Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Chapter 7: Teamwork!
"We'll crush the little girl first!" Kaede exclaimed.
"Sakura!" Yugi shouted. "Be very careful!"
"Don't worry; it's my turn isn't it?" Sakura confidently said. "Alright, now that my Dunames has an attack of 1900, I can easily wipe out your either the Witch's Apprentice or the Cyber-Tech Alligator that's in defense mode, but I don't think I will do either. Instead, I'll switch my Dunames into defense mode and summon another monster in defense mode. Then I'll end my turn by playing one card face down. Your turn, Kaede."
'Can she be any more obvious?' Kaede thought to herself with a smirk. 'The girl switched her Dunames into defense mode and it only has a weak defense of 1050. She's trying to lure me into attacking her instead of Yugi, who obviously has some powerful monster that requires sacrificing his face down defense monster. Because the Dunames is in defense mode, she won't suffer any drop in her life points, and she'll probably activate that face down card that she had just placed on the field, putting my advantage to an end.'
"I'm not falling for your trap." Kaede said as she drew a card. "I'll destroy the card you've just placed face down on the field with my magic card: Mystical Typhoon." The magic card appeared in front of Kaede, forming a great tornado that completely blew away one of Sakura's face down cards. "Now I'll summon another Witch's Apprentice in attack mode, further raising the attack points of my Dark Magician to 3500 and decreasing your Dunames Dark Witch's attack power! Dark Magician, attack Yugi's face down monster and leave him open for a direct attack!" The holographic magician released its signature Dark Magic Attack onto Yugi's monster, instantly destroying it.
"Heh." Yugi chuckled. "The monster you've destroyed was the Wall of Illusion. Once attacked, it activates its special ability, sending the Dark Magician to its rightful owner's hand." As the Wall of Illusion vanished from the field, as did the Dark Magician, which was returned to Sakura's hand.
"It doesn't matter." Kaede said. "Your life points are still open to a direct attack. So, both of my Witch's Apprentices, attack Yugi's life points, now!" As the attacks succeeded through, Yugi saw his remaining life points cut to nearly half.
"Yugi!" Sakura shouted. "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine." Yugi assured. "You got your Dark Magician back, so it was worth it."
"My turn isn't over yet." Kaede continued. "I'll lay one card face down on the field, and that should do it for now."
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End of Turn 2
Yugi: 3600 (1 card face down)
Sakura: 8000 (Dunames Dark Witch in defense mode, 1 monster in defense mode, Kunai with Chain, 1 card face down)
Tamashii: 8000 (Cyber-Tech Alligator in defense mode)
Kaede: 8000 (2 Witch's Apprentices in attack mode, 1 card face down)
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"Even though you have struck my life points, this duel is far from over." Yugi shouted as he drew his card. "I'll summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior onto the field (1500/1800) in attack mode, and I'll also resurrect a monster from the graveyard with my own Monster Reborn card. I'll bring back Beta the Magnet Warrior onto the field also in attack mode." The two magnet warriors stood next to each other, raising their magnet weapons to prepare for battle. "Now, Beta the Magnet Warrior, attack one of the Witch's Apprentices!"
"I'm going to have to stop your attack with my trap card." Kaede interrupted. "I activate Waboku, which will stop your attacks from doing any damage to my monsters." Having failed the attack, Yugi could do nothing but end his turn.
"My turn!" Tamashii bellowed as he drew his card. "And don't think we've forgotten about you, little girl. Your Kunai with Chain will not hold my Cyber-Tech Alligator for long. I play the magic card: Remove Trap, destroying your Kunai with Chain and freeing my monster." The holographic alligator roared as the chains around it disappeared.
'I could destroy Yugi's monster.' Tamashii thought to himself. 'But that would allow the girl to sacrifice her monsters to summon the Dark Magician that was just returned to her. I must wipe one of her monsters out, but which one? I could attack her Dark Witch, but it is already weak by the power of Kaede's Witch's Apprentices and poses no threat. I should destroy the other monster with my Cyber-Tech Alligator.'
"Alright, Cyber-Tech Alligator." Tamashii shouted. "Destroy the girl's face down monster!" The giant alligator tore across the field, rampaging towards the face down card in front of Sakura.
"Yugi!" Sakura screamed in distress. "Help!"
"I'll handle this!" Yugi boasted. "Activate face down trap: Spellbinding Circle! It will hold your machine monster in an encasing circle, ceasing its attack!"
"No!" Tamashii roared in frustration. "Damn your traps. My machines hardly have any defenses against them!"
'Tamashii is an idiot.' Kaede thought in her mind. 'All he's good for is taking the shots of all the enemy traps. Fortunately, that plays perfectly well with my strategy. If Tamashii does a good job of taking the hits, then that will stall enough for me to destroy Yugi. All Tamashii has to do is block their attacks and use their trap cards for a little while longer.'
"I'll end my turn by playing one card face down in my magic/trap slot." Tamashii said as he inserted his card. "Make your move."
'Kaede will probably use me as a shield against the enemies' attacks until she can find a way to destroy both the girl and Yugi.' Tamashii thought to himself. 'That'll be fine, nothing can get through my machine monsters. Furthermore, the card that I've just laid down was the Shadow Spell trap. It will protect Kaede against the girl's attacks long enough for her to complete her strategy.'
"I'm guessing everyone knows what I'm about to do, because it's pretty obvious." Sakura said as she started her turn.
"Sakura." Yugi said, grabbing her attention. "Be careful of the face down card that Tamashii had just played."
"Don't worry, I know how to deal with it." Sakura assured. "So before I play my Dark Magician, I'll flip my face down monster, the Trap Master! I'll use its special ability to destroy Tamashii's face down card."
"Not Trap Master!" Tamashii cried as his trap was destroyed. "Now Kaede's Witch's Apprentices are completely vulnerable."
"That's right." Sakura smirked. "So now I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Dark Magician (2500/2100), who thanks to Kaede, gets a 1000 attack point boost!" The two monsters before Sakura faded as the Dark Magician once again took the field. "Dark Magician, attack one of the Witch's Apprentices with Dark Magic Attack!" The stream of dark energy flowed from the Dark Magician's hands, wiping out one of the Witch's Apprentices and lowering Kaede's life points to 6050. "That ends my turn." Sakura proudly concluded.
"Hmph." Kaede scoffed as she drew. "I'll play the magic card: Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two more cards." She took two cards from her deck, a sharp smile instantly appearing as she saw what she drew. "Next, I play my third and final Witch's Apprentice to give all the dark type monsters another boost. Finally, I'll set two cards face down and that'll end my turn."
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Yugi: 3600 (Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode, Gamma the Magnet Warrior in attack mode, Spellbinding Circle)
Sakura: 8000 (Dark Magician in attack mode, 1 card face down)
Tamashii: 8000 (Cyber-Tech Alligator in attack mode)
Kaede: 6050 (2 Witch's Apprentice in attack mode, 2 cards face down)
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'It's my turn.' Yugi thought to himself as he prepared to draw his card. 'I already have two of the three magnet warriors on the field, but I don't have Alpha the Magnet Warrior in my hand. Drawing it would really be useful now.'
'We can do it.' Yami said to his alter self. 'We just have to believe in the heart of the cards. It has saved us before during Duelist Kingdom and Battle City, and even during the virtual duels against Noah and the Big Five. We must trust the cards to pull us through.'
'I know.' Yugi replied as he closed his eyes along with the pharaoh. 'We must believe.'
"I draw." Yugi announced as he took the top card in his deck into his hand. A small smirk appeared on his mouth as he looked at his newly drawn card. "And I play Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in attack mode! Now that I have all three magnet warriors on the field, I can fuse them into the powerful Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)!" The three holographic magnet warriors separated their parts, then reattached themselves onto each other, forming one great magnet warrior.
"Way to go, Yugi!" Sakura shouted in glee. "Now we have the most powerful monsters on the field! We'll finish this duel in no time!"
'She's right.' Yugi thought to himself. 'We control the field for now, but they don't seem to be worried at all. Kaede has two face down cards, one of them might be a trap that could stop my Valkyrion's attack. If we are to win this double duel, I can't make a clumsy mistake.'
"Well, what are you waiting for, Yugi?" Sakura asked impatiently. "We have to hurry up and defeat them so we can find Joey. We should finish off Kaede first because she has the lower life points. Attack her already!" Actually, Sakura was more worried about the device that was attached onto her duel disk. She just wanted to finish the duel quickly so the small bomb would be disabled.
"Wait, Sakura." Yugi said. "We must be cautious if we want to leave here alive. Kaede has two cards face down, and she doesn't seem to be worried at all. They must have some way to block my attack."
Sakura looked at the bomb on her life point counter. "Alright." She sighed. "I understand."
"Good." Yugi said as he returned his attention to the duel. "Then I'll end my turn."
"You were a fool not to attack, Yugi Moto." Tamashii stated. "If you think that you have control of this duel, think again. I play the magic card, Premature Burial. For the cheap price of 800 life points, I can revive my Mechanical Chaser back to the field. Next, I'll sacrifice both my Cyber-Tech Alligator and Mechanical Chaser to summon my rarest monster, the Barrel Dragon (2600/2200) in attack mode!"
A mechanical dragon with three barrel cannons attached to it appeared on the field. It's devastating power glimmered with brilliance and darkness."
"And because of the two Witch's Apprentices on the field, its attack power rises to 3600!" Tamashii continued. "Furthermore, my Barrel Dragon has a special ability. It has a fifty percent chance that it will automatically destroy any monster!"
"Oh no." Yugi gasped. "That means with its high attack power and its special effect, it can wipe out both mine and Sakura's monsters this turn!"
"That's right." Tamashii said. "Now, Barrel Dragon, use your special ability. Destroy Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
At its master's command, the Barrel Dragon unleashed a barrage of cannon fire, creating a big explosion around Valkyrion the Magna Warrior. Yugi shielded his eyes from the blast that appeared before him. As he removed his arm from his eyes, all he could see was smoke.
Chapter 7: Teamwork!
"We'll crush the little girl first!" Kaede exclaimed.
"Sakura!" Yugi shouted. "Be very careful!"
"Don't worry; it's my turn isn't it?" Sakura confidently said. "Alright, now that my Dunames has an attack of 1900, I can easily wipe out your either the Witch's Apprentice or the Cyber-Tech Alligator that's in defense mode, but I don't think I will do either. Instead, I'll switch my Dunames into defense mode and summon another monster in defense mode. Then I'll end my turn by playing one card face down. Your turn, Kaede."
'Can she be any more obvious?' Kaede thought to herself with a smirk. 'The girl switched her Dunames into defense mode and it only has a weak defense of 1050. She's trying to lure me into attacking her instead of Yugi, who obviously has some powerful monster that requires sacrificing his face down defense monster. Because the Dunames is in defense mode, she won't suffer any drop in her life points, and she'll probably activate that face down card that she had just placed on the field, putting my advantage to an end.'
"I'm not falling for your trap." Kaede said as she drew a card. "I'll destroy the card you've just placed face down on the field with my magic card: Mystical Typhoon." The magic card appeared in front of Kaede, forming a great tornado that completely blew away one of Sakura's face down cards. "Now I'll summon another Witch's Apprentice in attack mode, further raising the attack points of my Dark Magician to 3500 and decreasing your Dunames Dark Witch's attack power! Dark Magician, attack Yugi's face down monster and leave him open for a direct attack!" The holographic magician released its signature Dark Magic Attack onto Yugi's monster, instantly destroying it.
"Heh." Yugi chuckled. "The monster you've destroyed was the Wall of Illusion. Once attacked, it activates its special ability, sending the Dark Magician to its rightful owner's hand." As the Wall of Illusion vanished from the field, as did the Dark Magician, which was returned to Sakura's hand.
"It doesn't matter." Kaede said. "Your life points are still open to a direct attack. So, both of my Witch's Apprentices, attack Yugi's life points, now!" As the attacks succeeded through, Yugi saw his remaining life points cut to nearly half.
"Yugi!" Sakura shouted. "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine." Yugi assured. "You got your Dark Magician back, so it was worth it."
"My turn isn't over yet." Kaede continued. "I'll lay one card face down on the field, and that should do it for now."
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End of Turn 2
Yugi: 3600 (1 card face down)
Sakura: 8000 (Dunames Dark Witch in defense mode, 1 monster in defense mode, Kunai with Chain, 1 card face down)
Tamashii: 8000 (Cyber-Tech Alligator in defense mode)
Kaede: 8000 (2 Witch's Apprentices in attack mode, 1 card face down)
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"Even though you have struck my life points, this duel is far from over." Yugi shouted as he drew his card. "I'll summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior onto the field (1500/1800) in attack mode, and I'll also resurrect a monster from the graveyard with my own Monster Reborn card. I'll bring back Beta the Magnet Warrior onto the field also in attack mode." The two magnet warriors stood next to each other, raising their magnet weapons to prepare for battle. "Now, Beta the Magnet Warrior, attack one of the Witch's Apprentices!"
"I'm going to have to stop your attack with my trap card." Kaede interrupted. "I activate Waboku, which will stop your attacks from doing any damage to my monsters." Having failed the attack, Yugi could do nothing but end his turn.
"My turn!" Tamashii bellowed as he drew his card. "And don't think we've forgotten about you, little girl. Your Kunai with Chain will not hold my Cyber-Tech Alligator for long. I play the magic card: Remove Trap, destroying your Kunai with Chain and freeing my monster." The holographic alligator roared as the chains around it disappeared.
'I could destroy Yugi's monster.' Tamashii thought to himself. 'But that would allow the girl to sacrifice her monsters to summon the Dark Magician that was just returned to her. I must wipe one of her monsters out, but which one? I could attack her Dark Witch, but it is already weak by the power of Kaede's Witch's Apprentices and poses no threat. I should destroy the other monster with my Cyber-Tech Alligator.'
"Alright, Cyber-Tech Alligator." Tamashii shouted. "Destroy the girl's face down monster!" The giant alligator tore across the field, rampaging towards the face down card in front of Sakura.
"Yugi!" Sakura screamed in distress. "Help!"
"I'll handle this!" Yugi boasted. "Activate face down trap: Spellbinding Circle! It will hold your machine monster in an encasing circle, ceasing its attack!"
"No!" Tamashii roared in frustration. "Damn your traps. My machines hardly have any defenses against them!"
'Tamashii is an idiot.' Kaede thought in her mind. 'All he's good for is taking the shots of all the enemy traps. Fortunately, that plays perfectly well with my strategy. If Tamashii does a good job of taking the hits, then that will stall enough for me to destroy Yugi. All Tamashii has to do is block their attacks and use their trap cards for a little while longer.'
"I'll end my turn by playing one card face down in my magic/trap slot." Tamashii said as he inserted his card. "Make your move."
'Kaede will probably use me as a shield against the enemies' attacks until she can find a way to destroy both the girl and Yugi.' Tamashii thought to himself. 'That'll be fine, nothing can get through my machine monsters. Furthermore, the card that I've just laid down was the Shadow Spell trap. It will protect Kaede against the girl's attacks long enough for her to complete her strategy.'
"I'm guessing everyone knows what I'm about to do, because it's pretty obvious." Sakura said as she started her turn.
"Sakura." Yugi said, grabbing her attention. "Be careful of the face down card that Tamashii had just played."
"Don't worry, I know how to deal with it." Sakura assured. "So before I play my Dark Magician, I'll flip my face down monster, the Trap Master! I'll use its special ability to destroy Tamashii's face down card."
"Not Trap Master!" Tamashii cried as his trap was destroyed. "Now Kaede's Witch's Apprentices are completely vulnerable."
"That's right." Sakura smirked. "So now I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Dark Magician (2500/2100), who thanks to Kaede, gets a 1000 attack point boost!" The two monsters before Sakura faded as the Dark Magician once again took the field. "Dark Magician, attack one of the Witch's Apprentices with Dark Magic Attack!" The stream of dark energy flowed from the Dark Magician's hands, wiping out one of the Witch's Apprentices and lowering Kaede's life points to 6050. "That ends my turn." Sakura proudly concluded.
"Hmph." Kaede scoffed as she drew. "I'll play the magic card: Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two more cards." She took two cards from her deck, a sharp smile instantly appearing as she saw what she drew. "Next, I play my third and final Witch's Apprentice to give all the dark type monsters another boost. Finally, I'll set two cards face down and that'll end my turn."
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Yugi: 3600 (Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode, Gamma the Magnet Warrior in attack mode, Spellbinding Circle)
Sakura: 8000 (Dark Magician in attack mode, 1 card face down)
Tamashii: 8000 (Cyber-Tech Alligator in attack mode)
Kaede: 6050 (2 Witch's Apprentice in attack mode, 2 cards face down)
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'It's my turn.' Yugi thought to himself as he prepared to draw his card. 'I already have two of the three magnet warriors on the field, but I don't have Alpha the Magnet Warrior in my hand. Drawing it would really be useful now.'
'We can do it.' Yami said to his alter self. 'We just have to believe in the heart of the cards. It has saved us before during Duelist Kingdom and Battle City, and even during the virtual duels against Noah and the Big Five. We must trust the cards to pull us through.'
'I know.' Yugi replied as he closed his eyes along with the pharaoh. 'We must believe.'
"I draw." Yugi announced as he took the top card in his deck into his hand. A small smirk appeared on his mouth as he looked at his newly drawn card. "And I play Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in attack mode! Now that I have all three magnet warriors on the field, I can fuse them into the powerful Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)!" The three holographic magnet warriors separated their parts, then reattached themselves onto each other, forming one great magnet warrior.
"Way to go, Yugi!" Sakura shouted in glee. "Now we have the most powerful monsters on the field! We'll finish this duel in no time!"
'She's right.' Yugi thought to himself. 'We control the field for now, but they don't seem to be worried at all. Kaede has two face down cards, one of them might be a trap that could stop my Valkyrion's attack. If we are to win this double duel, I can't make a clumsy mistake.'
"Well, what are you waiting for, Yugi?" Sakura asked impatiently. "We have to hurry up and defeat them so we can find Joey. We should finish off Kaede first because she has the lower life points. Attack her already!" Actually, Sakura was more worried about the device that was attached onto her duel disk. She just wanted to finish the duel quickly so the small bomb would be disabled.
"Wait, Sakura." Yugi said. "We must be cautious if we want to leave here alive. Kaede has two cards face down, and she doesn't seem to be worried at all. They must have some way to block my attack."
Sakura looked at the bomb on her life point counter. "Alright." She sighed. "I understand."
"Good." Yugi said as he returned his attention to the duel. "Then I'll end my turn."
"You were a fool not to attack, Yugi Moto." Tamashii stated. "If you think that you have control of this duel, think again. I play the magic card, Premature Burial. For the cheap price of 800 life points, I can revive my Mechanical Chaser back to the field. Next, I'll sacrifice both my Cyber-Tech Alligator and Mechanical Chaser to summon my rarest monster, the Barrel Dragon (2600/2200) in attack mode!"
A mechanical dragon with three barrel cannons attached to it appeared on the field. It's devastating power glimmered with brilliance and darkness."
"And because of the two Witch's Apprentices on the field, its attack power rises to 3600!" Tamashii continued. "Furthermore, my Barrel Dragon has a special ability. It has a fifty percent chance that it will automatically destroy any monster!"
"Oh no." Yugi gasped. "That means with its high attack power and its special effect, it can wipe out both mine and Sakura's monsters this turn!"
"That's right." Tamashii said. "Now, Barrel Dragon, use your special ability. Destroy Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"
At its master's command, the Barrel Dragon unleashed a barrage of cannon fire, creating a big explosion around Valkyrion the Magna Warrior. Yugi shielded his eyes from the blast that appeared before him. As he removed his arm from his eyes, all he could see was smoke.