Part XXV: Enter Marik! The leader of the Ghouls!
The KC stadium was full of impatient people. The last duel had been a massacre by Pegasus J Crawford, and the last duel of the first round featured two unknown duelists. They wanted to see the duel between the most known players, like Xavier Knight or Seto Kaiba. "Well. the First Round is about to end!" -Mokuba was saying thought the microphone-"last match is Bones versus Marik Ishtar!"
Back at Shadow Mountain, the arena was resetting itself for the last duel of the round. A gray-faced short boy was already in the arena, but the other side of the field was empty. "where is my rival?" -he thought- "I am going to prove my strength to the Boss! My Zombie deck could crush any opponent" the metallic door opened. He was there, the Millennium Rod in his right hand. Marik Ishtar.
"Let's make this quick, pathetic duelist. I don't want to lose time with the likes of you" "Hey. my Zombie deck is going to finish you quickly, so shut up!"-Bones replied "Let's start"-said Marik as he went on the field "my last card is Needle Worm" "mine is Armored Zombie, so I start!"
"I'll start by summoning Clown Zombie in attack position, and set a magic or trap card in my field, end turn" "All right, Bones. now it is my turn. trying to set such an obvious trap is a technique worth of a loser, so I'll just use Mystic Space Typhoon to destroy your trap"-Marik said as a blue tornado appeared above the field and ripped Bones's trap to pieces. "now, I play Don Zaloog in attack position and make it kill your Zombie and discard the rightmost card with its effect" The legendary thief appeared in the field. He slashed his way thought the Zombie (B.7950 M.8000) and hit the rightmost card of Bones's hand.
"Discard Mage Skeleton" appeared above Bones's side "darn it"-Bones said as he discarded the Skeleton. "and now, I'll set two m/t before finishing my turn" Bones drew a card and looked at it. "Great! Now you are going to suffer! I play Dragon Zombie in attack position, then Premature Burial!" (B.7150-M.8000) The ground opened, and the corpse of a dragon slowly crept outside, following him, an Skeleton engulfed in green flames "chain with Magic Thorns"-Marik said calmly- "now die! Earth Breath and Necropower!" "Stupid fool. activate Negate Attack"
Marik looked at Bones's face. "now, face the true power of my deck! I play Legendary Rogue next to Don Zaloog" (Legendary Rogue: 1500/500 4 stars. If this monster strikes your opponent directly, you may pay 1000 LP to take a random card from his hand and add it to yours) "idiot, my monsters' power is a lot higher than yours!"-Bones yelled to Marik "That's true. I'll just play another m/t and end my turn"
Bones drew another card "I'll play the same card you played, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your trap card! Now I'll be able to finish you!" "Pathetic duelist. I'll chain your magic card with Waboku to prevent you from killing my monsters"-Bones became even paler when he saw the trio of robed maidens blocking the way to Marik's monsters "now, in my turn, I'll set another m/t and put a monster in face-down defense position, I'll also play Swords of Revealing Light to prevent you from attacking the next three turns"
The duel wasn't going good for Bones. his attacks were being blocked by Marik's cards constantly and obviously, Marik was planning something. "I pass", he said- his two remaining cards couldn't do anything in the moment. "All right, Bones, now face this!" said Marik even without looking at the card he had drew, I'll flip Morphing Jar, making us discard our hands and draw another five cards!, that means you lose 1000 Lp thanks to my Magic Thorn card (B.6150-M.8000), Marik looked at his new hand and started to laugh "perfect. this makes it even better, I'll set two magic or trap cards and play Card Destruction, making you lose another 2500 LPs since you have to discard five more cards and draw another five (B.3650-M.8000) And, to finish my turn, I'll activate Delinquent Duo, paying 1000 Lps to make you discard another two cards and lose the same amount of LPs! The two little devils raced thought Bones and hit his newly drawn hand. Bones discarded his necromancer's Tower and Armored Zombie (B.2650-M.7000)
Bones looked at the remaining of his hand and drew a card. "no way"- interrupted Marik "Activate Drop Off, making you discard that" A smile formed in Bones's gray face as he discarded The Snake Eyes "You missed, stupid fool!, I play these cards from my hand, Raigeki and Heavy Storm!" -the huge lightning strike blew the rogues of Marik's field while the holograms of his traps vanished - and now, I play Putrefaction Mummy (1800/0) in attack position and crush your life points! The Zombies slowly crept to Marik and stroke him silently. (B.2650-M-1200) "Now, make your last move, white-haired weirdo!"
"Well. well. you are not such a pathetic duelist. I think I'll give you a special prize when the duel ends." Marik drew a card. he looked at it and smiled. the duel was over. "now, say goodbye to the tournament Bones! I play Copy Magic, copying the effect of Raigeki! "No! My zombies!"-Bones cried as his undead minions were buried by the same burst of energy he had used "Well. next turn I'll use the zombies of my deck to." "no, Bones. your deck is no longer useful to you. this is the end! I play Yata-Garatsu! "NO!!"-Bones yelled. A message appeared in the field "Duelist Bones has been yata-locked. Winner: Marik Ishtar"
Bones moaned "right. what card do you want?" "I think I won't take any card! You have got some talent, Bones, and you are not wasting it any longer! Millennium Rod! Activate!" Bones screamed as the burst of light which have appeared from the rod hit him.
"Master Marik. what do you want me to do?" -Bones started to say "My humble servant. meet Odion in the outside and acknowledge his orders"-Marik said as he got in the elevator and went to the next round. Round 1 was over.
The elevator went up and opened to a plain room with only a table with some black parcels on it, and 7 chairs.. The other duelists were there, waiting "all right"-Seto Kaiba started to say- "These are the rules, each of us will take one of these parcels and open it. They contain a special non- playable copy of a dragon card. Your opponent will be the one with the same card. We'll play the duels in attack order starting with the strongest dragon" Seto Kaiba picked one of the parcels and opened it "As I expected. Blue Eyes-White Dragon!"
Yugi and Joey were the next to pick their parcels. "hey, Yugi, I got Red- Eyes Black Dragon, how about you?" "it is. another Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Seto Kaiba is my opponent. "take it easy, Yugi"- Ryo said as he picked one. "You can win, for sure, oh. my card is Tyrant Dragon, so I won't be facing you, Joey!"
Knight and Bakura went to the table silently "Curse of Dragon" declared Knight. "mine is Red-Eyes Black Dragon"-Bakura said "Meaning that I'll face Joey Wheeler!" Only Pegasus and Marik remained. Pegasus picked the leftmost parcel and opened it "Oh. what a surprise! It is Curse of Dragon!" "darn it"-thought Knight-"that makes me play against my only ally" Marik opened it quickly, knowing what was left, the card of the Tyrant Dragon
Seto Kaiba started to talk. We'll now go to the arena on top on the mountain. First, I'll face Yugi Moto. Then, Ryo Hazuki will play Marik Ishtar, then we'll see Ryou Bakura versus Joey Wheeler and finally Xavier Knight will face Pegasus J.Crawford. "Get ready, duelists!"
Next chapter: Rivals! Seto Kaiba against Yugi Moto!
The KC stadium was full of impatient people. The last duel had been a massacre by Pegasus J Crawford, and the last duel of the first round featured two unknown duelists. They wanted to see the duel between the most known players, like Xavier Knight or Seto Kaiba. "Well. the First Round is about to end!" -Mokuba was saying thought the microphone-"last match is Bones versus Marik Ishtar!"
Back at Shadow Mountain, the arena was resetting itself for the last duel of the round. A gray-faced short boy was already in the arena, but the other side of the field was empty. "where is my rival?" -he thought- "I am going to prove my strength to the Boss! My Zombie deck could crush any opponent" the metallic door opened. He was there, the Millennium Rod in his right hand. Marik Ishtar.
"Let's make this quick, pathetic duelist. I don't want to lose time with the likes of you" "Hey. my Zombie deck is going to finish you quickly, so shut up!"-Bones replied "Let's start"-said Marik as he went on the field "my last card is Needle Worm" "mine is Armored Zombie, so I start!"
"I'll start by summoning Clown Zombie in attack position, and set a magic or trap card in my field, end turn" "All right, Bones. now it is my turn. trying to set such an obvious trap is a technique worth of a loser, so I'll just use Mystic Space Typhoon to destroy your trap"-Marik said as a blue tornado appeared above the field and ripped Bones's trap to pieces. "now, I play Don Zaloog in attack position and make it kill your Zombie and discard the rightmost card with its effect" The legendary thief appeared in the field. He slashed his way thought the Zombie (B.7950 M.8000) and hit the rightmost card of Bones's hand.
"Discard Mage Skeleton" appeared above Bones's side "darn it"-Bones said as he discarded the Skeleton. "and now, I'll set two m/t before finishing my turn" Bones drew a card and looked at it. "Great! Now you are going to suffer! I play Dragon Zombie in attack position, then Premature Burial!" (B.7150-M.8000) The ground opened, and the corpse of a dragon slowly crept outside, following him, an Skeleton engulfed in green flames "chain with Magic Thorns"-Marik said calmly- "now die! Earth Breath and Necropower!" "Stupid fool. activate Negate Attack"
Marik looked at Bones's face. "now, face the true power of my deck! I play Legendary Rogue next to Don Zaloog" (Legendary Rogue: 1500/500 4 stars. If this monster strikes your opponent directly, you may pay 1000 LP to take a random card from his hand and add it to yours) "idiot, my monsters' power is a lot higher than yours!"-Bones yelled to Marik "That's true. I'll just play another m/t and end my turn"
Bones drew another card "I'll play the same card you played, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your trap card! Now I'll be able to finish you!" "Pathetic duelist. I'll chain your magic card with Waboku to prevent you from killing my monsters"-Bones became even paler when he saw the trio of robed maidens blocking the way to Marik's monsters "now, in my turn, I'll set another m/t and put a monster in face-down defense position, I'll also play Swords of Revealing Light to prevent you from attacking the next three turns"
The duel wasn't going good for Bones. his attacks were being blocked by Marik's cards constantly and obviously, Marik was planning something. "I pass", he said- his two remaining cards couldn't do anything in the moment. "All right, Bones, now face this!" said Marik even without looking at the card he had drew, I'll flip Morphing Jar, making us discard our hands and draw another five cards!, that means you lose 1000 Lp thanks to my Magic Thorn card (B.6150-M.8000), Marik looked at his new hand and started to laugh "perfect. this makes it even better, I'll set two magic or trap cards and play Card Destruction, making you lose another 2500 LPs since you have to discard five more cards and draw another five (B.3650-M.8000) And, to finish my turn, I'll activate Delinquent Duo, paying 1000 Lps to make you discard another two cards and lose the same amount of LPs! The two little devils raced thought Bones and hit his newly drawn hand. Bones discarded his necromancer's Tower and Armored Zombie (B.2650-M.7000)
Bones looked at the remaining of his hand and drew a card. "no way"- interrupted Marik "Activate Drop Off, making you discard that" A smile formed in Bones's gray face as he discarded The Snake Eyes "You missed, stupid fool!, I play these cards from my hand, Raigeki and Heavy Storm!" -the huge lightning strike blew the rogues of Marik's field while the holograms of his traps vanished - and now, I play Putrefaction Mummy (1800/0) in attack position and crush your life points! The Zombies slowly crept to Marik and stroke him silently. (B.2650-M-1200) "Now, make your last move, white-haired weirdo!"
"Well. well. you are not such a pathetic duelist. I think I'll give you a special prize when the duel ends." Marik drew a card. he looked at it and smiled. the duel was over. "now, say goodbye to the tournament Bones! I play Copy Magic, copying the effect of Raigeki! "No! My zombies!"-Bones cried as his undead minions were buried by the same burst of energy he had used "Well. next turn I'll use the zombies of my deck to." "no, Bones. your deck is no longer useful to you. this is the end! I play Yata-Garatsu! "NO!!"-Bones yelled. A message appeared in the field "Duelist Bones has been yata-locked. Winner: Marik Ishtar"
Bones moaned "right. what card do you want?" "I think I won't take any card! You have got some talent, Bones, and you are not wasting it any longer! Millennium Rod! Activate!" Bones screamed as the burst of light which have appeared from the rod hit him.
"Master Marik. what do you want me to do?" -Bones started to say "My humble servant. meet Odion in the outside and acknowledge his orders"-Marik said as he got in the elevator and went to the next round. Round 1 was over.
The elevator went up and opened to a plain room with only a table with some black parcels on it, and 7 chairs.. The other duelists were there, waiting "all right"-Seto Kaiba started to say- "These are the rules, each of us will take one of these parcels and open it. They contain a special non- playable copy of a dragon card. Your opponent will be the one with the same card. We'll play the duels in attack order starting with the strongest dragon" Seto Kaiba picked one of the parcels and opened it "As I expected. Blue Eyes-White Dragon!"
Yugi and Joey were the next to pick their parcels. "hey, Yugi, I got Red- Eyes Black Dragon, how about you?" "it is. another Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Seto Kaiba is my opponent. "take it easy, Yugi"- Ryo said as he picked one. "You can win, for sure, oh. my card is Tyrant Dragon, so I won't be facing you, Joey!"
Knight and Bakura went to the table silently "Curse of Dragon" declared Knight. "mine is Red-Eyes Black Dragon"-Bakura said "Meaning that I'll face Joey Wheeler!" Only Pegasus and Marik remained. Pegasus picked the leftmost parcel and opened it "Oh. what a surprise! It is Curse of Dragon!" "darn it"-thought Knight-"that makes me play against my only ally" Marik opened it quickly, knowing what was left, the card of the Tyrant Dragon
Seto Kaiba started to talk. We'll now go to the arena on top on the mountain. First, I'll face Yugi Moto. Then, Ryo Hazuki will play Marik Ishtar, then we'll see Ryou Bakura versus Joey Wheeler and finally Xavier Knight will face Pegasus J.Crawford. "Get ready, duelists!"
Next chapter: Rivals! Seto Kaiba against Yugi Moto!