Yu-Gi-Oh!: War of the Gods
Authors Notes: Please be kind and remember how long I've been out of the Fanfiction game. I am STARVING for reviews!
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh!: War of the Gods
Rikuo drew. "We may not be able to attack your children yet Herour," The wolf demon said grinning. "But I can do a nice chunk of damage to your life points with Hell Meteor!"
The gigantic fireball formed over Rikuo's head, and launched itself at Herour.
"Well, well demon puppy," Herour said smiling. "I said I'd get you first and I meant it. I Reveal Mystical Ref Panel."
The trap card flipped face up and caught the fireball in a mirror.
"I could use the Hell Meteor on any of your teammates and wipe them out," he chuckled. "But as I said: You're my biggest threat, so I'm sending the Meteor right back at you!"
The fireball went shooting out of the mirror and launched at Rikuo. The fire enveloped him and Herour began laughing maniacally again…
The flames surrounded Rikuo for a brief moment, and then slowly faded away. Rikuo stood in the center of the flames unharmed.
Davis-5600LP
Daniel/Rikuo-2400LP
Asriel-2400LP
Eli-1400LP
Achmed-2400LP
Horus-10700LP
"WHAT!" Herour snarled. "How can you still be standing!?"
"I'd kind of like to know that myself," Rikuo said surprised.
"He stands because of my Trap Card," Eli said grinning. He gave Rikuo thumbs up and winked. "Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment allows me to negate effect damage this turn, and as powerful as Hell Meteor is, it's still effect damage."
Rikuo gave Eli a curt nod. It was the closest thing to gratitude that you would ever get from the wolf demon.
"I play the spell card Three Wishes!" Rikuo said. "I must pay 1,000 life points, but it's all going to a worthy cause.
Davis-5600LP
Daniel/Rikuo-1400LP
Asriel-2400LP
Eli-1400LP
Achmed-2400LP
Horus-10700LP
"I can make three normal summonses this turn instead of one," The wolf placed the last three cards in his hand on the field.
"I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) and Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300)"
Three armed machines appeared on Rikuo's field, immediately they began combining together, and in less than a minute they had merged into a heavily armed weapon of destruction (2800/2600)
"Meet my all powerful XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" Rikuo said. "Now, because I used up all the cards in my hand I cannot use XYZ's special ability. But I can attack one of your children. GO! Attack his Jackal-headed son!"
The XYZ-Dragon Cannon armed its weapons and fired. The blast suddenly turned end rebounded back to the cannon, the blast hit the arsenal and it shuddered. (1400/1300)
Rikuo showed no emotion.
"You attack my son Duamutef," Herour said smiling. "Perhaps if you knew a little about Egypt you'd know that Duamutef was the guardian of the stomach. When you attack him, the monster that does the attacking is cut in half."
"I'll live," Rikuo said. "I was merely testing the waters. Trying to get a feel for what kind of effects these monsters might have."
"Oh if that's all you wanted to know," Herour said. "You could have just asked. Duamutef you know, Quebhensuf guards the intestines, when attacked he'll redirect the attack to another monster, Hapi guards the lungs, attacks made to him are reversed and added to my life points, and Imsety guards the liver. Attacks made to him are redirected to any duelist's life points."
"Yeah," Asriel said. "But which monster is which?"
Herour shrugged, and then smiled wickedly.
"Fine," she said. "If Daniel's done, then it's my turn. I summon Queen's Knight in attack mode. (1500/1600) I play one card face-down and end my turn."
"Then," Eli said smiling. "I sacrifice the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my graveyard and the Dark Blade as well. In order to summon Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End!" (3000/2500)
Eli's massive green and gold dragon emerged from the ground as Davis's life points increased due to two more monsters being removed from play. The wyrm let out a roar that shook the coliseum. Rikuo noticed a slight look of panic cross Herour's face.
Davis-8100LP
Daniel/Rikuo-1400LP
Asriel-2400LP
Eli-1400LP
Achmed-2400LP
Horus-10700LP
"To which I chain my last trap," Herour said immediately. "Flames of Sokkar! This Trap Card forces every player to loose one hundred life points for every star level on their field."
Fireballs erupted from the ground and began striking every duelist except Achmed, who had no monsters in play.
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-600LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-2400LP
Horus-9500LP
"ARG!" Eli growled in frustration. He no longer possessed the life points necessary to pay for his dragon's effect. "Chaos Emperor Dragon, Attack the monkey token!"
Herour smiled, "You mean Hapi?" Eli groaned as he remembered Hapi was the one with the built in Draining Shield.
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-600LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-2400LP
Horus-12500LP
The Netjer just chuckled. "Face it, my tokens aren't even the most powerful cards in my deck and you can't get past them. How do you ever intend to defeat me?"
"Where there's a will there's a way," Achmed said smiling. "And I have a way. I had no idea what kind of deck strategy you might play, so I added my side deck to my main deck for this duel. Yes is slows my strategy down, but it's already paying off. Token Thanksgiving!"
"NO!" Herour cried in horror. He definitely looked appalled as his sons began to vanish, becoming light that surrounded Achmed. His human glamour dropped for just a moment and his true form was revealed.
Achmed's teammates gave cries of "Woo who!" and "Way to go Achmed!"
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-600LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-5600LP
Horus-12500LP
"You will pay for that boy!" Herour snarled angrily.
"Not yet I won't," Achmed said. "It's still my turn. I set two cards face-down and pay one thousand life-points for Davis's field card to summon Guardian Sphinx in attack Mode. (1700/2400)"
An enormous statue of the sphinx arose from the ground.
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-600LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-4600LP
Horus-12500LP
"I sacrifice this sphinx," Achmed said. "For Exxod, Master of the Guard! (0/4000)"
An incredibly huge golden colored beast, with a close family resemblance to Exodia arose from the ground. It took almost a minute to rise, and its size dwarfed even the Chaos Emperor Dragon.
"You fool," Herour snapped back. "Your Exxod has no attack points and you played him in attack mode!"
"Not such a fool Heru-Ra," Achmed said, calling him by his proper Egyptian name. "This you see is a unique opportunity, you have no more traps, and your monsters are all gone. I play shield and sword to swap the attacks and defenses of all of our cards.
(D.D. Survivor: (200/1800) XYZ-Dragon Cannon: (1300/1400) Queen's Knight (1600/1500) Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End: (2500/3000) Exxod: Master of the Guard: (4000/0))
"Exxod!" Achmed declared. "Attack Herour's life points directly!"
The giant statue slammed its two fists together and sent a massive shockwave across the field. The wave struck Herour with a blast that would have knocked any human or even a demon like Rikuo down. Herour never even flinched.
"Their's something unnatural about that!" Asriel commented as the shock wave hit the god. The coliseum shuddered, but fortunately did not fall. Achmed placed two cards face-down and ended his turn.
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-600LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-4600LP
Horus-8500LP
"That's more like it," Rikuo said. "We've gotten Herour's life points down to a semi-manageable level. Let's finish this."
"I'm afraid," Herour said. "That this time it's over for you."
"Feh!" Rikuo scoffed back. "Bring it on."
"I play Card of Sanctity," Herour said. "We will now all draw till we have six cards. Now, I summon a creature so powerful, so incredible, and so unstoppable, that very few were ever printed. Say hello to the true son of Slifer the Sky Dragon: Horus of the Black Flame Dragon! (LV4) (1600/1000)"
He placed the card on his duel disk. A large dragon that looked like a falcon appeared.
"From this point on the only monster that you'll have to contend with is this dragon: My personal avatar."
"Kind of anti-climatic isn't it?" Rikuo taunted. "All that fuss over a little chicken?" Inwardly however, Rikuo was worried. If Herour was placing his confidence in that "little chicken" then it had to be a threat.
"Next I play Graceful Paradox." Herour said. "I can retrieve all of the life points I lost last turn, and in exchange you each get to summon one four star monster from your hand. Or as I like to say, falcon food!" he sneered maliciously at that last part.
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-600LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-4600LP
Horus-12500LP
"Fine," Davis said. "Then I summon my D.D. Assailant. (1700/1600)"
A white warrior with blond hair, rainbow eyes, and a large buster blade emerged onto the field.
"I summon V-Tiger Jet," Rikuo said (1600/1400) A jet, with appearance of a Jungle Cat appeared on Rikuo's field. It zoomed around the field before coming to rest in front of Rikuo, landing next to his XYZ-Dragon Cannon.
"I summon Headless Knight in defense mode," Asriel said. (1450/1700)
"I have only the Creator Incarnate," Eli said placing the monster on his field (1600/1500) a warrior dressed in orange appeared next to Eli's Dragon.
Achmed said nothing, but placed his Gravekeeper's Thief (1400/1500) on the field.
"And I summon Horus's Servant!" (100/100) in defense mode," Herour said. "Yes the card affects me too!"
"How's that fair!" Davis asked. "You got what you wanted, the Trade-off should be fair."
"My boy," Herour said smiling. "If life was fair, your friend Malachi wouldn't be dead, Asriel would never have been assaulted, and Pegasus wouldn't have allowed me to create and customize the cards in my deck"
The others gasped, while Davis's eyes filled with rage.
"And I equip Horus's Servant with the Heart of Clear Water, making him indestructible."
"Horus," he declared "Attack Rikuo's XZY-Dragon Cannon!"
The falcon-dragon took to the air and dive-bombed Rikuo's monster, destroying it. Rikuo winced in pain.
Davis-7700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-400LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-4600LP
Horus-12500LP
The falcon landed on Herour's field, and then transformed, it grew and became more dragon-like, and less falcon-like. (LV6) (2300/1600)
"What was that?" Davis yelped.
"You've obviously never faced a Level monster have you?" Herour said. "Well let me clue you in. Every time Horus destroys a monster he gains two levels, and seven hundred attack points. So you see the more he feeds, the bigger he gets. I play two cards face-down."
"Feh!" Rikuo said. "The bigger he gets, the harder he falls."
"I pay one thousand life points to summon Dark Magician Girl." Davis said grinning.
Davis-6700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-400LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-4600LP
Horus-12500LP
The D.D. Survivor and Assailant moved aside to make room for Davis's favorite Spellcaster. The pretty blond magician girl winked and twirled around, leaving a trail of heart shaped bubbles. (2000/1700)
"Now!" Davis said. "I play Ultimate Designator! I declare the name of one card and everyone must discard that card from their deck or hand into the graveyard."
"Davis," Herour said. "You don't know the cards in my deck, and I already summoned my ultimate monster anyway."
"I declare Dark Magician as the target of my Ultimate Designator," Davis said. "And I have one in my hand, so I have to discard it."
"I've got one too," Asriel said. "In my deck, so straight to the Graveyard it goes."
Davis looked over at Achmed meaningfully.
"I possess no Dark Magicians of my own yet," Achmed said. "I'm in the market as it were."
Davis nodded. "I thought you might, with that Gravekeeper's Title, and all. Ah well."
"Oh I see," Herour said. "With yours and Asriel's Dark Magicians in the graveyard Dark Magician Girl gets a boost. How very clever Davis. (2600/1700) But ultimately fruitless."
"Oh yeah?" Davis said. "Dark Magician Girl, attack his Dragon NOW!"
"Reveal trap card," Herour said. The Card lifted up and showed an image of Dark Elf attacking a mirror with Mystical Elf's Image in it. "Iniquity Mirror is a permanent trap that when activated redirects attacks to other monsters on your field. So Iniquity Mirror targets Rikuo's V-Tiger Jet!"
"Go Negate attack!" Asriel said. Rikuo huffed. He'd been reaching for a trap card of his own; this was the second time one of his teammates had stepped in.
The Magician Girl's attack bounced off of the Mirror, and headed towards Rikuo's Monster. The burning attack vanished into a vortex.
"I could have handled it!" Rikuo snarled at Asriel. "I wasn't saving your life points," Asriel said. "I know you could have done that yourself. I was saving Davis's Dark Magician Girl; your trap would have destroyed her right?"
Rikuo glanced down. He wasn't sure how Widespread Ruin would affect that attack. It might have destroyed Horus, or the Dark Magician Girl.
"You win the argument," Rikuo said. "So long as we win the duel. My move! I Summon W-Wing Catapult!" (1300/1500) A blue assault jet appeared next to the V-Tiger Jet. The Two machines instantly combined. (2000/2100)
"Next I play Monster Reborn," Rikuo said placing the card in the slot. "I bring back XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600) and combine them into VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon!" (3000/2800)
The two vehicles broke apart and recombined to form a massive machine that stood toe to toe with Eli's Dragon.
"I remove from play your Inequity Mirror with VWXYZ's ability."
Davis-8700LP
Daniel/Rikuo-400LP
Asriel-2000LP
Eli-600LP
Achmed-4600LP
Horus-12500LP
"Now," Rikuo said. "VWXYZ Attack!"
The monster armed its weaponry.
"Sorry Ricky," Herour said. "But it's the End of the Line for you. My Pulse Blast Trap Card Destroys the Weakest monster on each player's field and reduces its owner's life points by the amount of his defense points."
The Trap card flipped up showing an image of an Exploding Kuriboh.
Rikuo closed his eyes, "I may be out, but the duel is not over Herour. Davis will defeat you."
"You have quite a lot of faith in someone who is doomed to fail," Herour said smiling as his pulse blast trap began to hum.
"My human trusts him," Rikuo said "that's good enough for me."
There was a massive explosion as Achmed's Exxod, Asriel's Headless Knight, Davis's D.D. Assailant, Eli's Creator Incarnate, and Rikuo's VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon all exploded.
Davis-7100LP
Daniel/Rikuo-0LP
Asriel-300LP
Eli-0LP
Achmed-600LP
Horus-12400LP
Herour's Horus's Servant also exploded. When the light cleared, Rikuo and Eli, lay bleeding on the ground, both barely breathing. Eli's Dragon, which remained on the field, roared in anguish over his master. Eli's and Rikuo's Traps were also still in play. Asriel was covered in ash, and had several cuts on her face. Achmed looked worse, he was barely standing.
"Achmed are you okay?" Asriel asked. Achmed shook his head and gave her thumbs up.
"Davis?" Asriel panicked when Davis didn't answer. She looked over in horror to see him lying unconscious on the ground. Blood was coming from the back of his head.
"DAVIS!" She yelled.
"It's all right my dear," Herour said. "It's your turn now, Not Davis's he doesn't have to make a play until his turn. If of course he doesn't make a move, then he loses. And dies like Rikuo and Eli."
"They're dead!" Asriel asked in horror.
"Not till the duel is over," Herour said. "There's a chance they might regain life points so the duel's not quite over for them yet. But it will be soon."
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Davis found himself standing in a shimmering domed room. The floor looked like a vast mirror, and the dome, the roof appeared to be a mirror to, showing infinite reflections of him. A light white mist covered the floor. Davis tried to take in his surroundings but couldn't, because it was all a mirror, he couldn't even properly gauge the size of the room.
"Hello Davis," A voice said. Davis spun around to find himself face to face with Malachi Anasazi.
To Be Continued…
Original Cards:
Three Wishes
Flames of Sokkar
Graceful Paradox
Ultimate Designator
Iniquity Mirror
Pulse Blast
AN: Unbeknownst to our heroes the natural ability to Topdeck is being hindered by Herour. Herour is the only villain around who seems to be aware of the hero's gift of Topdecking, and can use his power to stop it.
