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! This means you especially Wolf General. You know that you're my most important reviewer. (This does not mean the Seeker of the Soul, Guardian Master, High-Elf Swordsman or Vyser Dragoon should remain silent)

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh!: War of the Gods

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.

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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…

"Malachi?" Davis asked with a look of amazement on his face. "How…Oh Man I thought you were dead!"

Malachi shifted uneasily. "Yeah, here's the thing. I am."

Davis's blood ran cold.

"This," He said gesturing to large reflective enclosure they were within. "Is the Mirror Realm."

"The what?" Davis asked.

"You remember in your duel with Apollyon?" Malachi asked. "How he dragged you to a realm of darkness and despair, called the Shadow Realm?"

Davis nodded.

"This place is the opposite of that realm. It is a place of light and hope. Where the good you do is easily reflected back at you." Malachi grinned his trademark grin. "You see I've learned something since I died. There is no such thing as evil."

"Since you died, what an hour ago?" Davis demanded angrily. "And what do you mean? OF COURSE THERE'S EVIL!"

"No Davis," Malachi said. "You understand the concept of cold don't you? Is there such thing as cold?"

"Well yeah," Davis said.

"And you'd be wrong," Malachi said. "Remember chemistry? Cold is just the absence of heat. Is there such thing as darkness?"

"No," Davis said catching on. "It doesn't really exist either. It's just the absence of light."

"Right," Malachi said. "Evil is the same. It's not real, if you just add some good to it and it will fade. Just like cold and Darkness."

Malachi smiled sadly. "Sometimes it's not easy. Like lighting a match on a cold winter's night; it doesn't provide much warmth or light, but it's there just the same. It's a start."

Malachi's face remained forlorn. "This Mirror Realm is a place where righteous things can be done, and evils can be undone. Davis you're really pissing me off."

"I…What?" Davis started to say.

"You could've stopped Rikuo and Eli from being eliminated from the duel. You had Trap Jammer down."

"You…er…I...," Davis stuttered.

"I know what your problem is Davis," Malachi said. "Your problem is you want to face Herour by yourself. You want your partners gone so you can seek revenge by yourself. Well I got bad news Davis. You cannot beat him by yourself. That's why God provided you with friends to help you take him on."

Davis frowned and looked down.

"Davis you need them to win."

"What I need is you not to be dead!" Davis snapped back.

"Fair enough," Malachi said. "But the fact is I am. And I am not coming back. Even if I wanted too, which by the way I do not, I cannot come back. This is it for me. I've lived my life. After I finish here in the Mirror Realm, I'm going to heaven. Yeah, Heaven. The Place, Davis. You know that no one who's been there will ever want to come back."

"What are you doing in the Mirror Realm then?" Davis asked shakily.

Malachi raised his left arm, which bore a duel disk.

"You want to duel?" Davis asked.

"What do you think?" Malachi said. "We are in a realm of dueling after all."

"But I'm already in the middle of another duel," Davis said. "Even if I wanted to duel, my cards are in use."

"That's okay man," Malachi said. "You see we won't be using just any old cards. We're using our soul decks and that changes everything. Check out your arm. That's not any old duel disk. That's a Soul Disk."

Davis glanced at his arm. The duel disk on it looked like the Chaos Duel disk that Tony had used against him. However this duel disk was pure white and the writing in the rim looked like Hebrew, not Atlantean.

"Why are we dueling?" Davis asked.

"Because," Malachi said. "Herour was right about you. You are the Warrior of Light. The last Warrior, your ancestor, who dueled during the War of the Roses, locked his power away in his bloodline so that Herour couldn't get it. It's your birthright Davis, but you have to earn it. I'm the only thing standing in the way of you claiming what's rightfully yours. The Power of the Light."

Davis frowned.

"One more thing you should know D-man," Malachi said. "By letting your partners LP drop to zero, you are killing them man. In a level-six Sages game, zero life points mean zero life. Case in point: Me!"

"But Rikuo and Eli's Life points hit zero," Davis said horrified.

"Right," Malachi said. "The only reason they're not dead now is cuz the duel isn't over till the fat lady sings. They could come back. If you can figure out how."

"All right," Davis said. "I accept. I will duel."

"Good," Malachi said. "I hope you win. But I'm not going to let you win."

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Asriel groaned as she looked out at her lone Queen's Knight. (1500/1600) It was the only monster on her field. She drew as she attempted to figure out how to defeat Herour's dragon (2300/1600)

Well I can't do it with the cards I have here, Asriel thought. I don't think I've ever had a hand this bad. Which is weird, I usually always draw awesome hands. She glanced at the card that she drew, hoping it was King's Knight. She often drew King's Knight when her Queen's Knight was alone on the field. It was just something that she'd learned to count on.

To her horror, she instead drew Curse of Dragon (2000/1500).

That might help as my last facedown trap card is Dragon's Knighthood. This just might be a worthwhile draw after all.

"I offer my Queen's Knight as Tribute," Asriel said. The blond Knight vanished. "For my Curse of Dragon."

A wicked looking spiky brown Dragon arose onto the field.

"I then activate Dragon's Knighthood," She said. "This allows me to treat my Curse of Dragon as a Knight card."

The card flipped up, showing an image of Buster Blader appearing to Knight a Tyrant Dragon.

She slid Knight's Shield into her Duel Disk.

"That's my turn."

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"I'll go first Davis," Malachi said. "Since this will probably be my last duel ever."

Davis winced.

"And we are pressed for time," Malachi said. Time passes differently here in the Mirror Realm, but we do want to get this done before your turn rolls around again in the real world or you'll be disqualified."

Davis said nothing more.

"So," Malachi said. "I summon my Cyber Stein in attack mode." (700/500)

A mechanical soldier who looked like Frankenstein's Monster arose from the mirrored floor. The floor rippled as it allowed the monster to rise.

"Next I play my Loan Shark spell card," Malachi grinned as he held up a spell card with an image of a Jinzo and a Nightmare Penguin fighting over a Pot of Greed.

"Loan Shark lets me gain any number of Life Points that I want," Malachi said. "As long as I pay them to card effects by the end of the turn, otherwise I loose the duel. So I choose to gain five thousand Life Points."

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"To wit," He said grinning as his life point counter went up. "Now I pay five thousand life points for Cyber Stein to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon."

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The Cyber Stein sent out an electrical shock that went directly into Malachi's body. An enormous three headed blue and white dragon emerged from the mirrored floor. (4500/3800)

"The bigger they come the harder they fall," Davis warned. "One Card Face-down, and one in defense mode."

Two card backs appeared in front of Davis.

"I'll bet money that your face down card is either D.D. Warrior Lady, or D.D. Assailant," Malachi said.

Davis couldn't help himself, and his face broke out into a grin.

"Uh-huh," Malachi said. "I thought so. I know you too well Davis. This duel is over before it begins. I offer Cyber Stein for Zaborg the Thunder Monarch. (2400/1000)"

Cyber Stein Vanished as the lightning monarch appeared in front of Malachi's dragon. He fired a bolt of lightning into the face-down card and D.D. Assailant (1700/1600) screamed in pain as he vanished, leaving Davis's field clear.

"Zaborg attack," Malachi said.

"Fell for the oldest trick in the book Malachi," Davis said. "You were so focused on my D.D. Cards that you forgot about my extremely rare trap card Mirror Force!"

The lightning arched towards Davis and hit an invisible barrier. The volt then amplified and fired back at Zaborg, electrocuting both him and the Ultimate Dragon. The pair vanished.

"Now," Davis said smiling. "I summon Warrior Lady of the Wasteland. (1100/1000)"

D.D. Warrior Lady's younger form appeared on the field. She was dressed in a brown but flexible miniskirt, and wore an unusual looking hat. She also had a sword.

"Warrior Lady," Davis said. "Attack Malachi Directly!"

She rushed at him and sliced through him. The sword passed through Malachi's body as if he wasn't there.

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"I am spirit only Davis," Malachi said. "You cannot harm me. In fact, every play made against me, weakens Herour. He was using his god-powers to prevent you and the others from Topdecking. No more, thanks to that play."

"And now," Malachi said. "I play Future Fusion to discard Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) and Summoned Skull (2500/1200) they'll come into play later. For now I just summon Des Kangaroo (1500/1700) and attack your Warrior Lady."

A green kangaroo appeared in front of Malachi, wearing red boxing gloves. The Kangaroo leapt forward and punched the Warrior Lady.

Davis shuddered as his life points dropped and his monster shattered.

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Davis looked at Malachi seriously. "When my Warrior Lady is destroyed, I can search my deck for a warrior with 1500 attack points or less and summon it in attack mode. She was dragged into a different dimension, but she returns now, stronger than ever."

D.D. Warrior Lady appeared on Davis's field. (1500/1600) she gave the Des Kangaroo a cold stare.

"I draw," Davis said. "And summon D.D. Survivor in attack mode (1800/200)"

The blond warrior appeared out of the mirrored floor, his tattered cloak blown about by a non existent wind.

"I set two cards," Davis said. "And attack Des Koala with my survivor."

The Survivor drew a samurai sword from his cloak. The blade glowed white like D.D. Warrior Lady's. He lunged and struck the Kangaroo, slicing it in half.

"Warrior Lady," Davis said. "Direct attack."

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Malachi drew. "Better Davis, much better. Why couldn't you have dueled like this against Herour? Monster Reborn Revives Des Kangaroo. And Polymerization fuses him with Big Koala (2700/2000) to become: Master of Oz!"

The giant greed koala appeared on the field. He wore the clothes of Des Kangaroo, and had a semi-truck in his front pocket. That was how big he was. (4200/3700)

"Master Destroy D.D. Warrior Lady," Malachi said.

"Malachi what are you doing?" Davis asked. "You know your master will be removed from play."

The master's punch struck the Warrior Lady. The Impact was massive."

"Your life points are gone," Malachi said satisfactorily.

"No they're not," Davis argued. The Master and the Warrior Lady vanished into rainbow colored portals.

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Malachi frowned before noting Davis's field.

"Spirit Barrier?" he asked surprised. "It's amazing what you find in a soul deck isn't it?"

"So it is," Davis said. "Malachi, I don't want to defeat you. I want you to stay man. You're my best bud. I need you."

Malachi smiled. "You don't need me as much as you think you do. Davis, it's time for you to stand on your own. I can't be there to bail you out anymore. I need to know that you can handle it. That's why you have to beat me. It's the only way I'll know. Three cards face-down."

Davis drew. "I sacrifice my D.D. Survivor for my Dark Magician Girl. (2000/1700) Magician Girl, attack directly!

"Sorry Davis," Malachi said. "But two of my traps were Pyro Clocks of Destiny. The turn count moves forward and Black Skull Dragon shows up (3200/2500)"

The Giant black demon dragon appeared out of a ripple as Davis's attack launched at Malachi. The dragon immediately counter attacked destroying Dark Magician Girl.

"Now," Malachi said drawing. "Skull Dragon attacks Davis directly."

The fireball launched and hit Davis square in the chest. He collapsed from the impact.

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Davis drew.

"One more turn D-Man," Malachi declared.

"I think so too," Davis said. "Card of Sanctity, and then Monster Reborn."

Dark Magician Girl rose from the mirrored floor.

"I then activate Double Spell to use the Loan Shark in your Graveyard, boosting my life points by ten thousand."

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"Davis!" Malachi said. "Are you trying to lose? There's no way you can pay ten-thousand life points by the end of the turn."

"Oh contraire," Davis said. "I can pay ten-thousand life points for my soul field card Seal of the Cross."

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A white seal, rather like the Seal of Orichalcos, arose from Davis's Duel disk. It descended upon the field. A white, glowing cross appeared on Davis's forehead, and on Dark Magician Girl's too.

(2700/1700)

"Dust Tornado," Malachi said, triggering his last trap. The tornado spun around, and then just fizzled out.

"Only I can choose to destroy the Seal of the Cross," Davis said. "It's a soul field card.

Malachi nodded. "The field of your soul. It's my turn and my Black Skull is still stronger than Dark Magician Girl. So attack!"

Davis closed his eyes, tears streaming down his face. "I'm sorry Malachi, this is how it ends. I can sacrifice the Seal of the Cross to activate a Trap Card in my deck.

The seal vanished from Davis's forehead and the Magician Girl's too. (2000/1700)

"You should recognize this card," Davis said. "It's one you gave me. Angel's Armor Equips to Magician Girl and raises her by seven hundred. It also negates your attack."

(2700/2400)

"I can sacrifice Dark Magician Girl, for Ophan Magician Girl," Davis said.

The Magician Girl's robes vanished, becoming blue and gold colored armor. She held a long golden staff with a circle and a starburst in the center. (2700/2700)

Malachi frowned. "How will that help you beat Black Skull?"

"I equip Ophan Magician Girl with Big Bang Shot," Davis said, voice cracking and on the verge of bawling. (4000/3000) "Ophan Magician Girl's attack points always round up to the next thousand. With the original attack of twenty-seven hundred, she gets to have three thousand, but by raising her to thirty-one hundred, her strength becomes four-thousand."

"Destroy Black Skull Dragon," Davis said.

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"When my Ophan Magician Girl Destroys an Archfiend in battle," Davis said. "She may attack again."

"Though it's not in his name," Malachi said. "My Black Skull Dragon is indeed an Archfiend. You win."

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A brilliant light suddenly surrounded Davis, enveloping him, he looked around, but it was too bright to see anything. Davis somehow felt comforted by this light. It warmed his very soul. He eventually, however, became aware of voices whispering amongst one another. His eyes began to adjust to the intense light. He looked around and realized he was surrounded.

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Herour frowned as Achmed drew his card.

Achmed's eyes widened in delight as he realized that he'd made his first Topdeck since the duel began.

"Tribute to the Doomed!" Achmed said. "Your bird will not be bothering us any longer."

"Somehow you've regained your ability to Topdeck," Herour said. "But I'm afraid that it is too little too late. Horus is immune to Spells."

Achmed sighed. "I switch Gravekeeper's Thief to Defense and Summon Gravekeeper's Cannonholder in Defense as well. (1400/1200)"

A Gravekeeper holding a wooden cannon appeared in a crouching position on the field.

Herour grinned. "Oh boy, it's my turn again. I do make such devastating moves."

To Be Continued…

Original Cards:

Gravekeeper's Thief

Dragon's Knighthood

Loan Shark

Seal of the Cross

Angel's Armor

Ophan Magician Girl