Pandora
"So, Seto Kaiba had his God Card?" said Marik Ishtar. "Yes," said one of the Rare Hunters. "But I have a plan. Get Pandora to duel Yami Yugi!" said Marik Ishtar. Yami Yugi looked around a saw a clown. The clown then asked him to go to the circus. "I wonder where is Yami Yugi going," said Spittor. Spittor, T-Bone and Stegz then followed. Yami Yugi noticed the clown emerging from the Magic Box. He then asks him to come. Yami Yugi follows the clown, and the Magic Box closes. The Magic Box then explodes, which falls over and causes Spittor, T-Bone and Stegz to be shocked. "What?" Mokuba Kaiba said. "Yami Yugi vanished?" "It must be one of the Rare Hunters." said Seto Kaiba.
Yami Yugi emerges out of the Magic Box and sees the computer being turned on. He then noticed his status. Suddenly, the computer turns red and Pandora's Dark Magician emerges. "I am waiting to duel you, Yugi" Pandora's Dark Magician said. "My master is waiting to duel you! I will show you there is only one true user of the Magician Spellcaster-type monsters, Pandora the Magician!" "Enough hiding and show yourself, Rare Hunter!" said Yami Yugi. "Welcome, I am the second Rare Hunter, Pandora. Also known as the Dark Magician User." "Dark Magician User?" said Yami Yugi. "I assume you used your Dark Magician to defeat your opponents. But, there will be a duel who will be the true Dark Magician User!" said Pandora. "We see about that," said Yami Yugi. "Duelists build their deck by choosing the cards they trust most out of thousands of cards available. But the cards sometimes choose the duelist. When the hearts of the duelist and the card become one, the cards true power will be unleashed! Rare Hunters don't have the duelists heart! Okay, my Dark Magician will defeat you!" "As I expected," said Pandora. "You are really going to accept the duel? That seems nothing different to me. But this room is not the place for dueling, so I prepared a Duel Ring." "Duel Ring?" said Yami Yugi. "It is right down there," said Pandora. "The truth is, Marik actually asked me to inform you about the location." "Marik?" said Yami Yugi. "The holder of the Millennium Item and the leader of the Rare Hunters. Where is he right now? Answer me, Pandora!" "I wonder where is he," said Pandora. "you may think he is very close. For example, right here." "Marik has the ability to control people's minds," Yami Yugi thought. "don't tell me Pandora is also controlled by him!"
"And now, please enter the duel ring!" said Pandora. "Which is known as Pandora's Room! What do you think of this place? From card tricks to bring nightmares to life, a magician has many powers. This is the stage for a new Dark Magician's duel. The solid vision can be used, but Kaiba Corporation cannot locate us here. Now then. We each shuffle our own decks." Pandora and Yami Yugi then shuffled their decks. "Let me shuffle your cards." said Yami Yugi. "If you say so." said Pandora. "By the way, there is an old saying along gamblers, which means 'Trust your friends, but always cut the cards.'" "Friend?" said Yami Yugi. "Impossible. I would not call you that!" "That is too bad." said Pandora. "However, now that we were committed to duel, I would show you the duel is about!" Both Pandora and Yami Yugi had their ankles locked. "What?" said Yami Yugi, looking shocked. "I am locked as well. Now none of us can escape from here. And now you will witness the greatest show in history as I, Pandora, escape from the jaws of death!" The buzzsaws then emerge out, which spins. "You see that?" said Pandora. "It is a 100-tooth carbide tipped saw which was used in magic shows! Do you know about the rules of the duel? The saws are aligned to a set of numbers." "Are these Life Points?" said Yami Yugi. "When we lose Life Points, the saw gets closer to us?" "That is correct!" said Pandora. "It is a nightmare game where the loser's body is sawed in half! Furthermore, please take a look underneath your feet!" 2 boxes emerge out. "This is the final hope for you and me." said Pandora. "This box?" said Yami Yugi. "This box has a key which can unlock the shackles on our feet." said Pandora. "It can only be opened where the opponents Life Points reach 0! In other words, the winner can only escape from here alive!" "You bastard!" Yami Yugi yelled. "Pandora's Box." said Pandora. "The Greek God Zeus created this box containing all misfortune in the world. But, when a woman of the same name opened the box, all of the evil escaped, bringing in evil, pain and suffering. But, there is a hope that is inside that box. The key at the bottom of the box is our last hope!" "Is this fun?" said Yami Yugi. "A duel where people's lines were on the line, I am asking you if this is fun!" "Yes," said Pandora. "because I will be the winner." "I won't forgive you about that!" yelled Yami Yugi. "And now, I will show you a true duelist's fight looks like!" Pandora and Yami Yugi then activate their duel disks. "Duel!" said Yami Yugi and Pandora.
Yami Yugi: 8000 Pandora: 8000
From Pandora's hand, he noticed that he got Dark Magician. "As planned, Dark Magician is on my hand." said Pandora. "It was simple to ensure that to happen. I have a technique designed to allow me to draw the cards I need. This will then allow me to add cards to my hand at the start of the match. This technique is known as 'Stripper'. All I have to do is to cut certain cards which makes them smaller than other cards. I cut the three Dark Magicians in my deck like this, and when you cut the deck, Dark Magician will be at the top. Yugi, I will teach you what is foolish to face a magician in a card game, especially in a game of death!" "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I set a card face down. I summon Magnet Warrior Alpha in defense mode! I end my turn." "I draw!" said Pandora. "I activate Pot of Greed! I draw 2 cards from my deck. I activate Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards from my deck and discard 2 from my hand! I summon Killer Tomato in Attack Mode! I end my turn." "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I activate Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards from my deck and discard 2 from my hand. I activate my face down card, Brain Control!" "Brain Control?" said Pandora. "Is he going to control my monster?" 2 large hands emerge out and takes Killer Tomato from Pandora's field to Yami Yugi's field. "I sacrifice Killer Tomato and Magnet Warrior Alpha to summon Dark Magician in attack mode! Go, Dark Magician! Attack Pandora directly!"
Pandora: 5500
Pandora noticed that the saw was heading closer to him. "I end my turn." said Yami Yugi. "I draw!" said Pandora. "I activate Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards from my deck and discard 2 from my hand. I summon Legion the Fiend Jester in attack mode! I set a card and end my turn." "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I summon Magnet Warrior Beta in attack mode! I end my turn!" "You fell for it!" said Pandora. "I activate my face down trap card, Reviving Coffin of Black Magic! It takes the soul of an enemy's monster, as well as one of my own, it allows me to revive Dark Magician from my graveyard! Appear, Dark Magician!" Dark Magician emerges out from the coffin. "Now his Dark Magician has the same attack points as my Dark Magician," Yami Yugi thought. "Therefore, we both have to use Magic and Trap cards to try to defeat our Dark Magicians. It is like a battle of wits. I set 2 cards face down and end my turn." "Now I know what you are thinking, Yugi," said Pandora. "whoever uses Dark Magician the fullest, I draw! I activate Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards from my deck and discard 2 from my hand. I set 2 cards face down and end my turn." "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I set a card and end my turn." "I draw!" said Pandora. "I set a card and end my turn." "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I set a card and end my turn." "I draw!" said Pandora. "I set a card. Now we have 4 face down cards. In that case, I will use the first face down card, which is, Mystic Guillotine!" Mystic Guillotine appears, and 2 handcuffs grab Yami Yugi's Dark Magician. "My Dark Magician!" said Yami Yugi, looking shocked. "Yugi" Pandora said. "Now this is the end of your Dark Magician!" "As if!" said Yami Yugi. "I activate my face down Magic Card, Magical Silk Hats!" 4 hats emerge, and the guillotine crushes one of them, leaving 3. "Magical Silk Hats?" said Pandora. "He got away? In that case I activate my second Magic Card, Thousand Knives!" Thousand Knives emerge out, which Pandora's Dark Magician holds 9 of them. "Yugi's Dark Magician is hiding in the middle Silk Hat!" said Pandora. Pandora's Dark Magician then threw thousand knives. "How is that?" said Pandora. "You saw my third face down?" said Yami Yugi. "I activate Magic Removal!" Magic Removal destroys Magical Silk Hats and Thousand Knives. "In that case," said Pandora. "Dark Magician, attack!" "Black Magic!" said Yami Yugi and Pandora. Yami Yugi's Dark Magician and Pandora's Dark Magician are destroyed in a double KO. "I now activate my face down Magic Card, Monster Reborn!" said Yami Yugi and Pandora. Pandora's Yami Yugi and Yami Yugi's Dark Magician emerge from Monster Reborn. "Wait," Pandora thought. "Yugi also had his Monster Reborn?" "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I activate my Magic Card, Pot of Greed! I draw 2 cards from my deck. I summon Magnet Warrior Gamma in attack mode! I end my turn. Pandora, you are good with your skills. As a magician and duelist, you should not have fallen to this level so easily. And why you follow Marik and join the Rare Hunters?"
Pandora then removed his mask. "Up till now, I am a top magician for years. I remembered the time where I met my love, Catherine." said Pandora. "But, that did not end well as my escape trick failed and I was blinded shortly afterwards. I then finally realized that Catherine's love was important. But, it was too late. Just as I given up all hope, that man appeared. He then made a deal. By defeating you, he will use his Millennium Rod to recover my love with Catherine." Pandora then shows Yami Yugi where Catherine is, and Yami Yugi realized that Marik Ishtar is controlling her too. "Whoever trusts their cards has a key to victory!" said Yami Yugi. "Yugi, you are more naive than I thought!" said Pandora. "Just as I expected. You are a Dark Magician User. But, you forgot, did you? Before the duel started, I told you I was the true Dark Magician User. In other words, I have plans to control the magician in my deck. And even more it is flawless!"
"You have Yami Yugi's location?" Bad Rap told Seto Kaiba. "Yes I have," Seto Kaiba told Bad Rap. "and with the new Duel Disk System, it should be connected to Kaiba Corporation's computer. And, if Yugi was dueling against the Rare Hunters, it is likely a false duel disk system. And, search the whole Domino City for any unknown Duel Ring being accessed!" The red lights faded, and there was a blinking red light which is Yami Yugi's location.
"I draw!" said Pandora. "I activate Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards from my deck and discard 2 from my hand. I set a card and end my turn." "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I set 2 cards and end my turn." "Here goes!" said Pandora. "I activate my face down Magic Card, Beckon to the Dark!" A large hand appears. "This Magic Card, Beckon to the Dark, will snatch one of the opponents monsters, and drag them to the depths of darkness with the demon's claw. I am referring to your Dark Magician, Yugi!" A large hand then grabs Yami Yugi's Dark Magician. "As if!" said Yami Yugi. "I activate my face down Trap card, Spirit's Mirror! With that Trap Card, I will control your Magic Card!" "You fell for it!" said Pandora. "That hand was a decoy to allow you to activate your Trap Card. My true aim is this! This is a Trap Card which activates with response to another Trap Card! Nightmare Cross!" Yami Yugi's Dark Magician was trapped by the chains. "Now your Dark Magician will only wait as death will be acted in front of him!" Pandora said. "Are you prepared? Go, my servant Dark Magician! Attack Yugi directly! Black Magic!"
Yami Yugi: 5500
Yami Yugi noticed that the saw was heading closer to him. "And my Magic Show has reached its climax!" said Pandora. "As your Life Points reach 0, my task will be complete! As you have despair, the curtain will drop! Yugi, this is your last turn!" "My turn!" said Yami Yugi. "I draw! I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode! I will just use him to stop Pandora's Dark Magician's attacks. I end my turn!" "I draw! I summon Killer Doll in attack mode! I activate the Magic Card, Shield Crush! This destroys your Big Shield Gardna! Go, Killer Doll! Attack Yugi directly!"
Yami Yugi: 3900
"I activate a magic card, Ectoplasmer! This magic card sacrifices one of my monsters, and transfers half of their attack points as damage to you! Go Ectoplasmer!"
Yami Yugi: 3100
"Ectoplasmer can also control my Dark Magician!" said Pandora. "Go Ectoplasmer!" The moment Pandora's Dark Magician's Ectoplasmer is about to hit Yami Yugi, Yami Yugi's Dark Magician uses his own Ectoplasmer to form a wall around him. "Yugi's Dark Magician can also use Ectoplasmer?" said Pandora. "Tyranny will not allow you to win this game!" said Yami Yugi.
"I set a card and end my turn." said Pandora. "My turn!" said Yami Yugi. "Draw! I summon Gazelle, the King of the Mythical Beasts in attack mode!" "You know you fell for my trap, did you?" said Pandora. "I activate the Trap Card, Demon's Scales!" The scales with demon claws appeared, and they destroyed Yami Yugi's Big Shield Gardna and Gazelle, the King of the Mythical Beasts. "I activate the Magic Card, Dark Magic Curtain!" Pandora said. "This card allows me to pay half of my life points to summon Dark Magician from my graveyard!"
Pandora: 2750
"Go! Dark Magician! Attack Yugi directly!"
Yami Yugi: 600
"I end my turn." said Pandora. "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "Now I had only 600 life points. If I don't do something soon, I will be sawed in half! I activate the Magic Card, Dark Magic Curtain! This allows me to pay half of my life points to summon a 'Dark Magician' card on my deck. In case you don't know, there is a Magician's Disciple. Which is, Dark Magician Girl!"
Yami Yugi: 300
"I end my turn." "I draw!" said Pandora. "Go, Dark Magician! Attack Dark Magician Girl!" Pandora then realized that his Dark Magician vanished, which caused Dark Magician Girl to gain 600 attack points.
Pandora: 2650
"I end my turn." "I draw!" said Yami Yugi. "I activate a Equip Spell, Magic Forumla! This allows my Dark Magician Girl to gain 500 attack points! Go, Dark Magician Girl! Attack Pandora directly and wipe out the rest of his life points!"
Pandora: 0
"I cannot believe I lost!" said Pandora. "And the saw is going to saw me in half! Just kidding! I had another key that is inside! As long as I have this, I will escape from here!" Marik Ishtar emerges out. "Why is my hand not moving?" said Pandora. "You lost the duel!" said Marik Ishtar. "And you will pay the price!" "Please!" Pandora called out. "Spare me!" Pandora then noticed his key disappearing. "Your memory of that key has disappeared." said Marik Ishtar. "To you, the key shall not exist!" Pandora dropped his key, but Yugi opened the locks with his key. He then noticed the saw dangerously close to Pandora. "Look out!" Yugi Moto yelled and opened Pandora's locks with Pandora's key. Pandora then walks to the stage, and saw the doll of Catherine. "Catherine!" Pandora said. "I was sorry for leaving you! Let's go to France and start all over again!" But, to Pandora's horror, the doll's head dropped. Pandora then placed the doll on the floor. "You wonder how I controlled him?" Pandora said, under the control of Marik Ishtar. "I did the same way to Bandit Keith, which allowed him to crush your Puzzle to pieces. And my family is guarding the Pharaoh for 3000 years. The only clue to find the Pharaoh's tomb is to find the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text of the Pert Em Heru, the Book of the Dead. It said 'You will know him when you have 3 God Cards.' In other words, the one who has the 3 God Cards will be crowned as 'Pharaoh' and regain the 7 Millennium Items and his lost memories! For generations, my clan protected the Millennium Items at the cost of suffering and pain, which includes my father! I will put an end to the curse laid upon us, and to do that, I will take revenge to the Pharaoh's Soul and kill him the second time! I formed the Rare Hunters in hopes of locating the God Cards. And I had 2 God Cards. I shall obtain the 3 God Cards! Yugi, once I kill you, I will be freed from my family's curse and the world will be mine! There is a Rare Hunter that holds Osiris the Heaven Dragon, and the name is Strings. He will appear before you think! So, beware Strings. Till we meet again, Yugi." At the Rare Hunter's base, Marik Ishtar walks to the glass case, opens the lid and gets the Winged Dragon of Ra. Marik Ishtar then removed his coat, which had the 3 God Cards and the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text scarred on his back.