Duel Time!
See, here's the duel, just like I promised! Granted, it probably stinks, and I may have Yugi acting a wee bit OOC, but at least it's here.
Anyone that is an accomplished duelist (unlike myself) is encouraged to point out what I have done wrong.
Guess what? I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Starts as Yugi POV, changes listed as they happen. Enjoy!
As it would turn out, Toon World was the least of my worries. The wide space
in-between us glowed softly, and scoreboard lit up with a life-point count right above it.
It was almost like the duel I'd had with Kaiba, way back when. I noticed the score had us
each at 8000 points. "Oh please. If we had it this duel with tournament rules it would be
over too fast for me to enjoy," the Black Man smirked. That didn't exactly help my self
esteem. I drew my hand and studied my cards. Kuribo, Mystical Elf, Reborn the Monster -
aha! "I will go first," the Black Man said as he went over his own hand. "Let's see…how
about the Hitasu-mi Giant, attack mode!" "And I counter with the Summoned Skull!" I said.
My Summoned Skull appeared and completely fried his Giant. The Black Man's life points went
down to 6700. "Now why didn't I see that coming?" The Black Man mocked me. "Guess I was
too busy looking at this - the Tri Horned Dragon!" The dragon roared as it appeared. "Say
goodbye to your Skull," the Black Man laughed as my life points went down to 7650. I was
still in the lead point-wise, but there was nothing in my deck that could match his dragon.
"Don't worry, Yug'!" Joey called. "It's just a minor setback!" I wished I could match his
confidence, but when I get in tight spots like this I really prefer having Yami's experience
and courage to fall back on. Instead, I was all alone…
(YAMI POV) It was looking very bad. Yugi was ahead, but he didn't have any card
strong enough to go head-to-head with a Tri Horned Dragon. I watched him intently. Even if
I couldn't speak to him mind to mind, I was going to help. He looked my way. He was
scared, but after he looked at me he started calming down, even if it wasn't visibly. He
swallowed and drew. "I play the Celtic Guardian, in attack mode!" He said, and the card
appeared. "And I play this card facedown!" 'Good move!' I thought. A trap card would do
the trick. Slade sneered. "Is that all? One little monster and you start fiddling with
defenses? Alright, if you want to lose the hard way…I play the Fire Wing Pegasus, attack
mode!" The fiery stallion whinnied as it appeared. "But now for your elf…Tri Horn Dragon,
attack!" The dragon's attack raced towards the Celtic Guardian. Suddenly, Yugi flipped up
his trap card. "No you don't! I activate the card Mirror Force!" The dragon's attack
rebounded of the shield and wiped out Slade's Dragon. He growled as it his points dropped
to 5150. Mentally, I was cheering like an idiot, but the only outward indication was a
satisfied smirk. "It's my turn again. I will play this one facedown." It was a reverse
defense monster. I think Yugi was trying to lure Slade to attack it, but instead he ordered
his Pegasus to destroy the Celtic Guardian. I could see Yugi winch as his points dropped to
6800. "And I will also active this magic card, called Reborn the Monster, to bring back my
pet dragon." The Tri Horn roared as it appeared again. "Your move," Slade said sinisterly.
I could see Yugi's face fall. Apparently, his facedown monster _was_ a decoy. Now what
would we do?
While Yugi tried to straighten his head out, I tried to get a glimpse of the cards
in Slade's hand. No luck there. I turned my attention to the others. Joey, Tristan and
Taya were all yelling encouraging things to Yugi. Layhon was watching Slade with an
inscrutable expression, and Bakura had just turned to glance at me. 'Any luck?' he mouthed.
I shook my head. I couldn't do a thing from where I was, which was probably Slade's point.
Turning back to Yugi, I met his gaze. He needed me. It hurt worse than getting knocked
out to see him like this. He must have seen the pain in my eyes, because he quickly looked
back at his hand. No, wait…was that a smile? Yugi had a very small smile on his face.
What was he doing? Yugi drew a card. The smile got bigger. "Well then," he said, "I play
Gaia the Fierce Knight! And I play these two cards facedown. Gaia, destroy the Fire Wing
Pegasus!" Gaia did so. I could see the puzzlement on Slade's face as his points to 5100.
"What was the point in that?" he asked. "Looks like defeat's knocked a screw loose. Tri
Horn, destroy his knight!" "Not so fast! I played a trap card - Reverse Flush!" I would
have kicked myself if I could have. Of course, the new trap card he'd gotten a while back!
We'd never used it before. As Gaia's demise took 550 points from Yugi, it took 1100 from
Slade. The score stood Slade 4000, Yugi 6250.
(YUGI POV) I could see the happy look on everyone's faces. Except the Black Man's,
of course. Boy did he look mad! And that was only phase one! He snarled as he drew his
monster. "You may live to regret that one, little boy." I refused to let him rattle me. I
had all the skills and power I needed, and he was just sore because he was so far behind.
"Hmm. I play my Skull Red Bird, attack mode, and this magic card known as Ookazi!" I was
surprised as my life points took a 800 point nose dive. It was depressing, even though it
wouldn't alter my plans in the least. Now for step two. "Then…I play the Dark Magician!"
My favorite materialized, impressive as ever. "And I combine him with the magic of Yami, to
boost his power 200!" I could see the embarrassed look Yami always gets when we play this
card while it beefed up my Dark Magician. "Now, Dark Magic Attack!" Obediently, my
Magician destroyed his Skull Bird. Now he had one monster in play, while I had a reverse
defense monster, a monster with a equipment card, and a trap card waiting in the wings. And
I could tell by everyone's expressions that no one but me could see any strategy in this. I
hadn't played like this since I first completed the Millennium Puzzle; no one here had ever
dueled me before then, so how would they know what I was up to? The only thing concerning
me was that the Black Man would pull out some card like Exodia. Nope. Instead he's looking
at me like I've lost my mind. He was at 2850 while I was at 5650. He could still wipe the
floor with my deck via his dragon, but he was confused as to why I was ignoring it.
"Okay…um…I play this card in defense." Hah! I'd done it. He played his card I reverse
defense! It was a huge success of my strategy: If you can't beat 'em, confuse them. Now
for the next step. While his dragon's only 150 pts stronger, that's still too much. So I
drew, trusting my cards to guide me.
It was a bit of a surprise to see it at first. After all, I'd only put the card in
last night. Deciding to hide my trump, I said, "Then I place this card facedown, and play
the Magical Hats. Hats, conceal my Magician!" That got a look. "Why's Yugi doing that?" I
heard Joey whisper. "Duh, the dragon's still plenty able to kick butt! He doesn't want to
lose his strongest card, obviously!" Tristan muttered back. Turns out the Dark Man has
extra-good hearing. "So, finally realizing my incredible might?" he taunted me. "Too bad
that your 'strongest' card is so weak!" He drew. "Oh boy, this is a good one! I play my
Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The new dragon roared as it appeared next to his Tri Horn. "And
I'll combine him with Dragon Nails to make short work of your precious hats. Now, Inferno
Fire blast!" The dragon roared and blew up a hat. It was a perfect shot, in my opinion.
"Too bad! Not only was that the wrong hat, you activated the trap I just put down! The
Spellbinding Circle!" Just like the time I dueled the fake Kaiba, the dragon roared as the
circle drained away 700 attack pts. "Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" The Magician
reappeared and blew the Red Eyes away. Now he only had 2650 life points. At this point,
the Black Man just glared at me. It wasn't scary; Seto Kaiba's glare is at least twice as
threatening. Right as my turn ended, I noticed something. Layhon was acting a little
strange. He wasn't saying anything. He seemed to be staring into space and mumbling under
his breath. He seemed a little twitchy, too.
(YAMI POV) What was my Aibou doing? Certainly, he was slowly chipping at Slade's
points. But he was acting like this was no big deal. I suppose it was to throw Slade off:
right now Slade looked like he'd sat on an ant's nest. I could see him trying to figure out
what Yugi was doing. He'd glance at us, but we didn't know either. Yugi was leaving his
Dark Magician out like a big fat target now, Hats forgotten. He had a reverse defense
monster and a trap card, while Slade had a reverse defense and his Tri Horn. What was going
on? Slade looked really irritated. "Yes, we're all thrilled you defeated my Red Eyes. But
now his brother dragon is going to take out that Magician of yours. Tri Horn Dragon
attack!" "Guess what? You forgot my other trap card. It's been sitting here for a while,
and I think I'll use it. Waboku!" The three figures surrounded the Dark Magician,
preventing him from being destroyed, then fell to dust. "Your petty traps cannot hold back
my attacks forever!" Slade yelled. He was beginning to lose his temper. "Losing so badly
will do that I guess," I mumbled under my breath. I was rewarded by Slade glaring, but it
didn't matter. We were winning. I still had no idea what Yugi was doing, but we were
winning, and at this point that's all that really mattered.
(YUGI POV) It was almost time for the big guns now.The Black Man was losing his
temper. I just stood there, looking all innocent, while I tried to figure out what was up
with Layhon. He glanced at me and smiled, but it was like I was looking at a different
Layhon. Like he was older then he seemed. It didn't make sense then. A series of rude
remarks in what I assumed was Egyptian (judging from the sudden offended look on Yami's
face) drew me back to the duel. "You cannot beat me with your little traps!" he roared.
"You know, you're absolutely right!" That confused him. "I'm right? I mean - of course I
am!" "Yeah. I'm gonna have to go on the offensive if I'm going to beat you soon." I drew,
and said, "And that means pulling out the strongest card in my deck." I smirked just like
Yami as I cried, "I summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Blue Eyes appeared in a flash of
lighting and roared. Not surprisingly, every single other person jumped and screamed.
Well, Yami really couldn't jump. And Layhon just jerked and gave me a grin. But still,
everyone else was freaking out. None of them had overheard the ownership talk Willow had
given me. "And I reveal my hidden monster as the Mystical Elf!" I said as my elf appeared,
chanting a spell. Just to rub it in, I added, "And I also play these Books of Secret Arts
to raise the attack and defensive powers of both the Mystical Elf and the Dark Magician.
Oh, and this card facedown." I watched happily as not only was my Magician boosted, but the
spell cast by my Elf increased my dragon's power as well. This plan made no sense to anyone
else, which is why I was the only one to pull it off. And I did! "Now, White Lighting
Attack!" Blue Eyes roared again as he annihilated the Tri Horn Dragon. Slade let out a
chocking sound as his score plummeted to 400. He was still choking as he flipped up his
facedown monster, revealing a Dragon Zombie. It destroyed my Elf, but my Magician took care
of it. The final score was The Black Man 0, Me 5150.
So, whatdaya think? Cool, no?
Please tell me, feedback iz so very nice!
See, here's the duel, just like I promised! Granted, it probably stinks, and I may have Yugi acting a wee bit OOC, but at least it's here.
Anyone that is an accomplished duelist (unlike myself) is encouraged to point out what I have done wrong.
Guess what? I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Starts as Yugi POV, changes listed as they happen. Enjoy!
As it would turn out, Toon World was the least of my worries. The wide space
in-between us glowed softly, and scoreboard lit up with a life-point count right above it.
It was almost like the duel I'd had with Kaiba, way back when. I noticed the score had us
each at 8000 points. "Oh please. If we had it this duel with tournament rules it would be
over too fast for me to enjoy," the Black Man smirked. That didn't exactly help my self
esteem. I drew my hand and studied my cards. Kuribo, Mystical Elf, Reborn the Monster -
aha! "I will go first," the Black Man said as he went over his own hand. "Let's see…how
about the Hitasu-mi Giant, attack mode!" "And I counter with the Summoned Skull!" I said.
My Summoned Skull appeared and completely fried his Giant. The Black Man's life points went
down to 6700. "Now why didn't I see that coming?" The Black Man mocked me. "Guess I was
too busy looking at this - the Tri Horned Dragon!" The dragon roared as it appeared. "Say
goodbye to your Skull," the Black Man laughed as my life points went down to 7650. I was
still in the lead point-wise, but there was nothing in my deck that could match his dragon.
"Don't worry, Yug'!" Joey called. "It's just a minor setback!" I wished I could match his
confidence, but when I get in tight spots like this I really prefer having Yami's experience
and courage to fall back on. Instead, I was all alone…
(YAMI POV) It was looking very bad. Yugi was ahead, but he didn't have any card
strong enough to go head-to-head with a Tri Horned Dragon. I watched him intently. Even if
I couldn't speak to him mind to mind, I was going to help. He looked my way. He was
scared, but after he looked at me he started calming down, even if it wasn't visibly. He
swallowed and drew. "I play the Celtic Guardian, in attack mode!" He said, and the card
appeared. "And I play this card facedown!" 'Good move!' I thought. A trap card would do
the trick. Slade sneered. "Is that all? One little monster and you start fiddling with
defenses? Alright, if you want to lose the hard way…I play the Fire Wing Pegasus, attack
mode!" The fiery stallion whinnied as it appeared. "But now for your elf…Tri Horn Dragon,
attack!" The dragon's attack raced towards the Celtic Guardian. Suddenly, Yugi flipped up
his trap card. "No you don't! I activate the card Mirror Force!" The dragon's attack
rebounded of the shield and wiped out Slade's Dragon. He growled as it his points dropped
to 5150. Mentally, I was cheering like an idiot, but the only outward indication was a
satisfied smirk. "It's my turn again. I will play this one facedown." It was a reverse
defense monster. I think Yugi was trying to lure Slade to attack it, but instead he ordered
his Pegasus to destroy the Celtic Guardian. I could see Yugi winch as his points dropped to
6800. "And I will also active this magic card, called Reborn the Monster, to bring back my
pet dragon." The Tri Horn roared as it appeared again. "Your move," Slade said sinisterly.
I could see Yugi's face fall. Apparently, his facedown monster _was_ a decoy. Now what
would we do?
While Yugi tried to straighten his head out, I tried to get a glimpse of the cards
in Slade's hand. No luck there. I turned my attention to the others. Joey, Tristan and
Taya were all yelling encouraging things to Yugi. Layhon was watching Slade with an
inscrutable expression, and Bakura had just turned to glance at me. 'Any luck?' he mouthed.
I shook my head. I couldn't do a thing from where I was, which was probably Slade's point.
Turning back to Yugi, I met his gaze. He needed me. It hurt worse than getting knocked
out to see him like this. He must have seen the pain in my eyes, because he quickly looked
back at his hand. No, wait…was that a smile? Yugi had a very small smile on his face.
What was he doing? Yugi drew a card. The smile got bigger. "Well then," he said, "I play
Gaia the Fierce Knight! And I play these two cards facedown. Gaia, destroy the Fire Wing
Pegasus!" Gaia did so. I could see the puzzlement on Slade's face as his points to 5100.
"What was the point in that?" he asked. "Looks like defeat's knocked a screw loose. Tri
Horn, destroy his knight!" "Not so fast! I played a trap card - Reverse Flush!" I would
have kicked myself if I could have. Of course, the new trap card he'd gotten a while back!
We'd never used it before. As Gaia's demise took 550 points from Yugi, it took 1100 from
Slade. The score stood Slade 4000, Yugi 6250.
(YUGI POV) I could see the happy look on everyone's faces. Except the Black Man's,
of course. Boy did he look mad! And that was only phase one! He snarled as he drew his
monster. "You may live to regret that one, little boy." I refused to let him rattle me. I
had all the skills and power I needed, and he was just sore because he was so far behind.
"Hmm. I play my Skull Red Bird, attack mode, and this magic card known as Ookazi!" I was
surprised as my life points took a 800 point nose dive. It was depressing, even though it
wouldn't alter my plans in the least. Now for step two. "Then…I play the Dark Magician!"
My favorite materialized, impressive as ever. "And I combine him with the magic of Yami, to
boost his power 200!" I could see the embarrassed look Yami always gets when we play this
card while it beefed up my Dark Magician. "Now, Dark Magic Attack!" Obediently, my
Magician destroyed his Skull Bird. Now he had one monster in play, while I had a reverse
defense monster, a monster with a equipment card, and a trap card waiting in the wings. And
I could tell by everyone's expressions that no one but me could see any strategy in this. I
hadn't played like this since I first completed the Millennium Puzzle; no one here had ever
dueled me before then, so how would they know what I was up to? The only thing concerning
me was that the Black Man would pull out some card like Exodia. Nope. Instead he's looking
at me like I've lost my mind. He was at 2850 while I was at 5650. He could still wipe the
floor with my deck via his dragon, but he was confused as to why I was ignoring it.
"Okay…um…I play this card in defense." Hah! I'd done it. He played his card I reverse
defense! It was a huge success of my strategy: If you can't beat 'em, confuse them. Now
for the next step. While his dragon's only 150 pts stronger, that's still too much. So I
drew, trusting my cards to guide me.
It was a bit of a surprise to see it at first. After all, I'd only put the card in
last night. Deciding to hide my trump, I said, "Then I place this card facedown, and play
the Magical Hats. Hats, conceal my Magician!" That got a look. "Why's Yugi doing that?" I
heard Joey whisper. "Duh, the dragon's still plenty able to kick butt! He doesn't want to
lose his strongest card, obviously!" Tristan muttered back. Turns out the Dark Man has
extra-good hearing. "So, finally realizing my incredible might?" he taunted me. "Too bad
that your 'strongest' card is so weak!" He drew. "Oh boy, this is a good one! I play my
Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The new dragon roared as it appeared next to his Tri Horn. "And
I'll combine him with Dragon Nails to make short work of your precious hats. Now, Inferno
Fire blast!" The dragon roared and blew up a hat. It was a perfect shot, in my opinion.
"Too bad! Not only was that the wrong hat, you activated the trap I just put down! The
Spellbinding Circle!" Just like the time I dueled the fake Kaiba, the dragon roared as the
circle drained away 700 attack pts. "Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" The Magician
reappeared and blew the Red Eyes away. Now he only had 2650 life points. At this point,
the Black Man just glared at me. It wasn't scary; Seto Kaiba's glare is at least twice as
threatening. Right as my turn ended, I noticed something. Layhon was acting a little
strange. He wasn't saying anything. He seemed to be staring into space and mumbling under
his breath. He seemed a little twitchy, too.
(YAMI POV) What was my Aibou doing? Certainly, he was slowly chipping at Slade's
points. But he was acting like this was no big deal. I suppose it was to throw Slade off:
right now Slade looked like he'd sat on an ant's nest. I could see him trying to figure out
what Yugi was doing. He'd glance at us, but we didn't know either. Yugi was leaving his
Dark Magician out like a big fat target now, Hats forgotten. He had a reverse defense
monster and a trap card, while Slade had a reverse defense and his Tri Horn. What was going
on? Slade looked really irritated. "Yes, we're all thrilled you defeated my Red Eyes. But
now his brother dragon is going to take out that Magician of yours. Tri Horn Dragon
attack!" "Guess what? You forgot my other trap card. It's been sitting here for a while,
and I think I'll use it. Waboku!" The three figures surrounded the Dark Magician,
preventing him from being destroyed, then fell to dust. "Your petty traps cannot hold back
my attacks forever!" Slade yelled. He was beginning to lose his temper. "Losing so badly
will do that I guess," I mumbled under my breath. I was rewarded by Slade glaring, but it
didn't matter. We were winning. I still had no idea what Yugi was doing, but we were
winning, and at this point that's all that really mattered.
(YUGI POV) It was almost time for the big guns now.The Black Man was losing his
temper. I just stood there, looking all innocent, while I tried to figure out what was up
with Layhon. He glanced at me and smiled, but it was like I was looking at a different
Layhon. Like he was older then he seemed. It didn't make sense then. A series of rude
remarks in what I assumed was Egyptian (judging from the sudden offended look on Yami's
face) drew me back to the duel. "You cannot beat me with your little traps!" he roared.
"You know, you're absolutely right!" That confused him. "I'm right? I mean - of course I
am!" "Yeah. I'm gonna have to go on the offensive if I'm going to beat you soon." I drew,
and said, "And that means pulling out the strongest card in my deck." I smirked just like
Yami as I cried, "I summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Blue Eyes appeared in a flash of
lighting and roared. Not surprisingly, every single other person jumped and screamed.
Well, Yami really couldn't jump. And Layhon just jerked and gave me a grin. But still,
everyone else was freaking out. None of them had overheard the ownership talk Willow had
given me. "And I reveal my hidden monster as the Mystical Elf!" I said as my elf appeared,
chanting a spell. Just to rub it in, I added, "And I also play these Books of Secret Arts
to raise the attack and defensive powers of both the Mystical Elf and the Dark Magician.
Oh, and this card facedown." I watched happily as not only was my Magician boosted, but the
spell cast by my Elf increased my dragon's power as well. This plan made no sense to anyone
else, which is why I was the only one to pull it off. And I did! "Now, White Lighting
Attack!" Blue Eyes roared again as he annihilated the Tri Horn Dragon. Slade let out a
chocking sound as his score plummeted to 400. He was still choking as he flipped up his
facedown monster, revealing a Dragon Zombie. It destroyed my Elf, but my Magician took care
of it. The final score was The Black Man 0, Me 5150.
So, whatdaya think? Cool, no?
Please tell me, feedback iz so very nice!