Ash's domino adventure
Chapter 1
mystery duelist pt 1
Disclaimer i do not own Pokemon and Yugioh and yes you dream is coming true of this crossover showing Ash seeing old friends but things get down hill for the gang so enjoy AshXTea
It's a bright morning in Domino, then at the sea shows a ferry but at the side was a Raven-hair teen who's wearing a strange trench coat that has an eye looks like it's alive, black shirt, black pants, sneakers. He was muscular but he wasn't a body builder, yet he certainly had a runner's body that teen is Ash ketchum he is a champion of Kanto, Sinnoh, Kalos and Alola region also Ash is special but why this is his next story as he saw Domino city "Domino city pikachu i can't believe we made it" Ash said as pikachu appeared on his shoulder "pika chu" said pikachu seeing the city him and Ash remeber since duelist kingdom "all this time i remember this place" Ash said as he is holding a starchip as a symbol of his friends "Hey Ash" as Ash looks behind saw Fluttershy "Is it true that you were the second king of games" Fluttershy ask him as Ash chuckled "Yeah but the true king of games is Yugi muto he is a good friend" Ash said then the ferry made the stop
"last stop" said the captain as they are heading out "Good times i remember..." Ash was walking till a cloak man pushed him "Hey buddy watch it" Ash shout but that figure ignore him "Ash we should teach him..." said his coat was talking "no senketsu but i bet we will run to him again." Ash said as pikachu see a card "pika" as pikachu picks it up "What's this pikachu?" as Ash picks it up and looks at it "slifer the sky dragon." Ash said as fluttershy ask him
"Ash you think it's from that man" she ask as Ash nodded "yeah but something about him isn't right" as he puts it in his deck for now
As they are heading to the gameshop Ash notice the old man was Solomon muto Yugi's grandpa is sweeping the sidewalk in front of the game shop.
"Hey mr. muto" Ash said as Mr. muto heard that voice "well...i be a monkey's uncle Ash. it's good to see you again" mr. muto was happy to see Ash "Good to see you too sensei of duel monsters is Yugi here?" Ash said
"sorry Ash. Him and Téa had left to school" he said to him
(Flashback)
a minute before Ash arrived Téa, dressed for school, hurries up to him with a cheerful greeting. "Good morning, Mister Muto!" said Tea as Solomon see her "Ah, Téa, good morning! Yugi's upstairs getting ready; I'll call 'im for you. Would you like something to drink?" he asked her "Uh, no thanks. We're already late!" Téa said to him
"Yugi, Téa's here!" said mr. muto as Yugi Ash's good friend was in his room "I'll be right there, Grandpa!" as Yugi picks up the Millennium Puzzle on his desk, and hangs it around his neck; instead of its usual leather cord, it now hangs by a thick chain. He looks at it in the mirror. "This new *chain* oughta keep my Millennium Puzzle safe. Seems like *everyone* wants their hands on it lately." As Yugi looks at his own reflection in the mirror also saw a photo of him, Téa, Joey and Tristen including Ash and pikachu, the Spirit appears at his shoulder in the reflection, incorporeal.
"And we're going to need it *now, more than ever and you miss him do you." he asked Yugi "yes We all do? Wha- whaddayou mean by *that*?" he asked
"The Millennium Puzzle connects us, Yugi. And I sense Fate has more in store for us." the spirit said
"Ohh... Well we're in this *together, no matter what." Yugi picks up his backpack and starts to head for the door. "Good. I wish I knew more, but, our future is still unclear to me." the spirit said as Yugi pauses at the door.
"...Well... I'll help you figure it out." Yugi emerges from the front door of the game shop.
"About *time, Yugi." said Tea was not impressed "Sorry, Téa." he said to her "We're gonna be late for the big game, what took ya so long?" Tea asked him
as Yugi looks down at the Millennium Puzzle.
"I... I was talking to the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. He seems kind of *worried*." yugi said
"About what?" she asked
"About the *future, I think. He said something about our destiny being *unclear*..." as there was a flashback In the nebulous depths of the Shadow Realm, Yami raises his hand high, as Magician of Black Chaos does the same, bringing his staff down with a blast.
"Ever since we defeated Pegasus together, the Spirit's been talking about... *Fate, like there's *something more* he has to do." he said as Pegasus groans out loud with rage and frustration, defeated. Yami closes his eyes; the Millennium Puzzle glows brightly-- then he opens them, ready to end this. (End Flashback.)
"When you think about it; he doesn't really know that much about himself, like *where he came from, *why he's here*. But I'm babbling and we're late. We should go." yugi tells more
"Wha? Oh, right-- the soccer game! We *definitely* don't wanna miss it!" Tea said as yugi is overlapping
"'Bye, grandpa!" said Yugi then tea is on the move "See you, Mister Muto!" she said to him
"We'll see you later!" yugi said
"Enjoy yourselves, you two. If the game ends early, feel free to come back and help me sweep!" said Mr. mut
(end flashback)
Ash offers mr. muto a drink "thanks ash for offering help how was you journey go since duelist kingdom." he asked Ash about his time
"well...you can say things are great since i left." Ash said then he was thinking of showing him the card "ah mr. muto do you know this..." until he heard the door was open "Ash..." Ash saw it was Tea "Tea hey..." as he notice her face "Ash no time yugi he's in trouble" Tea said as Ash was up and heads out "Ash wait..." said Fluttershy as she follows
"Tea i need to know what happen?" Ash asked as Tea looks at him "It happen right after we left" she tells him
(flashback)
Yugi and Téa walk through the city on a fairly quiet day. The streets aren't packed, but plenty of people are out and about. "So, who d'you think's gonna win?" Tea asked Yugi
"Win? Win what?" yugi asked
"Earth to Yugi-- the soccer game? At school?" said Tea as he remember "I- I don't know. Uh..." said yugi doesn't know "You don't really care much about sports especially refuse to go to kanto, do you?" Tea said as Yugi heard kanto "You miss him too Tea" as Tea heard that she turn away blushing Just then, they hear the tinkling of ethereal chimes.
"Futures told, fates unfold!" as Yugi's eye has been caught by a cloaked man sitting at a table on the sidewalk with a crystal ball.
"Step up, boy, and I'll reveal the secrets of your future!" the cloaked man said "Yugi? Huh?" as Tea see yugi talking to him
"Can you really see into the future? " said Yigi as Téa jogs over to join Yugi at the fortuneteller's table.
"Yes! Hmhm."
"What're you *doing, Yugi?" Tea said
"Téa-- maybe this fortuneteller can help me figure out the fate of the spirit inside the Puzzle!" yugi said
"Hmm. Okay, but we really don't have that much time." said Tea as Yugi's face reflects in the fortuneteller's crystal ball. The cloaked man's robe is decorated only with an eye symbol over his hooded forehead with a short gold chain draping beneath it and another one also under his chin. The fortuneteller leans forward when he sees the Millennium Puzzle.
"Hmm! Boy! In order to tell your future, I must hold a *personal item*."
"Really?" yugi asked
"Your necklace will do nicely." the man said
"My what? No. I'm sorry, I can't." yugi refused "Then I can't tell your fortune." he tells him
"Yeah, but..." yugi still can't do this
"I need it in order to properly read your aura, to see what Fate has in store for you. You *do* want to know... *don't* you?" something wasn't right about that man as Yugi looks doubtful. The offer is very tempting. The fortuneteller extends a hand.
"Your fate...?"
"Okay, but only for a second." Yugi pulls the Millennium Puzzle on its new chain over his head. The fortuneteller lets slip a satisfied smile.
"Yugi, I don't know about this..." Tea said as The fortuneteller holds the Puzzle in both hands, peering at it. "Hmm. Something's coming to me. I see that this Millennium Item now belongs-- *to me*!!" said the man Then before Yugi and Téa know what's hit them, the stranger flips the table toward them and sends the crystal ball sitting on it flying.
"My Millennium Puzzle!!" as Yugi and Téa are knocked over on their rears, as the stranger disappears down the alleyway he was sitting in front of.
"Hmhmhmhmhahahaha!"
"Come back here!!" Yugi said to him "He's getting away, what do we do?!" Tea said as Yugi takes off running down the alley, calling over his shoulder.
"I'll follow 'im this way, you try to cut 'im off around the corner!" said Yugi
"You got it, Yugi!" tea said to him "You won't get away with this, you creep!! (think) I can't believe I *handed* 'im my Puzzle!" Yugi stops running; he's just noticed a posted sign with a red arrow on it, leading down a side alley. There are more arrows further down the same alley, directing him that way and around the corner in no uncertain terms.
"Arrows? That thief *wants* me to follow 'im." He examines the first arrow sign. "Huh. This *must* be a trap, but what choice do I have?" He jogs down the alley and looks at the continuing arrow signs as he reaches the corner.
"I can't lose the Spirit of the Puzzle... I *won't*!" yugi said at The streets of Domino City on a bright sunny day are peacefully busy, except for Téa, who dashes headlong down the sidewalk.
"There's no sign of that fortuneteller *anywhere*! I hope Yugi's okay!" She keeps running, and runs right past their friend Bakura, also in school uniform.
"Hey; Téa! What's the rush?" Bakura said "Oh-- Bakura! Someone stole Yugi's Millennium Puzzle!" said Tea
"No! Where *is* Yugi?" said Bakura as Téa points back the way she came. "In the alley-- we split up to catch the guy!" said Tea
"Well, then don't let me detain you; keep looking, and I'll get some help!" said Bakura
"Right! Thanks, Bakura!" as Bakura silently watches her run away down the street.
"No one shall have the Millennium Puzzle but *me*! (aloud) I want its power." said a new voice as bakura raises his head, and the look in his eyes is not nearly so innocently friendly as it was a moment ago. The ancient, evil spirit that possesses Bakura drops his alter-ego's schoolbag and unzips the front of his school jacket with a flourish to pull out the Millennium Ring around his neck.
"And I'll track it down with my Millennium Ring!" The golden Ring's dangling points rattle, then all of them point straight in the direction Téa indicated, quivering.
"Show me the way... trace the Item's mystical energies... and *lead me to the Millennium Puzzle*. If I control all the Millennium Items, I will control power unimaginable. And I will make certain that *nobody* stands in my way..." Soon, Bakura stands over the shattered remains of the fake fortuneteller's crystal ball.
"Hmm. Which way, Ring?" The Ring's ends turn toward the dark alley ahead, barely quivering now. "Ahh... yes... Yugi and his Millennium Puzzle are very close. *Very* close." He calmly strides down the alley, toward his prey. As he passes one of the arrow signs Yugi discovered earlier, he pauses, rips it off the wall, and sticks it back on pointing the opposite direction, looking quite satisfied with this bit of mischief.
"Sorry, Téa-- but I can't have you and your *sniveling friends* interfering, with my destiny."
(end flashback)
"Ash i'm worried of both yugi and bakura..." Tea stops as Ash calms her down "Tea it's ok i'll go find Yugi and help him and Bakura out. you go get help" Ash said as he left leaving Tea blushing "oh my...he touch me again...i love that" she said as her and Fluttershy left Somewhere deep in the city, the sun beats down on an abandoned wooden warehouse on packed earth, hidden among taller, more modern skyscrapers.
"Where are you hiding?!" Yugi stands before the warehouse's wooden gate, facing yet another arrow stuck to one side of the gate to point him through it.
"Whoever that guy was, he's leading me like a rat through a maze." Yugi passes through the gate and looks up at the desolate warehouse. The worn, old place is beginning to fall apart. "But why would a thief want his victim to follow him? 6:00 What's he *really* after?" Yugi approaches the door, decorated with yet another arrow directing him to enter. He pauses, a hand on the door, steeling himself a bit.
"The last arrow..." He shoves the door open with some effort, and light from outside begins to illuminate the dark, dusty, rusted machinery lining the walls.
"My Millennium Puzzle's here. Even though we're apart, I can *sense it*. But I don't see it." He calls into the darkness, toward the rusted iron ceiling beams, the small beams of light showing through holes in the roof.
"I know you're in here!" said yugi as The voice of the fake fortuneteller sounds out of the darkness, its source hidden.
"Ahahahahaha! Congratulations, little Yugi! You've found me-- or should I say, *I've* found *you*!" Yugi gasps. Then a spotlight frames a section of a wall, on which the Millennium Puzzle is hanging by its new chain, which is attached to a spike hammered into the wall.
"*And* the Millennium Puzzle!"
" *Give it back to me*." said Yugi
"It's not going to be *that* easy for you. If you want your Puzzle back, you'll have to *fight* me for it. That's right, Yugi-- you and I are going to *duel*!" Three spotlights from above snap on atop Yugi, causing him to wince from the light and cast two shadows. The lights snap on in the rest of the warehouse next, revealing that the 'wall' the Puzzle is affixed to is actually the side of a blue duel arena podium.
"And the winner gets to keep your Millennium Item!" he said as Yugi recovers from the bright light, and sees the arena. One of its walls stands about as tall as Yugi himself; the red podium is distant on the other side of the warehouse.
"A dueling arena...!" yugi said
"Are you up to the challenge, Yugi? I've been waiting for you a *long time*. Hmhmheheheh!" At last the robed 'fortuneteller' reveals himself, standing beside the opposite end of the arena.
"Who *are* you?! And *what do you want with my Millennium Puzzle*?"
"I desire the power your Item contains within. But, according to the rules of its ancient magic, I have to win it from you in a duel." The false fortuneteller's eyes are oddly blank, vacant... but Beyond them, another person speaks through this man, cloaked as his puppet is in purple, seated on a throne, one hand grasping a golden axe-shaped scepter.
"As for *who* I am, let's just say that I'm the one who will control your destiny as I have controlled others'-- and that I am not unfamiliar with the power of a Millennium Item!" The eye-shaped Millennium symbol, the same that adorns the front of the Millennium Puzzle, glints on the head of the puppeteer's scepter. Beyond it, the face of the young man wielding it can be seen; his bangs yellow-white, his eyes pale blue and fierce with mischief, and his skin dark bronze.
"Indeed, I understand more about their hidden mysteries than you will ever know! Take your *Millennium Puzzle*; there are ancient secrets buried within it, of which you, and even the spirit that inhabits it are unaware! That's why I will add it to my collection." The stranger's Millennium Item glints in his hand.
"I won't duel you for *my Millennium Puzzle, it already belongs to *me*." said yugi
"It's in *my* possession *now, little Yugi."
"All right-- then I accept your challenge!" said yugi
"Of *course* you do." The mind-controlled thief turns and walks toward the red podium. Yugi looks toward the Puzzle chained to the blue one.
"If I have to duel, I'll need the Spirit of the Puzzle to help me. Maybe I can still connect with him." He hears the spirit speak in his mind, though haltingly.
"I can... barely hear you, Yugi. Our bond is weak. It's hard to maintain contact. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you with this duel. You'll have to fight him... alone." said spirit
"*Alone?* But I've never fought a duel without you. And if I'm defeated I'll lose you forever!" yugi said
"You *can defeat him*. Just trust yourself, and your deck, and you'll find a way." said spirit
"You're right; I've got to believe in the Heart of the Cards!" yugi tells him "Be *very careful, Yugi! I sense a great evil!" The Spirit's voice echoes away...
"Spirit!" yugi shout The robed stranger takes the red platform, and Yugi climbs onto the blue. The podia raise them to the height of the walkway around the second story of the warehouse. The holographic projectors extend on poles at each corner of the arena and light up with multicolored lights.
"Prepare to lose your *precious Puzzle*." The consoles in front of them illuminate.
"I don't think so!" yugi tells him The lifepoint counts on the sides of the podia set to 2000.
"Remember, Yugi-- I've *seen your future*; *foretold your fate*. And this duel... will be your last."
Yugi doesn't respond. In an old warehouse somewhere in Domino City...
"I don't know *anything* about this duelist and now I have to face 'im alone-- for the highest stakes ever! I don't even have the *gang* to back me up. Well, here goes... (draw) It's *time to duel*!" yugi adds the card he pulled to his hand.
"I place the Celtic Guardian on the field, in attack mode!"
[Celtic Guardian 1400/1200]
I've made *my* play, now you make yours!" Yugi said
"I place my monster in defense mode." The stranger's set monster appears as a glimmer beneath the surface of a square on the field.
"What's the matter, don'tcha have the courage to face me head-on?!"
(Long pause.)
"...I don't *need* to. *You're* the one that better go on the offensive if you hope to win back your Puzzle!"
Yugi adds another card to his hand. "All right, then, I attack with my Celtic Guardian!" as celtic guardian attack
"Heh. That's exactly what I *wanted* you to do, Yugi. Your attack has activated-- the power of my Cyber Jar!"
[Cyber Jar 900/900]
"This machine card destroys every monster on the field! Hahahahahaha!"
(Celtic Guardian's hologram blurs, then shatters. Cyber Jar shatters also.)
"And it *also* requires us to draw five new cards. (he does so) Let's see what you've got up your pathetic sleeve *this* time, little Yugi." he tells him then Yugi looks down at his two handfuls of cards.
"Time for a new strategy. I'm placing my monster in defense mode!" Yugi sets a monster card facedown.
"And I'm placing *mine* in *attack* mode! Meet Mechanicalchaser..."
[Mechanicalchaser 1850/800]
"And Ground Attacker Bugroth!"
[Ground Attacker Bugroth 1500/1000]
Cyber Jar's effect had them pick up five cards each, then special summon, either face-up in attack mode or facedown, every level-four-or-below monster among the cards they drew. This is why he just summoned two monsters at once, and it is still Yugi's turn.
"More machine cards! Wait... this seems familiar! There's only *one player I know* whose deck is filled with machine cards! (aloud) Show yourself-- Bandit Keith!" yugi shouts as The stranger pulls off his hood, revealing Bandit Keith's usual brash blond hair and stars-and-stripes bandanna, though for once he's without his shades; this old enemy from Duelist Kingdom is still clearly not feeling quite himself. He stares dully ahead, face expressionless.
"I was *right*! But why would Bandit Keith disguise himself and steal my Millennium Puzzle?" yugi said
(Flashback.)
Bandit Keith couldn't believe it when Joey and Red-Eyes Metal Dragon torched his Slot Machine in their playoff match.
"The last time I saw him was when he battled Joey in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. He broke the rules, but Joey beat 'im!" Pegasus' smugness does not waver a bit even when Keith threatens him-- because mere feet away from Pegasus, Keith drops through a trapdoor in the floor all the way around Pegasus' chair.
"When Pegasus found out Keith was cheating, he ejected him from the island; we never saw him again."
(End Flashback.)
"What *happened* to you?"
"I'm not Bandit Keith. I only speak through him, since he's become, my mind-controlled slave." said the voice
"Whadda you mean? How can this be?! Tell me!" yugi said
(Flashback.)
The trapdoor from the castle ended with a hole in the cliff below the castle; Keith fell through it, down into the ocean below, yelling the whole way.
"After Bandit Keith was ejected by Pegasus from Duelist Kingdom, 11:00 he fought for his life against the harsh ocean waters." He hits the water and starts to try and swim, just as another wave swamps him.
"Hel-l-lp!!" kieth said as He looks up and sees a ship. Its one giant sail is royal purple with the Millennium Items' golden eye design, and golden eyes also decorate its anchors.
"My followers and I were on the way to retrieve some very *special items, when we fished him out of the sea." Aboard the ship are several individuals in purple robes like the one Keith now wears. One of them carries the golden scepter with which Keith's mind is being controlled.
"I'm always looking for new minds to control, and Bandit Keith seemed like the perfect puppet to do my bidding." Keith looks up at the strange ship from the log he's managed to grab onto.
(End Flashback.)
"*And, as fate would have it, he led me right to *you*-- the boy who possesses the legendary Millennium Puzzle!" as Yugi is silent. The puppeteer continues to speak through Keith.
"Is it all sinking in now, little Yugi? Now that I have found you after all these years, I will stop at nothing to make your Puzzle, and all of the ancient powers it possesses within it, *my own*."
Bandit Keith's flat, dead eyes shift; for a split second they look frightened, and desperate.
"H...h-h... help... me..!"
"You'll *never* free yourself, Keith!" he said but The struggle behind Keith's eyes disappears just as suddenly.
"Let the duel continue. I play Machine King in attack mode!"
[Machine King 2200/2000]
"My new monster gets an extra one hundred attack points for every machine that's on the field. That's three hundred more points!"
That means Machine King has a total of 2500 attack points. There is no life or struggle in Keith's eyes now.
"Machine King, attack with Jet Punch!" as Yugi's facedown Silver Fang appears, and gets clobbered by Machine King's rocket-propelled punch.
[Silver Fang ]
Then rockets fire from the knuckles and fly the fist back to Machine King's arm to reattach.
"You may as well give up *now*!"
"It's not over yet! (draw) I play *another* card in defense mode!" Yugi has set another facedown monster, and it appears glowing beneath the surface of a square on his field.
"Your defenses are *useless* against my mechanical army! (draw) *Especially* now that I'm adding *this* machine to my troop. Megasonic Eye!"
[Megasonic Eye 1500/1800]
"It adds *another* one hundred attack points to Machine King, making 'im even *more* deadly!"
(Machine King's new total is 2600.)
"Machine King, attack now!" Machine King trains its metal gauntlet on Yugi's next facedown monster, Giant Soldier of Stone.
[Giant Soldier of Stone ]
"No! My stone soldier!" yugi said
"That's right-- all your defenses're gone! ... Give up, yet? You have *no idea* the power you're up against, little Yugi." the voice said but Yugi looks scared, but isn't about to give up.
"No matter who this guy is, I *can't let him win*! But how can I defeat him without the Spirit... and my friends?" yugi said as for Ash was hot on the trail "this is the right place" Ash said as he learn his aura and magic can sense the items "Ash that way" said senketsu as Ash agreed and moves again
(Meanwhile, back at Yugi's school...)
"Come on, guys, hurry! Yugi may be in trouble!" said tea as Joey pulls his sneakers out of a locker and lets it close.
"Jus' point the way, Téa." said joey as Téa and Tristan are standing around, the latter nervously kicking his foot against the floor. Joey is hopping up and down, trying to put on his shoe while standing up.
"Ergh- ugh- igh! We're right behind ya!" Joey finishes putting on his shoe.
"Yeah-- any creep picks on our *buddy* has to deal with us all also Ash is back!" said tristen
"You *said it*!" as They walk out the door, and right into the path of the school coach, in a grey tracksuit with a whistle around his neck.
"All right, people-- just where do you think you're going? You volunteered to help at the soccer game!" said coach
"I *know, Coach, but, we got an emergency. Eh--" joey said
"Téa's cat has gotten sick. We need to take it to the vet." said Tristen as Téa approaches the coach, imploringly following Tristan's bluff.
"Please, we need to help Fluffy." she hides her face in hands, sobs "Poor Fluffy!" then The coach's eyes are leaking profusely; he puts his hands consolingly on her shoulders, grieving deeply, shoulders shaking.
"I didn't realize your little kitty was sick! Of *course* you can go." as Joey and Tristan share a quick grin; it worked! Their eyes are wet, too, though it may be to keep from laughing.
"Yes sir, thank you, Coach!" as The three run for the school gate; Coach calls after them-- "Save that little kitty!" They run out the gate and down the street.
"He's really a softy at heart." joey said
"It *wasn't cool* to mislead Coach Morty!" said Tea as Fluttershy look at them "to be honest i don't like that lie" she said
"It's an emergency; we *had* to, Téa!" said tristen
"Yeah-- Yugi needs us so do Ash and Bakura!" said Joey "I hope we can *find* 'im!" saod Tea
"Come on, Yugi; stop stalling! Unless you want to admit defeat."
"I'll *never* give up!" From across the field, Yugi's face is reflected in Keith's blank, empty eyes.
"Foolish boy!" the voice's eyes hold the same reflection.
"He has no idea what he's up against! His Millennium Puzzle is as good as mine!"
"I have too much at stake in this game. So take this! I play Curse of Dragon, in attack mode!" said yugi
[Curse of Dragon 2000/1500]
"*And* I play Gaia, the Fierce Knight!"
[Gaia the Fierce Knight ]
"But that's not all; I also use my "Polymerization" card to combine these two monsters; in order to create-- Gaia, the Dragon Champion!"
[Gaia the Dragon Champion 2600/2100]
"This monster can take your machines apart! Dragon Champion, attack Mechanicalchaser-- with Double Dragon Lance!" The two monsters clash midair-- and Dragon Champion strikes through Mechanicalchaser, slicing off both of its metal wings and every one of its swiss army limbs before shattering it.
"With Mechanicalchaser gone, your Machine King loses a hundred attack points, and *you* lose seven hundred and fifty lifepoints!"
(This lowers Bandit Keith's lifepoints to 1250.)
"Very impressive. But what will you do-- when I put my weaker monsters in defense mode, to protect them from your Dragon Champion's attacks?" He switches the modes of his other two monsters, and they lower into defensive crouches.
"And then play "Machine Conversion Factory", a magic card that adds three hundred attack and defense points, to *all* of my machine cards!" That means Megasonic Eye's new stats are 1800/2000, Machine King's are 2800/2300, and Ground Attacker Bugroth's are 1800/1300.
"Oh no! You've raised Machine King's power *even more*." yugi said
"That's right, enough to overpower your Dragon Champion! Machine King, attack!" Machine King launches both fists, and shatters Gaia. Yugi's lifepoints decrease to 1800.
"Your offensive is *over, Yugi! Your Champion destroyed! I've made Keith's machine monsters' attack strength *overwhelming*!" the figure's eyes reflect Yugi's resolute face.
"So why don't you stop resisting and just hand over your Puzzle to *me*? It's the inevitable conclusion to our game anyway."
"What'm I going to *do*? I have to stop 'im *somehow*-- *but how*?! He's assembled an army of the most rare and powerful machines in Duel Monsters!" yugi notices the card he's holding in his hand.
"Wait-- the Summoned Skull! This gives me an idea. But first, I'll have to play a magic card. (aloud) Your machines might be the most impressive I've seen-- but they're still made out of *metal*! So I play Makiu!"
"Makiu, the Magical Mist" appears on the field as a thick, tangible fog, sticking to the machine monsters and causing them to corrode and rust.
"You think a little mist'll destroy *my* machines?!"
"It won't destroy them, but it will cause them to rust, and lower their points!" yugi is right This makes Megasonic Eye's points now 1500/1800, Machine King's points 2500/2000, and Ground Attacker Bugroth's points 1500/1000.
"And the mist turns your machine monsters into one gigantic lightning rod. Which makes them the perfect target for my Summoned Skull!"
[Summoned Skull 2500/1200]
"Summoned Skull, use your Lightning Strike on Machine King, now!" Summoned Skull's eyes glow red, and its attack points rise to 3250. The rusty Machine King gets zapped, and shatters.
"Any *more* machines for the junk heap?!" yugi said to him
"You little...!" Bandit Keith's lifepoints decrease to 500; Yugi's still got 1800.
"The boy is good. He plays much better than I had expected without the Spirit of the Puzzle to aid him." The axe-bladed golden scepter glints in the mystery puppeteer's hand.
"But he has no idea of the *power* he's up against! My deck is *full* of rare monsters, the likes of which he's never seen. And when I'm through with Yugi, his Millennium Puzzle *will* be mine!!"
Ash had follow the trail as it led to the warehouse "Yugi is in here?" as Ash opens the door but was locked "Locked dang...but i can cut my way in" as Ash brings out his powerful Blood blade then was in the stance as he slash the door open "Open sesame" as he walks in meanwhile Fluttershy, Téa, Tristan, and Joey stand at the mouth of the alley, with the overturned fortuneteller's table and chair still on the ground before them.
"So.They went runnin' down this alley?" said Joey
"Uh-huh." said Tea as Joey takes a few steps forward and indicates one of the arrow signs on the walls. "Hmm, these arrows... hey-- ya think *Yugi* tacked these things up here for us?" said Joey
"I don't think he had the *time, Joey." said Tea
"Hey guys-- look at *that*!" said tristen Up ahead, more arrow signs point in all different directions; one further down the left-hand wall points them back the way they came; another directs them up toward the roof, and two more right next to each other point in opposite directions.
"Oh, *no*-- how're we gonna *find* 'im?" said Tea
"oh my" said Fluttershy
"Now *you're* the one who's stalling-- are you gonna draw, or what!" said yugi as Bandit Keith picks up a card and shows it-- "Graceful Charity".
"I've picked the "Graceful Charity" card. By placing *this* card on the table, I'm able to draw *three new cards* from my deck. And I'm confident that they'll be... *Exactly* the cards I need to end this duel once and for all!" the figure reaches out his hand into empty air with the same motion... "That Keith is making to draw. Hidden in the billowing sleeve of his robe is the same card-palming device Keith used in Duelist Kingdom, ready to hand Keith cards from up his sleeve.
"Hahahahaha!" under the figure's omniscient eye...Keith places the cards he palmed on top of his deck, then draws them.
"You're *finished, little Yugi. I've drawn the ultra-rare "Zera Ritual" card! It's used to summon one of the most powerful monsters in the game!" The card appears on the field in the form of a figure in dark green and black armor with glowing yellow eyes seated on an ornate throne, also with eyes.
"Whoa. I've never even *heard* of the Zera Ritual card before, but I've got a sneaking suspicion that I'm about to learn more about it than I really want to know." said yugi
"How perceptive. For once I put Zera Ritual into play, this duel is *over*!"
"*Maybe, but activating a ritual card takes more than just *talk*. You also need to have the right monster card in your hand, and what're the odds of that!" said yugi In response, Bandit Keith holds up the ritual monster card Zera the Mant. Yugi gasps.
"No way!"
"Maybe you finally understand the power you are up against, Yugi. Now-- Zera Ritual sacrifices my two remaining monsters in order to bring forth the greatest of my creatures--" The Zera Ritual card shrouds Megasonic Eye and Ground Attacker Bugroth in thick mauve clouds, then those two clouds form into one, and the cloud shapes itself into Zera the Mant.
"Behold the instrument of your destruction-- one a' the strongest beasts in Duel Monsters!" The clouds evaporate off its sharp claws and teal skin, and it opens its protruding jaw to roar, eyes glinting red.
"Behold-- Zera the Mant!"
[Zera the Mant 2800/2300/L8/dark]
"Our battle ends here! Say goodbye to your Millennium Puzzle!" now Yugi gazes up at it as it blocks out the light from the ceiling lamps and windows.
"Zera! Attack now!" Zera slices Summoned Skull's legs and wings too clean off; then it shatters. Yugi gasps; this is not good.
"Zera obliterated my Summoned Skull. But... I can't give up. You'll *never* get my Millennium Puzzle!" said yugi show determination at Outside, Bakura steps into view of the warehouse.
"So. My Millennium Ring has led me *here*; the Puzzle must be inside. Mmm. I also sense a *dark* presence from the Shadow Realm. Seizing control of the Millennium Puzzle might be more *interesting* than I thought." as he notice the door was cut open "who had done that?" he wondered
"Ash! Yugi! Where are you?!" said Tea as her, Joey, Tristan, and Fluttershy stand at the intersection of two alleyways, surrounded by arrows leading in nonsensical directions.
"Ash! Yugi!" said Joey
"Say somethin', buddies!!" said tristen meanwhile as Ash was searchin "Where *is* he?" Ash said as he heard the voice "Hahaha! You're *finished, little Yugi! With Bandit Keith under my mind control, you'll *never* win this duel!" as Ash found Yugi fighting kieth "Kieth what's that cheater doing here" For a moment, Ash notice something shifts once again in Keith's blank expression as he fights for control of his mind.
"Help...! Help! Ugh... ugh...!" but kieth is gone again "Keith, your resistance is futile! It's time for me to *end this duel, and take what's mine!"
"What do I do *now*? I have nothing to fight his monster with!" yugi looks down at the Puzzle.
"If only I could call on the Spirit and ask for his help; but we've *lost contact*!" said yugi but the figure's intense eyes glare from the air around Bandit Keith.
"I think Yugi's finally figured out it's *hopeless*; 20:00 he will fall against my *superior* monsters-- and the Millennium Puzzle will be in *my* control!!" Yugi watches the field with a small frown, refusing to give in to despair.
"wait i sense that before..." Ash notice the robe on kieth "That's the same robe i saw from that guy...Yugi hang on buddy you can win this...i hope" Ash watches the duel but who will win he wondered
That's it the very first chapter i hope you enjoy it how Ash returns to domino city see old friends but old times of darkness never left if you want more AshXTea stories let me know ill do one for darkness turns to light saga enjoy