Well, it took me a long while, but now I have finally uploaded the next
episode of my fanfic. I've been extremely busy with school, and many other
things, so sorry for the long wait. (Plus my sister has become a big The
Sims fan; she's been playing it like crazy for the past few weeks, which
also delayed the finishing time of this episode) As you know, the
tournament is of course, still going strong. So far, all the main
characters are getting through it quite nicely. I have made a minor change
regarding Tristan. Instead of having the Gamma Dragon cards like before,
I've changed it to where he has two Egyptian God cards. Obelisk the
Tormentor is one of them, and Silfer the Sky Dragon is the other. Obelisk
the Tormentor is the God card Surge stole from him a while back, and Silfer
the Sky Dragon is the card Surge had before Robert gave it to Tristan,
along with Obelisk. I will change the previous episodes and update them
with the new facts later. Now I present to you, the new episode.
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Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 10, 'Pegasus Vs. Pegasus' (3/4/2003)
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Previously...
Once everyone had been escorted off the boat and onto the shore, one of the men began to speak. "Hey, listen up everybody, especially duelists, because we've got some news for you which you would wanna hear!"
Everyone paused and watched as the other man started to speak. "Guess what? The brand new, Portable Holo-Duel Simulator Systems from Kaibacorp. has just been released for duelists everywhere!" he announced, which drew a lot of gasps from the crowd. "These babies boast many enhancements over the Virtual Holochip Dueling Consoles we've all come to know and love!
"This is what you'll be using for the duration of the tournament, and afterwards," stated the first man. "Now, in 30 minutes," the second man spoke up, "the duels shall begin. Use this time to shape and refine your deck to the perfect configuration. When the sky light up with fireworks in the form of Pegasus, the sub-competition shall be underway.
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"This is a nice little camp you've got going here, girl," the voice, belonging to a young woman, spoke. Misty turned around, slightly startled.
"Yeah, I guess so," she answered while standing up. "Who are you?"
"Please, don't be so alarmed; I come in peace," the blonde chick told her, then strolled over to one of the sturdy rocks next to the hot spring and took a seat. "You seem like a pretty nice girl. What's your name?"
"Why don't you tell me your name first? After all, you're the one who stumbled into my little camp."
"Allright, then. My name is Mai Valentine," she stated.
"Misty Chase, nice to meet you," Misty said and extended her hand for Mai to shake. She did so, then they returned their hands to their side.
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Joey drew a card from his deck, then smirked and looked it Devon. "Well, Devon, you dueled pretty good for a dick, but it's over now. I'm gonna play this, Dragon Nails, which increases my dragon's attack points by 600!" Joey slammed down the card and laughed as Devon cringed.
ATK: 3000
"Oh, no!"
"Say goodbye to Kazejin! Red-Eyes Black Dragon, attack with Inferno Fire Blast!!" Joey screamed out at the monster. It immediately complied and launched a powerful fireball at Kazejin. The fireball impacted with Kazejin and ignited in flames and explosions, thus obliterating the monster.
"Aah!! My Kazejin has been destroyed!" Devon exclaimed in disgust.
Devon's Life Points- 200
"This is just bad. I almost won this duel, but you managed to pull out that blasted Dragon Nails card to power up your dragon to 3000 points. I... give up," he stated and powered down his system. Joey was caught off-guard by Devon statement, but he wasn't surprised. Joey powered down his system also, causing all the monsters to dissappear.
"Ha! I told you I'd be claiming victory. Now, cough up your two stars like we agreed, dick," Joey told him. Devon reluctantly complied and gave Joey his two stars, then began to walk away with his head lowered. He stopped and turned around to face Joey.
"Listen up, Joey, just because I lost to you today doesn't make you a better duelist! Someday, I'll be back to give you crushing defeat!" he stated and walked off.
"Dream on," Joey calmly replied, then faced Yugi. "Yugi, can you believe it? I just won my first duel in the tournament! Aren't you proud of me?!"
"Of course I am, Joey. You've improved a whole lot since you first started dueling, and I bet that you'll get really far in this tournament, if not win it!"
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Geoff's eyes began to glow an fiery red. The Selena impersonator found herself releasing Ash although she didn't want to. "Hunh? What's this?" she was surprised. Geoff was using telekineses. He used the telekinetic power to pull Ash over to where he was standing. He then looked up toward the sky "Element of Lightning, I call upon you! Come to me!" he shouted. Suddenly, several lightning bolts struck Geoff and he began to absorb it all like a sponge absorbing water. Selena's, along with Ash's, eyes were popped open in shock. After he soaked in as much as he wanted, the lightning bolts fizzled out. His hands were sparking with electricity in them. He thrusted his right hand out and a lightning discharge jumped out of his hand and struck Selena, electrocuting her to a sizzling crisp. Her fried remains of ashes were all left of her. Geoff turned to face a shocked Ash.
"Well, what's up, cousin?"
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Picking up right where we left off, the tournament was nevertheless, advancing pretty quickly. Numerous duelists had been eliminated and thrown off the island, to a boat which was home bound. Of course, all the cast members are still in it, for now. At the Central Palace, Maximillion Pegasus reluctantly left Morty's cell and began running to his bedroom. Whoever this intruder was, it was going to get killed for interrupting his rather interesting torture session with Morty. The boy was beginning to crack; his body and mind was starting to wear down, especially after using the Voodoo Doll on him. Pegasus rode the elevator back up to the second floor of the palace. After it stopped, he walked out of it and headed toward his room. Walking inside, he closed the door behind him and sighed deeply. He hoped the guards would catch that scoundrel quickly so he could resume his torture session with Morty. Pegasus just knew that Morty was about to tell. He was finally about to get what he wanted after so much time, then this had to happen. Pegasus was a bit disgusted as he sat down on his bed. He ran his fingers through his long platinum hair. Suddenly, an arm lashed out around Pegasus's neck and began to choke him. Pegasus began to gag while struggling to get away. The masked figure shoved Pegasus to the ground, then walked over to the door and locked it. Pegasus scrambled for the intercom, but the figure grabbed him and pushed him onto the bed.
"Long time no see, Maximillion," the voice, which sounded like a typical male, spoke.
"Who.. who are you?" Pegasus asked. He didn't know who this person was, or what they wanted with him. The man pulled off his mask and revealed himself to him.
"Recognize me now, brother?"
"It's... it's you! Duke!" Pegasus spoke in shock. Duke smirked and approached the bed in which Pegasus lay. Duke (Devlin) was the guy that starred in the Dungeon Dice Monsters event. His black hair was combed into his regular hairstyle. He wore a black leather suit with a black shirt underneath the open jacket.
"That's right, you filth. It's me, Duke Pegasus." The man whipped out his hand and began to choke Maximillion. Maximillion coughed and gagged for air as Duke glared at him angrily. "I told you that you would not get away from what you did to me. You may have covered it up from the cops, but I know what you did. You took my everything from me!" he began to choke Pegasus harder. Pegasus gagged from the lack of air and tried to pull Duke's hand away from his neck, but to no avail. Duke tossed Pegasus into the nightstand beside the bed; Pegasus knocked over the glass lamp and fell to the floor. Duke snatched Maximillion up by his hair and threw him into the nearby dresser. After falling to the ground, Pegasus looked up at the tall man.
"Duke... so I'm guessing it was you who staged the whole invasion."
"You're right. It was me. What are you gonna do about it, you silver-haired prick?" Duke picked up the intercom and dropped it on the floor, then stepped on it, breaking it. Pegasus's eye popped open. "You cause me so much pain throughout my entire life, dick, and now, it's payback time! Everything I've worked so hard to get, you took it from me! When we were kids, you used to steal my allowance money from me, hide it and tell our parents how I was lying on you! But, that's just petty stuff. You took my dream from me. The one invention that has caused a worldwide craze: Duel Monsters! It was my game! I invented it! I'm the man who spent countless hours laying out the ground rules, making up the monsters and fine tuning the gameplay; I did it all! Then, at the last moment, when the game was ready to be presented to the world, you locked me up in a dungeon and released it yourself! All the fame and glory you're receiving right now is supposed to be mine!! But, you robbed me of it! I couldn't tell the police what you did, because they would never believe my 'word of mouth' until I gave them some hardcore evidence, which I didn't have. So now, instead of trying to get what's rightfully mine, I've come to take you away from it," he spoke in a dark tone of voice. "Most importantly, you took my girlfriend from me. Remeber Cecilia Pegasus? She was my honey, my fiancee, and you weaved your way into her heart and took her from me! And you even..."
"Duke, wait a minute!" Pegasus begged while getting to his feet. "I know what I to you did was wrong, but... I'm certainly not sorry!" he said and laughed manically. Duke charged for him, but Pegasus managed to stop him from attacking by making an offer. "Duke, just hold your horses. Now, before you began your little revenge plans, how about you consider a little deal, hmm?"
"I don't wanna make any deal with you. All I wanna see is your blood leaking out of your neck."
"Perhaps. But, first, I'm gonna give you a chance to get back the dream that you concocted," Pegasus stated. Duke was a little surprised.
"You mean..."
"Yes. I'll give up my company and I'll give you the rights to Duel Monsters and sign over its ownership to you! And most importantly, I can even manage to bring back something you hold dear to you, Duke..." Pegasus used the Millenium Eye to look into Duke's mind. "Yes, that's right. The honey that you lost, I can bring her back to you. But first, you must manage to defeat me in a duel."
"What?!"
"I said, you must manage to defeat me in a duel. If you can beat me, I promise to give you the rights to Duel Monsters, and I'll bring back your old lover. Not so bent on killing me off right away, aren't you? You have a choice: A, you kill me now and still live without your things, or B, you accept the duel and the possibility that you get back everything you hold dear to you. What will it be, Duke?" Pegasus asked.
"Allright, then, I accept your challenge. We'll have a duel, and if I win, I'll get back what I want, understood?" he inquired.
Pegasus nodded confidently. "Of course. Now, whip out your deck of cards and let's get this show on the road!" he exclaimed, then began to think to himself. [Duke has no idea what he's getting himself into. He thinks he's gonna win, but he's dead wrong. I have the power of the Millenium Eye working on my side, and with it's mind-reading abilities, I simply cannot lose. Sorry, Duke, but today will be your last!] Duke transported a bag with various card decks inside. He grabbed one of them and placed the deck into the deck keeper of his platinum dueling device. Pegasus does the same (his is a velvet rose color), then they walk a good distance away from each other. Glaring deadly at each other, the two men shouted, "Let's Duel!" The Life Points meter appeared in front of them.
***Duke's/Maximillion's Life Points- 2000***
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Seto Kaiba was starting to panic. If Misty won the tournament and obtained the prize money, his whole world could come tumbling down. He couldn't allow that to happen, no matter what the costs. He couldn't directly defeat Misty and get her kicked out of the tournament, because she might suspect something. He's never opposed Misty before, so doing so in a duel might lead to her finding out his dark secret. But, maybe he could find someone and have them duel Misty for him. If he could only manage to find someone powerful and skilled enough to defeat her, he could stop worrying about this. But, who could do it? And would they do it? Seto knew he would have to prepare some kind of insurance policy to persuade the person to collaborate with him. Seto immediately went in search of a possible duelist. He needed to find someone strong, someone whom he believed could take down Misty easily. Seto was so busy thinking that he didn't realize where he was going, and he ended up colliding with someone; both of them fell to the ground.
"Hey, why don't you watch where you're going, you big jerk!" the woman, which was Mai, exclaimed and began getting off the ground.
"Sorry, miss, but I was in a rush. I was trying to keep up with this duelist so he could give me some stars he lost to me in a duel. I didn't mean to run into you," Seto explained to her, and she seemed to accept this information.
"Fine, but next time, try to watch where you're going," she said and began to walk away, but Seto stopped her.
"Wait a minute! Hold on, I think I might be able to make a proposal to you in which you might be interested in."
"Hunh? What proposal?" Mai inquired.
"You see, there's this girl participating in the tournament. Her name is Misty Chase..." Seto was interrupted by Mai.
"Hey... I know who you're talking about," she told him.
"Really? You do? Well then, perhaps you wouldn't mind doing me a little favor and kicking her out of the tournament for me. I promise I'll make it worth your while," Seto offered.
Mai was a bit skeptical about this, but she decided to play along. "Just what will you do to get me to duel the girl?"
"I'll pay you $10,000 dollars. Defeat the girl and you'll get the money as a reward. What I want is for you to challenge her to an all-out match. Wipe her out of the tournament, and the money is yours."
"Do you have the money with you? If so, show it to me," Mai demanded. Seto transported a briefcase of money out of his computer terminal and opened it. All the cash was inside, and it was all real money. Seto smirked as the Mai's eyes scanned across the piles of cash inside the briefcase, then he closed it.
"Defeat the girl and this is what you'll get as a reward. Also, I'll let you have one of my cards, it's called 'Ground Collapse', and it wipes out two slots in which cards can be placed as long as its face-up on the field. Neat, eh? So, what do you say?"
Mai pondered the idea for a while, then gave Seto an answer. "Allright, I'll play. But only on one condition: if I lose and she takes all my stars from me, you'll have to fork over 3 of the stars you have already to put me back in the game, understand? If you don't agree to that, then you won't receive my services," she told him. Seto acknowledged that information and nodded.
"Agreed. Should you lose, you'll get 3 stars to keep you in the tournament. Thank you for your services," he said in his usual dry and deep tone of voice, then began to walk away from where he once stood.
"She's probably not gonna accept a duel where if she lose she's out of the Sub-Competition, you know. From what I've seen of her, the girl plays with a level head," Mai informed him, and Seto shook his head.
"Don't worry; I'll have all of that taken care of. Just meet me in 40 minutes. By then, everything should be ready." The two people parted from there original location. Seto smirked in satisfaction. Once this was done, he could stop worrying about Misty and her sisters.
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Ash and his cousin, Geoff, had found a nice, quiet spot on the island in which to began Ash's tutoring: a rocky, hilly area with a cliff hanging over the ocean below. Geoff also had powers, so he could give Ash a nice bit of advice on how to control them. Ash had seated himself on one of the many giant rocks that situated themselves in this area, and Geoff stood near the cliff telling Ash about his powers. "So, basically, my power is mainly manipulating the natural physics and laws of the earth. I can do a lot of supernatural moves people normally cannot do. For example," Geoff slowly began to levitate. Ash's mouth dropped open.
"You mean, you can do all that?" he wondered while in awe.
"Yep," Geoff let himself float back down to the ground. "There are many other neat things I can do in that criteria, but we won't go off into all that. My other powers give me extra firepower, along with my primary power. Shooting out lightning is just a small percentage of what I am capable of."
"What else can you do?" Ash asked him, but Geoff ignored the question.
"Enough about me. We came up here to teach you how to channel into your powers, not turn mine into a discussion session. Now, tell me exactly what kind of power you have unleashed in the past."
"Uh... I remeber I caused a small earthquake; I caused various lightning beams to descend from the sky and destroy things; I also forged a tidal wave while heading for this island. A little thing that I did was that I made my eyes hone in on a target," Ash said. Geoff abosrbed the knowledge and began to speak.
"Have you had any success in recreating any one of these events again?"
"Well, I did managed to summon lightning twice, but that's it. I've never been able to do anything else more than once," Ash replied.
"Hmm, interesting," mused Geoff. "Get up and try to summon another lightning beam."
"What? I.. I can't do that. I can barely keep them from coming out, let alone calling on them!" he exclaimed, but that did not deter Geoff from his command.
"C'mon, now, get up. You'll never learn how to control them by suppressing them." Geoff watched as Ash reluctantly got off the rock. He looked up at the sky and began squinting his eyes in an effort to summon the lightning. Nothing happened, though. Ash began trying harder, but he still couldn't manage to get the lightning to appear.
"C'mon..." he muttered to himself, but that didn't help the lightning bolt appear. Ash then decided to try what Geoff did moments ago and call out to the lightning. "Element of Lightning, I call upon you!" he shouted, but nothing happened. Ash sighed and turned to face Geoff. "See, nothing happened. I can't seem to make them come when I want them. They just.. come on their own." Suddenly, a bolt appeared and struck the ground directly next to Ash himself. He gasped in surprise. "Uh... well, voila! A perfect example! They just come out on their own; I can't seem to harness them."
Geoff sighed heavily. "I think this might take a little longer than I thought..."
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Misty was busy eating a little lunch to fill her hungry stomach.. She had two ham sandwiches with cheese and lettuce on them, along with some potato chips as a side dish. Misty knew that she had to win the prize money to help her sisters, but she wasn't sure if she could manage it. The pressure on her shoulders was tremendous. Misty wasn't sure if she could handle the fact that their lives were in her hands. What if she lost? What would she do then? Seto Kaiba had already told her that he didn't have that much money to spare, so what would she do if she happened to lose in the tournament? She didn't know, but she knew that she had to believe she would make it in the tournament. Before she could began to eat her food, a mask filled with some sedative solution came over her nose, and before she knew what was happening, she had lost consciousness. A figure began dragging Misty away...
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***Duke's/Maximillion's Life Points- 2000***
The duel had officially begun. Pegasus granted Duke the first move, so that he could use the Millenium Eye to read his mind and see what move he was going to make. Duke unwillingly fell for it too. He reached out and grabbed a card, then pulled it up to see what he drew. [Allright! Gamma The Magnet Warrior! It's not a really strong card, but if I can draw his other two counterparts, Alpha and Beta The Magnet Warrior, then I can fuse them into a powerful creature!]
Pegasus was already aware of Duke's plan because he read his mind using his Millenium Eye. [Ah, a well-planned play, but it's not going to work,] he commented to himself.
"For my first move, I'll lay out one card face-down in defense mode!" Duke slapped down the card, causing it to appeared in front of him face-down in the platinum light slots. Pegasus smirked because he already knew what Duke was planning. For now, he would go ahead and play along with it. Drawing a card, he placed it on his card reader.
"I'll summon this monster, Witch of The Black Forest, in attack mode!" The holocard loaded and the witch appeared on top of it. She did her trademark snicker upon taking place in the field.
ATK: 1100 DEF: 1200
"Let's see you counter that, Dukey-Boy."
"And that's just what I'll do. I switch Gamma The Magnet Warrior face-up and in attack mode!" Duke did this, and the card flickered out, then back in. It was face-up, and the small warrior jumped out of it and made a mechanical noise.
ATK: 1500 DEF: 1800
(Since I have no idea what its true attack could be, as it has never made an appearance it the show, I can only guess based off of what the card looks like) Gamma The Magnet Warrior, attack his Witch of The Black Forest! Smashing Metal Fist!" The small warrior extended his left hand out at the witch with amazing speeds. The fist knocked the witch's head off and she shrieked before exploding into pieces. Pegasus looked a bit surprised.
"Oh my..." he gasped.
Pegasus's Life Points- 1600
"Your witch has been vanquished, Pegasus," Duke said in an defiant tone of voice.
"Oh my goodness..." muttered Pegasus. "I don't believe how powerful your cards are. I didn't expect them to be that strong. Otherwise, I wouldn't have never challenged you to this match."
However, Duke wasn't as naive as Kaiba was in the anime. He caught on to Pegasus's little act rather quickly. "Save it, Pegasus, you're a terrible actor. Just make your next move," he ordered.
"Feisty, aren't we? Your honey was rather feisty. As a matter of a fact, she..."
"Don't talk about my girlfriend, allright?! Just make your move!!" Duke screamed out.
"Ooh, it seems we've hit a sore spot, haven't we?" Pegasus asked, then chuckled afterwards. "Allright, then Duke, if that's what you want, that's what you'll get," he told him and drew a card. "Hmm... what have we here? This is a nice card, but I don't think it'll come in handy until later. For now, I'll just lay it face-down, along with another card face-down, and another one face-up, but in defense mode. Then I end my turn and pass control back to you," The three cards all appeared in battle. The defense card was a Griggle.
ATK: 300 DEF: 350
"That little weakling, he's no match for my warrior," Duke mused.
"That's true. He isn't a match for your warrior. But, I think you're missing the bigger point of why I placed this creature on the field. You see, once Griggle has been placed face-up on the field, and control passes over to you, I gain an additional 3000 life points to my bin!" Pegasus annouced, causing Duke to gasp.
Pegasus's Life Points- 4600
"Oh no! Your life points is now at a whopping 4600 points!" exclaimed a shocked Duke.
"That's right. You can do away with it now, if you wish, because I've already gotten what I wanted from it, and that's the 3000 life point boost it gave me."
Duke snarled at Pegasus's strategy. He made no comment on it, but instead sent his monster to attack it. "Gamma The Magnet Warrior, get rid of that monster now! Smashing Metal Fist!" Duke's warrior thrusted its metal hand straight into the midsection of the creature, splitting it into two before it shattered into pieces. Since it was in defense mode, Pegasus lost no life points.
Pegasus giggled in delight. "Now it's my turn again," he said and drew for a card. Upon looking at it, he smiled in satisfaction. "Perfect, this is just what I needed. Dark Rabbit, in attack mode!" he slammed down the card and brought the crazy, hilarious rabbit into battle. Dark Rabbit laughed hideously as Duke and his monster.
ATK: 1100 DEF: 1500
"Dark Rabbit?! What's so special about that wimpy card? My magnet warrior can easily take care of it. But before I attack, I'm gonna draw a card from my deck," Duke did this and looked at the card he drew. It wasn't what he was looking for, so he just added to his hand. "Now my magnet warrior, attack the Dark Rabbit!" Duke commanded. As his monster extended his fist out, Pegasus flipped up a magic card.
"Ha! You played right into my hands, Dukey-boy, for now I activate this card: Negative Energy!" Pegasus shouted. Duke gasped at this sudden turn of events. "Negative Energy is a special spell which applies only to dark type monsters. It multiplies my rabbit's attack and makes it twice as strong!"
"Oh no! But that means..."
"Dark Rabbit now has an attack power of 2200!" Pegasus exclaimed and laughed triumphantly. Dark Rabbit grew in size when the dark energy spell was activated. It laughed just as hideous as ever. Gamma The Magnet Warrior's punch simply bounced off the reinforced rabbit. "Now, Dark Rabbit, attack!" Pegasus spoke. The rabbit complied with him and ran toward the monster. Once it reached the warrior, it gave the warrior a barrage a punches, then finished with a giant uppercut that sent the warrior flying into Pegasus's nightstand and shattering upon impact. Pegasus laughed in delight with his Dark Rabbit.
Duke's Life Points- 1300
"Things are looking kind of slim, wouldn't you say, Dukey-boy?" Pegasus teased.
Duke was quite surprised at Pegasus's tactic, but he knew this wouldn't be an easy task. Although Duke thought of the monsters, he didn't have much access to any of them. Pegasus, however, was the one who studied all the monsters, all the magic cards, and all the traps cards Duke created, then memorized them until he knew them all by heart. And Pegasus had added to the card database by releasing new ones that he thought of. Every strategy a duelist has ever pulled off Pegasus now knows about. Defeating him in a duel would be no easy task at all, but Duke was sure he would be the victor. He also knew a handful about Duel Monsters, seeing as he was the one who made it in the first place. "Just because you won this round Pegasus doesn't mean that this duel's yours. It's not over yet."
"Oh, I beg to differ, Dukey-boy. Just look at our life point bins..."
***Duke's Life Points- 1300/Maximillion's Life Points- 4600***
"You're over 3000 points behind me. How do you seriously expect to catch all that up, especially while dealing with the perils my deck has to offer? Face it, Dukey-boy, you never had a chance against me before this duel even started. I won everything when we were little, and I'll win this duel too," Pegasus said.
"Wrong," began Duke, "you're not gonna win anything. The winner who's gonna be walking away from here will be me!"
"Ooh, a bit defiant, aren't we? I think it's about time you get taught a lesson and put back in your place, Duke. You've always been inferior to me, and this duel will prove it."
"Shut it, prick! I'm not inferior to you!" Duke snapped. He was getting angry, which was Pegasus's exact intentions. Pegasus knew that Duke played Duel Monsters best with a level head, and with anger overpowering his other emotions, he was bound to be thrown off his game. Pegasus smirked deviously.
"Then prove it to me and make your move," Pegasus stated, then immediately probed Duke's mind with his Millenium Eye. [Time to get an inside scoop on your strategies, Dukey-boy. And you don't have a clue as to what I'm doing,] he thought, then chuckled.
[Let's see here, Pegasus has 4600 life points and a supercharged rabbit backing him up. Also, he has that other card face-down. I've got to think of a good strategy. If I draw a card powerful enough to take down his Dark Rabbit, should I attack it? What if the face-down card is a trap? On the other hand, it could just be there to distract me and give Pegasus an opening. Well, if I'm to mount any kind of strategy, I need to see what I have to work with,] Duke thought to himself as he looked through his hand. It was mostly made up of monsters that didn't have enough attack strength to defeat the Dark Rabbit. He drew a card from his deck that proved to be exactly what he needed: Jinzo. "Yes! This is perfect! I play..."
"Hold it, buster!" Pegasus suddenly hollered out.
"Hunh?"
"Before you summon that card, we're going to play a little guessing game with it. And don't try to give me any lip, because the card I laid face- down totally supports me," Pegasus flipped the card face-up. "It's a card called Prophecy!" (Duke gasped) "And guess what it does? It allows me to guess whether the card you're about to play has an attack power higher or lower than 2000. If I guess correctly, the card you're about to play will become mine!" he yelled and began to laugh. Duke's eyes popped open as Pegasus continued on. "Now, let's see here. Do the card has more than 2000 attack points? Or less? Of course it has more than 2000 attack points because the card you're about to play is.. Jinzo!" Pegasus announced and Duke shook his head before gasping in surprise.
"What the... how'd you know what card I was about to play?!" he asked.
"I have my ways, Dukey-boy. Now, cough up the card!" Pegasus extended his hand out so Duke can tossed the card to him.
"Wait a minute, before I do this, I wanna know: How did you know what I was about to play before I play it? However you did it, you cheated!" Duke yelled.
"So? What are you going to do about it?" Pegasus quipped and giggled. "Now, abide to the rules and hand over the card!" he snapped.
"Fine, then!" Duke chucked the card over to Pegasus and he caught it. "Ah... this should make a fine addition to my deck. Now, you can continue your turn, Dukey-boy," Pegasus said while adding Jinzo to his hand.
[I can't believe it! How in the world did Pegasus know what I was going to play before I even put it out on the field? Maybe he's psychic or something... or maybe he's just a good guesser. No way, that can't be it. He may be good at guessing whether the card had an attack power stronger or weaker than 2000, but no one normal could guess exactly what another duelist was about to play! Something else must be going down, and I'm gonna find out what it is,] Duke said to himself.
"C'mon, now, you can't wait all day," Pegasus reminded him.
"I'll play one card face-down in defense mode, another one face-down, then end my turn," Duke did this, and the face-down holocards appeared in two slots in front of him. [Hopefully he'll attack the card, then he'll walk right into my trap!]
Pegasus smirked deviously. [Oh, I see what you're trying to do, Dukey-Boy, you're gonna activate the Mirror Wall the moment I send my Dark Rabbit to attack, which will slice his life points in half. I'm already prepared for you,] he chuckled to himself, then drew a card from his his hand. "Hmm... I know you have the Mirror Wall card waiting for me so you can weaken my rabbit, (Duke gasped) but your plan isn't going to work. I activate this card, Remove Trap!" Pegasus slapped the card onto the reader, and the face- down Mirror Wall card instantly shattered into pieces. "Now, Dark Rabbit, attack his face-down card!" Pegasus ordered. The hideous rabbit charged for the defense monster, which turned out to be a Cannon Soldier. Dark Rabbit overwhelmed the monster with a giant uppercut which sent the monster flying into the ceiling and erupting into pieces. Duke was utterly surprised.
"How... is he.. doing that? How can he know what cards I play before I play them?" Duke murmered to himself.
"Ohh... Duke, what's the matter? You seem perplexed," Pegasus teased.
"Shut it, dick! You're not playing this duel fairly, you're cheating somehow!" exclaimed Duke. "How can you know what cards I'm about to play before I even play them?!"
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out," Pegasus told him and laughed in delight.
Duke sighed in frustration. "I should've known you'd find someway to give yourself the upper hand; you've always been that way," Duke snapped and drew a card from his deck. "Finally! Something powerful enough to destroy that rabbit! I play Summoned Skull, in attack mode!" Duke slammed down the card, activating it. Summoned Skull appears on the field and let out its traditional snarl.
ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200
"Summoned Skull, attack Dark Rabbit!" Duke yelled. His monster complied and fired an electrical charge into the Dark Rabbit's chest, causing it to shatter into pieces. "Allright! Your little cheat method didn't help you outta that one, did it, punk?!" Duke jeered at Pegasus, but he ignored him.
Pegasus's Life Points- 4300
"You little fool. You have no idea what you're in store for," Pegasus muttered and drew a card from his deck, looking at it afterwards. "Hmm... this is a nice little card. Duke, I think it's time you get taught a lesson for calling me a punk! Allow me to introduce you to Toon World!"
"Toon World?!!" Duke was shocked as Pegasus placed the card onto his card reader. "But... that's a card so rare no one believes it exist! Most duelists think that's it's a rumor that you produced any of these cards!"
"It's not good to listen to gossip, Dukey-boy, for as you'll see, it's often wrong and unrealiable! This card ought to shut you up and put you back in your place! I play Toon World!" Pegasus placed the card onto the field, and it began to load. First, a weird, black and white vortex appears in one of Pegasus's holographic card slots. Then, out popped a book that twirled around in the air, making a funny, cartoonish sound effect. After twirling for a while, it exploded in the air and pink gas erupted, along with some yellow "BOOM!" words. After the smoke faded away, a floating book with a small world inside hovered over Pegasus's slot.
"I... can't believe it..." Duke's voice trailed off.
"To finish my turn, I lay one other card face-down, then play this, the Blue Eyes White Dragon, in attack mode!" Pegasus slapped it down, causing the massive beast to rise out of the ground. Duke was utterly surprised.
"How did you manage to get your hands on a Blue Eyes White Dragon?! There's less then ten of them in the world!" Duke yelled.
"I own this game, remeber? Every card that has ever been manufactured is at my disposal, Dukey-boy, and that includes the Blue Eyes White Dragon! Now, Blue Eyes, cross the threshold into the wonderful Toon World!" Pegasus barked. Pastel pink gas seeped from Toon World and surrounded the beast, then a mystical force suddenly sucked the Blue Eyes White Dragon into the book. The book began to spin around, spewing gas once again, then out popped a hideous, warped version of the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"Ugh! What is that thing?!" asked Duke.
"This 'thing' is the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, the toon counterpart of the widely popular and coveted Blue Eyes White Dragon! And guess what, Dukey- boy, this monster is the vessel that will ensure your defeat! Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, attack Duke's measly Summoned Skull now!" Pegasus commanded. Duke watched the dragon draw in a large amount of air, filling its jaws. Then, it hurled out a large, pink energyball which struck the Summoned Skull and exploded violently and ominously. Fierce winds blew again Duke as he struggled to keep his composure. Since he had no chance to switch the monster into defense mode, he lost some life points.
Duke's Life Points- 800
"Only 800 life points left in your bin, Duke, compared to my 4300. Things are looking rather grim, wouldn't you say? Admit defeat," Pegasus jeered.
"Never!" retorted Duke.
"But, it's just your destiny to fall short when dealing with me. I always won our little fights and games we played as kids, and today's no different."
"Wrong. I won't lose to you, Maximillion!" Duke shot back and drew a card from his deck. Pegasus used his Millenium Eye to hone in on Duke's strategy, of course. The card Duke drew was a Mirror Force card. [This is perfect. If I get Maximillion to attack me and I flip this up, his Toon World is done for!] "I'll set one card face-down, then play another in attack mode!" Duke placed these cards on his reader. The attack monster was a Dark Magician.
ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100
"Ooh! A big, spooky, Dark Magician! Oh no! I'm doomed!" Pegasus began to mock the magician. "I'm sunk! The Dark Magician's gonna destroy me! What do I do?!"
"Shut it, dick, and make your move!" Duke yelled.
"Oh, all right. I know once I attack your Dark Magician you're gonna flip up that Mirror Force card and destroy Toon World. (Duke's eyes popped open and he gasped) So, I'll simply place another Remove Trap down on the field, and let it do the talking!" Pegasus giggled as his card activated and shattered Duke's Mirror Force card. "Now, Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, attack the Dark Magician! White Lightning attack!" Pegasus shouted. The monster drew in another breath, then hurled another energyball at the Dark Magician. The orb of power easily destroyed the Dark Magician, and it caused another life point deduction from Duke's bin.
Duke's Life Points- 300
"Oh, I've got you cornered now. Admit it, Duke, you're going under!" Pegasus teased and laughed in delight. Duke simply snarled in disgust.
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Tristan was still filling his basket with various fruits. There was bananas, oranges, strawberries, peaches, plums, a few watermelons, and pears inside the basket. Tristan picked a few grape batches off a vine and placed them inside the basket. Deciding that was enough, Tristan began making his way back to the camp in which Brock and him were sharing. He had no idea Surge was watching him though. Surge frowned in disgust. Tristan had his God card and he wasn't going to stop until he got it back. And for compensation for his trouble, Tristan will hand him Obelisk the Tormentor also. Surge crept through the trees quietly, watching Tristan closely. How exactly was he going to get the cards? Beating them out of him didn't work, so Surge decided to settle this the official way: with a duel. While walking, Tristan heard someone call his name. He turned to see Meilin running his way.
"Hey, what's up, Tristan?" she greeted as she approached him.
"Not much. I'm doing good in the tournament, though," Tristan replied.
"Really? That's great," she said while grabbing a plum out of the fruit basket. "You don't mind, do you?"
"No, not at all," Tristan shook his head while speaking.
"Um, Tristan, I don't mean to blunt or anything, but have you seen Li around here somewhere? I've been looking for him for a while now, but I haven't seen him at all. Have you seen him anywhere?" Meilin wondered, and Tristan shook his head for a negative response.
"Nope. Sorry, Meilin, but I haven't seen or heard from Li since we got off the cruise ship," replied Tristan.
"Oh," Meilin said then sighed. "I wonder where he could be?"
"Maybe he's off dueling somewhere. Why don't you check all the more populated dueling areas around here and see if he's around?" Tristan suggested.
"I've done that already. That was my first idea: go to the popular dueling sites and see if he's there. But, I didn't see him," Meilin told him.
"Well, maybe you should check again. You might've missed him the first time," Tristan said.
"I guess so. But, if you see him, could you send me a message (via the S.C.T)?" she inquired.
"Sure. I'll keep my eye out for him," Tristan responded, then waved bye as Meilin ran off in search of Li. Tristan continued walking toward the campsite.
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Meanwhile, Li was off somewhere with Sakura teaching her how to play Duel Monsters like a master. They had decided to meet each other now instead of later like they originally planned. Sakura was sitting on a pillow while Li stood next to a tree teaching her the fundamentals of Duel Monsters. "Okay, Sakura, first off, Duel Monsters is not a one-player game. There must be at least two duelists present or else, well, playing the game gets really pointless and stupid," Li joked. Sakura giggled at his little remark before he continued. "Anyway, each duelist has a life point bin which tracks their score during the game. You began with 2000 life points by default. What do you do next?" Li asked her.
"Um, you play a card, of course," Sakura answered.
"Exactly. Now, to play a card, you must place it on a card reader slot. I will illustrate," he said and placed a card onto a slot on his portable duel system. However, it was deactivated, so no hologram appeared. "Once you do that, you must decide whether to play the card in attack mode or defense mode, but that's if you played a monster. It always best to play a monster card rather that a magic or trap card, because if your opponent has something to exterminate your magic/trap card, they'll use it. Once the card has been destroyed, they are free to inflict direct damage to your life points, which is very bad. Oh, and once you've played a card, you can make an additional move if you wish, or you can pass control to your opponent. Tip: When making your opening move, it's best to lay out a trap or magic card of some kind to gain an advantage. Are you getting this?"
"Yeah, I understand," Sakura said.
"Good. Now, monster cards are labeled with attack points and defense points. The higher the numbers, the better chance you have at keeping your monster alive. This is where part of the game in centered around. Now, if you've played your monster in attack mode, and your opponent plays a card which has a higher attack power, then they can destroy your card. Same thing goes for you, too. If you play a card with a higher attack power than your opponent's monster, you can destroy it. The difference between the two monster's attack points are then deducted out of the life points bin when they are destroyed. For example: if your opponent plays Saggi the Dark Clown, and you play Celtic Guardian, then the difference between Celtic Guardian's and Saggi's attack points are subtracted out of your opponent's life points bin. Since the difference is 500, 500 life points is subtracted, leaving them with..." Li's voice trailed off.
"1500 life points," Sakura filled in the end of Li's sentence.
"Exactly. Now, if you play a monster in defense mode and your opponent's monster's attack points are higher than your monster's defense points, then the opponent's monster can destroy your monster, but you won't lose any life points. That's the specialty of defense mode. Now, if the opponent's monster's attack points is less than your monster's defense points, then their attack will do no good, which leaves you room to attack them with your monster. Are you getting the basics?" Li asked her.
"Yep, I get it," she replied in a chirpy voice.
"All right. Now, things are about to get more complicated. Just because a monster's attack points are greater than another's attack points- or defense points- doesn't mean it necessarily have to be destroyed. There are lots of different magic and trap cards to avoid a monster's destruction, and if you have them out on the field, you can use it to save your monster from death. Some cards can juice up your monster's attack power to make it stronger than the opposing monster while it's attacking; others can negate an oncoming attack to save your monster, and some other cards can actually turned the monster's attack back on it, making it destroy itself! Neat, hunh?"
"Yeah, it is," Sakura spoke.
"I'm going to demonstrate this now. Would you stand up and walk other there, please?" LI requested. Sakura got off the pillow and walked a good distance away from Li, then stopped. He ordered her to activate her system, and she did. He activated his, then he drew a card from his hand. "I'll play this Flame Swordsman, in attack mode!" Li placed down the card and loaded it onto the field.
ATK: 1800 DEF: 1500 (DEF: ?)
"Hey, play this card!" Li tossed Sakura a card. She caught it, and laid it onto her card reader.
"I call on the Dragon Zombie, in attack mode!" she said and brought forth the monster. It snarled at the Flame Swordsman.
ATK: 1600 DEF: 0
"You're monster is weaker than mine, Sakura. That means I could attack your Dragon Zombie and destroy it. But, let's say you're not too excited about that plan and want to stop it," he said and tossed another card. "Play this card face-down!"
Sakura caught the new card and did as Li instructed. "I'll lay this card face-down, and end my turn!" A holographic face-down card appeared in the appropiate slot.
"Now, when my monster is about to strike, just flip the card face-up to activate it. Ready?" Li called. Sakura nodded her head and he attacked. "Flame Swordsman, attack the Dragon Zombie! Flaming Sword of Battle!" Li yelled. His monster obeyed him and charged for the Dragon Zombie with the sword ready for the strike. Sakura then flipped up the face-down card.
"I activate this card: Waboku!" she shouted. The Flame Swordsman sliced the drago with its fire blade, but since its attack points had been lowered to 0, the attack had no effect. The attack points returned to their original value afterward, though.
"Now, that move left you an opening to take down my monster. If you wanna deal some damage to my life points, you'll have to find a card which will strengthen the Dragon Zombie, or play another card altogether."
Sakura drew a card from her deck, and she drew a Dragon Treasure card. "I believe this card will do the trick. I play Dragon Treasure, which raises all dragon-type monsters' attack and defense points by 300. Since Dragon Zombie is a dragon, it gets a power boost!" Sakura stated.
ATK: 1900 DEF: 300
"Well done, Sakura. Now, attack me," ordered Li.
"As you wish. Dragon Zombie, attack Flame Swordsman with Deadly Zombie Breath!" Sakura's dragon opened its mouth and spewed an relentless onslaught of deadly breath; The Flame Swordsman fell victim to it and shattered rather violently.
Li's Life Points- 1900
"See? You're getting the hang of this game already," Li commented and smiled. Sakura smiled back and giggled playfully.
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Misty began to arouse from her unconscious state. "Ohh..." she moaned and groaned as she sat up. Her vision was slightly blurred, so she rubbed her eyes to help clear her eyesight. Then, she looked around at her surroundings. She was in a cave like structure, and torches hanging off the wall helped light the surrounding area. She started to walk, but a force kept her foot from moving anywhere. She looked down to see that her feet where chained to the wall behind her. Her hands were too. She began to snatch on the chain vigorously. Who was behind this? Where was she? Why was she here, wherever here was, and why did they want her? All these questions raced through Misty's mind as she pulled on the chain. A voice suddenly sounded.
"That won't work, little girl." The voice was of a feminine nature.
"Where are you?! Come on out and show yourself!" Misty demanded.
"Oh, I will, after you agree to a little something for me," she replied.
"I'm not agreeing to anything unless you show yourself!" Misty demanded hostily. Footsteps began echoing off the cave walls.
"Okay, if you insist," the woman spoke, then walked out from behind a nearby rock. Misty's eyes opened and she gasped upon laying eyes on the woman. The woman approached Misty and smirked. "Hello, little girl. Remeber me?"
"Mai Valentine?! Wha... w.. why are you doing this?! Let me go at once!" Misty snapped coldly.
"Why should I? So you can run and never return? We're going to have a little duel, Misty, and the winner is the only one that can advance into the main tournament."
"What are you talking about?"
"We're gonna have an all-out match, winner take all. You have six stars and I have nine. Add it up, and your total is fifteen stars, which is, if I recall correctly, the amount of stars required to enter the main tournament. We're gonna bet all our stars on this match, and whoever wins is the only one who can advance," Mai offered.
"What makes you think I'm gonna risk everything on a single match? I'm not betting all my stars on one match. And for your information, if you wanted a duel, all you had to do was ask me for it, not drag me down here!" Misty yelled.
Mai gagged in disgust. "Ugh... I knew you'd be too chicken to accept this kind of duel. Well, since you want to be stubborn, it looks like I'll have to resort to my backup tactics to crack you," she spoke in a icy tone of voice.
This caught Misty's attention. "Backup tactics? What's that?" she asked.
"Wanna find out? Believe me girl, it isn't pretty. Unless you want me to use those on you, I suggest you accept this duel. Now, what's your response?" Mai inquired in a serious tone of voice. Misty wasn't sure what she should do. First off, she didn't know Mai was crazy enough to pull a stunt like this, but since she showed her true colors, Misty didn't want to fool around and see what the backup tactics were. Also, this could get her into the main tournament quickly. She was a pretty good duelist, and if she beat Mai, she would advance. But, what if she didn't? Then, she would be out of the tournament. This was a tough decision for Misty to make. Should she accept the duel, or should she reject it? Misty was leaning more toward accepting the duel, because rejecting it meant Mai would enforce those blasted backup tactics, and Misty did not want to find out what they were. She would just have to take the risk.
"Allright, Mai, I accept your duel. We'll have an all-out match, and whoever wins goes on to enter the main competition. Now, get me off this wall!" she barked.
"Feisty, aren't we? Well, since you accepted, I have no choice but to let you down. But, you'd better not try to run off," Mai threatened.
"Believe me, I'm not. I'm gonna take great pleasure in knocking you out of this tournament," Misty told her. Mai released Misty off the wall and whipped out her dueling device. Misty did the same, and the two girls powered them up. [I hope I can do this. Winning this match means I will have accomplished my first objective in my quest to save my sisters,] Misty thought.
[Once I win Misty's six stars, I can then enter the tournament and stop worrying about surviving this mini-contest. Once my place in the main competition in set in stone, I can began wokring out a plan to take down Pegasus and put him behind bars, where he belongs,] Mai thought to herself. Both women looked at each other.
"Let's Duel!" they both shouted.
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"Why don't you just give up?" Pegasus jeered and giggled at Duke.
"I'm never gonna give up to you, Pegasus. And I'm not gonna lose to you, either," Duke quipped, then drew for a card. "Kuribo, in defense mode!" Kuribo loaded in after Duke slammed down the card.
ATK: 300 DEF: 200 (DEF ?)
"Kuribo?! Is that the best you can do? Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, blow away that pathetic card! White Lightning attack!" Pegasus shouted. The dragon reared back and drew in a large amount of breath, then launched another energyball at the Kuribo. Of course, Kuribo was no match for the attack and a huge explosion erupted, destroying the monster. Duke lost no life points, though. "C'mon, Duke, don't waste everybody's time by throwing monsters in defense mode. Give up and accept your place as the inferior Pegasus," Maximillion taunted him. But Duke didn't listen.
"I won't ever surrender to you, punk!" Duke snapped angrily.
"Then gather every last bit of your strength, Duke! Give me all you've got! It won't do any good, but at least you can go out in a blaze of glory!"
Duke rolled his eyes and drew for another card. He got another Cannon Soldier. [Ohh... I can use this card to stage a possible comeback. All I need is a good magic card of some sort so Pegasus's Blue Eyes Toon Dragon can't destroy it, then on my next turn, I can sacrifice another monster and attack his life points directly!] Pegasus already knew what Duke was planning and was ready to counter it, but Duke didn't know. "I'll play one monster face-down in defense mode, and then I'll play another card face- down!" Duke slammed down these cards, which brought about the face-down holocards. Pegasus giggled playfully.
"Oh, what you're planning to do is a good move, Duke, but I'm already prepared! See, I know your face-down monster is Cannon Soldier, and the other face-down card is Negate Attack. You were hoping I would make my Blue Eyes Toon Dragon attack your soldier so that you could activate Negate Attack, then you was going to to play a monster and sacrifice it to Cannon Soldier, so that it could attack me directly! Good move, Dukey-boy, but it's not gonna work! (Duke is in utter shock) First, I play this card, Red Archery Girl, in attack mode!" Pegasus's creature jumped out of the holocard and snickered playfully.
ATK: 1400 DEF: 1500
"Then..." he drew a card from his hand and slapped it down onto the card reader. "I'll play this magic card called Brain Control!"
"Oh no! Brain Control?!" Duke gasped.
"Oh yes, Brain Control! With this card, I can control one of your monsters for a turn, and I'm going to take control of your Cannon Soldier!" Pegasus yelled as Cannon Soldier sunk back down into it's holocard, then the card floated over to Pegasus's side of the field and released the Cannon Soldier back onto the field. "And now, Phase 3 of my brilliant turn has me sacrificing my Red Archery Girl to power up the Cannon Soldier, give it a chance to strike!" Pegasus announced triumphantly. Duke's eyes was bucked open as he realized what was happening. He had lost... Long, metallic spikes jarred into Red Archery Girl, destroying her. Her shattered pieces flowed over into Cannon Soldier, which powered it up. It pointed the large gun on the top of its head at Duke.
"It's over... he beat me..." Duke's voice trailed off.
"See? What did I tell you, Dukey-boy? I told you I would be the victor in this duel. Since Cannon Soldier can attack you directly, it can bypass that Negate Attack card you have laying on the field. And, since it takes off 400 life points, and you only have 300... do the math. I think the rest will explain itself. You lose, Dukey-boy! I've always been superior to you in everything, and Duel Monsters is no exception. Time to finish you off! Cannon Soldier, attack Duke directly!" Pegasus snapped. Cannon Soldier fired off its shot and struck Duke in the chest, knocking him to the floor and finishing the match.
***Duke's Life Points- 0/Maximillion's Life Points- 4300***
"Wow! Look at the difference in our life points! You're down to 0 and I have a whopping 4300 life points left over!" Pegasus exclaimed as the holograms began dissappearing. "It's really a shame that throughout the entire duel, you only managed to destroy two of my monsters! Just two! You suck when it comes down to you vs. me. And, I said you wouldn't defeat me and you didn't. Once again, I had the upper hand over you like I always have."
Duke snarled at Pegasus angrily while standing up. "You cheated, you stupid bastard. There's no way anyone can defeat you if your probing their mind somehow to get an inside scoop on their every thought and strategy, then you counter it perfectly! If you dueled fairly, you would've been crushed!" he snapped.
"Is that so? Even if I hadn't used my resources on you, I still would've beat you," Pegasus retorted.
"Oh, yeah? How about we have another go at it and you play fairly this time around?!" Duke suggested.
"I have a better idea. I think it's time to punish you for intruding in my palace and disrupting some important business. You may not believe it, but I'm going to suck your soul out of your body and into a nether realm better known as, the Shadow Realm!" Pegasus yelled as he prepped his Millenium Eye. Before he could began though, Duke grabbed a lamp off his nightstand and threw it into Pegasus's chest, knocking him to the ground.
"Curse you, Pegasus! This isn't over!" he yelled and dove out of the window. Pegasus got off the floor, ran over to the window and bent over, looking down at the ground below. There was no sign of Duke; all Pegasus saw was numerous trees. "Darn! I've got to find him! He knows things and he could spill them..." Pegasus immediately paged his guards.
"Yes, Master?" answered one.
"The intruder is gone. He just dove out of my bedroom window," informed Pegasus.
"Oh my goodness, are you okay, Master Pegasus?" asked the guard.
"Yes, but you must find him, quickly! He must not get away! Report to my bedroom and I'll give you a detailed description of him!" Pegasus ordered.
"Yes, sir. We're on our way," the guard replied and hung up. Pegasus sighed heavily. Duke could not get off this island. He knew a little too much, and if it got it to the wrong indiviuals, he could be ruined.
Ending Discloser.
--Episode Written By: GateGuardian3500-- I hope it was good. If it has any typos in it, please forgive me. Yes, I know Mai is being a bit on the devious side, but this is an alternate reality fic, and when I do these types of books, sometimes I alter the character a little and make them do things they normally wouldn't do. Sorry if I offended any Mai fans, but it's a good twist, don't you think? The next two episodes will be a two- part event, and it will main center around Misty and Mai's duel. Who will emerge victorious? Also, I apologize again for the long wait. Things have been quite hectic lately, and since my sister has taken a huge liking to the The Sims, it's going to be a bit tougher to find time to write any episodes. I will try, though. I'm not going to give an estimate of when the next episode is supposed to be posted, because honestly, I don't have any idea myself. I will try to update it sooner than this episode, but don't get your hopes up. My life moves quickly, I'm often busy, and I have little time to write the fanfic, but I will write anyway. Peace out!
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Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 10, 'Pegasus Vs. Pegasus' (3/4/2003)
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Previously...
Once everyone had been escorted off the boat and onto the shore, one of the men began to speak. "Hey, listen up everybody, especially duelists, because we've got some news for you which you would wanna hear!"
Everyone paused and watched as the other man started to speak. "Guess what? The brand new, Portable Holo-Duel Simulator Systems from Kaibacorp. has just been released for duelists everywhere!" he announced, which drew a lot of gasps from the crowd. "These babies boast many enhancements over the Virtual Holochip Dueling Consoles we've all come to know and love!
"This is what you'll be using for the duration of the tournament, and afterwards," stated the first man. "Now, in 30 minutes," the second man spoke up, "the duels shall begin. Use this time to shape and refine your deck to the perfect configuration. When the sky light up with fireworks in the form of Pegasus, the sub-competition shall be underway.
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"This is a nice little camp you've got going here, girl," the voice, belonging to a young woman, spoke. Misty turned around, slightly startled.
"Yeah, I guess so," she answered while standing up. "Who are you?"
"Please, don't be so alarmed; I come in peace," the blonde chick told her, then strolled over to one of the sturdy rocks next to the hot spring and took a seat. "You seem like a pretty nice girl. What's your name?"
"Why don't you tell me your name first? After all, you're the one who stumbled into my little camp."
"Allright, then. My name is Mai Valentine," she stated.
"Misty Chase, nice to meet you," Misty said and extended her hand for Mai to shake. She did so, then they returned their hands to their side.
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Joey drew a card from his deck, then smirked and looked it Devon. "Well, Devon, you dueled pretty good for a dick, but it's over now. I'm gonna play this, Dragon Nails, which increases my dragon's attack points by 600!" Joey slammed down the card and laughed as Devon cringed.
ATK: 3000
"Oh, no!"
"Say goodbye to Kazejin! Red-Eyes Black Dragon, attack with Inferno Fire Blast!!" Joey screamed out at the monster. It immediately complied and launched a powerful fireball at Kazejin. The fireball impacted with Kazejin and ignited in flames and explosions, thus obliterating the monster.
"Aah!! My Kazejin has been destroyed!" Devon exclaimed in disgust.
Devon's Life Points- 200
"This is just bad. I almost won this duel, but you managed to pull out that blasted Dragon Nails card to power up your dragon to 3000 points. I... give up," he stated and powered down his system. Joey was caught off-guard by Devon statement, but he wasn't surprised. Joey powered down his system also, causing all the monsters to dissappear.
"Ha! I told you I'd be claiming victory. Now, cough up your two stars like we agreed, dick," Joey told him. Devon reluctantly complied and gave Joey his two stars, then began to walk away with his head lowered. He stopped and turned around to face Joey.
"Listen up, Joey, just because I lost to you today doesn't make you a better duelist! Someday, I'll be back to give you crushing defeat!" he stated and walked off.
"Dream on," Joey calmly replied, then faced Yugi. "Yugi, can you believe it? I just won my first duel in the tournament! Aren't you proud of me?!"
"Of course I am, Joey. You've improved a whole lot since you first started dueling, and I bet that you'll get really far in this tournament, if not win it!"
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Geoff's eyes began to glow an fiery red. The Selena impersonator found herself releasing Ash although she didn't want to. "Hunh? What's this?" she was surprised. Geoff was using telekineses. He used the telekinetic power to pull Ash over to where he was standing. He then looked up toward the sky "Element of Lightning, I call upon you! Come to me!" he shouted. Suddenly, several lightning bolts struck Geoff and he began to absorb it all like a sponge absorbing water. Selena's, along with Ash's, eyes were popped open in shock. After he soaked in as much as he wanted, the lightning bolts fizzled out. His hands were sparking with electricity in them. He thrusted his right hand out and a lightning discharge jumped out of his hand and struck Selena, electrocuting her to a sizzling crisp. Her fried remains of ashes were all left of her. Geoff turned to face a shocked Ash.
"Well, what's up, cousin?"
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Picking up right where we left off, the tournament was nevertheless, advancing pretty quickly. Numerous duelists had been eliminated and thrown off the island, to a boat which was home bound. Of course, all the cast members are still in it, for now. At the Central Palace, Maximillion Pegasus reluctantly left Morty's cell and began running to his bedroom. Whoever this intruder was, it was going to get killed for interrupting his rather interesting torture session with Morty. The boy was beginning to crack; his body and mind was starting to wear down, especially after using the Voodoo Doll on him. Pegasus rode the elevator back up to the second floor of the palace. After it stopped, he walked out of it and headed toward his room. Walking inside, he closed the door behind him and sighed deeply. He hoped the guards would catch that scoundrel quickly so he could resume his torture session with Morty. Pegasus just knew that Morty was about to tell. He was finally about to get what he wanted after so much time, then this had to happen. Pegasus was a bit disgusted as he sat down on his bed. He ran his fingers through his long platinum hair. Suddenly, an arm lashed out around Pegasus's neck and began to choke him. Pegasus began to gag while struggling to get away. The masked figure shoved Pegasus to the ground, then walked over to the door and locked it. Pegasus scrambled for the intercom, but the figure grabbed him and pushed him onto the bed.
"Long time no see, Maximillion," the voice, which sounded like a typical male, spoke.
"Who.. who are you?" Pegasus asked. He didn't know who this person was, or what they wanted with him. The man pulled off his mask and revealed himself to him.
"Recognize me now, brother?"
"It's... it's you! Duke!" Pegasus spoke in shock. Duke smirked and approached the bed in which Pegasus lay. Duke (Devlin) was the guy that starred in the Dungeon Dice Monsters event. His black hair was combed into his regular hairstyle. He wore a black leather suit with a black shirt underneath the open jacket.
"That's right, you filth. It's me, Duke Pegasus." The man whipped out his hand and began to choke Maximillion. Maximillion coughed and gagged for air as Duke glared at him angrily. "I told you that you would not get away from what you did to me. You may have covered it up from the cops, but I know what you did. You took my everything from me!" he began to choke Pegasus harder. Pegasus gagged from the lack of air and tried to pull Duke's hand away from his neck, but to no avail. Duke tossed Pegasus into the nightstand beside the bed; Pegasus knocked over the glass lamp and fell to the floor. Duke snatched Maximillion up by his hair and threw him into the nearby dresser. After falling to the ground, Pegasus looked up at the tall man.
"Duke... so I'm guessing it was you who staged the whole invasion."
"You're right. It was me. What are you gonna do about it, you silver-haired prick?" Duke picked up the intercom and dropped it on the floor, then stepped on it, breaking it. Pegasus's eye popped open. "You cause me so much pain throughout my entire life, dick, and now, it's payback time! Everything I've worked so hard to get, you took it from me! When we were kids, you used to steal my allowance money from me, hide it and tell our parents how I was lying on you! But, that's just petty stuff. You took my dream from me. The one invention that has caused a worldwide craze: Duel Monsters! It was my game! I invented it! I'm the man who spent countless hours laying out the ground rules, making up the monsters and fine tuning the gameplay; I did it all! Then, at the last moment, when the game was ready to be presented to the world, you locked me up in a dungeon and released it yourself! All the fame and glory you're receiving right now is supposed to be mine!! But, you robbed me of it! I couldn't tell the police what you did, because they would never believe my 'word of mouth' until I gave them some hardcore evidence, which I didn't have. So now, instead of trying to get what's rightfully mine, I've come to take you away from it," he spoke in a dark tone of voice. "Most importantly, you took my girlfriend from me. Remeber Cecilia Pegasus? She was my honey, my fiancee, and you weaved your way into her heart and took her from me! And you even..."
"Duke, wait a minute!" Pegasus begged while getting to his feet. "I know what I to you did was wrong, but... I'm certainly not sorry!" he said and laughed manically. Duke charged for him, but Pegasus managed to stop him from attacking by making an offer. "Duke, just hold your horses. Now, before you began your little revenge plans, how about you consider a little deal, hmm?"
"I don't wanna make any deal with you. All I wanna see is your blood leaking out of your neck."
"Perhaps. But, first, I'm gonna give you a chance to get back the dream that you concocted," Pegasus stated. Duke was a little surprised.
"You mean..."
"Yes. I'll give up my company and I'll give you the rights to Duel Monsters and sign over its ownership to you! And most importantly, I can even manage to bring back something you hold dear to you, Duke..." Pegasus used the Millenium Eye to look into Duke's mind. "Yes, that's right. The honey that you lost, I can bring her back to you. But first, you must manage to defeat me in a duel."
"What?!"
"I said, you must manage to defeat me in a duel. If you can beat me, I promise to give you the rights to Duel Monsters, and I'll bring back your old lover. Not so bent on killing me off right away, aren't you? You have a choice: A, you kill me now and still live without your things, or B, you accept the duel and the possibility that you get back everything you hold dear to you. What will it be, Duke?" Pegasus asked.
"Allright, then, I accept your challenge. We'll have a duel, and if I win, I'll get back what I want, understood?" he inquired.
Pegasus nodded confidently. "Of course. Now, whip out your deck of cards and let's get this show on the road!" he exclaimed, then began to think to himself. [Duke has no idea what he's getting himself into. He thinks he's gonna win, but he's dead wrong. I have the power of the Millenium Eye working on my side, and with it's mind-reading abilities, I simply cannot lose. Sorry, Duke, but today will be your last!] Duke transported a bag with various card decks inside. He grabbed one of them and placed the deck into the deck keeper of his platinum dueling device. Pegasus does the same (his is a velvet rose color), then they walk a good distance away from each other. Glaring deadly at each other, the two men shouted, "Let's Duel!" The Life Points meter appeared in front of them.
***Duke's/Maximillion's Life Points- 2000***
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Seto Kaiba was starting to panic. If Misty won the tournament and obtained the prize money, his whole world could come tumbling down. He couldn't allow that to happen, no matter what the costs. He couldn't directly defeat Misty and get her kicked out of the tournament, because she might suspect something. He's never opposed Misty before, so doing so in a duel might lead to her finding out his dark secret. But, maybe he could find someone and have them duel Misty for him. If he could only manage to find someone powerful and skilled enough to defeat her, he could stop worrying about this. But, who could do it? And would they do it? Seto knew he would have to prepare some kind of insurance policy to persuade the person to collaborate with him. Seto immediately went in search of a possible duelist. He needed to find someone strong, someone whom he believed could take down Misty easily. Seto was so busy thinking that he didn't realize where he was going, and he ended up colliding with someone; both of them fell to the ground.
"Hey, why don't you watch where you're going, you big jerk!" the woman, which was Mai, exclaimed and began getting off the ground.
"Sorry, miss, but I was in a rush. I was trying to keep up with this duelist so he could give me some stars he lost to me in a duel. I didn't mean to run into you," Seto explained to her, and she seemed to accept this information.
"Fine, but next time, try to watch where you're going," she said and began to walk away, but Seto stopped her.
"Wait a minute! Hold on, I think I might be able to make a proposal to you in which you might be interested in."
"Hunh? What proposal?" Mai inquired.
"You see, there's this girl participating in the tournament. Her name is Misty Chase..." Seto was interrupted by Mai.
"Hey... I know who you're talking about," she told him.
"Really? You do? Well then, perhaps you wouldn't mind doing me a little favor and kicking her out of the tournament for me. I promise I'll make it worth your while," Seto offered.
Mai was a bit skeptical about this, but she decided to play along. "Just what will you do to get me to duel the girl?"
"I'll pay you $10,000 dollars. Defeat the girl and you'll get the money as a reward. What I want is for you to challenge her to an all-out match. Wipe her out of the tournament, and the money is yours."
"Do you have the money with you? If so, show it to me," Mai demanded. Seto transported a briefcase of money out of his computer terminal and opened it. All the cash was inside, and it was all real money. Seto smirked as the Mai's eyes scanned across the piles of cash inside the briefcase, then he closed it.
"Defeat the girl and this is what you'll get as a reward. Also, I'll let you have one of my cards, it's called 'Ground Collapse', and it wipes out two slots in which cards can be placed as long as its face-up on the field. Neat, eh? So, what do you say?"
Mai pondered the idea for a while, then gave Seto an answer. "Allright, I'll play. But only on one condition: if I lose and she takes all my stars from me, you'll have to fork over 3 of the stars you have already to put me back in the game, understand? If you don't agree to that, then you won't receive my services," she told him. Seto acknowledged that information and nodded.
"Agreed. Should you lose, you'll get 3 stars to keep you in the tournament. Thank you for your services," he said in his usual dry and deep tone of voice, then began to walk away from where he once stood.
"She's probably not gonna accept a duel where if she lose she's out of the Sub-Competition, you know. From what I've seen of her, the girl plays with a level head," Mai informed him, and Seto shook his head.
"Don't worry; I'll have all of that taken care of. Just meet me in 40 minutes. By then, everything should be ready." The two people parted from there original location. Seto smirked in satisfaction. Once this was done, he could stop worrying about Misty and her sisters.
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Ash and his cousin, Geoff, had found a nice, quiet spot on the island in which to began Ash's tutoring: a rocky, hilly area with a cliff hanging over the ocean below. Geoff also had powers, so he could give Ash a nice bit of advice on how to control them. Ash had seated himself on one of the many giant rocks that situated themselves in this area, and Geoff stood near the cliff telling Ash about his powers. "So, basically, my power is mainly manipulating the natural physics and laws of the earth. I can do a lot of supernatural moves people normally cannot do. For example," Geoff slowly began to levitate. Ash's mouth dropped open.
"You mean, you can do all that?" he wondered while in awe.
"Yep," Geoff let himself float back down to the ground. "There are many other neat things I can do in that criteria, but we won't go off into all that. My other powers give me extra firepower, along with my primary power. Shooting out lightning is just a small percentage of what I am capable of."
"What else can you do?" Ash asked him, but Geoff ignored the question.
"Enough about me. We came up here to teach you how to channel into your powers, not turn mine into a discussion session. Now, tell me exactly what kind of power you have unleashed in the past."
"Uh... I remeber I caused a small earthquake; I caused various lightning beams to descend from the sky and destroy things; I also forged a tidal wave while heading for this island. A little thing that I did was that I made my eyes hone in on a target," Ash said. Geoff abosrbed the knowledge and began to speak.
"Have you had any success in recreating any one of these events again?"
"Well, I did managed to summon lightning twice, but that's it. I've never been able to do anything else more than once," Ash replied.
"Hmm, interesting," mused Geoff. "Get up and try to summon another lightning beam."
"What? I.. I can't do that. I can barely keep them from coming out, let alone calling on them!" he exclaimed, but that did not deter Geoff from his command.
"C'mon, now, get up. You'll never learn how to control them by suppressing them." Geoff watched as Ash reluctantly got off the rock. He looked up at the sky and began squinting his eyes in an effort to summon the lightning. Nothing happened, though. Ash began trying harder, but he still couldn't manage to get the lightning to appear.
"C'mon..." he muttered to himself, but that didn't help the lightning bolt appear. Ash then decided to try what Geoff did moments ago and call out to the lightning. "Element of Lightning, I call upon you!" he shouted, but nothing happened. Ash sighed and turned to face Geoff. "See, nothing happened. I can't seem to make them come when I want them. They just.. come on their own." Suddenly, a bolt appeared and struck the ground directly next to Ash himself. He gasped in surprise. "Uh... well, voila! A perfect example! They just come out on their own; I can't seem to harness them."
Geoff sighed heavily. "I think this might take a little longer than I thought..."
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Misty was busy eating a little lunch to fill her hungry stomach.. She had two ham sandwiches with cheese and lettuce on them, along with some potato chips as a side dish. Misty knew that she had to win the prize money to help her sisters, but she wasn't sure if she could manage it. The pressure on her shoulders was tremendous. Misty wasn't sure if she could handle the fact that their lives were in her hands. What if she lost? What would she do then? Seto Kaiba had already told her that he didn't have that much money to spare, so what would she do if she happened to lose in the tournament? She didn't know, but she knew that she had to believe she would make it in the tournament. Before she could began to eat her food, a mask filled with some sedative solution came over her nose, and before she knew what was happening, she had lost consciousness. A figure began dragging Misty away...
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***Duke's/Maximillion's Life Points- 2000***
The duel had officially begun. Pegasus granted Duke the first move, so that he could use the Millenium Eye to read his mind and see what move he was going to make. Duke unwillingly fell for it too. He reached out and grabbed a card, then pulled it up to see what he drew. [Allright! Gamma The Magnet Warrior! It's not a really strong card, but if I can draw his other two counterparts, Alpha and Beta The Magnet Warrior, then I can fuse them into a powerful creature!]
Pegasus was already aware of Duke's plan because he read his mind using his Millenium Eye. [Ah, a well-planned play, but it's not going to work,] he commented to himself.
"For my first move, I'll lay out one card face-down in defense mode!" Duke slapped down the card, causing it to appeared in front of him face-down in the platinum light slots. Pegasus smirked because he already knew what Duke was planning. For now, he would go ahead and play along with it. Drawing a card, he placed it on his card reader.
"I'll summon this monster, Witch of The Black Forest, in attack mode!" The holocard loaded and the witch appeared on top of it. She did her trademark snicker upon taking place in the field.
ATK: 1100 DEF: 1200
"Let's see you counter that, Dukey-Boy."
"And that's just what I'll do. I switch Gamma The Magnet Warrior face-up and in attack mode!" Duke did this, and the card flickered out, then back in. It was face-up, and the small warrior jumped out of it and made a mechanical noise.
ATK: 1500 DEF: 1800
(Since I have no idea what its true attack could be, as it has never made an appearance it the show, I can only guess based off of what the card looks like) Gamma The Magnet Warrior, attack his Witch of The Black Forest! Smashing Metal Fist!" The small warrior extended his left hand out at the witch with amazing speeds. The fist knocked the witch's head off and she shrieked before exploding into pieces. Pegasus looked a bit surprised.
"Oh my..." he gasped.
Pegasus's Life Points- 1600
"Your witch has been vanquished, Pegasus," Duke said in an defiant tone of voice.
"Oh my goodness..." muttered Pegasus. "I don't believe how powerful your cards are. I didn't expect them to be that strong. Otherwise, I wouldn't have never challenged you to this match."
However, Duke wasn't as naive as Kaiba was in the anime. He caught on to Pegasus's little act rather quickly. "Save it, Pegasus, you're a terrible actor. Just make your next move," he ordered.
"Feisty, aren't we? Your honey was rather feisty. As a matter of a fact, she..."
"Don't talk about my girlfriend, allright?! Just make your move!!" Duke screamed out.
"Ooh, it seems we've hit a sore spot, haven't we?" Pegasus asked, then chuckled afterwards. "Allright, then Duke, if that's what you want, that's what you'll get," he told him and drew a card. "Hmm... what have we here? This is a nice card, but I don't think it'll come in handy until later. For now, I'll just lay it face-down, along with another card face-down, and another one face-up, but in defense mode. Then I end my turn and pass control back to you," The three cards all appeared in battle. The defense card was a Griggle.
ATK: 300 DEF: 350
"That little weakling, he's no match for my warrior," Duke mused.
"That's true. He isn't a match for your warrior. But, I think you're missing the bigger point of why I placed this creature on the field. You see, once Griggle has been placed face-up on the field, and control passes over to you, I gain an additional 3000 life points to my bin!" Pegasus annouced, causing Duke to gasp.
Pegasus's Life Points- 4600
"Oh no! Your life points is now at a whopping 4600 points!" exclaimed a shocked Duke.
"That's right. You can do away with it now, if you wish, because I've already gotten what I wanted from it, and that's the 3000 life point boost it gave me."
Duke snarled at Pegasus's strategy. He made no comment on it, but instead sent his monster to attack it. "Gamma The Magnet Warrior, get rid of that monster now! Smashing Metal Fist!" Duke's warrior thrusted its metal hand straight into the midsection of the creature, splitting it into two before it shattered into pieces. Since it was in defense mode, Pegasus lost no life points.
Pegasus giggled in delight. "Now it's my turn again," he said and drew for a card. Upon looking at it, he smiled in satisfaction. "Perfect, this is just what I needed. Dark Rabbit, in attack mode!" he slammed down the card and brought the crazy, hilarious rabbit into battle. Dark Rabbit laughed hideously as Duke and his monster.
ATK: 1100 DEF: 1500
"Dark Rabbit?! What's so special about that wimpy card? My magnet warrior can easily take care of it. But before I attack, I'm gonna draw a card from my deck," Duke did this and looked at the card he drew. It wasn't what he was looking for, so he just added to his hand. "Now my magnet warrior, attack the Dark Rabbit!" Duke commanded. As his monster extended his fist out, Pegasus flipped up a magic card.
"Ha! You played right into my hands, Dukey-boy, for now I activate this card: Negative Energy!" Pegasus shouted. Duke gasped at this sudden turn of events. "Negative Energy is a special spell which applies only to dark type monsters. It multiplies my rabbit's attack and makes it twice as strong!"
"Oh no! But that means..."
"Dark Rabbit now has an attack power of 2200!" Pegasus exclaimed and laughed triumphantly. Dark Rabbit grew in size when the dark energy spell was activated. It laughed just as hideous as ever. Gamma The Magnet Warrior's punch simply bounced off the reinforced rabbit. "Now, Dark Rabbit, attack!" Pegasus spoke. The rabbit complied with him and ran toward the monster. Once it reached the warrior, it gave the warrior a barrage a punches, then finished with a giant uppercut that sent the warrior flying into Pegasus's nightstand and shattering upon impact. Pegasus laughed in delight with his Dark Rabbit.
Duke's Life Points- 1300
"Things are looking kind of slim, wouldn't you say, Dukey-boy?" Pegasus teased.
Duke was quite surprised at Pegasus's tactic, but he knew this wouldn't be an easy task. Although Duke thought of the monsters, he didn't have much access to any of them. Pegasus, however, was the one who studied all the monsters, all the magic cards, and all the traps cards Duke created, then memorized them until he knew them all by heart. And Pegasus had added to the card database by releasing new ones that he thought of. Every strategy a duelist has ever pulled off Pegasus now knows about. Defeating him in a duel would be no easy task at all, but Duke was sure he would be the victor. He also knew a handful about Duel Monsters, seeing as he was the one who made it in the first place. "Just because you won this round Pegasus doesn't mean that this duel's yours. It's not over yet."
"Oh, I beg to differ, Dukey-boy. Just look at our life point bins..."
***Duke's Life Points- 1300/Maximillion's Life Points- 4600***
"You're over 3000 points behind me. How do you seriously expect to catch all that up, especially while dealing with the perils my deck has to offer? Face it, Dukey-boy, you never had a chance against me before this duel even started. I won everything when we were little, and I'll win this duel too," Pegasus said.
"Wrong," began Duke, "you're not gonna win anything. The winner who's gonna be walking away from here will be me!"
"Ooh, a bit defiant, aren't we? I think it's about time you get taught a lesson and put back in your place, Duke. You've always been inferior to me, and this duel will prove it."
"Shut it, prick! I'm not inferior to you!" Duke snapped. He was getting angry, which was Pegasus's exact intentions. Pegasus knew that Duke played Duel Monsters best with a level head, and with anger overpowering his other emotions, he was bound to be thrown off his game. Pegasus smirked deviously.
"Then prove it to me and make your move," Pegasus stated, then immediately probed Duke's mind with his Millenium Eye. [Time to get an inside scoop on your strategies, Dukey-boy. And you don't have a clue as to what I'm doing,] he thought, then chuckled.
[Let's see here, Pegasus has 4600 life points and a supercharged rabbit backing him up. Also, he has that other card face-down. I've got to think of a good strategy. If I draw a card powerful enough to take down his Dark Rabbit, should I attack it? What if the face-down card is a trap? On the other hand, it could just be there to distract me and give Pegasus an opening. Well, if I'm to mount any kind of strategy, I need to see what I have to work with,] Duke thought to himself as he looked through his hand. It was mostly made up of monsters that didn't have enough attack strength to defeat the Dark Rabbit. He drew a card from his deck that proved to be exactly what he needed: Jinzo. "Yes! This is perfect! I play..."
"Hold it, buster!" Pegasus suddenly hollered out.
"Hunh?"
"Before you summon that card, we're going to play a little guessing game with it. And don't try to give me any lip, because the card I laid face- down totally supports me," Pegasus flipped the card face-up. "It's a card called Prophecy!" (Duke gasped) "And guess what it does? It allows me to guess whether the card you're about to play has an attack power higher or lower than 2000. If I guess correctly, the card you're about to play will become mine!" he yelled and began to laugh. Duke's eyes popped open as Pegasus continued on. "Now, let's see here. Do the card has more than 2000 attack points? Or less? Of course it has more than 2000 attack points because the card you're about to play is.. Jinzo!" Pegasus announced and Duke shook his head before gasping in surprise.
"What the... how'd you know what card I was about to play?!" he asked.
"I have my ways, Dukey-boy. Now, cough up the card!" Pegasus extended his hand out so Duke can tossed the card to him.
"Wait a minute, before I do this, I wanna know: How did you know what I was about to play before I play it? However you did it, you cheated!" Duke yelled.
"So? What are you going to do about it?" Pegasus quipped and giggled. "Now, abide to the rules and hand over the card!" he snapped.
"Fine, then!" Duke chucked the card over to Pegasus and he caught it. "Ah... this should make a fine addition to my deck. Now, you can continue your turn, Dukey-boy," Pegasus said while adding Jinzo to his hand.
[I can't believe it! How in the world did Pegasus know what I was going to play before I even put it out on the field? Maybe he's psychic or something... or maybe he's just a good guesser. No way, that can't be it. He may be good at guessing whether the card had an attack power stronger or weaker than 2000, but no one normal could guess exactly what another duelist was about to play! Something else must be going down, and I'm gonna find out what it is,] Duke said to himself.
"C'mon, now, you can't wait all day," Pegasus reminded him.
"I'll play one card face-down in defense mode, another one face-down, then end my turn," Duke did this, and the face-down holocards appeared in two slots in front of him. [Hopefully he'll attack the card, then he'll walk right into my trap!]
Pegasus smirked deviously. [Oh, I see what you're trying to do, Dukey-Boy, you're gonna activate the Mirror Wall the moment I send my Dark Rabbit to attack, which will slice his life points in half. I'm already prepared for you,] he chuckled to himself, then drew a card from his his hand. "Hmm... I know you have the Mirror Wall card waiting for me so you can weaken my rabbit, (Duke gasped) but your plan isn't going to work. I activate this card, Remove Trap!" Pegasus slapped the card onto the reader, and the face- down Mirror Wall card instantly shattered into pieces. "Now, Dark Rabbit, attack his face-down card!" Pegasus ordered. The hideous rabbit charged for the defense monster, which turned out to be a Cannon Soldier. Dark Rabbit overwhelmed the monster with a giant uppercut which sent the monster flying into the ceiling and erupting into pieces. Duke was utterly surprised.
"How... is he.. doing that? How can he know what cards I play before I play them?" Duke murmered to himself.
"Ohh... Duke, what's the matter? You seem perplexed," Pegasus teased.
"Shut it, dick! You're not playing this duel fairly, you're cheating somehow!" exclaimed Duke. "How can you know what cards I'm about to play before I even play them?!"
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out," Pegasus told him and laughed in delight.
Duke sighed in frustration. "I should've known you'd find someway to give yourself the upper hand; you've always been that way," Duke snapped and drew a card from his deck. "Finally! Something powerful enough to destroy that rabbit! I play Summoned Skull, in attack mode!" Duke slammed down the card, activating it. Summoned Skull appears on the field and let out its traditional snarl.
ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200
"Summoned Skull, attack Dark Rabbit!" Duke yelled. His monster complied and fired an electrical charge into the Dark Rabbit's chest, causing it to shatter into pieces. "Allright! Your little cheat method didn't help you outta that one, did it, punk?!" Duke jeered at Pegasus, but he ignored him.
Pegasus's Life Points- 4300
"You little fool. You have no idea what you're in store for," Pegasus muttered and drew a card from his deck, looking at it afterwards. "Hmm... this is a nice little card. Duke, I think it's time you get taught a lesson for calling me a punk! Allow me to introduce you to Toon World!"
"Toon World?!!" Duke was shocked as Pegasus placed the card onto his card reader. "But... that's a card so rare no one believes it exist! Most duelists think that's it's a rumor that you produced any of these cards!"
"It's not good to listen to gossip, Dukey-boy, for as you'll see, it's often wrong and unrealiable! This card ought to shut you up and put you back in your place! I play Toon World!" Pegasus placed the card onto the field, and it began to load. First, a weird, black and white vortex appears in one of Pegasus's holographic card slots. Then, out popped a book that twirled around in the air, making a funny, cartoonish sound effect. After twirling for a while, it exploded in the air and pink gas erupted, along with some yellow "BOOM!" words. After the smoke faded away, a floating book with a small world inside hovered over Pegasus's slot.
"I... can't believe it..." Duke's voice trailed off.
"To finish my turn, I lay one other card face-down, then play this, the Blue Eyes White Dragon, in attack mode!" Pegasus slapped it down, causing the massive beast to rise out of the ground. Duke was utterly surprised.
"How did you manage to get your hands on a Blue Eyes White Dragon?! There's less then ten of them in the world!" Duke yelled.
"I own this game, remeber? Every card that has ever been manufactured is at my disposal, Dukey-boy, and that includes the Blue Eyes White Dragon! Now, Blue Eyes, cross the threshold into the wonderful Toon World!" Pegasus barked. Pastel pink gas seeped from Toon World and surrounded the beast, then a mystical force suddenly sucked the Blue Eyes White Dragon into the book. The book began to spin around, spewing gas once again, then out popped a hideous, warped version of the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"Ugh! What is that thing?!" asked Duke.
"This 'thing' is the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, the toon counterpart of the widely popular and coveted Blue Eyes White Dragon! And guess what, Dukey- boy, this monster is the vessel that will ensure your defeat! Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, attack Duke's measly Summoned Skull now!" Pegasus commanded. Duke watched the dragon draw in a large amount of air, filling its jaws. Then, it hurled out a large, pink energyball which struck the Summoned Skull and exploded violently and ominously. Fierce winds blew again Duke as he struggled to keep his composure. Since he had no chance to switch the monster into defense mode, he lost some life points.
Duke's Life Points- 800
"Only 800 life points left in your bin, Duke, compared to my 4300. Things are looking rather grim, wouldn't you say? Admit defeat," Pegasus jeered.
"Never!" retorted Duke.
"But, it's just your destiny to fall short when dealing with me. I always won our little fights and games we played as kids, and today's no different."
"Wrong. I won't lose to you, Maximillion!" Duke shot back and drew a card from his deck. Pegasus used his Millenium Eye to hone in on Duke's strategy, of course. The card Duke drew was a Mirror Force card. [This is perfect. If I get Maximillion to attack me and I flip this up, his Toon World is done for!] "I'll set one card face-down, then play another in attack mode!" Duke placed these cards on his reader. The attack monster was a Dark Magician.
ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100
"Ooh! A big, spooky, Dark Magician! Oh no! I'm doomed!" Pegasus began to mock the magician. "I'm sunk! The Dark Magician's gonna destroy me! What do I do?!"
"Shut it, dick, and make your move!" Duke yelled.
"Oh, all right. I know once I attack your Dark Magician you're gonna flip up that Mirror Force card and destroy Toon World. (Duke's eyes popped open and he gasped) So, I'll simply place another Remove Trap down on the field, and let it do the talking!" Pegasus giggled as his card activated and shattered Duke's Mirror Force card. "Now, Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, attack the Dark Magician! White Lightning attack!" Pegasus shouted. The monster drew in another breath, then hurled another energyball at the Dark Magician. The orb of power easily destroyed the Dark Magician, and it caused another life point deduction from Duke's bin.
Duke's Life Points- 300
"Oh, I've got you cornered now. Admit it, Duke, you're going under!" Pegasus teased and laughed in delight. Duke simply snarled in disgust.
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Tristan was still filling his basket with various fruits. There was bananas, oranges, strawberries, peaches, plums, a few watermelons, and pears inside the basket. Tristan picked a few grape batches off a vine and placed them inside the basket. Deciding that was enough, Tristan began making his way back to the camp in which Brock and him were sharing. He had no idea Surge was watching him though. Surge frowned in disgust. Tristan had his God card and he wasn't going to stop until he got it back. And for compensation for his trouble, Tristan will hand him Obelisk the Tormentor also. Surge crept through the trees quietly, watching Tristan closely. How exactly was he going to get the cards? Beating them out of him didn't work, so Surge decided to settle this the official way: with a duel. While walking, Tristan heard someone call his name. He turned to see Meilin running his way.
"Hey, what's up, Tristan?" she greeted as she approached him.
"Not much. I'm doing good in the tournament, though," Tristan replied.
"Really? That's great," she said while grabbing a plum out of the fruit basket. "You don't mind, do you?"
"No, not at all," Tristan shook his head while speaking.
"Um, Tristan, I don't mean to blunt or anything, but have you seen Li around here somewhere? I've been looking for him for a while now, but I haven't seen him at all. Have you seen him anywhere?" Meilin wondered, and Tristan shook his head for a negative response.
"Nope. Sorry, Meilin, but I haven't seen or heard from Li since we got off the cruise ship," replied Tristan.
"Oh," Meilin said then sighed. "I wonder where he could be?"
"Maybe he's off dueling somewhere. Why don't you check all the more populated dueling areas around here and see if he's around?" Tristan suggested.
"I've done that already. That was my first idea: go to the popular dueling sites and see if he's there. But, I didn't see him," Meilin told him.
"Well, maybe you should check again. You might've missed him the first time," Tristan said.
"I guess so. But, if you see him, could you send me a message (via the S.C.T)?" she inquired.
"Sure. I'll keep my eye out for him," Tristan responded, then waved bye as Meilin ran off in search of Li. Tristan continued walking toward the campsite.
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Meanwhile, Li was off somewhere with Sakura teaching her how to play Duel Monsters like a master. They had decided to meet each other now instead of later like they originally planned. Sakura was sitting on a pillow while Li stood next to a tree teaching her the fundamentals of Duel Monsters. "Okay, Sakura, first off, Duel Monsters is not a one-player game. There must be at least two duelists present or else, well, playing the game gets really pointless and stupid," Li joked. Sakura giggled at his little remark before he continued. "Anyway, each duelist has a life point bin which tracks their score during the game. You began with 2000 life points by default. What do you do next?" Li asked her.
"Um, you play a card, of course," Sakura answered.
"Exactly. Now, to play a card, you must place it on a card reader slot. I will illustrate," he said and placed a card onto a slot on his portable duel system. However, it was deactivated, so no hologram appeared. "Once you do that, you must decide whether to play the card in attack mode or defense mode, but that's if you played a monster. It always best to play a monster card rather that a magic or trap card, because if your opponent has something to exterminate your magic/trap card, they'll use it. Once the card has been destroyed, they are free to inflict direct damage to your life points, which is very bad. Oh, and once you've played a card, you can make an additional move if you wish, or you can pass control to your opponent. Tip: When making your opening move, it's best to lay out a trap or magic card of some kind to gain an advantage. Are you getting this?"
"Yeah, I understand," Sakura said.
"Good. Now, monster cards are labeled with attack points and defense points. The higher the numbers, the better chance you have at keeping your monster alive. This is where part of the game in centered around. Now, if you've played your monster in attack mode, and your opponent plays a card which has a higher attack power, then they can destroy your card. Same thing goes for you, too. If you play a card with a higher attack power than your opponent's monster, you can destroy it. The difference between the two monster's attack points are then deducted out of the life points bin when they are destroyed. For example: if your opponent plays Saggi the Dark Clown, and you play Celtic Guardian, then the difference between Celtic Guardian's and Saggi's attack points are subtracted out of your opponent's life points bin. Since the difference is 500, 500 life points is subtracted, leaving them with..." Li's voice trailed off.
"1500 life points," Sakura filled in the end of Li's sentence.
"Exactly. Now, if you play a monster in defense mode and your opponent's monster's attack points are higher than your monster's defense points, then the opponent's monster can destroy your monster, but you won't lose any life points. That's the specialty of defense mode. Now, if the opponent's monster's attack points is less than your monster's defense points, then their attack will do no good, which leaves you room to attack them with your monster. Are you getting the basics?" Li asked her.
"Yep, I get it," she replied in a chirpy voice.
"All right. Now, things are about to get more complicated. Just because a monster's attack points are greater than another's attack points- or defense points- doesn't mean it necessarily have to be destroyed. There are lots of different magic and trap cards to avoid a monster's destruction, and if you have them out on the field, you can use it to save your monster from death. Some cards can juice up your monster's attack power to make it stronger than the opposing monster while it's attacking; others can negate an oncoming attack to save your monster, and some other cards can actually turned the monster's attack back on it, making it destroy itself! Neat, hunh?"
"Yeah, it is," Sakura spoke.
"I'm going to demonstrate this now. Would you stand up and walk other there, please?" LI requested. Sakura got off the pillow and walked a good distance away from Li, then stopped. He ordered her to activate her system, and she did. He activated his, then he drew a card from his hand. "I'll play this Flame Swordsman, in attack mode!" Li placed down the card and loaded it onto the field.
ATK: 1800 DEF: 1500 (DEF: ?)
"Hey, play this card!" Li tossed Sakura a card. She caught it, and laid it onto her card reader.
"I call on the Dragon Zombie, in attack mode!" she said and brought forth the monster. It snarled at the Flame Swordsman.
ATK: 1600 DEF: 0
"You're monster is weaker than mine, Sakura. That means I could attack your Dragon Zombie and destroy it. But, let's say you're not too excited about that plan and want to stop it," he said and tossed another card. "Play this card face-down!"
Sakura caught the new card and did as Li instructed. "I'll lay this card face-down, and end my turn!" A holographic face-down card appeared in the appropiate slot.
"Now, when my monster is about to strike, just flip the card face-up to activate it. Ready?" Li called. Sakura nodded her head and he attacked. "Flame Swordsman, attack the Dragon Zombie! Flaming Sword of Battle!" Li yelled. His monster obeyed him and charged for the Dragon Zombie with the sword ready for the strike. Sakura then flipped up the face-down card.
"I activate this card: Waboku!" she shouted. The Flame Swordsman sliced the drago with its fire blade, but since its attack points had been lowered to 0, the attack had no effect. The attack points returned to their original value afterward, though.
"Now, that move left you an opening to take down my monster. If you wanna deal some damage to my life points, you'll have to find a card which will strengthen the Dragon Zombie, or play another card altogether."
Sakura drew a card from her deck, and she drew a Dragon Treasure card. "I believe this card will do the trick. I play Dragon Treasure, which raises all dragon-type monsters' attack and defense points by 300. Since Dragon Zombie is a dragon, it gets a power boost!" Sakura stated.
ATK: 1900 DEF: 300
"Well done, Sakura. Now, attack me," ordered Li.
"As you wish. Dragon Zombie, attack Flame Swordsman with Deadly Zombie Breath!" Sakura's dragon opened its mouth and spewed an relentless onslaught of deadly breath; The Flame Swordsman fell victim to it and shattered rather violently.
Li's Life Points- 1900
"See? You're getting the hang of this game already," Li commented and smiled. Sakura smiled back and giggled playfully.
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Misty began to arouse from her unconscious state. "Ohh..." she moaned and groaned as she sat up. Her vision was slightly blurred, so she rubbed her eyes to help clear her eyesight. Then, she looked around at her surroundings. She was in a cave like structure, and torches hanging off the wall helped light the surrounding area. She started to walk, but a force kept her foot from moving anywhere. She looked down to see that her feet where chained to the wall behind her. Her hands were too. She began to snatch on the chain vigorously. Who was behind this? Where was she? Why was she here, wherever here was, and why did they want her? All these questions raced through Misty's mind as she pulled on the chain. A voice suddenly sounded.
"That won't work, little girl." The voice was of a feminine nature.
"Where are you?! Come on out and show yourself!" Misty demanded.
"Oh, I will, after you agree to a little something for me," she replied.
"I'm not agreeing to anything unless you show yourself!" Misty demanded hostily. Footsteps began echoing off the cave walls.
"Okay, if you insist," the woman spoke, then walked out from behind a nearby rock. Misty's eyes opened and she gasped upon laying eyes on the woman. The woman approached Misty and smirked. "Hello, little girl. Remeber me?"
"Mai Valentine?! Wha... w.. why are you doing this?! Let me go at once!" Misty snapped coldly.
"Why should I? So you can run and never return? We're going to have a little duel, Misty, and the winner is the only one that can advance into the main tournament."
"What are you talking about?"
"We're gonna have an all-out match, winner take all. You have six stars and I have nine. Add it up, and your total is fifteen stars, which is, if I recall correctly, the amount of stars required to enter the main tournament. We're gonna bet all our stars on this match, and whoever wins is the only one who can advance," Mai offered.
"What makes you think I'm gonna risk everything on a single match? I'm not betting all my stars on one match. And for your information, if you wanted a duel, all you had to do was ask me for it, not drag me down here!" Misty yelled.
Mai gagged in disgust. "Ugh... I knew you'd be too chicken to accept this kind of duel. Well, since you want to be stubborn, it looks like I'll have to resort to my backup tactics to crack you," she spoke in a icy tone of voice.
This caught Misty's attention. "Backup tactics? What's that?" she asked.
"Wanna find out? Believe me girl, it isn't pretty. Unless you want me to use those on you, I suggest you accept this duel. Now, what's your response?" Mai inquired in a serious tone of voice. Misty wasn't sure what she should do. First off, she didn't know Mai was crazy enough to pull a stunt like this, but since she showed her true colors, Misty didn't want to fool around and see what the backup tactics were. Also, this could get her into the main tournament quickly. She was a pretty good duelist, and if she beat Mai, she would advance. But, what if she didn't? Then, she would be out of the tournament. This was a tough decision for Misty to make. Should she accept the duel, or should she reject it? Misty was leaning more toward accepting the duel, because rejecting it meant Mai would enforce those blasted backup tactics, and Misty did not want to find out what they were. She would just have to take the risk.
"Allright, Mai, I accept your duel. We'll have an all-out match, and whoever wins goes on to enter the main competition. Now, get me off this wall!" she barked.
"Feisty, aren't we? Well, since you accepted, I have no choice but to let you down. But, you'd better not try to run off," Mai threatened.
"Believe me, I'm not. I'm gonna take great pleasure in knocking you out of this tournament," Misty told her. Mai released Misty off the wall and whipped out her dueling device. Misty did the same, and the two girls powered them up. [I hope I can do this. Winning this match means I will have accomplished my first objective in my quest to save my sisters,] Misty thought.
[Once I win Misty's six stars, I can then enter the tournament and stop worrying about surviving this mini-contest. Once my place in the main competition in set in stone, I can began wokring out a plan to take down Pegasus and put him behind bars, where he belongs,] Mai thought to herself. Both women looked at each other.
"Let's Duel!" they both shouted.
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"Why don't you just give up?" Pegasus jeered and giggled at Duke.
"I'm never gonna give up to you, Pegasus. And I'm not gonna lose to you, either," Duke quipped, then drew for a card. "Kuribo, in defense mode!" Kuribo loaded in after Duke slammed down the card.
ATK: 300 DEF: 200 (DEF ?)
"Kuribo?! Is that the best you can do? Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, blow away that pathetic card! White Lightning attack!" Pegasus shouted. The dragon reared back and drew in a large amount of breath, then launched another energyball at the Kuribo. Of course, Kuribo was no match for the attack and a huge explosion erupted, destroying the monster. Duke lost no life points, though. "C'mon, Duke, don't waste everybody's time by throwing monsters in defense mode. Give up and accept your place as the inferior Pegasus," Maximillion taunted him. But Duke didn't listen.
"I won't ever surrender to you, punk!" Duke snapped angrily.
"Then gather every last bit of your strength, Duke! Give me all you've got! It won't do any good, but at least you can go out in a blaze of glory!"
Duke rolled his eyes and drew for another card. He got another Cannon Soldier. [Ohh... I can use this card to stage a possible comeback. All I need is a good magic card of some sort so Pegasus's Blue Eyes Toon Dragon can't destroy it, then on my next turn, I can sacrifice another monster and attack his life points directly!] Pegasus already knew what Duke was planning and was ready to counter it, but Duke didn't know. "I'll play one monster face-down in defense mode, and then I'll play another card face- down!" Duke slammed down these cards, which brought about the face-down holocards. Pegasus giggled playfully.
"Oh, what you're planning to do is a good move, Duke, but I'm already prepared! See, I know your face-down monster is Cannon Soldier, and the other face-down card is Negate Attack. You were hoping I would make my Blue Eyes Toon Dragon attack your soldier so that you could activate Negate Attack, then you was going to to play a monster and sacrifice it to Cannon Soldier, so that it could attack me directly! Good move, Dukey-boy, but it's not gonna work! (Duke is in utter shock) First, I play this card, Red Archery Girl, in attack mode!" Pegasus's creature jumped out of the holocard and snickered playfully.
ATK: 1400 DEF: 1500
"Then..." he drew a card from his hand and slapped it down onto the card reader. "I'll play this magic card called Brain Control!"
"Oh no! Brain Control?!" Duke gasped.
"Oh yes, Brain Control! With this card, I can control one of your monsters for a turn, and I'm going to take control of your Cannon Soldier!" Pegasus yelled as Cannon Soldier sunk back down into it's holocard, then the card floated over to Pegasus's side of the field and released the Cannon Soldier back onto the field. "And now, Phase 3 of my brilliant turn has me sacrificing my Red Archery Girl to power up the Cannon Soldier, give it a chance to strike!" Pegasus announced triumphantly. Duke's eyes was bucked open as he realized what was happening. He had lost... Long, metallic spikes jarred into Red Archery Girl, destroying her. Her shattered pieces flowed over into Cannon Soldier, which powered it up. It pointed the large gun on the top of its head at Duke.
"It's over... he beat me..." Duke's voice trailed off.
"See? What did I tell you, Dukey-boy? I told you I would be the victor in this duel. Since Cannon Soldier can attack you directly, it can bypass that Negate Attack card you have laying on the field. And, since it takes off 400 life points, and you only have 300... do the math. I think the rest will explain itself. You lose, Dukey-boy! I've always been superior to you in everything, and Duel Monsters is no exception. Time to finish you off! Cannon Soldier, attack Duke directly!" Pegasus snapped. Cannon Soldier fired off its shot and struck Duke in the chest, knocking him to the floor and finishing the match.
***Duke's Life Points- 0/Maximillion's Life Points- 4300***
"Wow! Look at the difference in our life points! You're down to 0 and I have a whopping 4300 life points left over!" Pegasus exclaimed as the holograms began dissappearing. "It's really a shame that throughout the entire duel, you only managed to destroy two of my monsters! Just two! You suck when it comes down to you vs. me. And, I said you wouldn't defeat me and you didn't. Once again, I had the upper hand over you like I always have."
Duke snarled at Pegasus angrily while standing up. "You cheated, you stupid bastard. There's no way anyone can defeat you if your probing their mind somehow to get an inside scoop on their every thought and strategy, then you counter it perfectly! If you dueled fairly, you would've been crushed!" he snapped.
"Is that so? Even if I hadn't used my resources on you, I still would've beat you," Pegasus retorted.
"Oh, yeah? How about we have another go at it and you play fairly this time around?!" Duke suggested.
"I have a better idea. I think it's time to punish you for intruding in my palace and disrupting some important business. You may not believe it, but I'm going to suck your soul out of your body and into a nether realm better known as, the Shadow Realm!" Pegasus yelled as he prepped his Millenium Eye. Before he could began though, Duke grabbed a lamp off his nightstand and threw it into Pegasus's chest, knocking him to the ground.
"Curse you, Pegasus! This isn't over!" he yelled and dove out of the window. Pegasus got off the floor, ran over to the window and bent over, looking down at the ground below. There was no sign of Duke; all Pegasus saw was numerous trees. "Darn! I've got to find him! He knows things and he could spill them..." Pegasus immediately paged his guards.
"Yes, Master?" answered one.
"The intruder is gone. He just dove out of my bedroom window," informed Pegasus.
"Oh my goodness, are you okay, Master Pegasus?" asked the guard.
"Yes, but you must find him, quickly! He must not get away! Report to my bedroom and I'll give you a detailed description of him!" Pegasus ordered.
"Yes, sir. We're on our way," the guard replied and hung up. Pegasus sighed heavily. Duke could not get off this island. He knew a little too much, and if it got it to the wrong indiviuals, he could be ruined.
Ending Discloser.
--Episode Written By: GateGuardian3500-- I hope it was good. If it has any typos in it, please forgive me. Yes, I know Mai is being a bit on the devious side, but this is an alternate reality fic, and when I do these types of books, sometimes I alter the character a little and make them do things they normally wouldn't do. Sorry if I offended any Mai fans, but it's a good twist, don't you think? The next two episodes will be a two- part event, and it will main center around Misty and Mai's duel. Who will emerge victorious? Also, I apologize again for the long wait. Things have been quite hectic lately, and since my sister has taken a huge liking to the The Sims, it's going to be a bit tougher to find time to write any episodes. I will try, though. I'm not going to give an estimate of when the next episode is supposed to be posted, because honestly, I don't have any idea myself. I will try to update it sooner than this episode, but don't get your hopes up. My life moves quickly, I'm often busy, and I have little time to write the fanfic, but I will write anyway. Peace out!