A/N: Part two!
[insert disclaimers, insert witty remarks, insert stupid fic filling]
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Yami smirked. " I play the magic card, Heavy Storm!"
A large tempest appeared, destroying all magic cards on the field.
"And now that I'm free of your Cell, I'll sacrifice Sliver Fang to bring out the Summoned Skull!"
Most of the crowd gasped as the wolf dissapeared, replaced with the giant skeleton.
"No bad." Buster said approvingly."When I said I was playing by ancient rules, I didn't expect you to remember Tributes."
"That's not all I remember!" Yami called. " I know about the differences in Life Points!" [LP:3900]
"As if that will help you, with the ability to attack directly being inforced!" Buster retorted. [LP:4000]
"We'll see about that! Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike!"
Buster winced as his Man-Eating Treasure Chest was destroyed. [LP:3100]
"I'll also end my turn, by playing one card facedown!" Yami said as he did so.
"Tribute rules.." Seto mused. "Sounds like a challenging factor. I'll need to remember that."
"I'll counter attack, then." Buster said, "By playing one card facedown, and Vorse Raider, in attack mode!" [1900/1200]
The Vorse Raider was large and muscular, with dark-tanned skin. He held a heavy battle ax and bared a menacing grin.
{He wants me to attack.} Yami thought,{There's not much reason why he would play that in attack mode.}
"Sorry, Slade, but I'm not falling for that. Instead, I'll summon the Giant Soldier of Stone, in defense mode, and play another card facedown again." [1300/2000]
"Then I'll also put another card facedown, with Sangan in defense mode, ending my turn." [1000/600]
Sangan could have passed for a Kuriboh, if not for the extra eye and long arms and legs.
{Really a calm before the storm situation, isn't it?} Helios asked himself, grinning.{I really must thank myself for setting this whole thing up. And when I say that, I'm reffering to more than even Drake knows.}
"Now I'll finally move onto the assault!" Yugi said." I'll put one monster facedown in defense mode, and attack the Vorse Raider with my Summoned Skull!"
The fiend roared as it blasted again.
"I flip the Trap card, Shift!" Buster said, flipping it over." It allows me to turn your attack to any other monster on my field!"
The blast stopped in midair, then zapped the Sangan into pieces.
"And that lets me search my deck for any one monster card with less that 1500 attack!"
"And what good will that do you?" Yami asked.
"Wait and see." Buster answered." I play a monster facedown in defense mode, and switch Vorse Raider to defense mode as well."
{Great!} Yami thought.{Now I can take out both his monsters with mine, as well as assault his LP!}
"I switch Stone Soldier to attack mode, and summon Gazelle, the Mythical King of Beasts, in attack mode!" [1500/1200]
Gazelle actually looked more like a brightly colored lion, it roared as it appeared, ready to fight.
"First, my Stone Soldier will attack!"Yami said, and the golem slashed the Vorse Raider away."Next, Gazelle will attack your facedown monster!"
The beast pounced, and over-turned,-
"Cyber Jar!" Buster said, flipping it." One of my rarest cards!" [900/900]
The Cyber Jar resembled what a space station might look like, but it was roughly the size and shape of a Morphing Jar.
"It destroys all monsters on the field, and then gets even stronger!"
Yami grunted as his hard-built army dissapeared in a flash of light.
"Now we have to draw five new cards, and summon any monsters we draw with a Level of 4 or lower onto the field, in attack mode or facedown defense!"
Yami did so, lucking out by not only drawing and summoning three monsters facedown, but also drawing the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
Buster, however, now had five monsters facedown.
"Now that it's my turn, I sacrifice one of my monsters to summon the Dragon Seeker!" Buster said as the Fiend appeared. [2000/2100]
Immediately, the facedown Koumori and Winged Dragons Yami had facedown dissapeared.
"And I'll have him attack your last facedown monster!" Buster said, as the Seeker slashed forward.
"Too bad it won't succeed! Mystical Elf!" Yami said, flipping the card faceup. [800/2000]
The DS bounced backwards, repelled by the Elf's defensive spell.
"Now, I'll take down that Seeker!" Yami said, playing a magic card."Brain Control!"
Buster grunted as the Seeker switched sides.
"And now, I sacrifice both him and my Mystical Elf, to summon the Dark Magician, in attack mode!" [2500/2100]
"So what?" Buster asked again as his Seeker vanished, replaced by the Spellcastor." You still can't defeat my other four defense monsters. Even if you take out one, I'll just sacrifice two more to finish you!"
Yami smirked."Not when I combine my Dark Magician's attack, with the magic card, Burning Land!"
"No way!" Buster cried in disbelief, as the Magician shot out dark flames, destroying all his monsters.
"Your move, Slade." The ancient duelist said."Choose carefully, because this duel won't last much longer."
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The man dressed in rags, known as Strings, walked through the town with a deep smirk on his face. Occasionaly, he would glance a card shop, slinking by, maybe take a card, he moved so lightly the dealers couldn't see.
{Comes with experience, I guess.} Strings thought.{Ra knows 5000 years is enough.}
"Hey, Strings! We've been waiting for ya'!"
"Strings" turned around, glancing at a little kid wearing a black cloak, and a white mask that half disguised his youg face.
"Hello...Lumis." He said, faking the real Strings's strained voice.
"Hey, short-stuff, can you be any more louder?" Came the whispering voice of Umbra, Lumis's older brother, whose face was half-hidden as well, by a red mask.
"Aww, shut up." The junior Rare Hunter griped."We need to find a way to get into that Colisuem."
"I agree." Came the tone of the only Rare Hunter not robed in black, Arkana. He instead wore a purple suit, with a similar top hat and held a familiar staff. "The boss must not have dueled yet, or he would've sent us orders."
"I....might know..." the imposter said, pointing a shaking hand to the wall."Arkana's.....favorite card..."
"Of course, how obvious." the purple-clad man said."They would never think of entering from the inside! But tell me, Strings, what could we use for my Dark Magicians' boxes to switch us with? It's not like many monsters will just be walking around there!"
"Then,..maybe...break in?" The phony Strings suggested, not scheming at all. He wanted to use his new card, he CRAVED it...
"No." Umbra said, seeing Strings pat the deck in his robe."Lord Marik forbade us to use that card without his permission!"
"Then let us think of another way." Arkana said, glancing toward the building of their objective.
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Buster was strangly quiet, emmersed in thought. Then he grinned.
"Time for me to unleash the combo that will end this, Yami!" He flipped one of his facedown cards."Brain Control!"
Yami gasped as the same manuever he had just used turned on him, his Dark Magician brainwashed.
"Then, I flip Polymerization to fuse him with a card in my hand!"
"But what?" Yami asked." There aren't any fusions for the Dark Magician!"
"After all these years, you really have become senile, haven't you." Buster asked, his voice suddenly demonic,"This fusion, this supreme warrior, was once your weapon of triumph! Now it will be your undoing!"
The fusion stopped, and what appeared was the Dark Magician, only wearing the armor that a knight might wear, with a sword colored the same as his staff.
"Meet the fusion of our favorite cards, Yami!" The madman sneered." The Dark Paladin! [2900/2800]
"But this isn't the best part! It also increases it's attack by 500 for each dragon in your graveyard or field!" [4400/2800]
Buster's eyes gleamed in triumph." As a fusion monster, he cannot attack this turn. But you had better be all packed for the trip, because next turn, it's all over!"
{He's right.} Yami thought hopelessly.{There isn't a card in my entire deck that can win this for me now.}
He stared up at the Dark Paladin, and to his dismay saw a large glimmer of sadness in the Warrior's eyes.{I've even failed my favorite monster! How am I supposed to turn this around?}
*With faith, of course.*
*Yugi? How-?*
*We may not share the same body right now, Yami, but we're still connected!*
Yami looked up, and saw Yugi in the stands, a look of determination on his face.
*Sure, their isn't a way to win YET, but we can try to regroup our forces!*
*What do you mean?*
*We once came close to defeating the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Yami! The same method can work this time!*
*You're right!*
The multi-haired duelist snapped to attention, his face shining with renewed hope.
"Very well, Slade! Let's finish this!"
To be continued.......
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A/N: Next chapter's the conclusion of this duel, but the beggining of the end. Be prepared for a few shockers, next time, of Fellowship of the Dragoon!
[insert disclaimers, insert witty remarks, insert stupid fic filling]
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Yami smirked. " I play the magic card, Heavy Storm!"
A large tempest appeared, destroying all magic cards on the field.
"And now that I'm free of your Cell, I'll sacrifice Sliver Fang to bring out the Summoned Skull!"
Most of the crowd gasped as the wolf dissapeared, replaced with the giant skeleton.
"No bad." Buster said approvingly."When I said I was playing by ancient rules, I didn't expect you to remember Tributes."
"That's not all I remember!" Yami called. " I know about the differences in Life Points!" [LP:3900]
"As if that will help you, with the ability to attack directly being inforced!" Buster retorted. [LP:4000]
"We'll see about that! Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike!"
Buster winced as his Man-Eating Treasure Chest was destroyed. [LP:3100]
"I'll also end my turn, by playing one card facedown!" Yami said as he did so.
"Tribute rules.." Seto mused. "Sounds like a challenging factor. I'll need to remember that."
"I'll counter attack, then." Buster said, "By playing one card facedown, and Vorse Raider, in attack mode!" [1900/1200]
The Vorse Raider was large and muscular, with dark-tanned skin. He held a heavy battle ax and bared a menacing grin.
{He wants me to attack.} Yami thought,{There's not much reason why he would play that in attack mode.}
"Sorry, Slade, but I'm not falling for that. Instead, I'll summon the Giant Soldier of Stone, in defense mode, and play another card facedown again." [1300/2000]
"Then I'll also put another card facedown, with Sangan in defense mode, ending my turn." [1000/600]
Sangan could have passed for a Kuriboh, if not for the extra eye and long arms and legs.
{Really a calm before the storm situation, isn't it?} Helios asked himself, grinning.{I really must thank myself for setting this whole thing up. And when I say that, I'm reffering to more than even Drake knows.}
"Now I'll finally move onto the assault!" Yugi said." I'll put one monster facedown in defense mode, and attack the Vorse Raider with my Summoned Skull!"
The fiend roared as it blasted again.
"I flip the Trap card, Shift!" Buster said, flipping it over." It allows me to turn your attack to any other monster on my field!"
The blast stopped in midair, then zapped the Sangan into pieces.
"And that lets me search my deck for any one monster card with less that 1500 attack!"
"And what good will that do you?" Yami asked.
"Wait and see." Buster answered." I play a monster facedown in defense mode, and switch Vorse Raider to defense mode as well."
{Great!} Yami thought.{Now I can take out both his monsters with mine, as well as assault his LP!}
"I switch Stone Soldier to attack mode, and summon Gazelle, the Mythical King of Beasts, in attack mode!" [1500/1200]
Gazelle actually looked more like a brightly colored lion, it roared as it appeared, ready to fight.
"First, my Stone Soldier will attack!"Yami said, and the golem slashed the Vorse Raider away."Next, Gazelle will attack your facedown monster!"
The beast pounced, and over-turned,-
"Cyber Jar!" Buster said, flipping it." One of my rarest cards!" [900/900]
The Cyber Jar resembled what a space station might look like, but it was roughly the size and shape of a Morphing Jar.
"It destroys all monsters on the field, and then gets even stronger!"
Yami grunted as his hard-built army dissapeared in a flash of light.
"Now we have to draw five new cards, and summon any monsters we draw with a Level of 4 or lower onto the field, in attack mode or facedown defense!"
Yami did so, lucking out by not only drawing and summoning three monsters facedown, but also drawing the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
Buster, however, now had five monsters facedown.
"Now that it's my turn, I sacrifice one of my monsters to summon the Dragon Seeker!" Buster said as the Fiend appeared. [2000/2100]
Immediately, the facedown Koumori and Winged Dragons Yami had facedown dissapeared.
"And I'll have him attack your last facedown monster!" Buster said, as the Seeker slashed forward.
"Too bad it won't succeed! Mystical Elf!" Yami said, flipping the card faceup. [800/2000]
The DS bounced backwards, repelled by the Elf's defensive spell.
"Now, I'll take down that Seeker!" Yami said, playing a magic card."Brain Control!"
Buster grunted as the Seeker switched sides.
"And now, I sacrifice both him and my Mystical Elf, to summon the Dark Magician, in attack mode!" [2500/2100]
"So what?" Buster asked again as his Seeker vanished, replaced by the Spellcastor." You still can't defeat my other four defense monsters. Even if you take out one, I'll just sacrifice two more to finish you!"
Yami smirked."Not when I combine my Dark Magician's attack, with the magic card, Burning Land!"
"No way!" Buster cried in disbelief, as the Magician shot out dark flames, destroying all his monsters.
"Your move, Slade." The ancient duelist said."Choose carefully, because this duel won't last much longer."
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The man dressed in rags, known as Strings, walked through the town with a deep smirk on his face. Occasionaly, he would glance a card shop, slinking by, maybe take a card, he moved so lightly the dealers couldn't see.
{Comes with experience, I guess.} Strings thought.{Ra knows 5000 years is enough.}
"Hey, Strings! We've been waiting for ya'!"
"Strings" turned around, glancing at a little kid wearing a black cloak, and a white mask that half disguised his youg face.
"Hello...Lumis." He said, faking the real Strings's strained voice.
"Hey, short-stuff, can you be any more louder?" Came the whispering voice of Umbra, Lumis's older brother, whose face was half-hidden as well, by a red mask.
"Aww, shut up." The junior Rare Hunter griped."We need to find a way to get into that Colisuem."
"I agree." Came the tone of the only Rare Hunter not robed in black, Arkana. He instead wore a purple suit, with a similar top hat and held a familiar staff. "The boss must not have dueled yet, or he would've sent us orders."
"I....might know..." the imposter said, pointing a shaking hand to the wall."Arkana's.....favorite card..."
"Of course, how obvious." the purple-clad man said."They would never think of entering from the inside! But tell me, Strings, what could we use for my Dark Magicians' boxes to switch us with? It's not like many monsters will just be walking around there!"
"Then,..maybe...break in?" The phony Strings suggested, not scheming at all. He wanted to use his new card, he CRAVED it...
"No." Umbra said, seeing Strings pat the deck in his robe."Lord Marik forbade us to use that card without his permission!"
"Then let us think of another way." Arkana said, glancing toward the building of their objective.
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Buster was strangly quiet, emmersed in thought. Then he grinned.
"Time for me to unleash the combo that will end this, Yami!" He flipped one of his facedown cards."Brain Control!"
Yami gasped as the same manuever he had just used turned on him, his Dark Magician brainwashed.
"Then, I flip Polymerization to fuse him with a card in my hand!"
"But what?" Yami asked." There aren't any fusions for the Dark Magician!"
"After all these years, you really have become senile, haven't you." Buster asked, his voice suddenly demonic,"This fusion, this supreme warrior, was once your weapon of triumph! Now it will be your undoing!"
The fusion stopped, and what appeared was the Dark Magician, only wearing the armor that a knight might wear, with a sword colored the same as his staff.
"Meet the fusion of our favorite cards, Yami!" The madman sneered." The Dark Paladin! [2900/2800]
"But this isn't the best part! It also increases it's attack by 500 for each dragon in your graveyard or field!" [4400/2800]
Buster's eyes gleamed in triumph." As a fusion monster, he cannot attack this turn. But you had better be all packed for the trip, because next turn, it's all over!"
{He's right.} Yami thought hopelessly.{There isn't a card in my entire deck that can win this for me now.}
He stared up at the Dark Paladin, and to his dismay saw a large glimmer of sadness in the Warrior's eyes.{I've even failed my favorite monster! How am I supposed to turn this around?}
*With faith, of course.*
*Yugi? How-?*
*We may not share the same body right now, Yami, but we're still connected!*
Yami looked up, and saw Yugi in the stands, a look of determination on his face.
*Sure, their isn't a way to win YET, but we can try to regroup our forces!*
*What do you mean?*
*We once came close to defeating the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Yami! The same method can work this time!*
*You're right!*
The multi-haired duelist snapped to attention, his face shining with renewed hope.
"Very well, Slade! Let's finish this!"
To be continued.......
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A/N: Next chapter's the conclusion of this duel, but the beggining of the end. Be prepared for a few shockers, next time, of Fellowship of the Dragoon!