32. Mirror Match.
With only about one-and-half hour left the time to defeat the Nephilim and stop his plan to change everyone into pigs is running out.
Mario at this time can't be bothered to find the parrot who knows the Nephilim's name, with the Field Spell card Mario got from Culex he will rush Creepy Steeple to end the Nephilim's life.
Mario was running over the barren path closely followed by his friends, when he passed the shack an invisible barrier stopped him.
'Look who came running right into my trap.' A familiar voice said, Mario looked up only to see Grave standing on the shack he leaped down landing next to Mario. 'Grave I have no time for you right now.' Mario said without even looking at Grave. 'I death battle has been issued Mario, now is where it will end for one of us.'
Mario sighted. 'Look I would gladly Duel you but I have less then one-and-a-half hour left to take down a Nephilim who wants to change everyone into pigs!'
Grave muttered some words Mario could feel that the magical barrier disappeared.
'Mallow, Bow, Luigi stall Grave, give me a window, Goombella follow me!' Grave looked as Mario and his girlfriend ran towards the forest.
'So this is how we gonna do it Grave.' Mallow started: 'We won't Duel, not even you will be able to take the three of us on and we need our energy in case of an emergency, Mario is in for a tough fight.'
Grave sat down. 'I understand completely but the order has been issued so sooner or later Mario and I need to Duel, I'm willing to retreat for now but when Mario is done with the Nephilim he will be mine.' Luigi and Bow were looking at Grave who simply sat there, then he snapped his fingers a basket appeared out of thin-air, Grave took the basket and slowly started to open it up, Mallow was on edge Grave noticed.
'Mallow, really? You don't trust me? A guy needs to eat right?' Grave took several pieces of meat out of the basket and he started to eat.
Creepy Steeple:
It took Mario and Goombella a good twenty minutes to get to the end of the forest. 'I hope the rest are fine.' Goombella gasped.
'I'm sure they are, Grave wants me, he won't waste his time Dueling the others and besides Grave is smart and he can think strategically he knows that even he cannot defeat three Duelists at once and two of them can use Numbers.' These words calmed Goombella down a bit. 'So Mario why did you take me with you?' She asked.
'We have seen the machine the Crystal Star was in, it was a rather big machine for all I know we need two people to open it I mean that Nephilim was alone but I think he isn't planning on taking the Crystal Star out, but I need you to wait outside the Duel between me and the Nephilim can be rough I don't want you to get caught in a cross-fire.
Mario and Goombella reached the gate, the Nephilim had the gate put back up it was held together with some ropes and it was locked with a gate, Mario noticed that the gate was held up by a few wooden poles, Mario gave a powerful kick against the gate and once again it fell down, then Mario tried to open the door but it was locked. 'He really want to stall me.' Mario grumbled then he took the gate and with a powerful throw he launched the gate through one of the windows, Mario gracefully climbed up and jumped through the broken window.
Inside Mario saw the door was barred with several wooden poles, chairs, a closet, a few tables and some chains that were attached to the door and the post. Mario knew that he had about an hour left, he ran up the stairs then he climbed the small ladder that led up to the attic he tried the hatch which was open.
The Nephilim was standing with his back to Mario, he was gazing out of the window. 'Ah Mario, I have been awaiting you slick.' The Nephilim said he kept gazing out of the window.
'It is over Nephilim, I will destroy you right now, normally I'd like to know the name of my opponent but in your case I won't give a damn, you are not better than a pig yourself.' Mario said.
The Nephilim chuckled: 'You know that as long as you don't say my name you will never be able to defeat me, I will change all your friends into pigs, then I will hook up my machine to a few satellites using some X-Naut technology, I will change the world into pigs!'
Slowly the Nephilim turned around. 'You have only about fifty minutes left to defeat me and take down my machine, you have failed Mario, your Crystal Stars will be mine slick!'
The Nephilim took his position across from Mario.
'I will take you down Nephilim and I will make sure you stay dead! I will show no mercy by sealing you!'
'I'm getting sick of you slick.' The Nephilim cursed.
'Well we can shake hands then, I'm getting pretty sick of you as well, time to end it.' Mario replied.
Mario felt the suspense in the air, the Nephilim activated his Duel Disk Mario followed his example. 'AR vision - Link established.' The female computer voice spoke. 'Duel!' They both shouted.
(?: 8000) - (Mario: 8000)
'So no Shadow Game?' Mario noticed.
'That is right slick, I noticed you could use my Shadow Magic against me, I can feel you don't have the power to activate it yourself.' The Nephilim replied, he drew his opening hand. 'The turn is mine, and I activate Field of Mirrors!' Once more the mirrors rose all around the Duelists, the Nephilim stood on the large mirror, a black mist started to swirl in the mirror.'
'Heh heh heh, try to deal with my Field Spell slick! Your turn!'
Mario drew his card. 'You know Nephilim, I have just the card to beat you.' Mario said with a grin, he opened his Field Spell Slot. 'I activate Shroud of Darkness!' Mario shouted, suddenly his half of the Field got covered in darkness. 'Nephilim, this Field Spell allows me to set monsters in attack mode, if they attack they are flipped but thanks to the darkness you won't be able to see it then at the end of the Battle Phase they are set again.'
Mario waited a few seconds for the Nephilim to realize this. 'It is over Nephilim! Thanks to my Field Spell you won't see my monsters, since you cannot see them you cannot summon Mirror versions of my monsters!'
'Mario took a card from his hand. 'For instance I now summon my Double Lance.' Mario placed the card on his Duel Disk a shadow dropped from the ceiling but you couldn't see what it was. (? ATK) 'I choose not to use its effect.'
'Can't tell if he really summoned the monster he mentioned.' The Nephilim thought. 'Now.' Mario continued as he took a card from his hand. 'I activate Double Summon.' The Spell card briefly appeared outside the darkness.
'Now I sacrifice my Double Lance for a new monster.' Mario stated, a rather large shadow dropped down and landed on the Field with a crash. (? ATK) 'Direct attack.' Mario said, a shadow leaped forward, a huge war hammer appeared from out of the darkness it smashed the Nephilim from his mirror, quickly the creature leaped back onto it, the monster returned to the darkness.
(?: 5900) - (Mario: 8000)
'2100 Life Points and that weapon, that must be Heroic Challenger - War Hammer.' The Nephilim muttered, he drew his card. 'Well I still have a way to combat you slick.' He took one of the cards from his hand. 'I summon Mirror Clairvoyant.' The Nephilim played his cards, one of the smaller mirrors disappeared then a woman appeared, she was dressed in bright colored robes mostly red and yellow she had a shawl around her head in her hands she held a crystal ball. (0 ATK)
'I use the effect of Mirror Clairvoyance slick, by sacrificing her I can look at your Extra Deck then summon a Mirror version of one of those monsters.' Clairvoyance started to rub the crystal ball slowly she changed into the demonic version of Excalibur. (2000 ATK)
'Now I destroy Field of Mirrors so I can special summon Mirror Lord from my hand.' The Nephilim continued, next to Clairvoyant a man appeared, he had a bull-like head with two horns curved forward, large fangs that didn't fit in his mouth, he was completely naked except for some ragged pants, he held a large mirror in his hands. (0 ATK)
'When Mirror Lord is summoned the effect of Dark Master of the Mirror cannot be activated also the effect that would destroy Mirror Monsters is negated.' The Nephilim explained.
'Now I sacrifice my Mirror Lord so I can special summon two Shield of the Mirror Lord from my Deck slick!' Mirror Lord dropped the mirror he held, then he took a shield-shaped mirror from his back and planted it in the ground, then he took a second one from his back and planted it next to the first one, after that he disappeared with a crazy laughter. (1000 ATK x2)
'Heh heh heh, this is where the fun starts, I create the Overlay Network with the two Level four Shield of the Mirror Lord, since I use the Shields as Materials I take 1000 points of damage for each of them slick.' The Nephilim braced himself as two beams hit him in the chest. Then the two mirrors changed into two black orbs, they disappeared into the vortex. 'Xyz Summon Mirror Number 39: Dystopia!' The demonic version of Utopia crash-landed onto the Field. (2500 ATK: 2 ORU)
(?: 3900) - (Mario: 8000)
'Now I destroy my Mirror Excalibur to keep Dystopia on the Field!' Dystopia looked at Mirror Excalibur then Excalibur exploded into pixels.
'Now I got you slick, you have been hit by Dystopia once, but I didn't had the Crystal Star near me so I couldn't use my switch technique, now I can use it.' The Nephilim grinned, Mario didn't trust it. 'Dystopia attacks your hiding War Hammer slick!' Dystopia's sword pierced the darkness, Mario's War Hammer was dragged out of the darkness. 'I use the effect of Dystopia so I can instantly destroy your monster and attack again!' The Nephilim yelled, Dystopia kicked War Hammer from its sword then beheaded it. (Dystopia: 2- 1 ORU) 'Direct attack!' The Nephilim roared, Dystopia leaped into the darkness, the darkness partially disappeared, the Nephilim saw how Dystopia struck Mario in his shoulder
(?: 3900) - (Mario: 5500)
'I've got you slick, that contact was necessary.' Mario wanted to ask what the Nephilim was talking about then he saw the Nephilim started to change he slowly turned into Mario only he was completely purple much like the Shadow Sirens. 'So you changed into a shadow version of me?' Mario said, then he realized he was looking at the back of Dystopia and himself on the other side of the room. 'Seems you realized slick, I have become you.' The Nephilim's voice came out of Mario's mouth.
'Return me to my own body!' Mario shouted.
'If you win my spell becomes undone slick.' The Nephilim replied.
(Mario: 3900) - (?: 5500)
'You didn't end your turn, this means I can finish your turn.' Mario said, he looked at the cards the Nephilim had. 'Of course we now know what we had in our hands, so unless we draw new cards there will be no surprises.' Mario thought, he knew he had to stay calm. 'I set one card.' Mario stated, the card appeared behind Dystopia. 'Turn end.'
'That must be Mirror Explosion, that card can wipe the Field clean, I can play around that.'
The Nephilim drew his card. 'I summon the Double Lance I just drew.' He stated, Mario saw nothing because of the darkness. 'I know what you try to do, summoning the real Utopia! But I activate Mirror Explosion!' The Trap card spun around. 'I sacrifice Dystopia so I can wipe the field clean!' Mario shouted, then a huge explosion erupted on the Field, when the smoke cleared the darkness and all monsters were gone.
'In that case I set two cards slick.' The Nephilim said, he played one card from his hand and the new card he had drawn they appeared in front of him. 'Turn end slick.'
'One of these cards is Threatening Roar, the second card is a new one, I should be careful.' Mario thought to himself, then he drew his card.'
'I Summon Beast of the Mirror.' Mario stated, a loud roar sounded over the Field then a lion-like creature leaped onto the Field its manes were flame-red, the rest of its body was covered with scales, it walked on four legs. (3000- 1500 ATK)
'When Field of Mirrors is not on the Field this Level 8 monster can be summoned without a sacrifice but then its attack points are halved, when this card leaves the Field a Field of Mirrors can be added to the hand.' The Nephilim thought. 'I know my Deck slick and I am able to beat my own Deck with any other Deck.'
'You talk tough Nephilim, but I will find a way to take you down.' Mario thought: 'Beast of the Mirror attack directly!' The beast leaped. 'Go Threatening Roar!' The Nephilim shouted, a roar bellowed over the Field, the Beast drew back in fear.
'Now I set one card and I end my turn.' Mario stated, the card he played appeared behind his Beast of the Mirror.
'Then it is my turn.' The Nephilim said, he casually drew his card.
'I summon Spartan.' He stated, the warrior of the old times appeared on the Field holding his spear and shield. (1600 ATK)
'Then I activate Call of the Haunted!' The Trap card the Nephilim controlled opened up, the ground broke open and Double Lance crawled out of the hole. (1700 ATK) 'Now I create the Overlay Network with my two monsters!' Spartan and Double Lance changed into two glowing orbs. 'Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia!' The Nephilim roared, he started to laugh as the numbers appeared on the back of his hand, the mighty Utopia appeared in front of him. (2500 ATK: 2 ORU)
'Now I have the power under my control slick! Utopia attacks Beast of the Mirror!' Utopia drew his swords. 'I activate my Trap card!' Mario shouted.
'Mirror Slime!' The Trap card spun around. 'When a Mirror Monster I control is attacked I can sacrifice that monster then summon a Mirror version of the attacking monster, this turn it cannot be destroyed!' Mario explained. 'I know how my own card works slick.' The Nephilim replied in an annoyed tone. Beast of Mirror changed into a black goo, then the goo changed into a more demonic version of Utopia, it was completely black with glowing red eyes and horns on its head. (2500 ATK)
'Since Beast of the Mirror left the Field I take a Field of Mirrors in my hand.' Mario said, he took the card from his Graveyard and added it to his hand. 'Attacking that Mirror Utopia has no use slick, this turn it cannot be destroyed by battle and that Mirror version is technically not a Number Monster so it cannot destroy the real Utopia, so I end my turn with a facedown card slick.' The card appeared vertically behind Utopia.
Mario drew his card, he looked at the Field of Mirrors in his hand, then he played the card, the mirrors formed a circle around the Duelists once again, Mario stood in front of the gigantic mirror. 'Next I activate Mirror Plasma.' Mario continued, the four remaining mirrors broke open blue goo came out of the cracks. (0 DEF x4)
'Then I set one card and I end my turn.' Mario played one more card from his hand it appeared behind his row of monsters.
'Now you're just stalling slick, I told you I can defeat my own Deck, thanks to my powers I draw the cards I need! You will never win slick! Utopia attacks the Mirror Utopia!'
'I activate Negate Attack.' Mario said, the Trap card spun around, Utopia slammed against a barrier. 'So now I cannot attack this turn? Doesn't matter slick, I'll end my turn.'
Mario drew his card. 'I don't pay half of my Life Points for Mirror Plasma, this means Field of Mirrors is destroyed, together with all my Mirror Monsters!' The glass in the mirrors cracked then they exploded the Mirror Monsters also disappeared, then black smoke appeared around Mario as his Life Points tumbled down.
(Mario: 1400) - (?: 5500)
'Now I summon Dark Master of the Mirror!' Mario shouted, the demonic knight appeared on the Field looming over Mario. (?- 5000 ATK)
'Dark Master attacks Utopia!' Mario commanded.
'Heh, Utopia cannot be destroyed by Battle Slick, and I can use its effects to negate the attack, but I activate my Sakuretsu Armor!' The Trap card the Nephilim controlled spun around. 'Then I activate my Quick-Play Spell card Mirror Flash!' Mario shouted. 'This negates all the effects of Spell and Trap cards on your side of the Field and one monster you control loses all its Attack Points.'
A bright light illuminated the Field, Sakuretsu armor disappeared and Utopia became weaker. (2500- 0 ATK)
Then the light disappeared, Dark Master of the Mirror then charged forward. 'I cannot negate attacks this turn thanks to Mirror Flash, but Utopia cannot be destroyed by Battle with a non-Number Monster slick.'
Utopia blocked the attack and forced Dark Master of the Mirror back.
(Mario: 1400) - (?: 500)
'I end my turn.' Mario stated, the Attack Points of Utopia returned. (0- 2500 ATK)
The Nephilim drew his card. 'Let me end this pointless fight slick.' He played the Spell card, it was Riryoku, Dark Master of the Mirror became weaker. (5000- 2500 ATK) While Utopia became stronger. (2500- 5000 ATK) 'Mario this was a fight you never could win, now your identity is mine!' Utopia drew his swords and with one stroke beheaded Dark Master of the Mirror.
(Mario: 0) - (?: 500)
Mario looked at himself grinning he looked at his purple hands, his mind was getting foggy, at that moment his friends entered the attic, Mario looked at Luigi, he wanted to yell his brother's name but he couldn't remember then he looked at Mallow, Bow and Goombella, they looked familiar but they were strangers to him.
'Mario you okay?' Goombella asked. 'Yes I am fine Goombella, that Nephilim tried a dirty trick, he changed into a mirror version of myself as you can see slick.'
Luigi and Mallow were looking at the real Mario. 'Mario you said slick.' Mallow noticed. 'I know slick, ehm Mallow I took it over from that Nephilim, hopefully it will wear off.' Mario walked up to the Crystal Star and took it from the machine. 'This will prevent the bell tower from changing everyone into pigs.'
'Mario what should we do with the Nephilim?' Luigi asked looking at the purple Mario. 'He is done for, his spell was meant to take my identity but I defeated him and his spell backfired, look at him he is dying.'
At that moment the purple Mario slumped down on the ground.
'Let's get out of here.' Bow said: 'I will buy dinner for everyone.' Then they left the attic.
Mario slowly opened his eyes, he noticed he was laying on the ground, he tried to remember what happened but he couldn't, the only thing he remembered was that he was assaulted by a man wearing red and blue, that man had called him Nephilim that must be why his skin was purple.
He saw cards laying around him, he knew what these cards were but when he looked at them all of the cards were blanc.
Twilight Town.
The Nephilim and Mario's friends entered Twilight Town. 'Now that the machine is stopped everyone who has changed into a pig should be returned to normal.' Bow said as they approached Twilight Town, when they entered the town they noticed the difference, there were no more pigs, people were hugging their loved once who were changed into pigs once.
'It is good to see we have another happy ending.' Mallow cheerfully said.
'It is not over yet slick, ehm Mallow.' Mario said, Mallow looked at his friend. 'Damn that Nephilim with his slick, I hope I can still get rid of it before it becomes a habit.' Mario muttered.
'So I know a restaurant here where we can have a feast.' Bow said.
'You go ahead, I need to check something.' Mario walked away.
'Rats I can still feel that Mario, I changed him into a nobody but he is living.'
Creepy Steeple.
Mario was wandering through a forest for quite some time now, or not all perceptions of time were gone, with ever passing minute he seemed to forget more and more, at that moment he reached a barren straight-forward path.
Some time later Mario passed an abandoned shack suddenly a man leaped out, wearing a red shirt and blue pants, he had a mustache.
'So you live slick?' The man said, Mario said nothing he had no idea he was looking at his own body. 'I can see you don't remember, well in that case I don't care you live, you are stripped of everything, reduced to a Nephilim shunned by everyone, I don't kill you but someone else will.' The man in red and blue continued, then he laughed. 'This is what you get for messing around with Super Mario slick!' With these words the man left.
A few minutes later Mario reached what seemed to be a village, the gate was open Mario entered the village, he saw a lot of people crying holding other people in their hands, at that moment he saw a young girl dressed in purple she had a white and pink pointed hat, the girl shrieked as she saw Mario. 'You, are you a Shadow?' She asked.
'Could be.' Mario replied: 'I don't know.'
The girl awkwardly looked around. 'What is your name?' She asked Mario shook her head. 'What do you know?'
'I remember nothing.' Mario replied: 'Except that I fought with a man in red and blue with a mustache, I remember I lost the Duel and then nothing, I don't know who I am, what I am, where I came from and what I am doing here.'
'You poor thing, it sounds like you faced Mario, my sisters say he is a bad man, do you want to take him down?' She asked, Mario nodded.
'My name is Vivian.' The girl said: 'I will help you take down Mario, maybe then I can get some respect and hopefully you get your memory back!' Then the two shook hands to seal their deal.
Next time:
The Nephilim had to abandon his own plan, but he quickly forges a new one by telling Mario's friends the Crystal Star is fake.
But the Nephilim isn't into the clear yet Grave is still hunting Mario, he challenges the Nephilim but soon notices something is wrong. ''Grave's Stand.'' Coming next.
Card details:
Mirror Clairvoyant
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Dark
Level: 4
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
When this card is Normal Summoned you can check your opponent's Extra Deck, then Tribute this card and Special Summon a Mirror Version of one of the Monsters in your opponent's Extra Deck.
Mirror Lord
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
Level: 8
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Destroying 1 ''Field of Mirrors'' you control. When this card is Special Summoned the Effects of ''Field of Mirrors'' is negated. When this card is Special Summoned the Effect of ''Dark Master of the Mirror'' cannot be activated. You can Tribute this card then Special Summon 2 ''Shield of the Mirror Lord'' from your hand or Deck in Attack Position.
Shield of the Mirror Lord
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
Level: 4
ATK: 1000
DEF: 0
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except through the Effect of ''Mirror Lord''. When this card is used as Material for an Xyz Summon you take 1000 Points of Damage.
Beast of the Mirror
Type: Beast-Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
Level: 8
ATK: 3000
DEF: 1500
This card can be Normal Summoned without Tributes if you don't control ''Field of Mirrors'' if done so the ATK of this card is halved. When this card leaves the Field you can take 1 ''Field of Mirrors'' from your Deck or Graveyard into your hand.
Shroud of Darkness
Field Spell card
As long as this card remains face-up on the Field you can Set Monsters in Attack Position. When you attack with a Monster it is Flipped. At the end of the Battle Phase Set all Monsters you control in Attack Position. Your side of the Field is also shrouded in complete darkness.
Mirror Flash
Quick-Play Spell card
You can only activate this card when you control a Monster with ''Mirror'' in its name and your opponent controls at least 1 Monster. This turn the Effects of Spell & Trap cards cannot activate. Attacks cannot be negated and reduce the ATK to 1 monster your opponent controls to 0 until the End Phase.
Mirror Explosion
Normal Trap card
When you control a Monster with ''Mirror'' in its name you can activate this card. Tribute 1 Monster with ''Mirror'' in its name then Destroy all cards on the Field.
Mirror Slime
Normal Trap card
When a Monster with ''Mirror'' in its name is attacked. (except for Monsters created by card Effects) Send that Monster you control to the Graveyard then Special Summon a Mirror Version of the attacking Monster, then the Mirror Monster and the attacking Monster must Battle. Mirror Monsters you control cannot be Destroyed this turn. During your End Phase Destroy the Monster created by this card unless you control a face-up ''Field of Mirrors''.
Note: All of the above cards were created by me, nobody is allowed to use these cards except for Shroud of Darkness, if you use Shroud of Darkness in your story give me credits for that card.
Mirror versions
Mirror Number 39: Utopia
This Monster has no usable Effects as it can't have Xyz Materials and unlike ''Mirror Number 39: Dystopia'' this Monster is not counted as a Number Monster.
