United We Stand
"Fake, huh?"asked Calback.
"Amelda wasn't experienced enough to control the power
of the real oracle curse, so we gave her a copy with alternate rules
that would give her some advantage. The real one will be plyed in the upcoming duel"said Darts.
"I look forward to this next match"said Vendick.
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"So now what?"asked Dejiro.
"Now you die!"
Rapheale stepped out, Mai by his side.
"Who are you! And what are you doing with him Mai!"gasped Joey.
"What's that thing on her forehead?"asked Dejiro.
Mai had the oracle curse symbol on her forehead.
"What we're doing is tearing you apart!"said Mai.
"What are you talking about?"asked Joey.
"If you want Mai back, then duel us for the Egyptian god cards"said Rapheale.
"No way! Twon on one's a coward's game, I'll join this duel"said Dejiro.
"You sure about that?"asked Joey.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna let myself lose twice"said Dejiro.
"Be careful, this duel may be more dangerous then you think"said Yami.
"Mai, snap out of it! C'mon!"said Joey.
"No Joey! I see you for what you are now, you're nothing but a girl renter"
"What!"gasped Joey.
"I heared about how you took advantage of me when Malik trapped me in the Shadow Realm!
You molested me, didn't you!"
"Who are you! What did you tell Mai!"said Joey.
"The name's Rapheale, and Mai won't be coming to her former
self unless you win the match"
"Allright, then let's duel!"said Joey.
"Let's take these guys out! I know they're with the Garder Snakes,
and we're gonna crush'em!"
Joey:4000 Dejiro:4000
Mai:4000 Rapheale:4000
"I'll go first"said Rapheale drawing.
"Perfect, just the card I need"thought Rapheale.
"Allright boys, I'm taking you both to school. Ready yourselves boys,
I'm about to play the most powerful magic card in the entire game"
Joey, Yami and Dejiro gasped in usion.
"I play Seal of Oracle Curse! The magic card that will
change the game as you know it!"
The circle exactly like the symbol on Mai's forehead surrounded them.
"Look! The symbol on the ground is the one on Mai's head! What is this!"gasped Yami.
"With Oracle Curse in effect, no one can escape until the game ends. Which means duelists
can't surrender. Too bad. Now I can play my Guardian deck, with cards that'll blow your mind!"
"Oh great"said Joey.
"I start by playing Guard Cyborg in defense mode!"
It had an ATK of 0000 and DEF of 2400.
"Now for another Oracle Curse ability, it raises the power of the owner's
monsters by 500, making my monster's defense 2900!"
"No way man!"gasped Joey.
"My Guard Cyborg allows me to summon 2 more guardian monsters when summoned,
so meet Soldier Guard and Living Burrier!"
Living Burrier:Defense 2650
Soldier Guard:Defense 3200
"Now both get a power bonus from my Oracle Curse card!"
3700, and 3150
"We gotta destroy that thing!"gasped Dejiro.
"You can't, the Oracle Curse card can't be destroyed by anything! The only way to destroy it
is if the owner discards it!"
"With that Oracle Curse out, we might not win. I could lose the egyptian god cards right now!"thought Joey.
"Your defences are strong but not inpenetrable. I'll wipe them out"said Dejiro drawing.
"He better be careful, I can't afford to let him cost us the duel. Maybe I should've let Yugi
duel with me instead. Nah, I'm sure Dejiro will come through"thought Joey.
"I summon Stern Mystic in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 1500 and DEF of 1200.
"Then I play Book of Secret Arts. It raises the attack of my monster
by 300 points"
"Not good"thought Joey slapping himself in the face.
"That ends my turn"
"Now it's my turn. I'm gonna enjoy crushing you Joey"said Mai.
"Bring it!"said Dejiro.
"I summon Unfriendly Amazon in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 2000 and DEF of 1000.
"I can't attack Joey yet since he hasn't taken his turn, but I can still
let some anger out on you little boy. Since me and Rapheale our on a team, his
Oracle Curse card raises my monster's power by 500"
"NO! I can't lose again!"thought Dejiro.
"This is insane. That Oracle Curse card changes the entire game from what it once was"thought
Yugi.
"Butcher his monster!"
Joey:4000 Dejiro:3300
"Now I place one card face down to end my turn"
"Allright, the only way to win this duel is to summon my Egptian God Cards,
one of them at least. They're the only things strong enough to wipe out Rapheale's
defence. Dejiro won't be much help so I'll have to do this myself"he thought.
"I summon GearFried the Iron Knight in defence mode!"
It had an ATK of 1800 and DEF of 1600.
"Then I place one card face down, and end my turn"
Rapheale drew.
"First I summon Guard Buster!"
Defence:5000
"It allows me to summon two other Guad Busters to the field!"
"Hey, you don't have enough spaces for 6 monsters"
"With Oracle Curse we can have up to ten monsters in play!"
"No way!"
"Now for my Guard Buster's other ability, you lose 500 lifepoints for every one I
have on the field, and I think I'll go for YOUR lifepoints Joeyy!"
Dejiro:3300 Joey:2500
"They're getting slaughtered, and Dejiro isn't doing any better then last time. They can't win,
if they get the egyptian god cards, they'll be unbeatable. Dejiro's sister will be gone forever"thought Yami.
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"What now?"asked Rashid.
"There's nothing we can do Rashid, except hope Joey and his friends can
save my brother somehow"
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"Kaiba"he said awnsering his sewn in communicator.
"Seto, we need your help!"
"Mokuba, what is it!"gasped Kaiba.
"Some weird guy is here, I can't get away from him! Please, help!"
"I'll be right there!"
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"That ends my turn"
Dejiro drew.
"I summon Dark Human in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 1300 and DEF of 1100.
"So what?"asked Mai.
Dejiro snickered.
"Then I play Axe of Despair. This card raises the attack of my
monster by 1000 points! Now it's attack is 2300, more then high enough! Now attack
her monster!"
"Activate trap card, Amazon Archers! It lowers your monster's attack by 500, lowering it's power!"
"Grr, no"
"HA! My turn, and I summon Dunames Dark Witch!"
It had an ATK of 1800 and DEF of 1050.
"Dejiro's doing just as badly as last time, he'll never win a duel"thought
Joey.
"Unfriednly amazon, attack!"
Dejiro:2600 Joey:2500
"Now to kill two birds with one stone, Dunames attack his iron knight!"
"I don't think so! Activate Magic Arm Shield! Block one of Mai's attacks with
one of her monsters!"
Unfriendly Amazon was pullen in front of Dunames and destroyed.
Mai:3700 Rapheale:4000
"This is just the beggning! Now watch boys and girls, it's my turn!"
Joey drew.
"That's what I'm talking about"he thought.
"First I place this card face down, then I summon Tiny Guardian, in defence mode!"
"Fine then"said Rapheale.
"I'm not finished, then I play Monster Reborn! To revive Unfriendly Amazon on
my side of the field! That ends my turn"
"My move"said Rapheale.
"Oh great, now what"thought Joey.
"I sacrafice all 3 of my Guard Busters so I can summon
Magna Guard Buster!"
DEF:100000
"No way! Ten thousand defence points!"gasped Joey.
"That thing's impenitrable! Even with an Egyptian God card
Joey might not be able to beat that"thought Yugi.
"That ends my turn"
Dejiro drew.
"Well I can take out Mai at least"thought Dejiro.
"I summon DarkFire Soldier!"
It had an ATK of 1700 and DEF of 1150.
"Then I play Salamandra! It raises his attack to 2400. Attack Mai's
Unfriendly Amazon"
Mai:3400 Rapheale:4000
"Nice move Dejiro!"said Joey.
"Not bad"thought Yugi.
"My move! I summon Amazon Chain Master in attack
mode!"
It had an ATK of 1500 and DEF of 1100.
"Now I play Amazon Magician! At the cost of 1000 lifepoints, I can switch the attack of my monster
with yours"
"What!"
Mai:2400 Rapheale:4000
"Strike him down!"
Dejiro:1700 Joey:2500
"Then I'll place this face down"said Mai.
Joey drew.
"Orisis the Sky Dragon! Just what I need"thought Joey."Time to end this! I sacrafice
my three monsters-
"Activate magic card! Grave Arm, it destroys one of your monsters, which means you can't summon whatever
you were gonna this turn!"said Mai.
"NO!"
"My move"said Rapheale drawing.
"Remember my Guard Buster? Well I summon another one, and then summon
two more to the field, and activate it's effect! This time on Dejiro's lifepoints!"
Dejiro:200 Joey:2500
"Dejiro's lifepoints won't last much longer, looks like I gotta go this one alone"thought Joey.
"Aw crud, my lifepoints are almost gone. I blew it again. I don't have anything that's gonna help now"thought Dejiro drawing.
"Wait! This could be just what I need!"thought Dejiro.
Dejiro snickered.
"Get ready, this ain't over yet! First I place a card face down. Next I summon
Maho Vailo in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 1550 and DEF of 1400.
"Then I equip him with Black Pendant, which raises his attack by
500, but he also get's a 500 point bonus for every card equiped to him!
So now Maho Vailo, attack her Chain Master!"
"That punk! I don't have anything to protect my monster"she thought.
"Awesome! Too bad for you"said Joey.
"Dejiro came through afterall"thought Yugi.
Maho Vailo:2550
Mai:1350 Rapheale:4000
"That ends my turn"
"Now for me! I draw"
Joey looked at the card he drew.
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"Fake, huh?"asked Calback.
"Amelda wasn't experienced enough to control the power
of the real oracle curse, so we gave her a copy with alternate rules
that would give her some advantage. The real one will be plyed in the upcoming duel"said Darts.
"I look forward to this next match"said Vendick.
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"So now what?"asked Dejiro.
"Now you die!"
Rapheale stepped out, Mai by his side.
"Who are you! And what are you doing with him Mai!"gasped Joey.
"What's that thing on her forehead?"asked Dejiro.
Mai had the oracle curse symbol on her forehead.
"What we're doing is tearing you apart!"said Mai.
"What are you talking about?"asked Joey.
"If you want Mai back, then duel us for the Egyptian god cards"said Rapheale.
"No way! Twon on one's a coward's game, I'll join this duel"said Dejiro.
"You sure about that?"asked Joey.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna let myself lose twice"said Dejiro.
"Be careful, this duel may be more dangerous then you think"said Yami.
"Mai, snap out of it! C'mon!"said Joey.
"No Joey! I see you for what you are now, you're nothing but a girl renter"
"What!"gasped Joey.
"I heared about how you took advantage of me when Malik trapped me in the Shadow Realm!
You molested me, didn't you!"
"Who are you! What did you tell Mai!"said Joey.
"The name's Rapheale, and Mai won't be coming to her former
self unless you win the match"
"Allright, then let's duel!"said Joey.
"Let's take these guys out! I know they're with the Garder Snakes,
and we're gonna crush'em!"
Joey:4000 Dejiro:4000
Mai:4000 Rapheale:4000
"I'll go first"said Rapheale drawing.
"Perfect, just the card I need"thought Rapheale.
"Allright boys, I'm taking you both to school. Ready yourselves boys,
I'm about to play the most powerful magic card in the entire game"
Joey, Yami and Dejiro gasped in usion.
"I play Seal of Oracle Curse! The magic card that will
change the game as you know it!"
The circle exactly like the symbol on Mai's forehead surrounded them.
"Look! The symbol on the ground is the one on Mai's head! What is this!"gasped Yami.
"With Oracle Curse in effect, no one can escape until the game ends. Which means duelists
can't surrender. Too bad. Now I can play my Guardian deck, with cards that'll blow your mind!"
"Oh great"said Joey.
"I start by playing Guard Cyborg in defense mode!"
It had an ATK of 0000 and DEF of 2400.
"Now for another Oracle Curse ability, it raises the power of the owner's
monsters by 500, making my monster's defense 2900!"
"No way man!"gasped Joey.
"My Guard Cyborg allows me to summon 2 more guardian monsters when summoned,
so meet Soldier Guard and Living Burrier!"
Living Burrier:Defense 2650
Soldier Guard:Defense 3200
"Now both get a power bonus from my Oracle Curse card!"
3700, and 3150
"We gotta destroy that thing!"gasped Dejiro.
"You can't, the Oracle Curse card can't be destroyed by anything! The only way to destroy it
is if the owner discards it!"
"With that Oracle Curse out, we might not win. I could lose the egyptian god cards right now!"thought Joey.
"Your defences are strong but not inpenetrable. I'll wipe them out"said Dejiro drawing.
"He better be careful, I can't afford to let him cost us the duel. Maybe I should've let Yugi
duel with me instead. Nah, I'm sure Dejiro will come through"thought Joey.
"I summon Stern Mystic in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 1500 and DEF of 1200.
"Then I play Book of Secret Arts. It raises the attack of my monster
by 300 points"
"Not good"thought Joey slapping himself in the face.
"That ends my turn"
"Now it's my turn. I'm gonna enjoy crushing you Joey"said Mai.
"Bring it!"said Dejiro.
"I summon Unfriendly Amazon in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 2000 and DEF of 1000.
"I can't attack Joey yet since he hasn't taken his turn, but I can still
let some anger out on you little boy. Since me and Rapheale our on a team, his
Oracle Curse card raises my monster's power by 500"
"NO! I can't lose again!"thought Dejiro.
"This is insane. That Oracle Curse card changes the entire game from what it once was"thought
Yugi.
"Butcher his monster!"
Joey:4000 Dejiro:3300
"Now I place one card face down to end my turn"
"Allright, the only way to win this duel is to summon my Egptian God Cards,
one of them at least. They're the only things strong enough to wipe out Rapheale's
defence. Dejiro won't be much help so I'll have to do this myself"he thought.
"I summon GearFried the Iron Knight in defence mode!"
It had an ATK of 1800 and DEF of 1600.
"Then I place one card face down, and end my turn"
Rapheale drew.
"First I summon Guard Buster!"
Defence:5000
"It allows me to summon two other Guad Busters to the field!"
"Hey, you don't have enough spaces for 6 monsters"
"With Oracle Curse we can have up to ten monsters in play!"
"No way!"
"Now for my Guard Buster's other ability, you lose 500 lifepoints for every one I
have on the field, and I think I'll go for YOUR lifepoints Joeyy!"
Dejiro:3300 Joey:2500
"They're getting slaughtered, and Dejiro isn't doing any better then last time. They can't win,
if they get the egyptian god cards, they'll be unbeatable. Dejiro's sister will be gone forever"thought Yami.
"****************************************************************************************************
"What now?"asked Rashid.
"There's nothing we can do Rashid, except hope Joey and his friends can
save my brother somehow"
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"Kaiba"he said awnsering his sewn in communicator.
"Seto, we need your help!"
"Mokuba, what is it!"gasped Kaiba.
"Some weird guy is here, I can't get away from him! Please, help!"
"I'll be right there!"
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"That ends my turn"
Dejiro drew.
"I summon Dark Human in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 1300 and DEF of 1100.
"So what?"asked Mai.
Dejiro snickered.
"Then I play Axe of Despair. This card raises the attack of my
monster by 1000 points! Now it's attack is 2300, more then high enough! Now attack
her monster!"
"Activate trap card, Amazon Archers! It lowers your monster's attack by 500, lowering it's power!"
"Grr, no"
"HA! My turn, and I summon Dunames Dark Witch!"
It had an ATK of 1800 and DEF of 1050.
"Dejiro's doing just as badly as last time, he'll never win a duel"thought
Joey.
"Unfriednly amazon, attack!"
Dejiro:2600 Joey:2500
"Now to kill two birds with one stone, Dunames attack his iron knight!"
"I don't think so! Activate Magic Arm Shield! Block one of Mai's attacks with
one of her monsters!"
Unfriendly Amazon was pullen in front of Dunames and destroyed.
Mai:3700 Rapheale:4000
"This is just the beggning! Now watch boys and girls, it's my turn!"
Joey drew.
"That's what I'm talking about"he thought.
"First I place this card face down, then I summon Tiny Guardian, in defence mode!"
"Fine then"said Rapheale.
"I'm not finished, then I play Monster Reborn! To revive Unfriendly Amazon on
my side of the field! That ends my turn"
"My move"said Rapheale.
"Oh great, now what"thought Joey.
"I sacrafice all 3 of my Guard Busters so I can summon
Magna Guard Buster!"
DEF:100000
"No way! Ten thousand defence points!"gasped Joey.
"That thing's impenitrable! Even with an Egyptian God card
Joey might not be able to beat that"thought Yugi.
"That ends my turn"
Dejiro drew.
"Well I can take out Mai at least"thought Dejiro.
"I summon DarkFire Soldier!"
It had an ATK of 1700 and DEF of 1150.
"Then I play Salamandra! It raises his attack to 2400. Attack Mai's
Unfriendly Amazon"
Mai:3400 Rapheale:4000
"Nice move Dejiro!"said Joey.
"Not bad"thought Yugi.
"My move! I summon Amazon Chain Master in attack
mode!"
It had an ATK of 1500 and DEF of 1100.
"Now I play Amazon Magician! At the cost of 1000 lifepoints, I can switch the attack of my monster
with yours"
"What!"
Mai:2400 Rapheale:4000
"Strike him down!"
Dejiro:1700 Joey:2500
"Then I'll place this face down"said Mai.
Joey drew.
"Orisis the Sky Dragon! Just what I need"thought Joey."Time to end this! I sacrafice
my three monsters-
"Activate magic card! Grave Arm, it destroys one of your monsters, which means you can't summon whatever
you were gonna this turn!"said Mai.
"NO!"
"My move"said Rapheale drawing.
"Remember my Guard Buster? Well I summon another one, and then summon
two more to the field, and activate it's effect! This time on Dejiro's lifepoints!"
Dejiro:200 Joey:2500
"Dejiro's lifepoints won't last much longer, looks like I gotta go this one alone"thought Joey.
"Aw crud, my lifepoints are almost gone. I blew it again. I don't have anything that's gonna help now"thought Dejiro drawing.
"Wait! This could be just what I need!"thought Dejiro.
Dejiro snickered.
"Get ready, this ain't over yet! First I place a card face down. Next I summon
Maho Vailo in attack mode!"
It had an ATK of 1550 and DEF of 1400.
"Then I equip him with Black Pendant, which raises his attack by
500, but he also get's a 500 point bonus for every card equiped to him!
So now Maho Vailo, attack her Chain Master!"
"That punk! I don't have anything to protect my monster"she thought.
"Awesome! Too bad for you"said Joey.
"Dejiro came through afterall"thought Yugi.
Maho Vailo:2550
Mai:1350 Rapheale:4000
"That ends my turn"
"Now for me! I draw"
Joey looked at the card he drew.
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