Episode 4: An Illusive Ancient Dragon, Part 2

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The score stood at Jounochi: 2200 and Mask of Rock: 5000. Jounochi hasn't been able to hurt Mask of Rock at all yet.

"I'll set one more card face down and end my turn." Mask of Rock announced.

"Draw!" Jounochi announced. Suddenly Jounochi smiled at the card he drew. "Heh heh! Finally my luck is looking up!"

"Well let's see what you got." Mask of Rock said, waiting.

"Now! I summon Goblin Attack Force! (2300/0)" Jounochi announced as a group of goblins holding clubs. "Attack and destroy his Anciently Giant Man!"

The group of Goblins charged at the giant stone warrior, ready to pummel it. "Activate trap card! Ordeal of a Traveler!" Mask of Rock announced.

"Another trap?!" Jounochi said in frustration.

"Yes. But this trap is special. You must now guess one type of card in my hand. If you guess the type of card right, the attack is successful. If you guess wrong, Goblin Attack Force is returned to your hand" Mask of Rock explained, taking a card from his hand and holding it up. "So guess now!"

Jounochi began to think. "Arrgh... What could it be?!" He thought to himself.

"Hurry up, Jounochi. Time's not waiting for you." Mask of Rock provoked.

"Fine! I know that's a magic card!" Jounochi yelled with confidence.

"You think he's right?" Anzu asked.

"I don't know. But usually Magic card is what usually everyone would guess." Yugi replied.

"Wrong!" Mask of Rock said, flipping over the card. "It was actually Killer Snake! So now Goblin Attack Force is returned to your hand!"

"Damn it..." Jounochi growled, taking the card back to his hand before the group of goblins could attack Anciently Giant Man.

"Oh no... Jounochi has no monster's left. He could lose in this turn if he doesn't do anything..." Yugi said.

"Come on Jounochi!" Otogi and Honda cheered.

"I'll set a card face down and end my turn!" Jounochi announced.

Mask of Rock drew his next card. "Hmmm..." He said, looking at his hand. "Now! Anciently Giant Man, attack his life points directly!"

"Reverse face down card, Scapegoat!" Jounochi announced. Suddenly four different colored sheep materialized onto the field. The stone warrior punched through one of them, destroying it.

Mask of Rock smirked. "Jounochi... You're only dependable on luck. Do you think you cannot win?" He said.

"I'm not the kind of duelist to depend on luck. When I want to win, I do my best!" Jounochi replied.

"Well as long as you guess incorrectly on your attacks because of Ordeal of a Traveler, you will lose!" Mask of Rock yelled, pointing at Jounochi.

Jounochi closely looked at Mask of Rock's hand. "I know one of his cards is a monster card, Killer Snake. But the other... I don't know." He said to himself.

"Now! Activate magic card, Ancient Book!" Mask of Rock announced.

"Yeah! Now he only has a monster card in his hand." Jounochi smiled.

Mask of Rock smiled under his mask. "This magic card allows me to swap the only card in my hand with the card on top of my deck." Mask of Rock explained, drawing the card and putting Killer Snake ontop of his deck.

"Aww come on!" Jounochi grumbled.

"I'll then switch my two Anciently Giant Man Tokens to defense mode" Mask of Rock announced.

Suddenly on the doors of Initiate Town, Ancient City a key appeared, turning half way. "What the?" Jounochi thought.

"That key... It might be something bad." Honda said.

"It might something is behind those doors." Yugi mentioned.

"Turn end." Mask of Rock announced. Suddenly Mask of Rock's life points reduced to 4000.

"Huh? Why did he lose 1000 life points?" Yugi wondered.

Suddenly the Other Yugi appeared. "It's because of Ancient Key." The other Yugi said. "Because he attacked with Anciently Giant Man and switched his Anciently Giant Man Tokens, he lost 500 life points for each Anciently Giant Man Tokens"

"Oh..." Yugi said, looking back up at the field.

"Draw!" Jounochi announced, drawing his next card and looking at it. "Hmm.. He has two cards in his hand, both of what I don't know... Should I summon Goblin Attack Force?"

Jounochi looked at his hand, sighing. "Come on, Jounochi." Mask of Rock warned.

"Now! I summon Goblin Attack Force! (2300/0)" Jounochi announced. "Turn end."

Suddenly the roller coaster sped by. Dr. Richard Goat was on his hands and knees while Leon stood there. Leon looked back up at a screen, showing that he moves onto the second round of KC Grand Prix.

At the entrance of the Kaiba Land Theme Park, two people in brown dirty clothes walked up. "Haga! Look!" One person said, pointing up.

"Ahhh... Kaiba Land!" Haga said. "Ryusaki! We made it!"

"Maybe they have food!" Ryusaki said, excited.

"Yes... Finally we can get back at those stupid Yugi ad Jounochi for what they did to us." Haga said with evil eyes.

"Yeahahaha..." Ryusaki chuckled as they both slowly walked into the theme park.

"Draw!" Mask of Rock announced, drawing his card. "I now have to discard Killer Snake to the graveyard"

"That's not fair! He'll just get it back!" Jounochi growled, annoyed by the play as Mask of Rock got back Killer Snake.

"Now! I shift both my Anciently Giant Man Tokens into attack mode!" Mask of Rock announced. Suddenly the Ancient Key moved up opposite of what it was originally. Suddenly the lines on the double doors began to glow gold.

"Oh! So the key moves only when the two giant men shift into defense and attack mode!" Yugi noticed.

"But it looks like the door's are ready to open!" Anzu said, a bit nervous.

"Once the doors of the Ancient City is opened, the legendary Golden Ancient Dragon will arise!" Mask of Rock announced.

"Golden Ancient Dragon?!" Jounochi said, taking a step back.

"So now! I sacrifice my two Anciently Giant Man Tokens and my Ancient Key to activate Ancient Gate! Which is the key card to summon Golden Ancient Dragon!" Mask of Rock announced. Suddenly the doors began to shake and vibrate, causing dust and small rocks to fall from the top of the building. "Now! I sacrifice Ancient Gate, Anciently Giant Man, and Ancient Book to summon Golden Ancient Dragon! (2800/2100)".

The doors slowly began to open, revealing a golden light. "Ack!" Jounochi shouted, covering his eyes.

The dragon slowly crept out of the building and floating up onto the field. "Now, Jounochi! This is it!" Mask of Rock yelled, pointing at him.

"Wow, how could your grandfather cut out to even summon that monster with all this work to do?" Honda said, looking down at Yugi.

"Well you know grandpa, I guess he's really smart." Yugi smiled, feeling proud for his grandpa but also feeling bad for Jounochi.

"Wow... He actually found it!" Mr. Holfkins said, amazed.

"He found it?" Yugi asked, confused.

"Yes. Me and your grandfather, Sugoroku, have been trying to find these cards for years. He's gotten Golden Ancient Dragon but not the correct cards to summon it." Mr. Holfkins explained. "Today when he called to tell me he was joining the tournament, he said he also found Ancient Gate, the last card which to summon Golden Ancient Dragon."

"That's cool!" Otogi said.

"Yeah, I'm glad grandpa can use it now." Yugi smiled.

"So, Jounochi. What do you think of my great play?" Mask of Rock teased.

"It's not any great as the other play's I've seen in my past duels!" Jounochi yelled.

"Oh well. Now! Golden Ancient Dragon, attack and destroy his Goblin Attack Force!" Mask of Rock announced.

The golden dragon opened it's maw, charging up a golden blast in it's mouth then launching it at the group of goblins.

The goblins were instantly destroyed and Jounochi's life points reduced to 1700. "Damn..." Jounochi growled.

"Now! Attack the rest of his monsters!" Mask of Rock announced.

"What?! How can you do that?!" Jounochi yelled.

"Golden Ancient Dragon's effect allows me to attack any other monsters on your field that are in defense position." Mask of Rock explained. "Plus, you've left your last three Scapegoat in defense position!"

"Arrgh..." Jounochi growled as his three Scapegoat exploded on contact of Golden Ancient Dragon's golden blast. "I can't lose now... I guess I need to face Yugi again... I don't know."

"Don't worry! Jounochi!" Yugi called out. "Winning or losing doesn't matter, as long as you have fun!"

Jounochi looked back at Yugi. "Yugi's right, as long as I have fun. This tournament is not something to take serious if it's dealing with a life or death situation...." Jounochi said, looking up.

"Turn end." Mask of Rock announced.

Jounochi slowly reach for his next card and quickly drawing. "Guilford The Lightning..."said in his mind. "Too bad I don't have the sacrifices. But with Treasure of Destiny, I can get more cards but his stupid Legendary Gambler is in my way."

Jounochi looked up at the dragon. "Well?" Mask of Rock said, impatiently.

"Now! Activate magic card, Treasure of Destiny!" Jounochi announced. "This magic card allows me to roll a dice. What number I roll allows me to draw cards by the same number."

"Hmmm let's see if it's any match for my Legendary Gambler." Mask of Rock chuckled as both dice flew and clashed at each other, falling to the ground.

Jounochi's dice stopped first, landing on 4. "Not a very good number..." Jounochi hesitated.

Mask of Rock's dice slowly stopped on three. "No!" Mask of Rock said in shock.

"Alright! Now I can draw 4 cards then discard four from my deck!" Jounochi announced, draw four cards then taking the next four and discarding them to his graveyard.

Jounochi smiled at his large hand, knowing he had taken control of this duel now. "Yes! Jounochi beat his Legendary Gambler!" Anzu said, happily.

"Now! Activate magic card, Gathering of The Landstar's!" Jounochi announced. "This magic card allows me to summon all Landstar monster's in my hand so now! I summon Landstar Knight, Gunman (900/1200), and Freedom Fighter! (1000/500)"

"Hmph, weak little monster's." Mask of Rock said.

"And also good for sacrifice!" Jounochi yelled, holding up a card from his hand.

"Huh?!" Mask of Rock said in shock.

"Now! I sacrifice Landstar Knight, Landstar Gunman, and Landstar Freedom Fighter to summon Guilford The Lightning! (2800/1400)" Jounochi announced as his three Landstar's dissolved. The warrior materialized onto the field, revealing a blinding light. Mask of Rock shielded himself. "Now! I activate Guilford The Lightning's special effect which will now destroy your Golden Ancient Dragon!"

Suddenly lightning struck the dragon, causing it to be destroyed. "No!" Mask of Rock cried out.

"Now! Guilford The Lightning, attack his life points directly!" Jounochi announced. The warrior pointed his sword at Mask of Rock, shooting lightning at him.

Mask of Rock let out a wail as his life points reduced to 1200. Suddenly Mask of Rock began to laugh. "Huh? What's so funny?" Jounochi asked.

Suddenly the doors of his Ancient City began opening again and Golden Ancient Dragon returned to the field. "What?!" Jounochi said, in shock.

"Because of Ancient City's effect, Golden Ancient Dragon is returned to the field during the end phase of your turn before when your destroyed it." Mask of Rock smiled.

Jounochi smiled. "I admit, that is a good play." Jounochi said.

"Thanks, you really are a good kid." Mask of Rock said.

"Anyways, turn end." Jounochi announced.

Mask of Rock drew his next card. "Now! Golden Ancient Dragon, attack and destroy his Guilford The Lightning!" Mask of Rock announced. The two monsters dove at each other, clashing.

"Ack! Both will be destroyed!" Jounochi said.

"But Golden Ancient Dragon will return." Yugi gasped.

Jounochi grumbled, knowing he wasted a very good monster. Mask of Rock then ended his turn. "I won't give up now." Jounochi smiled, drawing his next card. "Now! I activate this, Pot of Greed, drawing two cards!"

Jounochi swiftly drew 2 cards and looked at them and smiling.

"Eh?" Mask of Rock said, looking at Jounochi's victorious face.

"I'm sorry this duel has to end but I have a game to win! Now I activate Premature Burial, sacrificing 800 life points (J: 900) to summon Goblin Attack Force (2300/0)" Jounochi announced. "Now I'll activate Hurricane!"

"No!" Mask of Rock said in shock as a giant tornado formed, throwing the magic cards back to each other, especially Jounochi's Premature Burial.

"Now you're Golden Ancient Dragon can't be re-summoned!" Jounochi pointed at the lone dragon.

"Yeah, Jounochi! You have this duel now!" Honda cheered.

"Now I'll use Premature Burial again, to bring back Guilford The Lightning! (2800/1700)" Jounochi announced. "Now! Attack his dragon!"

The warrior and dragon clashed once again, destroying themselves, leaving Goblin Attack Force only on the field.

"Ack!" Mask of Rock shouted.

"Now! Goblin Attack Force, attack his life points directly!" Jounochi announced.

The group of goblins charged at Mask of Rock, surrounding him and beating him with their clubs, reducing his life points to 0.

The monsters disappeared after Jounochi turned his Duel Disk off. He ran over to Mask of Rock, helping him up. The old man got up, taking his mask off. "Yugi's grandpa?!" Jounochi said, in shock.

"Hello everyone^^" Sugoroku said, happily as the group caught up with the two duelist.

"Grandpa! It's great to see you again!" Yugi said.

"yes I'm glad to see you too and all of you." Sugoroku said. "And I'm very impressed with you, Jounochi. Luck is always on your side of any duel."

"Thanks, Sugoroku." Jounochi smiled, shaking his hand. "But it's a bummer that I was the last one to know."

Yugi and everyone else laughed along as they headed back to Kaiba Dome.

~~CARDS PLAYED~~

Goblin Attack Force: Level 4 / 2300/0/ Warrior / Desc: When this card attacks, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase. This position cannot be changed during your next turn.

Ordeal of a Traveler: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: You can activate this card's effect when your opponent attacks. Your opponent randomly selects 1 card in your hand and calls the Type of the card (Monster, Magic, or Trap). If your opponent calls it wrong, the attacking monster is returned to its owner's hand.

Scapegoat: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: When this card is activated, you cannot summon any monster in the same turn (including Flip Summon and Special Summon). Place 4 'Sheep Tokens' (Level 1 / 0/0/ Beast) in Defense Position on the your side of the field. The tokens cannot be used as a Sacrifice for a Sacrifice Summon.

Ancient Book: MAGIC / Desc: Exchange 1 card in your hand with the card on top of your deck. When you've drawn that card, you must discard the card you've exchanged to the graveyard.

Ancient Gate: MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated my sacrificing two "Anciently Giant Man Tokens" and a "Ancient Key". This card remains face up on the field for three turns.

Golden Ancient Dragon: Level 8 / 2800/2100/ Dragon / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by "Initiate City, Ancient City". When this monster attacks your opponent's monsters, it can attack any other monster's on the field in defense position.

Treasure of Destiny: MAGIC / Desc: Roll 1 six sided dice. Depending on the number, draw cards from your deck by what number you rolled. You must then discard cards from your deck, to your graveyard, equal to the number you rolled.

Guilford The Lightning: Level 9 / 2800/1400/ Warrior / Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned by sacrificing 3 Light monsters on the field. When this monster is summoned your opponent's monsters are destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your respective deck.

Premature Burial: MAGIC / Desc: Pay 800 Life Points. Select 1 Monster Card from your Graveyard, Special Summon it on the Field in face-up Attack Position, and equip it with this card. When this card is destroyed, the monster is also destroyed.