summon 1 Desert monster from your Graveyard to your side of the Field. Decrease the ATK and DEF of all non-Desert monsters by 100. Increase the ATK and DEF of all Desert monsters by 200.
Sand Scarab; level 4; Rock/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 2000/1000; This card's Type is also treated as Insect. When this card attacks, it is switched to Defense Position during the End Phase.
Sucking the Elemental Soul; Activate only during your opponent's turn. Only DARK monsters can attack this turn. If your opponent controls a DARK monster, destroy all non-DARK monsters on the field.
Pot of Sand; Spell/Desert; Activate only when you control "Desert". Shuffle a card in your graveyard into your deck. Draw 2 cards. After this card resolves, it is returned to the deck instead of being sent to the graveyard.
Sins of Darkness; Field Spell; This card cannot be removed from the field. During each of your opponent's end phases, send one card from the top of your opponent's deck to the graveyard for each card your opponent controls that he/she did not use that turn.
Ancient Warrior Gargax; level 1; Spellcaster/Effect/DARK; 100/100; During each of your standby phases, remove one card from the top of your opponent's deck from play for each DARK "Ancient Warrior" monster you control.
Backup of the Ancient Ones; Spell; Special summon one level 4 or lower "Ancient Warrior" monster from your deck. The summoned monster cannot attack or be tributed for a Tribute Summon. The summoned monster's effect is negated this turn.
Ancient Warrior Thyzeruz; level 4; Warrior/DARK; 2100/0
Loyal Wanderer; level 2; Warrior/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 200/300; Remove 1 Desert monster in your Graveyard from play to add this card to your Hand from your Graveyard.
Ancient Heroine Otius; level 10; Warrior/Effect/DARK; 3200/3500; This card cannot be included in your deck if you have any non-DARK monsters. This monster cannot be normal summoned or set. This card cannot be special summoned except by tributing three DARK "Ancient Warrior" monsters. This card is treated as an "Ancient Warrior" monster. This card cannot be targeted or destroyed by your opponent's card effects. If control of this card would shift to your opponent, instead, gain control of one monster your opponent controls until the end of the turn. If this monster is destroyed, you lose the duel.
Dark Matrix; Spell; Send the top 2 cards on your deck to the graveyard. Destroy all face-down cards on your opponent's side of the field and all face-down spells and traps on your side of the field.
Mirage Battalion; Trap/Desert; Increase the ATK of 1 Desert monster on your side of the Field by 2000. All Battle Damage to the opponent's Life Points in a battle involving the chosen monster is reduced to 0. This lasts until the End Phase of this turn.
Mirror Spell; Spell; Return 1 Spell Card you activated last turn to your hand.
Elemental Sword of Darkness; Equip Spell; This card cannot be destroyed by card effects. Only equip to a DARK "Ancient Warrior" Warrior-Type Monster. Increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 800. Destroy the effect of monsters destroyed in battle by the equipped monster. Negate the effect of the equipped monster.
Desert Hypnosis; Spell/Desert; Tribute 2 Desert monsters. Take control of 1 monster on the opponent's side of the Field.
Dark Shield of Souls; Trap; During this turn, you may negate a number of attacks equal to the number of monsters that have been sent to your opponent's graveyard this turn.
Desert Assailant; level 6; Warrior/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 1800/1300; This card's effect is negated if "Desert" isn't on the Field. When this card battles a non-Desert monster, flip a coin and call it. If you call it right, destroy the opposing monster without applying Damage Calculation.
Abyss of Dark Power; Continuous Spell; Once per turn, show your hand to your opponent. Draw 1 card for each "Ancient" card in your hand.
Dark Soul; Spell; Activate by showing one "Ancient Evil Zeith" in your hand to your opponent. Special summon five "Ancient Warrior" monsters from your hand, deck, or graveyard. The summoned monsters cannot attack and have their effects negated. If you do not tribute all five monsters by the end of this turn, you lose the duel.
Ancient Evil Zeith; level 10; Fiend/Effect/DARK; 2450/2450; This card cannot be included in your deck if you have any non-DARK monsters. This monster cannot be normal summoned or set. This card cannot be special summoned except by tributing five DARK "Ancient Warrior" monsters. This card is treated as an "Ancient Warrior" monster. This card is unaffected by your opponent's card effects. This card is only destroyed as a result of battle with monsters with at least 500 more ATK than this card. If this monster on the field is destroyed or removed from play, you lose the duel at the end of that turn.
Desert Illusion; Trap/Desert; Tribute a Desert monster. Special summon a Desert monster from your graveyard in attack mode. The summoned monster is destroyed during the end of this turn.
Sand Hawk; level 7; Rock/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 2400/1700; This cards Type is also treated as Winged Beast. When this card would be destroyed, you can discard a Desert monster from your Hand to keep this card on the Field. When this card attacks with an ATK higher than the DEF of a Defense Position monster, inflict half the difference as Battle Damage to the opponent's Life Points.
Desert Lure; Trap/Desert; Declare a card name. If a copy of the declared card is in your opponent's hand, he/she must immediately play it.
Seal of Darkness; Spell; Special summon a monster from either player's graveyard, ignoring any summoning conditions. You lose the duel during the end of this turn.
Double Cross; Quick-Play Spell; Activate only when you would lose the duel, other than because your lifepoints are 0. You do not lose the duel.
Blue Lightning Strike; Spell; Activate only when you control an "Ancient Heroine Otius." Destroy all cards on your opponent's field and in your opponent's hand. Your turn is now over. Skip your next five Standby Phases, Main Phases, and Battle Phases.
Mirage; Spell/Desert; Special summon a Desert monster from your graveyard. The summoned monster cannot be tributed. Remove all Desert monsters in your graveyard from play. During the end of this turn, return all cards affected by this card to your graveyard.
Desert Avenger; level 3; Zombie/Effect/Desert/EARTH; ?/?; When this card is summon, select 1 of the following effects and activate it: -The original ATK and DEF of this card becomes the number of Desert monsters in your Graveyard x 300. -The original ATK and DEF of this card becomes the number of Desert monsters removed from play (including the opponents) x 400.
Next Time... you're going to have to wait to see the chapter name!