A/N: Hope you can forgive us for updating so late everyone! Things got a little busy between college finals, work, and a minor computer issue with our beta reader so that's why this chapter is so late. Well, like the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait, so for all of you that have stuck around to read our story, enjoy! We'll try to get the next chapter up in a more timely manner.
The quarter finals have reached their conclusion folks…
But this tournament is still on! We're down to our final four, and the hits will just keep on coming!
In our upcoming match, Yugi Mutoh will be fighting once again to defend his right to be called King of Games…
Against an opponent who witnessed his brother fall at Yugi's hands: Tim Hokage!
Can Yugi stand
the heat? Better question, can he stand all the bad jokes?
Let's light this candle and find out!
Overheat
Weevil Underwood had a confused look on his face as his eyes wandered the arena's audience.
"Now just where did that Jurassic jerk land? I want to give him a piece of my mind for humiliating me like that," Weevil wondered out loud.
Mako Tsunami sighed in frustration. Sitting near Weevil was beginning to wear on his nerves, and even watching the impressive matches for the quarter finals hadn't helped to ease the tension any.
"It's a big stadium, he's probably too far away for us to spot him," Mako said, hoping to quiet Weevil down. "For all we know, he could be clear on the other side of the audience."
Coincidentally, the other side of the arena was currently occupied by another duelist who was curious as to where Rex was.
"I don't see him anywhere…" Mary said, stretching up on her toes as she tried to get a better look around.
"Oh don't worry Mary-girl, I'm sure that Mr. Raptor is just resting off that last attack," Pegasus chimed in. "Being hit by 4500 points worth of damage can sting quite a bit."
"You're telling me…" Ruby muttered, looking toward Mr. Gold.
"Oh yeah…Heh, heh…Sorry about that," Gold apologized.
On the arena floor, Roland was receiving the report on what had happened to Rex and Noah. He nodded his head, and carefully tapped the earpiece…
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Up the VIP booth, Kaiba tilted his head as a voice sounded in his mind.
"Mr. Kaiba, this is Roland," The commentator's voice intoned, "We have an issue. It seems that Noah and Rex were severely injured after dueling you and had to be logged out…"
"Is that a fact? Well I can't say that I blame them with the level of realism the finals were given," Kaiba responded in his head.
"This is serious sir. Noah won't raise a fuss, but what about Rex?" Roland asked.
"If he tries to make a case out of it, we'll just offer to pay the medical expenses and…" Kaiba began.
"Buy his silence sir? I've no complaints about that but if the finalists are being injured perhaps we should…" Roland interrupted.
"If you're about to suggest we stop the tournament, reconsider," Kaiba warned. "I presume that measures are being taken to ensure against any more incidents."
"…Yes sir, they are," Roland admitted. "Well, you're the boss. We'll continue as scheduled."
"Good," Kaiba thought with a smirk.
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Back on the arena floor, spotlights began to dance around and fireworks exploded up near the ceiling. The audience cheered as Roland held four fingers up to the sky.
"Only four duelists remain everyone! That means its time for us to move on to the semi-finals!" Roland shouted, the audience's volume increasing. "So who will step up in our next match?"
On the big screen above Roland appeared four pictures, one of each of the remaining finalists. Each picture took up one-quarter of the screen, and they began to rotate around the display, trading corners at lightning speed.
"Seeing as we're down to our top four, the semi-final duelists will be paired-off simultaneously," Roland explained as the pictures whizzed overhead. "The two duelists on the top half of the screen will face-off first, and the pictures will stop as soon as you all shout for it! Let us hear it!"
"STOP!" The audience roared as one, the pictures slowing down.
With a buzz, they came to a halt. On the top of the screen sat Yugi's picture right next to the photo of Tim Hokage. The audience began to cheer again as the five-minute timer appeared on the screen.
"Then here it is! Yugi Mutoh vs. Tim Hokage!" Roland shouted. "You two get five minutes, then you're coming down here to beat the snot out of each other!"
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"Aw crap…" Tim grumbled. "Why can't I duel Kaiba again? I have a fighting chance against him…"
Kaiba shot Tim an icy glare, and the fire duelist shivered as his deck menu opened up.
"Uh…Never mind," He shuddered, looking over his cards. "Yugi is good too."
Yugi scanned across his options, stopping occasionally to muse over a card or two.
"What are the odds? First Brian, then Tim," Yugi thought.
"At least Tim doesn't seem angered over his brother's defeat," Yami observed, looking over to the teen as he shifted a few cards around.
"I didn't think he would be. I heard him and Brian talking before about me. I get the feeling he expected Brian to lose," Yugi thought.
"So, do you have some plan like Brian did?" Victor asked Tim.
"Is 'Do as much damage as humanly possible' a plan?" Tim responded. "Because if it isn't, I've got nothing."
"You're dueling Yugi without a plan?" Victor sounded amazed, his eyebrows arching.
"It's not like having a plan helped Brian any," Tim pointed out as he closed his deck list. "I mean, he's Yugi Mutoh. How do I beat someone like that?"
"Let's get it on!" Roland shouted as Tim and Yugi both vanished before Victor could come up with an answer.
"I guess we're about to find out," Kaiba smirked.
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Down in the arena, Roland was lifted upward as a metal platform burst out of the ground. Below him, the floor fell away to reveal two cauldrons filled with boiling, green liquid, each with noxious vapors spewing from the surface. The walls of the arena transformed to cold granite and the lights dimmed so the whole place had the feel of a cold dungeon.
"Double, double, toil and trouble…" Roland chanted, raising his arms. "I always wanted to say that. Welcome to our Deadly Dungeon arena, where the torture devices are always ready and waiting! And today, our competitors will be dealing with our special brew down there, and it's no sports drink."
From the ceiling lowered two grates, each one suspended by four chains. Tim was riding on one of the grates, while Yugi occupied the other. The audience began cheering again as the two of them took in their surroundings.
"I'll get right to the punch-line for this area. As the duelists lose life points, they'll be lowered toward our magical potion down below," Roland announced, drawing Tim and Yugi's attention to the boiling liquid. "Just what that mixture is supposed to do, I'll leave to your imaginations. Suffice it to say you won't enjoy it."
"Who makes these places?" Tim asked, staring at the cauldron. "And why do I smell Brian's cooking?"
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"Okay, that was low even for Tim," Brian frowned, his gaze locked on his brother. "I wonder how long he'll last…"
"We'd better just hope Yugi wins this. If Tim beats him, we'll never be able to live it down," Celeste realized.
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"Well, nothing more needs to be said other than: You two are semi-finalists, so you'd better duel like it!" Roland barked. "Now choose your deckmasters!"
Yugi nodded as he pointed to the empty section of grate next to him.
"Okay, I'll select Dark Magician Girl once again!" Yugi announced.
"YES!" A chorus of male voices shouted from the audience.
With a giggle and a flurry of pink sparks, the audience let out a cheer as Yugi's busty blond bombshell of a sorceress appeared next to him. She blew the audience a kiss and took a bow.
"You picked her again, huh Yugi?" Tim asked, pointing at the girl.
As he did so, his finger brushed the image of a card as his deckmaster options appeared in front of him.
"Crap…" Tim gasped as the cards vanished.
A small orb of golden light hovered onto Tim's field, and grew in size until it was slightly shorter than him. The light formed into a young woman wearing a golden mask resembling a bird, and red robes.
"Apparently my deckmaster will be the Hand of Nephthys," Tim observed, looking distraught. "I can't believe this happened twice."
"Fear not Tim, my deckmaster ability is quite useful," The young priestess assured him, leaning close to his ear. "Listen carefully…"
Tim's eyes went wide as he heard his monster's words, and he smiled.
"I take back what I said to Great Angus, you're the best mistake I ever made," Tim grinned.
"Thank you…I guess," The confused deckmaster nodded.
"Let the duel commence!" Roland ordered. "And going first will be…"
A golden coin fell from above and landed in Roland's hand. He looked at it, and held it up to show a letter 'T' displayed on the top.
"T, for Tim Hokage," Roland delegated. "Get to it!"
Tim: 8000
Yugi: 8000
Tim drew six cards, and set one of them onto his disk. The green mist rising from the surface of the cauldron formed into a facedown monster.
"A bit early to start joking yet, so I'll start with one monster facedown," Tim announced. "That's all from me."
Yugi took his draw, smiling as he saw the monster that he held. He placed it onto his disk, Dark Magician Girl waving her scepter, which caused a cloud of the green smoke rising from the cauldron below to gather into a solid looking platform. From the surface of this perch rose a young wizard in pure white robes, fastened by three disks on his shoulders and collar.
"I'll open the duel with my Skilled White Magician (1700/1900) in attack mode," Yugi stated. "Now, attack his facedown monster with light magic burst!"
The white robed monster spun his staff, and fired a pulse of light at Tim's facedown card. It flipped over to reveal a strange looking turtle with a metal shell, which was blasted into a pile of gears and circuits. Tim just smirked as the broken metal started to glow red-hot, and a circle of fire drew itself into the mist around the duelists.
"That was my UFO Turtle (1400/1200) and he leaves a bit more than crop circles," Tim explained. "Now I get to summon a fire monster with 1500 attack or less. So here's my favorite little spitfire: Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000)!"
From the blazing circle flew one of Tim's burning snakes. It hovered amongst the cauldron's fumes, growling at Yugi and his monster. Yugi looked over his hand, clenching his teeth as he saw nothing he could do, remembering just what Tim's dragon was capable of.
"I'll need to end my turn here," Yugi admitted, allowing Tim to draw his card. "I'm guessing you're about to summon another Pyro-type monster, aren't you?"
"That's usually how this works, but I'm gonna do a bit more and double my fun," Tim taunted as he selected a card from his hand. "I'm summoning a second Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000)."
Tim's deckmaster waved one hand, the smoke swirling about and forming a serpent like shape. The serpentine cloud turned red and then burst into flames which faded to reveal another of the fiery snakes. It hissed, spitting sparks at Yugi as it began to coil in midair alongside its brother. The two twisted and turned about one another, making it difficult to distinguish where one ended and the other began.
"Gotta love the solar flare lock," Tim sighed. "Well, I gotta anyway, I don't think you'll enjoy it."
"Oh boy…" Yugi gasped, taking a step back as Tim pointed at him.
"I end my turn now, activating my dragons' effect: each of them now takes off 500 of your life points." Tim ordered. "So is it hot in here or is it just you?"
The twisting snakes split away from each other for a moment, flying directly at Yugi and spraying the King of Games with twin blasts of fire. Yugi covered his head in an unsuccessful attempt to block the flame. His life points began to drop, and as they did, so did the platform that Yugi was standing on. Yugi tried to keep his balance with the sudden shift in equilibrium, and Roland spoke up as he did so.
"Tim Hokage draws first blood in our match, and what a way to do it!" Roland announced. "Yugi gets a closer look at our magic brew, but first blood doesn't always mean much in this game."
Tim: 8000
Yugi: 7000
Yugi drew his card, still feeling the burn from Tim's assault. He noticed two of the cards in his hand, and reached to take one of them before stopping.
"If I used this spell, I could get rid of those dragons right now," Yugi reasoned to himself. "But maybe if I wait a bit, I can do something better."
"I choose to end my turn without making any moves," Yugi declared, the audience gasping at this.
Tim looked stunned as well, but just shrugged and drew his card.
"Alright, your funeral," He said, noticing the card he now held. "Ah…better make that a cremation. I summon my third and final Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000)!"
A burst of fire lit up Tim's field, and a third of the dragons now slithered about with the other two. All three monsters growled in Yugi's direction, and the young man controlling them smiled.
"A triple solar lock, you can't attack anything and you lose 1500 life points a turn," Tim smiled. "Huh, and I thought 'do as much damage as I could' wasn't a real strategy."
"Tim has all three of his infamous dragons together! Can Yugi smash this lockdown?" Roland fretted.
"I end my turn, and you get burned," Tim laughed. "Oh Roland, you might want to duck…"
The commentator took Tim's advice, and just in time. Rather than fly over themselves this time, the three dragons began swirling around one another faster and faster, until a huge ring of flame was formed around them. It flew forward, passing right over Roland's prone form before slamming into Yugi and knocking him into the waiting arms of his deckmaster (a few members of the audience sighed with jealousy). Yugi regained his footing just as the grate dropped even more, knocking him to his knees as it came to an abrupt halt more than a third of the way to the pot.
Tim: 8000
Yugi: 5500
"Anybody have a bag of marshmallows? I'm making smores out of Yugi," Tim taunted
Yugi drew his card, looking surprisingly unworried as he looked over his options.
"Yugi, did you draw what you were waiting for?" Yami's voice asked in his mind.
"Actually, I think I may have got something better," Yugi responded.
"I activate Brain Control, giving up 800 life points in order to brainwash one of your dragons," Yugi began.
Next to the young man appeared the demonic brain, a pair of misty arms extending from it as it grabbed hold of one of the snakes. It hissed weakly as it was dragged over to Yugi's field, and Tim looked confused.
"That probably would have helped last turn. Then you could have had my two dragons kill each other," Tim pointed out.
"True, but I didn't have this card on my last turn," Yugi admitted. "Since I have it now though, I thought I'd use it to break your lock wide open."
Tim seemed even more confused as he asked, "How is Brain Control going to do that?"
"By being used with my Soul Taker spell card, letting me tribute one monster on your field by giving you 1000 extra life points," Yugi went on. "So use the dragon I brainwashed and one of your other dragons…"
A burst of blue magic covered Tim's field, leaving him with a pleasant tingle all over his body and a scent of mint leaves hanging in the air. This nearly distracted him from the fact that one of the two dragon's that had been left on his field was now gone, and the one Yugi had stolen was vanishing.
"With them, I summon my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600)!" Yugi called out.
Dark Magician Girl squealed in glee as one of Yugi's strongest monsters floated from below on a green cloud. He had pale-blue skin, and wore a form fitting black outfit, carrying a black staff in one hand. His lanky body seemed to radiate magical energy as he glared at Tim's lone dragon.
"Oh…Yeah, that'll work…" Tim nodded. "He's gonna hurt me now, isn't he."
"Well, it is my battle phase," Yugi pointed out. "Attack his last dragon with chaos scepter blast!"
The sorcerer swung his weapon forward, firing a bolt of pure blackness from the tip. The remaining Solar Flare Dragon screamed (not a pleasant noise) as it was erased from existence by the energy.
"And when Dark Magician of Chaos destroys a monster, it stays destroyed because it's removed from the game instead of going to your graveyard," Yugi explained. "Plus, my Skilled White Magician has been on the field this whole time…"
Tim gulped as the teenage warlock pointed his iron staff toward him. The younger monster did not look amused by the damage Tim had dealt to Yugi.
"Attack!" Yugi commanded.
Tim let out a shout of pain as an explosion of light struck him, followed quickly by another shout as his platform dropped and he fell over from the sudden jarring. His life point count plummeted as he got back to his feet, rubbing his head which had struck the grating beneath him.
"I really need to stop getting hit in the head like this…" he grumbled. "I have enough problems as is."
Tim: 6000
Yugi: 4300
"I'll end my turn here," Yugi announced
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"Tim is still winning," Espa pointed out. "He's got more life points."
"But take a look at the field, he's got no monsters and Yugi has two," Kevin assessed. "I'd say winning is a relative term here. How long will Tim's life points stay ahead if Yugi has field control?"
"All I know is that we probably don't want to see what that Dark Magician of Chaos can do when it attacks a human," Brian worried. "You heard Tim's dragon."
"Well, Tim's pretty tough," Celeste pointed out. "Look how many times he gets hit in the head, and he still makes bad jokes."
"Please, don't remind me," Brian sighed.
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Tim drew his card, and quickly took three of the cards from his hand. He set them into his disk one at a time, and they appeared between him and Yugi's monsters. He then took a fourth card, and slid it onto the tray, a facedown monster appearing in front of him.
"Yeah, that looks better," Tim nodded. "Okay, bring it on Yugi!"
Yugi drew, taking in Tim's field with a worried look.
"He set so many cards on his field…He must be trying to bluff me," Yugi reasoned in his mind. "Most duelists would be trying to get a strong monster out right now, so he must not want me to get rid of his monster."
"Dark Magician of Chaos, attack his monster!" Yugi shouted.
The mighty Spellcaster lifted his staff, and pointed it at Tim's hidden monster. As he did, Tim tapped one of the buttons on his disk, causing one of the facedown cards to flip over. From it sprang a demonic suit of armor which dashed forward on a trail of green smoke and wrapped its arms around Yugi's monster. Dark Magician of Chaos gasped in horror just before he and the armor burst into shards of light.
"My Sakuretsu Armor trap destroys your attacking monster," Tim explained. "Come on Yugi, I thought you were smarter than that."
"Urgh…My own monster's effect means Dark Magician of Chaos just removed himself from the game," Yugi worried. "So not all of those cards are bluffs…But that can only mean that he doesn't want that monster destroyed."
"Skilled White Magician, attack his monster!" Yugi ordered.
The light sorcerer took a deep breath before aiming his attack. This time, Tim did nothing as the blast of magic shot forward and slammed into the back of his monster's card. From the card came a spray of gears and circuits again, followed by a plume of flame. Yugi had just destroyed another UFO Turtle.
"Another UFO Turtle? Wait, so you did want me destroy your monster then?" Yugi realized.
"That, and I needed to get rid of that Dark Magician," Tim smiled as he took a card from his disk. "What, you thought I just wanted to protect the monster?"
Yugi mentally slapped himself, realizing he had walked right into this situation. Tim took the monster he had chosen and slapped it down, revealing the bronze-skinned Flame Ruler (1500/1600) riding on yet another smoke puff.
"Okay, so Tim's plan was less complex than I thought," Yugi realized.
"Tim isn't much younger than Brian, but their strategies seem different, maturity wise," Yami stated. "Brian had several plans and back up plans in place for our duel…"
"Tim just seems to be winging it. That could be dangerous for me, if he doesn't have a set plan then it's hard to predict what he'll do next," Yugi thought as he took a card. "However, I can only think of one thing he would do with that Flame Ruler…"
"I set this card facedown and end my turn," Yugi declared as the card materialized behind his magician.
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"Looks like Yugi is starting to realize the strength of my brother's strategy," Brian observed, his brow furrowing.
"He has a strategy? I dueled him before and it looked like…" Kevin started.
"He just winged it?" Brian finished for the geekish teen. "That's exactly what he did. The strength to Tim's strategy is that he has none."
The others were silent for a minute, staring at Brian as he went on.
"Most duelists take one of two paths when they build their deck. Either they constantly attempt to turn the duel in their favor, like I do, or they wait for the opponent to tire themselves out and turn it around on them, like Gold did," Brian explained. "Tim doesn't do either one. He watches the situation and then picks the best move from what he has. If he gets locked down, he goes for his Solar Flare Dragons, or if he facing strong monsters than he locks them out with the dragons."
"Or if the opponent leaves a big hole in their defense, then he rushes in with powerful monsters!" Kevin gasped.
"Meanwhile, the opponent wastes time and energy trying to figure out Tim's plan when he doesn't have one," Celeste pointed out.
"Hmm…to use that sort of idea he must either be very clever, or highly inexperienced," Ronaldo muttered. "I'm guessing the former here, seeing as he's made it this far."
"So, do you think he stands a chance against Yugi?" Espa asked.
"Probably not," Everyone else answered.
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Tim claimed his new card before he flipped over one of his facedown cards. From it emerged a Pot of Greed, which chuckled before tipping over and spilling gold dust into the cauldron below Tim. The fumes around him turned silver and gold for a moment as he drew two new cards.
"I don't know what is in this mist here, but it's giving me the munchies," Tim said as he looked over his cards. "Think I'm in the mood for something flame-broiled, so I tribute my Flame Ruler, using its power so it counts for two monsters…"
Tim quickly swapped the monster on his disk for one from his hand. Flame Ruler slammed his fists together, and an exact duplicate of him made completely out of fire appeared. Both Flame Ruler and his doppelganger vanished, and a golden fire began to rain down.
"…To summon: you know her, you love her, the Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys (2400/1600)!" Tim yelled.
The golden fire coalesced into the shape of the massive bird, and the majestic creature exploded from its blazing shroud. The audience cheered at the sight of Tim's favorite monster, and Yugi took a step back.
"Okay, Phoenix, attack his magician with sacred fire!" Tim continued. "Boy, that's a lot easier to get through than 'phoenix wing wind blast.'"
The huge bird pulled back her wings as rings of golden flame surrounded her body. The fiery hoops exploded outward, flying toward Yugi's monster in the form of multiple waves of fire. Before they could get close though, Yugi pressed the button to use his facedown card.
"I activate Draining Shield!" Yugi called out, a silver shield appearing on his Skilled White Magician's arm. "This will halt your attack, and turn it into life points for me."
"Doesn't Celeste have that move trademarked or something?" Tim complained
The magic user huddled behind his barrier, the flames slamming against it and bathing Yugi's field in a green glow. The chains supporting Yugi's platform clinked and groaned as they drew Yugi and his monster up and further away from the noxious potion.
Tim: 6000
Yugi: 6700
The audience once more cheered as Yugi pulled ahead. Tim just grumbled a little, but then sighed.
"Eh, I'll roast him next turn," He said.
"In that case, I'm guessing it's my move," Yugi stated, drawing a card. "Oh and Tim, how many spells have we both played since my Skilled White Magician got to the field?"
Tim seemed confused by this question, but then noticed that the three disks which supported the magician's cape were all glowing brightly.
"Oh boy…" Tim frowned.
"I activate my Skilled White Magician's ability, and tribute him to summon Buster Blader (2600/2300)!" Yugi decreed.
The Spellcaster waved his staff, vanishing into a pulse of light. The light faded, leaving behind a large man in purple armor, hefting a huge sword that looked as though it was meant to slay dragons (and probably was). He swung the massive blade in front of him, aiming at Tim's phoenix with a furious war cry.
"Buster Blader, attack his phoenix with slayer's blade!" Yugi commanded.
The dragon hunter jumped high into the air, coming down fast with his sword extended. Phoenix cried in pain as the weapon sliced into the back of her neck and she burst into a cloud of fire and soot. Buster Blader landed, sneered at Tim, then jumped back to Yugi's side of the field.
Tim: 5800
Yugi: 6700
"In a stunning display, Yugi manages to take down one of Tim's best monsters!" Roland gasped. "Can Tim recover from such a blow?"
"I'm ending my turn now," Yugi stated. "Go ahead, Tim."
Tim drew, not seeming worried in the slightest about the loss of his favorite monster. He casually took a card from his hand, and gave it to his deckmaster who had been standing quietly behind him this whole time.
"Hey Yugi, do you know how hard it is to kill a phoenix?" Tim challenged.
"Huh? What are you…" Yugi began to ask.
He trailed off as he noticed Tim's deckmaster was holding the card she had been given, and was softly chanting a strange spell in an unidentified language. The card turned into an orb of golden fire, in which Yugi could see a tiny, baby bird. The priestess smiled as she held the infant avian over head, and an explosion of gold flames shot out from around her. Yugi covered his eyes against the light, and a glorious melody began to be sung. When the King of Games lowered his hand, he saw the Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys hovering back in front of Tim as if it had never left.
"Let's just say, very," Tim explained. "My deckmaster makes it harder with her rebirth ritual power. If Phoenix is in the graveyard during my standby phase, I can give up a monster in my hand to summon her back to the field with 600 extra attack points."
The phoenix seemed to shimmer for a minute with more energy as her attack strength leapt to (3000/1600). Buster Blader drew back, suddenly realizing what a bad situation this had become, while Tim turned over his last facedown card.
"Oh, and since I have this Salamandra that I had been bluffing with, I may as well use it," Tim taunted as a dragon made of red fire shot from the card and surrounded his monster. "Oh Buster Blader, my phoenix (3700/1600) would like a word with you."
The mighty bird sang out, the dragon that was swirling around her turning into golden fire and lunging forward. Yugi and Buster Blader both screamed as the flames washed over the field and obliterated the warrior. Yugi let out another shout as his platform made another lurch downward.
Tim: 5800
Yugi: 5600
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"Um…How's Yugi supposed to beat a monster that can keep coming back?" Serenity asked.
"Uh…" Joey droned, trying to come up with an answer. "Just keep watching."
"Until I can figure out an answer," Joey thought.
"Don't worry Serenity. If Yugi could beat my Harpie's Pet Dragon back in Duelist Kingdom, he can beat this oversized piece of fried chicken," Mai assured her neighbor.
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"Hey, now Buster Blader is just a hunk'a hunk'a burning…Flesh." Tim joked.
Yugi just grimaced in pain a bit as he drew his next card. Looking at it, he sighed, setting his new monster facedown onto his disk, along with a card in his spell and trap zone. The fumes from the cauldron swirled under his two cards, forming interesting patterns as Yugi said, "I end my turn here."
"Doesn't look like there's much else he can do," Roland fretted.
Tim drew his own card, and frowned as he saw no monsters that he could summon.
"Okay, well my phoenix is more than enough so she'll…" Tim began.
Yugi suddenly waved a hand over his facedown card, and a blast of light shot out of it. Phoenix, who had just been pulling back to attack, suddenly froze in place as a ring of light and strange symbols drew itself around her.
"Spellbinding Circle will hold your monster in place, unable to attack or change its battle position," Yugi smirked as Tim's jaw dropped. "You're pretty good at adapting your tactics to the situation Tim, but two can play at that game."
"Oh no, if you start doing it to then I'll lose another franchise, and that'll three today!" Tim shouted, laughing a bit at the end. "I'll just set this facedown and end my turn."
Yugi drew his own card, and turned over the monster on his disk.
"Okay, time to take back this duel. I flip summon Queen's Knight (1500/1600)," Yugi started.
From the card rose the blond knightess in ruby armor. She drew her sword from its scabbard, and pointed it directly at Tim.
"Next, I normal summon my King's Knight (1600/1400)," Yugi went on, placing a card from his hand down.
From the swirling pockets of smoke stepped the bearded knight in gold armor. He and Queen's Knight crossed swords and let out a cry which echoed across the dungeon.
"Plus, since they're both on the field now, I can special summon Jack's Knight from my deck (1900/1000)," Yugi finished.
A third warrior, this one young and wearing sapphire armor leapt from below and landed next to his comrades. All three crossed swords and let out a battle cry together.
"Even if she is frozen, none of them can beat my phoenix," Tim noticed.
"Unless they have a little help, and these three monsters are designed to help each other out," Yugi smiled. "I equip Jack's Knight with a powerful spell called United We Stand!"
A glowing aura surrounded the blue knight, and he looked to his allies with a grin. Queen's Knight and King's Knight both nodded, auras of red and yellow energy extending from them and merging with the blue aura of Jack's Knight.
"Now my monster gains 800 attack and defense points for each face up monster I control. That's a grand total of 2400 extra points," Yugi declared.
Jack's Knight (4300/3400) lifted his bladed, his two friends standing behind him.
"Attack together: royal flush rush!" Yugi commanded.
"No wait, not in the head!" Tim worried, his eyes going wide
The trio of warriors jumped forward, Jack's Knight cutting through the frozen phoenix with a single swipe of his empowered blade. The bird burst into flames again and vanished, while King's Knight and Queen's Knight carried through and slashed at Tim directly, crossing their weapons over his chest. Tim howled in pain as he was launched backward, skidding to the edge of the grate he stood on. He let out another shout as the platform dropped drastically in altitude, plunging until it was nearly three-quarters of the way to the pot below. Tim got back up, sweat brimming on his forehead from the combination of the attack and the heat from the cauldron.
Tim: 2100
Yugi: 5600
"When I said 'not in the head' I didn't mean 'please aim at my heart,'" Tim wheezed out.
Yugi seemed quite pleased as he looked over the edge of his own platform to Tim.
"I'm setting a facedown card and ending my turn, so go ahead," Yugi called down.
"This Mirror Force will be perfect for protecting King's Knight and Queen's Knight if he brings back his phoenix," Yugi nodded to himself.
"Yugi once again pulls ahead! He's not the King of Games for nothing folks," Roland cheered as the audience went nuts with support for Yugi.
Tim scowled a bit as he drew his card, then took the one he had just drawn and dropped it into his graveyard. Behind him, Hand of Nephthys raised another orb of flame over her head, a tiny baby bird appearing inside as she chanted. A burst of heat and flame covered the field, and Yugi cringed as Tim's phoenix (3000/1600) once again rose into play.
"I'm starting my turn with my deckmaster, but the fun won't stop here," Tim warned. "I activate Call of the Haunted to revive my Flame Ruler (1500/1600)."
Tim's trap lifted up, and a thick plume of purple smog lifted from below. It slowly solidified into a platform, from which rose the Jamaican monster, looking ready for battle.
"Hey mon, ready when you are," Flame Ruler smiled.
"Glad to hear it," Tim smiled as he removed the card from his disk. "I use Flame Ruler's effect again to summon a monster that needs no introduction:"
Flame Ruler once again slammed his fists together, the fiery copy appearing next to him. Both vanished in a burst of heat, and a huge bonfire shot up from below.
"Eh, what the hell?" Tim shrugged. "Here's my Infernal Flame Emperor (2700/1600)!"
The bonfire took shape into a massive centaur, with huge dragon wings sprouting from the back of its human torso and the head of a ferocious lion. Unlike Tim's Solar Flare Dragons, the flames continued to burn on this creature, as though it were made of living fire.
"Next comes his effect," Tim declared, his UFO Turtles falling out of his grave slot. "By removing creatures of fire from my graveyard, I can destroy one spell or trap you have for each one I remove. I remove my two UFO Turtles to burn up United We Stand and your facedown card."
"Oh no!" Yugi screamed.
Two ghostly versions of the mechanical turtles flew away from the body of Tim's infernal beast. From the back of each one sprouted a small cannon, and both ghosts fired out a beam of red energy that ripped first through Yugi's facedown Mirror Force, and then through the multicolored aura that surrounded Jack's Knight. The sapphire-dressed warrior groaned as his stats fell back to (1900/1000).
"Oh yeah, burn baby burn," Tim smiled. "Let's really get this fire started! Phoenix, you attack Queen's Knight! Infernal Flame Emperor, attack King's Knight with Dante's inferno!"
Phoenix reared back again, unleashing her sacred golden fire. Queen's Knight screamed as she vanished in a puff of smoke upon contact with the flames. Infernal Flame Emperor growled before opening his massive jaws and spraying out a cone of hellish fire, immolating King's Knight before he could move to defend himself. Yugi felt his weight shift again as the platform plummeted closer to the brew.
Tim: 2100
Yugi: 2900
Tim looked up, smiling as he saw Yugi was now much closer to him and trying to put out a few small flames that had lit on his jacket.
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"You know, I need to ask, why did Tim decide on a fire deck?" Kevin asked, looking to Brian.
The elder Hokage sighed as he ran a hand through his hair saying, "It's a sort of homage to a past life for him."
"Huh?" The other's asked, confused by this statement.
"Tim, as you no doubt notice, is a bit of a pyromaniac," Brian admitted. "What you probably don't know is this was a major problem when he was younger, he was even suspected in a few minor arson cases. No one was hurt, and properties that got torched were condemned anyhow, but…"
Brian sighed again, looking a bit worried.
"Ugh, he might not happy if I told you guys, but I confronted Tim about his problem one day," he went on. "Turns out he had been responsible for the arsons. I convinced him he needed help, and he thankfully listened to me. After a stint in juvie, he got professional counseling, and after that he got into a less destructive hobby."
"In other words, Duel Monsters," Celeste guessed.
"The fire deck just came naturally to him," Brian nodded. "I thought it was good though, he was…reborn almost. From a menace to society to a normal kid like everyone else. He still likes fire though, that hasn't changed, but he's a bit more responsible at least."
"He just likes making a big blaze with holographic flames," Kevin noted.
"Well, what can you do?" Brian shrugged.
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"Okay, that's out of my system for a while," Tim said as Yugi finished extinguishing his jacket. "You can go ahead Yugi."
Yugi drew his card, nervously looking up at Tim's two monsters which towered over the field. He looked to the card he had just drawn, and nodded as he played it, steeling himself for the move that was to come.
"I activate…Five Star Twilight!" Yugi cried.
"Five Star…huh?" Tim queried, looking confused.
Jack's Knight sheathed his sword, and looked up into the air. In the blackness of the ceiling above, five shimmering stars appeared. He closed his eyes, his body fading away as the stars swooped down.
"To activate this spell I need to tribute a monster of at least level five," Yugi elaborated as five cards flew around him. "Once I do, I can summon forth the Five Kuriboh Brothers!"
The stars hovered in front of Yugi, then vanished in pulses of light. In front of the young man appeared five balls of fur, each a different color (pink, brown, white, blue, and purple) and each with tiny paws and big blinking eyes.
"Are those…Rainbow colored Kuribohs?" Tim asked.
"Actually, only one of them is a Kuriboh (300/200)," Yugi continued, pointing to the brown one. "The others are Kuribeh, Kuribah, Kuribih, and Kuribuh (300/200 X4)."
As he said this, Yugi pointed to the blue, then purple, then pink, and finally white fur balls in turn, all of which began to twitter excitedly. Tim seemed confused as Yugi took his Penalty Game! trap card and placed it into his graveyard.
"I should warn you right now that each of them has a special power," Yugi announced. "For example, if I discard a trap from my hand, then Kuribuh can deduct the total attack of all five of my Kuriboh Brothers from the attack of one of your monsters. So I'll use that power on your Infernal Flame Emperor: Kuri-bowl!"
The five fuzzballs squeaked with glee as they began to tumble and roll around in midair. They formed a chain, the brown Kuriboh leading with the white Kuribuh trailing behind. Kuribuh suddenly picked up speed, opening its mouth and gulping down its brethren, swelling up to five times its size. The now massive dust bunny hurtled itself straight into the towering inferno that was Tim's monster, sending the hellish beast stumbling back in pain as its attack score dropped to (1200/1600).
With their job complete, Kuribuh bounced back to Yugi's field and spat its brothers back into place. The four Kuribohs that had been swallowed squeaked and giggled as Tim stared at his monster, which had fallen to its knees and was clutching its chest in pain.
"Next, I use Kuribah's effect," Yugi decided, the purple Kuriboh bouncing around excitedly. "It can tribute itself and the other four to summon a monster known as Kuribabylon (?/1000)!"
The purple one squeaked something to the others, all of whom jumped into the air. A burst of sparks lit up the ceiling for a moment, dazzling the audience and both duelists. Once Tim uncovered his eyes, one of them gave an involuntary twitch.
Standing in front of Yugi was a giant ball of fur, at least as tall as he was, with a massive horn sprouting from its forehead. It grinned, showing rows of sharp teeth, and Tim chuckled.
"Okay, I'll grant it's a big dust bunny…" He started to joke.
"A big dust bunny whose attack score equals the total attack of the monsters I used to summon it," Yugi interrupted.
Kuribabylon (1500/1000) chuckled as a glowing aura flared to life around it. Tim gulped as Yugi pointed directly at his weakened Flame Emperor.
"Okay, a large angry dust bunny…" Tim fretted.
"Attack his Infernal Flame Emperor with Kuri-ram!" Yugi ordered.
The larger Kuriboh lunged onward, driving its spear-like horn into the flaming monster and out the other side. Infernal Flame Emperor roared in pain, before it simply dissipated into a cloud of embers that were carried away by the rising potion fumes.
Tim: 1800
Yugi: 2900
"Finally, I'll use Kuribabylon's effect and offer it as a sacrifice in order to bring back my five Kuribohs," Yugi finished. "That will end my turn."
The larger monster smiled at Tim one last time before it shattered into five orbs of light. The lights faded, leaving behind the multi-colored Kuribohs (300/200 X5) once more, chirping and squeaking in delight.
"Ugh…These things are driving me kuri-crazy!" Tim shouted, clutching his head before drawing his card.
He looked over his hand, frowning as he noticed he still lacked any monsters that he could summon.
"I am having my worst luck ever," Tim realized. "On the other hand, I don't need anything else to get rid of a bunch of Kuribohs…"
"Phoenix, attack the regular Kuriboh now!" Tim shouted.
Phoenix sang out, her flames dancing around her before launching toward the brown lump of fur. It squeaked in fear and curled in on itself as Yugi pointed to its pink companion.
"Kuribih, activate five star defense!" Yugi commanded.
The pink fur orb squeaked and waved one paw in a circle. In front of Yugi's field appeared a massive, pink star, which intercepted the blast of fire. Tim blinked in surprise as the star faded away, revealing all five of Yugi's monsters still squeaking away.
"Of course, I've been wrong once today," Tim said to himself.
"So, Kuribih stops me from attacking," Tim guessed.
"That's right, Kuribih can negate one attack each turn," Yugi confirmed
"Great…" Tim frowned. "I thought I was supposed to be the one with annoying surprises."
Roland, who had been stunned into silence upon the Kuribohs making their entrance, finally snapped back into focus on the situation and lifted his microphone.
"It would seem that an odd strategy on Yugi's part may have stopped Tim cold!" Roland commented. "Can he turn the heat back up, or is 'Mr. Molotov's' fire finally going out?"
Tim looked over the remaining cards in his hand, and let out a sigh.
"Nothing else I can try this turn Yugi," he admitted. "Go ahead."
Yugi drew his new card and then pointed at the blue ball of fluff that sat on his field. It turned toward him with a squeak, and Yugi nodded to it. It squeaked again and flew at the other four furballs, ramming into them and sending all five bouncing around like pinballs.
"Woah!" Tim shouted, narrowly dodging one of the catapulted Kuribohs. "Hey, if you wanted to play dodgeball, you could have asked!"
"I had a different idea, I'm using Kuribeh's effect," Yugi elaborated. "By removing him and his four brothers from play, I can summon another new monster."
Tim dodged another one of the fuzzy bullets, and it ricocheted off the wall behind him. All five collided right in front of Yugi in an explosion of stars. When the tiny lights cleared away, a larger ball of black fur with two fangs, a bandana wrapped around its head, and an eye patch stood in their place.
"Meet Kuribandit (1000/700)," Yugi introduced, the pirate Kuriboh growling at Tim.
"Captain Kuribandit, savvy?" Tim joked.
Ignoring that, Yugi took the Kuribandit card that had appeared on his disk, and placed it into his graveyard. The pirate monster let out another growl in Tim's direction, then leapt skyward and vanished amidst the swirling shadows of the ceiling. A clattering sounded from above, and a large treasure chest fell from aloft and landed on Yugi's platform. It burst open upon landing, scattering five cards which hovered in front of Yugi before he claimed them.
"Like most pirates, Kuribandit is talented at finding treasure," Yugi stated as he looked over the cards. "By tributing him, I can draw five cards, but then I need to discard any monsters I draw."
Yugi took two of the cards he had drawn, and placed them into his graveyard. He then took a third one from his hand, and set it right into his disk.
"However, thanks to the magic of Premature Burial, one of them is about to make a fast recovery," Yugi smiled.
"Oh you don't mean…" Tim realized.
"Yep, my Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" Yugi called out.
A circled of red smoke rose from the cauldron, forming into another platform. From the center emerged Dark Magician, wiping a few stains of dirt from his robes and his staff sparking dangerously from a crack that ran along the length of it. Dark Magician Girl swooned upon seeing her teacher, and smiled as he gave her a nod of approval.
"Next, I equip my Dark Magician with Magic Formula, giving him a bonus 700 attack points," Yugi continued.
As the card was played, an ancient tome appeared in front of Yugi's monster. Dark Magician (3200/2100) took the book, a purple aura flaring over his entire body as its magic charged him.
"Oh bugger…" Tim moaned.
"Attack his Phoenix now, dark magic attack!" Yugi commanded.
Phoenix screeched as Dark Magician aimed his weapon at her and she turned blue for a moment. She shattered apart, and her ashes fell to the steaming liquid below. Tim braced himself, this time managing to stay on his feet as his platform dipped lower.
Tim: 1600
Yugi: 2100
"That ends my turn Tim, go ahead," Yugi invited.
Tim drew his card, looking a bit nervous as he looked at Yugi's Dark Magician. Checking his hand, he discarded a card, and with another of his deckmaster's prayers the Phoenix rose up once again in her burning glory.
"Okay, I bring back my Phoenix (3000/1600) in defense mode," Tim declared, his monster folding up her wings close to her chest. "Plus, I'll set one card facedown and a monster in defense mode."
The two cards appeared, one behind Phoenix, the other right next to her. Tim nodded toward the cards as he waved to Yugi.
"Okay, that's all," He said.
Yugi took a new card to his hand, and slapped it down next to his Dark Magician.
"I summon Magician's Valkyria (1600/1800) in attack mode," Yugi decided.
In a flurry of sparkles and globules of light, Dark Magician Girl's brunette double jumped onto the field. She smiled as she hooked her arm into Dark Magician's and planted a kiss on his cheek. Dark Magician Girl's face turned red, and she looked as though she'd love nothing more than to be standing on Tim's field right now so she could blast the other sorceress.
"Well, that's never happened before," Yugi admitted, eyes wide as Dark Magician carefully removed his arm from Valkyria's. "Okay…Dark Magician will attack your phoenix…"
"And he'll recharge my life points thanks to my Enchanted Javelin trap!" Tim called out, pressing down on the button on his disk.
Dark Magician brought up his staff to attack, and as he did a pink and yellow spear shot out of Tim's card and headed right toward him. Dark Magician hurriedly cast his dark spell, consuming both his target and the projectile in a blast of negative light. The spear and Phoenix both burst apart, but the steam rising from the potion below Tim turned pink and yellow for a moment, lifting the platform up as the chains were pulled toward the ceiling.
Yugi grit his teeth together for a moment before sighing, "Okay then, Valkyria, attack his facedown monster with rainbow burst!"
Valkyria spun her own staff, releasing a stream of multicolored light. Tim's facedown monster flipped over to reveal one of his Great Angus (1800/600) which groaned as the light assaulted it before shattering it to pieces.
"Tim has managed to pull his life points ahead of Yugi's again, but for how long now that the King of Games has his favorite monster out?" Roland speculated.
"That will end my turn," Yugi finished.
Tim: 4800
Yugi: 2100
Tim drew his card, now holding only two of them. As he saw them though, a smile formed on his face.
"Well, here goes something," Tim announced, discarding his Tenkabito Shien. "First I discard a monster for my deckmaster, so here come the Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys (3000/1600 still) again!"
Hand of Nephthys raised her hands overhead once more, this time barely chanting two words before the blazing bird leapt forth with her glorious song. Tim took the last card in his hand and played it with a grin.
"And for a quick boost, my second copy of Salamandra," He declared.
Just like earlier in the duel, a dragon made of red flame burst out from below and began swirling around Tim's monster. It slowly turned to golden fire as Tim pointed at Dark Magician.
"Phoenix (3700/1600), attack his…" Tim began.
"Hold on Tim!" Yugi interrupted, "Before you can attack any other Spellcasters, you need to go through Magician's Valkyria first."
Valkyria heard this, and gulped nervously. She shot a glance at Yugi, as if angry with him for reminding Tim of that rule.
"Um…I knew that," Tim said, somewhat embarrassed as he pointed to the young witch. "Phoenix, attack his Magician's Valkyria with sacred dragon fire!"
Phoenix unleashed her song once more, and the golden dragon flying around her swooped down toward her victim. Dark Magician Girl stuck out her tongue at Valkyria, right before the Spellcaster was consumed by the holy flames. Yugi grabbed hold of a chain to steady himself, right before his platform dove down, hovering only a few feet over the sloshing fluid in the pot below him.
Tim: 4800
Yugi: 1000
"Astounding! Tim has reignited his chances at victory!" Roland gasped as the audience began to murmur excitedly. "Can he actually dethrone the King of Games?"
"I'm out of cards, so it's your turn Yugi," Tim admitted.
Yugi drew, not looking worried in the slightest as he took another card from his hand.
"I wasn't sure if I'd need this for the duel," Yugi said as he placed the card into his disk. "Well, just goes to show you that you never know when a card may change from overkill to necessary. I activate Mage Power, giving my Dark Magician an extra 500 attack and defense points for each spell and trap on my field! All in all, that's 1500."
Dark Magician (4700/3600) gasped as his entire body flared up with a blue aura. His staff began to smoke and spark dangerously with magical energy, and he held it up with a determined look in his eyes.
"Oh boy…" Tim moaned again.
"DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Yugi shouted.
Dark Magician took aimed, and almost flattened himself with the recoil of the blast of energy that shot from his weapon. Phoenix was consumed in a burst of blue and purple energy, which danced across her form for a moment before she vanished. Tim screamed as his platform plummeted once more, before jarring to a halt. He was still higher up than Yugi, but the situation was now officially bad once more.
Tim: 3800
Yugi: 1000
"Are you okay?" Yugi shouted up to Tim.
"Fine, I'm fine," Tim gasped, standing back up. "Soon as my ears stop ringing,"
"You can take your turn now," Yugi offered.
Tim looked at his deck, then down to Yugi monster.
"I thought I was the joker around here. I don't have much that can stand up to that…" Tim thought. "My only chance would be…One of my trap cards, here goes…"
Tim drew his card, and looked at it.
"I was hoping for Mirror Force, but this is much better," Tim said to himself as he played the card. "It comes down to what Yugi does next."
Seeing Tim's card appear facedown Yugi drew his own card.
"It looks like it will be the end or this turn folks," Roland called out nervously. "Who comes out on top?"
Yugi looked over the cards in his hand, then to Tim's facedown card.
"Better safe than sorry, I use my deckmaster's power right now," Yugi declared. "Soul circle!"
Dark Magician Girl nodded and waved her scepter, images of Yugi's fallen monsters swirling around him as he drew eight cards from his deck. Seeing one of them, Yugi placed it into play.
"Now I activate Dark Magic Attack," Yugi declared.
"I'll use my Magic Cylinder trap to…" Tim started, before realizing what Yugi had said. "Wait, you activate Dark Magic Attack?"
"That's right, as in the spell card Dark Magic Attack," Yugi confirmed. "If Dark Magician is on the field, then this card destroys every spell and trap you control. You only have one right now, but this only spell destroyer that I managed to draw."
Tim gulped again as his facedown card sparked with black energy before collapsing in on itself and vanishing. The audience was going nuts, chanting name at the top of their lungs.
"Thank you and goodnight ladies and gentlemen," Tim called out over the noise.
"You put up a good match Tim, but it's over now," Yugi hollered. "Attack now!"
Tim screamed in pain as the blast of dark energy reversed all colors in his vision for a second. He fell to his knees, his skin tingling with the remnants of the attack.
"Hm…I need a line to go out on now," He realized as he cast his gaze around the audience.
He spotted Brian, who gave him a look and a shrug that seemed to ask, 'You didn't see this coming?'
"Well, I expected this," Tim said, hearing the chains groan and creak overhead. "But still…"
Tim pumped one fist into the air as the chains snapped.
"I regret nothing!" He shouted just before landing in the elixir below with a splash and a sizzle.
The audience was still calling Yugi's name as he faded from view, and Roland smiled.
"What an amazing duel folks, but stay in those seats!" He requested. "In less than six minutes, Victor Greenstone and Seto Kaiba will be down here and beating the ever-loving snot out of each other for your enjoyment!"
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"Now that was an enjoyable match," Mako grinned as Tim splashed down.
"Indubitably," Richington agreed. "In fact I for one…"
Before he could get any further, a scream sounded from overhead, and Tim fell into the aisle nearby. He grunted as he landed flat on his back, his head cracking against the floor. He stumbled to his feet, and slumped down into the chair next to Mako.
"You thin…You think I'd be used to that…" He muttered, obviously dazed and groggy from the head trauma.
Tim slumped down, clutching the back of his head and closing his eyes.
Mako held his own forehead, grumbling "Why me?" under his breath.
Oh come on, did you guys really think Yugi would lose?
At any rate, Yugi Mutou has secured his place in the final match.
And next time, it's Seto Kaiba versus…Yeah right.
Tune in next week to see Seto claim his rightful spot in the top tier in a chapter we call
Primal Rage
Time to unleash your wild side!
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Original Cards
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Five Star Twilight
Spell
Image of five Kuribohs, each a different color, flying around on stars.
Tribute one monster on your side of your field with five stars or more. Special summon one of each of the following monsters from your hand or deck: "Kuriboh", "Kuribeh", "Kuribih", "Kuribah", and "Kuribuh."
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Kuribeh
One star
DARK
Fiend
300 attack
200 defense
You may remove this monster along with one each of "Kuribuh", "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", and "Kuribih" on your field from the game. Special summon one "Kuribandit" from your hand or deck.
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Kuribah
One star
DARK
Fiend
300 attack
200 defense
You may sacrifice this monster along with one each of "Kuribuh", "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", and "Kuribih" on your field from the game. Special summon one "Kuribabyblon" from your hand or deck.
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Kuribih
One star
DARK
Fiend
300 attack
200 defense
When this monster is on the field with one each of "Kuribuh", "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", and "Kuribih", you may negate one attack per turn.
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Kuribuh
One star
DARK
Fiend
300 attack
200 defense
When this monster is on the field with one each of "Kuribuh", "Kuriboh", "Kuribah", and "Kuribih", you may discard one trap card from your hand. Reduce the attack of one monster your opponent controls by the total combined attack of all monsters on your field. You may do this once per turn.
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Kuribabylon
Five star
DARK
Fiend
? attack
1000 defense.
This monster can only be special summoned by the effect of "Kuribah." This monster's attack score is the total attack of the monsters used to summon it.
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Kuribandit
Three star
DARK
Fiend
1000 attack
700 defense
This monster can only be special summoned by the effect of "Kuribeh." You may tribute this monster to draw five cards from your deck. Discard any monsters you draw by this effect. You may activate this effect on your opponents turn.
The above six cards were originally used by Yugi during the Orichalcos saga of the anime. Credit for them goes to their original creators.
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Magic Formula
Spell/equipment
This card can only be equipped to "Dark Magician" or "Dark Magician Girl." The equipped monster gains 700 attack points. If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard while equipped to a monster, you gain 1000 life points.
This is an actual card in Japan that has yet to reach the states. All credit for it goes to its original creator.
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Original deckmaster
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Hand of Nephthys
Two star
WIND
Spellcaster
600 attack
600 defense
Rebirth Ritual: If a "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" is in your graveyard during your standby phase, you may discard one monster card. Special summon one "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys" from your graveyard, and increase its attack by 600 for as long as it remains face up on the field.