Part VII: Cross-game strike! The duel of two champions!!
Mokuba: We'll have an special match! The winner won't receive any card from the other's deck, just a Locator Card! You surely know the first player! He is one of the best players of Duel Monsters of all the World! The owner of the deadly Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Seto Kaiba!
The crowd starts to roar. Kaiba appears in the stadium and hoes to the field. His platform is raised
Mokuba: And the other player: A great master of card games! Champion of Magic the Gathering, but today he will play Duel Monsters! Leon Shinare!
A tall guy dressed in red and black appears. He has got short blue hair, and a black bandanna round his head. The crows applauses him too.
Kaiba: I expect a good duel, Leon. You know the rules, don't you?
Leon: I have been playing this game for over a year. and with this deck you have given me. I will shatter you!
Kaiba: Sure. I'm going to teach you some manners. Let's start! I'll let you have the first turn!
Leon: All right!
Kaiba: 8000 Leon: 8000
Knight: (this will be interesting. Leon is a great card player. but I don't know if he is strong enough to beat Kaiba.
Leon: I'll start with this one, Hurloon Minotaur! (1500/1800) in attack position! And your go.
Kaiba: *draws* (Perfect!! I got one of my best combos) I'm sorry, Leon. I'm going to kill you in 2 turns! I play Black Hole, then Cyber Stein!
Leon: I am so scared.
Yugi: (Wow! Cyber-Stein. Kaiba has almost finished Leon.I don't know if he has played enough times to know how to destroy that.)
Kaiba: You don't know how to play, it seems! I activate Cyber-Stein and bring out Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500)
Kaiba: 3000 Leon: 8000
Kaiba: Blue-Eyes! Attack!
Leon: Wait a moment. I use this quick magic card called Swords to Plowshares.
(Swords to Plowshares. Magic. Remove a monster from the game, add his Attack to the LPs of the owner)
Kaiba: Darn it! I'll direct snap you with the Stein, then!
Kaiba: 7500 Leon: 7300
Knight: (hehe. that was a good card.)
Kaiba: (I have to remember what cards Leon has in his deck. his transformed Magic TG cards are powerful. I can't lose this game.) Your go!
Leon: All right. I'll just play Sengir Vampire.
(Sengir Vampire: Zombie/Dark 1800/0 Add 300 to the attack of this monster at the end of every turn if it has killed another monster)
Leon: And attack your Stein!
Kaiba: 6400 Leon: 7300
Leon: I'll set a card and end my turn.By the way, my Vampire has got 2100 attack points right now.
Kaiba: (all right. let's change my strategy. with the cards I have got in my hand I should be able to handle this. this will do.) Vorse Raider and a card face-down!
Leon: All right. Gray Ogre (1500/1500) in attack position. I'll just kill your monster with the Vampire
Kaiba: Mirror Force! Don't you know about traps, Leon? Now, in my turn, I summon Battle Ox and snap you with both my monsters!
Kaiba: 6400 Leon: 3700
Kaiba: And.. another face-down card!
Knight: (I was starting to think that Leon could win. but Kaiba is controlling the game..
Leon: All right. my go! I put another card face-down and play Serra Angel (1800/1800) My Serra Angel has got special abilities, but now I won't use them and I'll attack your Ox!
Kaiba: Negate Attack.
Leon: Nope. I activate the trap I just set.
Kaiba: You can't do that! You must wait a turn
Leon: I know. but this trap ignores that rule! I trigger Counter-Spell!
(Counter-Spell: Trap: May be activated even if you played this card that turn. Prevents a magic or trap card being cast from functioning or destroys a monsters that is being summoned)
Leon: I kill your Ox!
Kaiba: 6300 Leon: 3700
Leon: and. your go!
Kaiba: It doesn't mind a lot. I use Premature Burial and remove 800 from my LPs to summon. the Battle Ox back. and tribute both my monsters to summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon! White Beam!!!!
Kaiba: 5500 Leon: 2500
Leon: All right. It is time to use my best cards, Kaiba! I use Black Lotus!
Black Lotus: magic/continuous You may tribute this Magic card as if it was a monster
Kaiba: Black Lotus. I don't care. you don't have any monster that can kill the mighty Blue-Eyes!
Leon. I have. I tribute the Black Lotus to bring out the Vesuvan Doppelganger! This monster acts like a Copycat, but I can change the monster it is copying at the start of every turn! Now, I'll make the Vesuvan copy your little Blue-Eyes!
Kaiba: (maybe I gave him a too strong deck.)
Leon: And then, I'll play Unstable Mutation!
(Unstable Mutation: Add 1500 to the attack and defense of a monster. That monster loses 500 attack and defense points in each standby phase of his owner)
Leon: so, now. Blue-Eyes White Dragon! White Beam!!!
Kaiba: 4000 Leon: 2500
Kaiba: (I'll have to wait. I can't fight that monster now. *draws* Darn. I have just got another Cyber-Stein as monster. but if he summons another monster. he will finish me with his Doppelganger.) All right! I set a monster and put a card face-down!
Leon. I'm not stupid, Kaiba! I won't attack you this time! That is a trap!
Kaiba: All right. *draws*Well, Leon. I was bluffing, that wasn't a trap. it was a magic card, called the Nails of Dragon! I play Monster Reborn, to cast the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and equip him with 2 Nails of Dragon! Blue- Eyes White Dragon! White Beam!!!
Kaiba: 4000 Leon. 1700
Kaiba: Your turn! What are you going to do now, novice?
Leon: Remember that card I set the first or the second turn?
Kaiba: Yes. (His deck has just got Magic TG cards. he hasn't got any card that can save him now, like Raigeki or Black hole.)
Leon. I think I should use it. But I'll use this card before doing that! Wheel of Fortune!
(Wheel of Fortune: Magic All players discard their hands and draw 5 new cards)
Leon: I'll activate my set card now. it is called Regrowth! It allows me to pick a card from my Graveyard! I select the Black Lotus. Now, I play Control Magic (acts as Change of Heart) on your Blue-Eyes and, using the Black Lotus and your dragon as tributes, I summon my best monster! Shivan Dragon!
(Shivan Dragon: 7 stars Dragon/Fire 2800/2800)
Kaiba: Yeah. and what else?
Leon: Kaiba. I hate to do this. but the deck you gave me lacked some cards. so I added 4 or 5 little surprises.
Kaiba: You did WHAT?????
Leon: Like this one. Fairy Meteor Crush!
Kaiba: What the hell???? (Darn it! In the agreement I signed I didn't say that he couldn't change his deck! I thought he wasn't a good player. but he will win if I don't do something!
Leon: Shivan Dragon! Burning Rage!
Kaiba: 1600 Leon: 1700
Kaiba: All right. this does it. *draws* I play Raigeki to destroy your monster! And now.. Saggi, the Dark Clown and a face-down card! Your go!
Leon: All right *draws* . Kaiba. I wouldn't activate that trap. You will lose if you do it.
Kaiba: Don't bluff.
Leon: All right. I set a monster!
Kaiba: I activate Crush Card!!! I tribute Saggi, but you have to discard all your powerful monsters! And, because you won't be able to draw more monsters in 3 turns, you have lost!
Leon: I told you not to activate that. I'll use Fork.
Kaiba: Oh, no! I forgot that card
(Fork: Magic, quick This card must be played targeting another non continuous magic or trap card which is being used. Copy the effects but not the costs of that card)
Leon: We both have to discard of our monsters. Now, I'll end my turn.
Kaiba: *draws* (No. I don't have any monsters now.) I. finish my turn
Leon: Game over, Kaiba.. I flip my monster. the Prodigal Sorcerer
Prodigal Sorcerer: Spellcaster/Water FLIP: 1000/1000 Remove1000 from the LPs of your opponent)
Leon: You lose 1000 LPs. and now, I direct snap you with him!
Kaiba: 0 Leon: 1700
Leon: I win!
Kaiba: No. this is impossible. no (I have lost.. This can't be.)
Leon: Kaiba. great match. I only won because I was lucky. I have to prepare myself a lot more if I want to be in the Finals. I have just got 3 Locator Cards.
Kaiba: .
Leon leaves the stadium
Mokuba: . . . . a. big surprise. wasn't it? Time for. the final match.
Next Chapter: The final test! Knight and Duke versus Yugi and Ryo!
Mokuba: We'll have an special match! The winner won't receive any card from the other's deck, just a Locator Card! You surely know the first player! He is one of the best players of Duel Monsters of all the World! The owner of the deadly Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Seto Kaiba!
The crowd starts to roar. Kaiba appears in the stadium and hoes to the field. His platform is raised
Mokuba: And the other player: A great master of card games! Champion of Magic the Gathering, but today he will play Duel Monsters! Leon Shinare!
A tall guy dressed in red and black appears. He has got short blue hair, and a black bandanna round his head. The crows applauses him too.
Kaiba: I expect a good duel, Leon. You know the rules, don't you?
Leon: I have been playing this game for over a year. and with this deck you have given me. I will shatter you!
Kaiba: Sure. I'm going to teach you some manners. Let's start! I'll let you have the first turn!
Leon: All right!
Kaiba: 8000 Leon: 8000
Knight: (this will be interesting. Leon is a great card player. but I don't know if he is strong enough to beat Kaiba.
Leon: I'll start with this one, Hurloon Minotaur! (1500/1800) in attack position! And your go.
Kaiba: *draws* (Perfect!! I got one of my best combos) I'm sorry, Leon. I'm going to kill you in 2 turns! I play Black Hole, then Cyber Stein!
Leon: I am so scared.
Yugi: (Wow! Cyber-Stein. Kaiba has almost finished Leon.I don't know if he has played enough times to know how to destroy that.)
Kaiba: You don't know how to play, it seems! I activate Cyber-Stein and bring out Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500)
Kaiba: 3000 Leon: 8000
Kaiba: Blue-Eyes! Attack!
Leon: Wait a moment. I use this quick magic card called Swords to Plowshares.
(Swords to Plowshares. Magic. Remove a monster from the game, add his Attack to the LPs of the owner)
Kaiba: Darn it! I'll direct snap you with the Stein, then!
Kaiba: 7500 Leon: 7300
Knight: (hehe. that was a good card.)
Kaiba: (I have to remember what cards Leon has in his deck. his transformed Magic TG cards are powerful. I can't lose this game.) Your go!
Leon: All right. I'll just play Sengir Vampire.
(Sengir Vampire: Zombie/Dark 1800/0 Add 300 to the attack of this monster at the end of every turn if it has killed another monster)
Leon: And attack your Stein!
Kaiba: 6400 Leon: 7300
Leon: I'll set a card and end my turn.By the way, my Vampire has got 2100 attack points right now.
Kaiba: (all right. let's change my strategy. with the cards I have got in my hand I should be able to handle this. this will do.) Vorse Raider and a card face-down!
Leon: All right. Gray Ogre (1500/1500) in attack position. I'll just kill your monster with the Vampire
Kaiba: Mirror Force! Don't you know about traps, Leon? Now, in my turn, I summon Battle Ox and snap you with both my monsters!
Kaiba: 6400 Leon: 3700
Kaiba: And.. another face-down card!
Knight: (I was starting to think that Leon could win. but Kaiba is controlling the game..
Leon: All right. my go! I put another card face-down and play Serra Angel (1800/1800) My Serra Angel has got special abilities, but now I won't use them and I'll attack your Ox!
Kaiba: Negate Attack.
Leon: Nope. I activate the trap I just set.
Kaiba: You can't do that! You must wait a turn
Leon: I know. but this trap ignores that rule! I trigger Counter-Spell!
(Counter-Spell: Trap: May be activated even if you played this card that turn. Prevents a magic or trap card being cast from functioning or destroys a monsters that is being summoned)
Leon: I kill your Ox!
Kaiba: 6300 Leon: 3700
Leon: and. your go!
Kaiba: It doesn't mind a lot. I use Premature Burial and remove 800 from my LPs to summon. the Battle Ox back. and tribute both my monsters to summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon! White Beam!!!!
Kaiba: 5500 Leon: 2500
Leon: All right. It is time to use my best cards, Kaiba! I use Black Lotus!
Black Lotus: magic/continuous You may tribute this Magic card as if it was a monster
Kaiba: Black Lotus. I don't care. you don't have any monster that can kill the mighty Blue-Eyes!
Leon. I have. I tribute the Black Lotus to bring out the Vesuvan Doppelganger! This monster acts like a Copycat, but I can change the monster it is copying at the start of every turn! Now, I'll make the Vesuvan copy your little Blue-Eyes!
Kaiba: (maybe I gave him a too strong deck.)
Leon: And then, I'll play Unstable Mutation!
(Unstable Mutation: Add 1500 to the attack and defense of a monster. That monster loses 500 attack and defense points in each standby phase of his owner)
Leon: so, now. Blue-Eyes White Dragon! White Beam!!!
Kaiba: 4000 Leon: 2500
Kaiba: (I'll have to wait. I can't fight that monster now. *draws* Darn. I have just got another Cyber-Stein as monster. but if he summons another monster. he will finish me with his Doppelganger.) All right! I set a monster and put a card face-down!
Leon. I'm not stupid, Kaiba! I won't attack you this time! That is a trap!
Kaiba: All right. *draws*Well, Leon. I was bluffing, that wasn't a trap. it was a magic card, called the Nails of Dragon! I play Monster Reborn, to cast the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and equip him with 2 Nails of Dragon! Blue- Eyes White Dragon! White Beam!!!
Kaiba: 4000 Leon. 1700
Kaiba: Your turn! What are you going to do now, novice?
Leon: Remember that card I set the first or the second turn?
Kaiba: Yes. (His deck has just got Magic TG cards. he hasn't got any card that can save him now, like Raigeki or Black hole.)
Leon. I think I should use it. But I'll use this card before doing that! Wheel of Fortune!
(Wheel of Fortune: Magic All players discard their hands and draw 5 new cards)
Leon: I'll activate my set card now. it is called Regrowth! It allows me to pick a card from my Graveyard! I select the Black Lotus. Now, I play Control Magic (acts as Change of Heart) on your Blue-Eyes and, using the Black Lotus and your dragon as tributes, I summon my best monster! Shivan Dragon!
(Shivan Dragon: 7 stars Dragon/Fire 2800/2800)
Kaiba: Yeah. and what else?
Leon: Kaiba. I hate to do this. but the deck you gave me lacked some cards. so I added 4 or 5 little surprises.
Kaiba: You did WHAT?????
Leon: Like this one. Fairy Meteor Crush!
Kaiba: What the hell???? (Darn it! In the agreement I signed I didn't say that he couldn't change his deck! I thought he wasn't a good player. but he will win if I don't do something!
Leon: Shivan Dragon! Burning Rage!
Kaiba: 1600 Leon: 1700
Kaiba: All right. this does it. *draws* I play Raigeki to destroy your monster! And now.. Saggi, the Dark Clown and a face-down card! Your go!
Leon: All right *draws* . Kaiba. I wouldn't activate that trap. You will lose if you do it.
Kaiba: Don't bluff.
Leon: All right. I set a monster!
Kaiba: I activate Crush Card!!! I tribute Saggi, but you have to discard all your powerful monsters! And, because you won't be able to draw more monsters in 3 turns, you have lost!
Leon: I told you not to activate that. I'll use Fork.
Kaiba: Oh, no! I forgot that card
(Fork: Magic, quick This card must be played targeting another non continuous magic or trap card which is being used. Copy the effects but not the costs of that card)
Leon: We both have to discard of our monsters. Now, I'll end my turn.
Kaiba: *draws* (No. I don't have any monsters now.) I. finish my turn
Leon: Game over, Kaiba.. I flip my monster. the Prodigal Sorcerer
Prodigal Sorcerer: Spellcaster/Water FLIP: 1000/1000 Remove1000 from the LPs of your opponent)
Leon: You lose 1000 LPs. and now, I direct snap you with him!
Kaiba: 0 Leon: 1700
Leon: I win!
Kaiba: No. this is impossible. no (I have lost.. This can't be.)
Leon: Kaiba. great match. I only won because I was lucky. I have to prepare myself a lot more if I want to be in the Finals. I have just got 3 Locator Cards.
Kaiba: .
Leon leaves the stadium
Mokuba: . . . . a. big surprise. wasn't it? Time for. the final match.
Next Chapter: The final test! Knight and Duke versus Yugi and Ryo!