Author's Note: Well, here's the very first duel, Malik v.s. Salam! Sadly, Writing up Salam's deck, I made a few mistakes. First, I have one trap card too many (7 Tools Of The Bandit), and I put one tribute wrong. Instead of Millenium Shield, it should be Kiryu. D'oh, again, sorry for the mistakes. Here we go for the duel. And just incase you're wondering, yes, the format of the story gets different when two people are dueling… Let's just repost Salam's deck here…
alam's Deck Total Cards: 44
Tribute Monsters (3):
Buster Blader x2
Kiryu
Non Tributes(19):
Warrior Dai Grepher x3
Amazon Archer
Amazoness Paladin x2
Hayabusa Knight x2
Dark Blade x2
Sasuke Samurai
Mysterious Guard x2
Goblin Attack Force x2
Cyber Jar x2
Dream Clown x2
Newdoria
Magic (12):
Reinforement Of Army
Monster Reborn
Lightning Blade
Fusion Sword Murasame Blade x2
The A. Forces
Emblem of Dragon Destroyer (I'll use the name "Emblem Of The Dragon Slayer" because that's what it is in japan, and it sounds much cooler"…)
Change Of Heart
Megamorph
Harpie's Feather Duster
Swords Of Revealing Light
Dark Hole
Traps (10):
Ready For Intercepting: x2
Waboku
Nutrient Z
Skull Lair
Trap Hole
Magic Drain
Magic Jammer x2
Michizure
There won't be much talking this chapter. Just a whoop-ass with a very surprising ending to the duel! So here we go!
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Malik v.s. Salam, Duelist v.s. Duelist
(DUELIST STORY MODE:)
Malik: 4000 LP
Salam: 4000 LP
*Malik and Salam drew their cards, never taking their eyes off each other… five cards each… a small circle came around them, Yugi, well which was Yugi was no changed to Yami, Joey, Tea, Mai, Rishid, and Isis watched, all of them on Malik's side as Salam was sided to no cheering crowd. It was merely a circle…*
Malik: So who shall go first fool?
*Salam's eyes traveled over to Malik and then past him… he looked at the pharaoh… his eyes traveled over to Mai and Joey… then Rishid and Isis… then Tea for a while… a long while… her cheeks turned red at his glance, as he gave a half-smile, then reminded himself that it the name of the game was Duel Monsters, not Love Connection…*
Salam: I go first!
*He drew a card and looked at his hand… he suddenly nodded to himself…*
Salam: I shall play one card, face down, and start with… Warrior Dai Grepher!
*The card took focus and on Salam's side, a chiseled warrior with midnight blue hair and a gleaming sword of aquamarine appeared. He wore a scale mail vest and an armored buckler belt. 1700 ATK/1600 DEF. One Trap/Magic Card took place facdown, right behind The Warrior*
Joey: Hmm… a Warrior type monster…really strong attack, alright defense…
Mai: You sense it too don't you Joey…?
Salam: Heh heh…
Malik: Don't act cute fool! I'll play a card face down and play Drillago! 1600 ATK/1100 DEF
*The giant mess of drills connected to a weird looking yellow contruct stood fanatically, watching Salam, looking right through warrior Dai Grepher…*
Malik: Because you were so smart to put a monster stronger than Drillago into attack position, he can bypass your monster and attack directly. But that's not all for I flip up my face down card!
*The card flipped up behind was a red warthog, running into attack…*
Malik: This is Rush Recklessly… do you know what it does? It adds 700 ATK to any of my monsters, raising Drillago to 2300! Now Drillago! Underground Crater Crush!!!!!!!
*Drillago rushed in a blur, right to Warrior Dai Grepher, then drilled underground… suddenly a crater came up under Salam, knocking him down, and his life points as well… Drillago returned from it's hole it had created to strike Salam then stood…*
Malik: 4000 LP
Salam: 1700 LP Yami: Wow, Malik's skills as a duelist have sure increased since last year!
Rishid: We have been training for this day Pharaoh. This was a long awaited day for us, and I have no doubt, that my brother shall crush this… "eleminator".
*Malik smiled quietly. Ever since the first tournament, he told Rishid to no longer call him Master, if ever again. Instead, merely call him… brother. He cracked his neck twice, then scoffed at Salam openly…*
Malik: Is this all you have to offer fool? Is that it…?
*Salam merely smiled….*
Salam: I play another card face down… and then I play, Dream Clown in attack mode!
*A silly looking clown with a giggly green nose, and star patterned pajamas appeared, all touched up with a blue cape… he gave a goofy chuckle and waved at a slightly disgusted and annoyed Malik…*
Joey: Another Warrior monster… something is a trend here…
Tea: You really know your warriors don't you Joey?
*Joey looked at her for a second then turned back to the duel. He wouldn't really give her much of an acknowledge of her existence…*
Joey: I know a lot of things Tea…
*Tea sighed slightly, sadly as Salam continued…*
Salam: And Warrior Dai Grepher shall attack your Drillago with Ragnarok!
*The Warrior ran to Drillago, raised his blade in the air, ready to strike right before…*
Malik: You novice! Don't you think I would prepare for you!? Reveal Face down Card! Offerings To The Doomed!
*The Card suddenly popped up of a table with candles and golden like box on top of it. Suddenly, bandages fired out of the card and wrapped around Warrior Dai Grepher, slowly consuming him to that of a mummy… Malik chuckled, before embracing a full laugh, feeling that this duel would soon be over before… he heard Salam chuckle as well…*
Salam: You dare call me a novice! Reveal face down card! Magic Jammer!
*Salam's own card popped up, a trap card with a picture of a Magic Circle with purple steam coming out of it… the same magical purple steam that spread out of Malik's card before disappearing and negating. Dai Grepher continued his attack, slashing the Drill Machine in half…*
Salam: Novice I am not. Fool, you are! Sadly, I must discard one card from my hand to the graveyard in order to activate it, but it's a good cause…
*He put the card in the graveyard slot, grinning with an idea…*
Dream Clown shall attack you directly! 1200 ATK/900 DEF
Malik: Cut the crap!
Malik: 2700 LP
Salam: 1700 LP
Isis: Only a small setback brother, you can still win! You will not get eliminated!
Salam: Go Malik! Go and put another monster for me to destroy!
Malik: I play one card face down and call forth… Revival Jam!!!!! 1500 ATK/ 500 DEF In defense mode! Let's see you attack me now!
Salam: I do believe I will! I flip up the trap card Ready For Intercepting!!
*The trap card flipped up. It depicted hundreds of soldiers kneeling down, their shields up, each one with a spear, ready for defense…*
Salam: This sets Dream Clown from Attack mode, to Defense mode… and also activates his special effect. When Dream Clown is set from attack to defense, I destroy any one monster on the field… namely, your Revival Jam! Usually, If Revival Jam is destroyed by a monster's affect, it can be revived, but this was an effect… an effect you don't come back from! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
*He pointed at the evil looking transparent blue jam that wriggled and slid. Suddenly, It started to disappear in a cloud of smoke…*
Malik: Damn you Guardian! Damn you to the bowels of the abyss! I play Card destruction, forcing us to both discard our hands… Then I play Ookazi, burning off your lifepoints by 800! I can only play a card facedown now… Your turn!
Malik: 2700 LP
Salam: 900 LP
Mai: Malik is getting desperate now… there aren't many things he can do…
Salam: Malik… it is time you lose your life points and hand your rarest card to me! First… I flip up my Dream Clown… then I equip Warrior Dai Grepher with Fuison Sword Murasame Blade! It increases his attack points dramatically by 800, and can't be destroyed by magic cards because the Fusion Sword is now a part of him! 2500 ATK/1600 DEF
*a weird purple sphere of ooze slimed itself on Dai's hand… it suddenly formed into a sort of glove, replacing his hand & blade with a new sword, formed on his hand… it channeled power… Warrior's eyes locked on Malik, who had a set look on his face, as if he could tell already what the outcome of this duel would be…*
Salam: Dream Clown, Warrior Dai Grepher! Attack together!
*Dream Clown at the improved Dai Grepher flew at the defenseless Malik, till he flipped up his trap card…
Malik: I flip up… the Trap Card Just Desserts! It makes you lose 500 LP for every monster you have on the field!
*Everyone jumped in shock, watching what would happen*
Joey: Can he do that?
Yami: Is that possible!?! A tie!?
Rishid: Brother, that is a come-from-behind!
Salam: Fool, I declared an attack! If you declared a trap card to make me lose life points while you get attacked, it's a tie because we both lose!
Malik: Better to tie with you, than lose Fool!
*The trap card fired a ghostly white hand at Salam, squeezing him of his life points just as Salam's monsters struck at Malik… the duel… had ended…*
Malik: 0 LP
Salam: 0 LP
*The holograms disappeared, the duel disks slipped back… Malik and Salam had both been on the ground from their rival effects, but now, they were back up, starring hell into the other… many started whispering, just as Malik started to walk away, as did Salam…*
Guy In the Crowds: Whoa, what a match!
Girl: I was cheering for Malik the whole time!
Another Guy: No way man! Salam was the tops!
*Malik suddenly called out to Salam's retreating back…*
Malik: We will duel again Salam! Next time you sick fool… I will crush you! Throw you into the wind…
Salam: Oh we will duel Mal-Lick… and after I'm done with you… little Yugi is next… For you see… I have studied all of you… Every duelist that made it to the top 8 last year… I studied you all and created a deck to stop not only any duelist to come my way… but the best. Noone can stop me… Not Mai, not Joey, not Rishid, not your darling sister, not Yugi, not Pharaoh, and more to the point…. Not you… Prepare for a next meeting Malik… for one of us shall walk out of that duel… a broken man…
*And with that… he went walking away…*
They all walked together till finally, it was time to separate… Malik had said nothing till now… "I'll see you guys in the finals…" He murmured simply before walking away… Rishid & Isis did not follow, understanding their brother's need to be alone… Joey itched his head through his golden hair and asked… "Malik feelin' alright?" Isis merely shook her head with a wry smile. "My brother doesn't like to compare to anyone. He either wants to know that he's stronger or weaker than someone, not equal. With this, I imagine he will be doing something a little more extreme than usual. Let us hope he does nothing foolish. Well, Rishid, you and I should get on the trip…" Rishid and Isis went off separately, saying goodbye and going off in another direction in battle city. Now it was only Mai, Joey, Yami, and Tea… Yami changed to Yugi now just as Joey and Mai said their goodbyes, going off together to duel… it was now only Yugi and Tea… she attempted to break the glacier of ice between them…
"Yugi, ready to see Battle City through?" Yugi looked at her sadly… "Thanks Tea, but I'm… going off by myself… thanks away…" There weren't much words between them as Yugi walked away from her without hearing her response or much less letting her make one… Tea stood there sadly, feeling completely abandoned… she sighed and walked a separate way from all of them, not realizing this was the way Salam had gone…
Malik soon found who he was looking for… the person he was looking for in the alley looked back at him with chocolately brown a eyes, an evil smirk and a fellow enemy now… it was ironic… Malik spook first. "I'm going to abandon this deck I have. For a deck I should truly wield. Do you have these cards?" Malik showed him a list of cards. He marked away the cards he already had… Bakura read it. "I have all those cards, but if you want them, you must take the Guardian Scorpion from around the neck of Salam. I'll give you the cards, you meet him in the finals and take it from him and give it to me. Just incase you don't fail, I'm coming to the finals anyway…" The two soon walked away together to Bakura's home… Yugi sighed quietly, tired in a way as he walked near to the Domino City Arcade… he didn't have much to worry about. He could just go in and duel someone there… for once, he really didn't care about beating duelists who really didn't deserve it. He just wanted to duel… but he doubted he'd be much of a challenge to anyone… which is exactly why a duelist was watching him with a smile. "A weakened runt from his heart broken. Oh, boo hoo Yugi, Boo hoo… heh heh heh… you and Malik and that twerp Joey Wheelie wouldn't have expected me to come back… but I am… and so are my machines…" The pair of black glasses gleamed…
A/N: That's Chapter 3! Who's the duelist who's ready to crush Yugi? You guys should know! He's my favorite right after Malik and Bakura on the five best villains in the show! Also, if you're wondering how Salam's deck is a combination of Yugi's, Mai's, Joey's, Kaiba's, Isis's, Malik's, Bakura's, and Rishid's, or able to take all those decks down, it will be explained in the next chapter, or before it! That's all for now!