Episode #33- A Promise Kept, Part 2
My Life Points were down by the wayside with only 4750 against his 7900. However Fault-Line would keep me from most of the damage, especially since Marik has Tyrant Dragon in his control. And Cyber Jar on the field in attack mode, I was in for a serious beating from both of them.
Marik made his draw and instantly launched his attack. "Tyrant Dragon, attack her Cyber Jar now!" He commanded. The Dragon launched a fireball aiming straight for my jar.
"I activate Staunch Defender! Fault-Line, defensive maneuvers now!" I countered and activated my second trap card. "With Staunch Defender now activated, your only target for all attacks can be on one monster. And that," I paused and pointed to the stone dragon's head just lying out of the surface of the holodeck, "is Fault-Line." The flame aimed for Cyber Jar suddenly changed course and landed on Fault-Line. Though the smoke of the explosion, Fault-Line was left unharmed.
"So I lose 100 Life Points. No deal." Marik stated as his Life Points dropped slightly to 7800.
"Staunch Defender sends all of your monsters into attack mode and forces them to attack it without your word." I said in satisfaction as his Dark Blade went to attack. The dark knight's attack proved even more failure as it didn't even chip the rocky surface and Marik's Life Points decreased further to 6600, and Revival Jam followed knocking another 1500 Life Points. His points were now at 5100.
"Very well, I place one more trap card and ned my turn." Marik declared as another trap card appeared. As my turn approached, I set Tri of Wind in my line-up. All that was left now was Tri of Water. I made my next draw, Constellation Draco, and my Life Points increased to 5750. I reviewed my hand, not much in the way I could do now; Twin-Headed Behemoth, Interdimensional Matter Transporter, Dark Hole, Candela of Light, and now the magic card. I needed to keep that last space open for Tri of Water.
'Might I suggest something, my dear?' Yami Marik asked.
'No.' I answered without giving thought.
'Summoning Candela to the field perhaps?' He offered the advice anyway.
'And risk one of those traps flipping?! I said I don't need your help. If anything, I need you off my back.' I snapped back, 'So obey those beads and stay on your side!' I turned attention away from Yami Marik and reviewed my hand once more, and keeping my thoughts of strategy hidden. "I'll switch Cyber Jar to defense mode and play another monster faced down."
"I activate the trap, Time Stop: this card stops the turn were playing on until the end of the next turn. Which mean that Tri of Water will not be activated until the end of my next turn." Marik declared.
I breathed a sigh of relief but Yami Marik's anger boiled intensely. "Then that'll end my turn for now."
Marik made his draw. Already he had Tyrant Dragon, a defense monster, Revival Jam and Dark Blade. With each passing turn, it was nerve-racking to see when he'll draw The Winged Dragon of Ra. By that next card, I could tell by the look in his eyes that that was it.
"Marik already has three monsters on the field." Duke pointed out the obvious, "If Marik summons that Winged Dragon of Ra, it's over for Miranda."
"Don't forget, Miranda needs just one more of them Tri cards to summon her God Card, Yin-Yang." said Joey. "But in any case, who's going to win this Duel, Yugi?"
"It's hard to say. Though Miranda has more Life Points than Marik, she has one turn left to summon her God Card." Yami finished his briefing, 'Then again, they both have consequences if either one of them wins.'
Marik stared hard into the card he just drew, bearing in mind the scenarios. 'The Winged Dragon of Ra? This might be my chance to claim victory. But playing the God Card is dangerous in the standards of its intense powers. She couldn't exactly handle Slifer's signature in her mortal body. And when she experienced The Winged Dragon of Ra for the first time, He kept her from fatal injury. If I attack, would she be gone?' He thought.
'It's definitely The Winged Dragon of Ra he holds in his hand.' Yami Marik peered on from the back of my shoulder.
'What did I say about staying on your side of the beads?!' My tolerance level was low when it came to the assassin psycho ghost behind me. But if that is the God Card...
'This is it, now or never.' Marik finally moved after seconds of strangling wait. "First I play this magic card, Shield to Sword. This reverses the attack and defense to the monster on the field with the highest defense points, and that is my Labyrinth Wall. Next I'll sacrifice my Labyrinth Wall, Tyrant Dragon, and Dark Blade to summon the Egyptian God Card, The Winged Dragon of Ra!" Already the skies clouded over, signaling the arrival of a God Monster.
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Pulling himself out of the blimp, Kevin sees the dark clouds gathered over the top of the towers and beams of gold light flashing like spotlights.
"What the...?!" Kevin jumped, he could feel a powerful aura emitting from the top. "Something does not seem right." He muttered and was ready to enter the tower. Kevin stopped short and turned around on a heel, Serenity and Raikoukou were rushing out as well. "Serenity, shouldn't you be-"
"My brother is up there!" Serenity cried, cutting in to Kevin. Raikoukou was already out in front.
'I'll go on ahead. You two take the stairs, meet me on the roof.' Raikoukou commanded before jumping to the steel wall, sticking to it like a fly, and continued making strides up the silvery paneling without as so much as a thud on the tower.
Kevin stood there, staring at Raikoukou in awe. Serenity grabbed Kevin by the wrist. "Come on, I can already see Marik's Egyptain God Card!" She cried and pulled on Kevin.
"Marik's Egyptian what?!" Kevin yelled as he was being tagged along by the joints in his hand. Thought by mind, he had a different thought, 'She's actually holding my hand.' He sighed with lovestruck.
Already the God Monster made its descend on the field, though it posed no reaction with my 'sixth sense.' I assume Yami Marik was keeping me balanced. 'Er, if he didn't play that card, he wouldn't be giving The Winged Dragon of Ra an additional 3000 attack points. Now his monster's attack is at 7700.' Yami Marik warned. His Dragon appeared with more force than to be reckoning with. I only had three defensive monsters on my field and they could be obliterated in one attack each.
"Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy Miranda's Cyber Jar now." Marik commanded. His Dragon charged quickly for a blast of scorching heat against me. The blaze fired and not only destroyed my Cyber Jar, but in the clear, half of Fault-Line's head was changed to crystal. "To finish, I'll return Revival Jam back to defenese made, activate another Time Stop."
The turn was passed to me. I know sooner or later Marik will eventually reach my Life Points. I made my next draw with volunteer from from Yami Marik, serving up Tri of Wind. 'Play it!' I heard Yami Marik. Now I was the one turning pale.
"Miranda..." Ashley muttered from the sidelines with helpless hope for her cousin, until a burst of energy exploded in her voice, "Miranda, you better beat this guy!"
'You know those beads aren't going to hold me forever. You will soon face your punishment once the threads are uncrossed, and you will be made example for disrespecting my powers.' Yami Marik warned his threats, 'I suggest taking the offensive again, Guinaldo. Once The Winged Dragon of Ra lands a critical hit, the chances those beads will hold any longer will be slim. Play it.'
'I'll find a way to do this without Yin-Yang's help until the appropiate time which is the end of Marik's next turn.' I growled back. "I'll end my turn here with only a trap card." I declared, laying my newly drawn Dragon Retribution trap card.
Marik only made a draw and declared another attack. "Winged Dragon of Ra, attack her other defense!" He commanded as Twin-Headed Behemoth was destroyed, the perfect time to activate my trap.
"Go Dragon Retribution!" I flipped my trap card. Appearing from the hologram was a half-human purple dragon wearing a white gown, wings the size of its overall height worn like a cape and a staff with talismans of paper hang near the head resembling a silver dragon head. "When I activate this card, I gain 1000 Life Points for each Dragon in my graveyard, including Tyrant Dragon you sacrificed and the Twin-Headed Behemoth before it recovers." I briefed, "So with Prominence Dragon, Koumori Dragon, three Troop Dragons, Tyrant Dragon, Minor Dragon of Earth, and Twin-Headed Behemoth, my Life Points are sharply increased to 13750."
"Whoa!" Joey jumped, "Now Marik's going to have a harder time dropping her Life Points to zero!" He cheered, "Go Miranda!"
"Then that will end my turn." He said, almost admitting defeat, 'If only I had one more Time Stop card, I could destroy Fault-Line and decrease her Life Points some.' At that, Tri of Water flipped over, initiating Yin- Yang's arrival."
The clouds assembled and, just as before, the column of light shot to the sky. Even if this is the second time, I was nervous of the consequences when it happened the first time. It was hard to forget it...
*Flashback*
'No, I will not be denied of my destiny!' I heard Yami Marik resisting Yin- Yang. He kept his grip on me, suppressing my 'sixth sense' while at the same time trying to stay inside me. 'I will stay within Miranda. And if I am to depart, she will DIE!' I soon broke free of the strike. I wasn't knocked out, but I felt Yami Marik recovering quickly. I saw Joey lying unconscious on the floor.
"Joey." I took another step when Roland stopped me.
"Take one more step further and you'll be disqualified. Tournament rules." He stated like a police officer.
"What, Joey's knocked out cold and you expect me to resume the match?" I asked in outrage. The storm continued as another lightning strike was readying itself above me.
"Miranda, forfeit the match now!" Yami Yugi called from the sidelines. I was going to agree when the strike came down with high speeds. I couldn't move.
"Hiten-Mesurugi style...Ryo-Tsuitsen!" was the next thing I heard. My eyes refocused and MG was right above me in her swordsman stance. She canceled out Yin-Yang's thunder attack as well as leaving a nasty gash in the Dragon's body. After the attack, she withdrew back into the crowd and Yin- Yang lowered itself back to the blimp.
"Lord Yin-Yang, I apologize for the deed I have just done. But if you have just realized, you were trying to kill a descendant of mine. Miranda is one of us and she would never abuse a spirit like yours." Mirandragon stated, "However, a greater evil exists within Miranda."
"And that evil surpasses even my own powers." A bellow came from the Dragon. It turned its immense head towards the crowd with its yellow eyes glaring at Mirandragon. "This new evil refuses to leave and it even threatens to destroy Miranda if we are to take any further action."
*end Flashback*
...'Though Yin-Yang had to follow Yami Marik's orders back then was because I was ready to be hung.' I thought as the spire faded, 'I suppose now that we're temperarily separated, Yin-Yang can move more freely.' Again, the beam of light ensnared the tower in its thick coils and faded to its green color. The talons gripped onto the walls and Yin-Yang's massive head hovered over me, glaring at The Winged Dragon of Ra with powers beyond the Egyptian God Card's own.
"That's Yin-Yang the Eternal Dragon." Miran cried and unsheathed her sword again, void of any energies.
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Only halfway up the tower stairs, Kevin and Serenity still sprinted up towards the top. In the cracks of the tower's roof, they could see more beams of lights flare throught the empty column.
"Serenity, what's going on now?" Kevin was only steps behind her as they raced their strides up the stairs in patterns of two-step-skips. The lights began to fade as large grey nails broke through the wall and gripped the inside in assorted places. "Serenity?" Kevin looked up to see her turn white with fear.
"It's Yin-Yang, it hurt my brother the last time it appeared." She whimpered and began running up the stairs again with Kevin by the wrist.
"How could a Duel Monster hologram hurt someone?" Kevin mumbled and followed Serenity to the top. And still he saw the nails digging throught the paneling; though a hologram, it appeared very real.
They finally made it to a door that stopped the staircase. Already Raikoukou was waiting. 'Brace yourself.' The fox warned and Serenity opened the door. Out of the darkness, the light blinded both of them. Once refocused, both of them saw the two God Cards of the Finals appear, Yin- Yang and Ra.
"Those are some serious dragons." Kevin gasped at the shear appearance of both Dragons.
Joey turned around and saw Serenity and Raikoukou, and Serenity held someone by the arm. "Huh?" Duke and Tristan turned around as well, all three were shocked.
"Who the heck is that?!" All three said in unison. Kevin stared blankly at them until he looked at his hand, beginning to turn blue in Serenity's grip. He jerked it away jst as he finished the last of the stairs.
"Serenity, how could you?!" Joey cried with a begging disappointment for answers.
"Joey, relax." Serenity tried to calm her older brother, "This is Kevin Hunter."
"You mean the American Duel Champion?" Yami questioned, taking his eyes off the stand-still Duel.
"Yeah," Kevin nodded and looked around the group, "man, a serious gathering of celebrities here. Yugi, the Duelist Kingdom Champion; Ashley, The Bowler's Daughter-"
"Correction, I'm The Bowler's niece!" Ashley interrupted and pointed to me on the holodeck, "She's The Bowler's real daughter and my cousin."
"And she is..."
'She is Miranda, a Dragon Duelist.' Raikoukou pointed out. Kevin returned sight on the massive Dragon encircling the tower with its serpent body backing me.
"Well, OK then." Kevin shrugged his shoulders and turned back to his infromative speech, "And then there's Kaiba, the only Duelist with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in his Deck."
"I see my reputation proceeds me, even to mice like you." Kaiba smirked. Kevin dropped his previous attitude to a tick-off.
"What'd you say?" Kevin got irritated.
"As far as I'm concerned, you're not even supposed to be here if you're not a Finalist." He continued.
"I'm only here for one thing Kaiba. In America I hold the best Dragon Deck, and now I want to see if my Deck matches up to your own." Kevin pointed a stern finger to a distant Kaiba.
"But you've failed to make the Finals. If you were to happen to make the Finals, I can say this: Ashley wouldn't be in them."
"What?!" Ashley burst into anger and quickly edged over to Kevin, "Take-- him--down." She murderously whispered.
"Fine, a warm-up match shouldn't be too much of a hastle before my Duel against Yugi." Kaiba cocked, "But we'll do it after Miranda & Marik's Duel." Kaiba glanced back to us, "What are you two waiting for? Finish it!" Kaiba demanded.
After the interruption, I refocused on Marik. "Marik, now that I have your attention and my Dragon, it's time I finish this. Yin-Yang special ability gains it 1000 more attack points for every Dragon in both our Graveyards. But this will qualify for mine, Yin-Yang's attack power is now at a whopping 11000! I make the Twin-Headed Behemoth's recovery on defense mode next to Yin-Yang." I boasted and Yin-Yang unleashed a thunderous roar louder than the storm circling overhead.
"Is she joking?!" Kevin cried in question.
"No, she played a magic card that increased her Life Points 1000 per Dragon in her Graveyard. Rally that with Yin-Yang's ability to gain 1000 attack for each one of those Dragons and her monster is almost invincible. Both monsters on the field are God Cards." Yami explained.
"God...Cards?" Kevin shuddered.
"Yin-Yang, begin attack on The Winged Dragon of Ra! Zodiac Hidden Power!" I commanded. The Eternal Dragon began to charge for the attack as a light sphere grew in between its front talons. "Launch attack!"
To be continued...
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New Cards played
Time Stop: Trap. The next turn after this card is activated is counted as the same previous turn. The turn this card is activated is played normally.
Shield to Sword: Magic. Select one monster. Until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated, switch the ATK points with its DEF points. Any additions are added to the new points.
Tri of Wind: Continuous Magic. This card can only be placed on the field when "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is active. If you pay 1000 of your Life Points, Special Summon one "Hurricane" from your deck, hand, or Graveyard in face-up attack position. When this card is destroyed, "Hurricane" is also destroyed and vice-versa. When "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is removed from the field this card is also destroyed.
Dragon Retribution: Trap. Increase your Life Points by 1000 for every Dragon-type monster in your Graveyard. Then decrease your Life Points by 1000 for every Dragon-type monster in your opponent's Graveyard.
Tri of Water: Continuous Magic. This card can only be placed on the field when "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is active. If you pay 1000 of your Life Points, Special Summon one "Submaragon" from your deck, hand, or Graveyard in face-up attack position. When this card is destroyed, "Submaragon" is also destroyed and vice-versa. When "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is removed from the field this card is also destroyed.
Yin-Yang the Eternal Dragon: Dragon/God. Monster/Effect, 9/3000/3100. This monster can only be Special Summoned when "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac", "Tri of Earth", "Tri of Fire", "Tri of Water", and "Tri of Wind" are on the field. Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 1000 points for every Dragon-Type monster on the field and in both Players' Graveyards. If a Dragon-Type monster exists face-up on your opponent's side of the field, this monster cannot attack. This card cannot be targeted by Trap, Magic, or Monster effects.
My Life Points were down by the wayside with only 4750 against his 7900. However Fault-Line would keep me from most of the damage, especially since Marik has Tyrant Dragon in his control. And Cyber Jar on the field in attack mode, I was in for a serious beating from both of them.
Marik made his draw and instantly launched his attack. "Tyrant Dragon, attack her Cyber Jar now!" He commanded. The Dragon launched a fireball aiming straight for my jar.
"I activate Staunch Defender! Fault-Line, defensive maneuvers now!" I countered and activated my second trap card. "With Staunch Defender now activated, your only target for all attacks can be on one monster. And that," I paused and pointed to the stone dragon's head just lying out of the surface of the holodeck, "is Fault-Line." The flame aimed for Cyber Jar suddenly changed course and landed on Fault-Line. Though the smoke of the explosion, Fault-Line was left unharmed.
"So I lose 100 Life Points. No deal." Marik stated as his Life Points dropped slightly to 7800.
"Staunch Defender sends all of your monsters into attack mode and forces them to attack it without your word." I said in satisfaction as his Dark Blade went to attack. The dark knight's attack proved even more failure as it didn't even chip the rocky surface and Marik's Life Points decreased further to 6600, and Revival Jam followed knocking another 1500 Life Points. His points were now at 5100.
"Very well, I place one more trap card and ned my turn." Marik declared as another trap card appeared. As my turn approached, I set Tri of Wind in my line-up. All that was left now was Tri of Water. I made my next draw, Constellation Draco, and my Life Points increased to 5750. I reviewed my hand, not much in the way I could do now; Twin-Headed Behemoth, Interdimensional Matter Transporter, Dark Hole, Candela of Light, and now the magic card. I needed to keep that last space open for Tri of Water.
'Might I suggest something, my dear?' Yami Marik asked.
'No.' I answered without giving thought.
'Summoning Candela to the field perhaps?' He offered the advice anyway.
'And risk one of those traps flipping?! I said I don't need your help. If anything, I need you off my back.' I snapped back, 'So obey those beads and stay on your side!' I turned attention away from Yami Marik and reviewed my hand once more, and keeping my thoughts of strategy hidden. "I'll switch Cyber Jar to defense mode and play another monster faced down."
"I activate the trap, Time Stop: this card stops the turn were playing on until the end of the next turn. Which mean that Tri of Water will not be activated until the end of my next turn." Marik declared.
I breathed a sigh of relief but Yami Marik's anger boiled intensely. "Then that'll end my turn for now."
Marik made his draw. Already he had Tyrant Dragon, a defense monster, Revival Jam and Dark Blade. With each passing turn, it was nerve-racking to see when he'll draw The Winged Dragon of Ra. By that next card, I could tell by the look in his eyes that that was it.
"Marik already has three monsters on the field." Duke pointed out the obvious, "If Marik summons that Winged Dragon of Ra, it's over for Miranda."
"Don't forget, Miranda needs just one more of them Tri cards to summon her God Card, Yin-Yang." said Joey. "But in any case, who's going to win this Duel, Yugi?"
"It's hard to say. Though Miranda has more Life Points than Marik, she has one turn left to summon her God Card." Yami finished his briefing, 'Then again, they both have consequences if either one of them wins.'
Marik stared hard into the card he just drew, bearing in mind the scenarios. 'The Winged Dragon of Ra? This might be my chance to claim victory. But playing the God Card is dangerous in the standards of its intense powers. She couldn't exactly handle Slifer's signature in her mortal body. And when she experienced The Winged Dragon of Ra for the first time, He kept her from fatal injury. If I attack, would she be gone?' He thought.
'It's definitely The Winged Dragon of Ra he holds in his hand.' Yami Marik peered on from the back of my shoulder.
'What did I say about staying on your side of the beads?!' My tolerance level was low when it came to the assassin psycho ghost behind me. But if that is the God Card...
'This is it, now or never.' Marik finally moved after seconds of strangling wait. "First I play this magic card, Shield to Sword. This reverses the attack and defense to the monster on the field with the highest defense points, and that is my Labyrinth Wall. Next I'll sacrifice my Labyrinth Wall, Tyrant Dragon, and Dark Blade to summon the Egyptian God Card, The Winged Dragon of Ra!" Already the skies clouded over, signaling the arrival of a God Monster.
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Pulling himself out of the blimp, Kevin sees the dark clouds gathered over the top of the towers and beams of gold light flashing like spotlights.
"What the...?!" Kevin jumped, he could feel a powerful aura emitting from the top. "Something does not seem right." He muttered and was ready to enter the tower. Kevin stopped short and turned around on a heel, Serenity and Raikoukou were rushing out as well. "Serenity, shouldn't you be-"
"My brother is up there!" Serenity cried, cutting in to Kevin. Raikoukou was already out in front.
'I'll go on ahead. You two take the stairs, meet me on the roof.' Raikoukou commanded before jumping to the steel wall, sticking to it like a fly, and continued making strides up the silvery paneling without as so much as a thud on the tower.
Kevin stood there, staring at Raikoukou in awe. Serenity grabbed Kevin by the wrist. "Come on, I can already see Marik's Egyptain God Card!" She cried and pulled on Kevin.
"Marik's Egyptian what?!" Kevin yelled as he was being tagged along by the joints in his hand. Thought by mind, he had a different thought, 'She's actually holding my hand.' He sighed with lovestruck.
Already the God Monster made its descend on the field, though it posed no reaction with my 'sixth sense.' I assume Yami Marik was keeping me balanced. 'Er, if he didn't play that card, he wouldn't be giving The Winged Dragon of Ra an additional 3000 attack points. Now his monster's attack is at 7700.' Yami Marik warned. His Dragon appeared with more force than to be reckoning with. I only had three defensive monsters on my field and they could be obliterated in one attack each.
"Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy Miranda's Cyber Jar now." Marik commanded. His Dragon charged quickly for a blast of scorching heat against me. The blaze fired and not only destroyed my Cyber Jar, but in the clear, half of Fault-Line's head was changed to crystal. "To finish, I'll return Revival Jam back to defenese made, activate another Time Stop."
The turn was passed to me. I know sooner or later Marik will eventually reach my Life Points. I made my next draw with volunteer from from Yami Marik, serving up Tri of Wind. 'Play it!' I heard Yami Marik. Now I was the one turning pale.
"Miranda..." Ashley muttered from the sidelines with helpless hope for her cousin, until a burst of energy exploded in her voice, "Miranda, you better beat this guy!"
'You know those beads aren't going to hold me forever. You will soon face your punishment once the threads are uncrossed, and you will be made example for disrespecting my powers.' Yami Marik warned his threats, 'I suggest taking the offensive again, Guinaldo. Once The Winged Dragon of Ra lands a critical hit, the chances those beads will hold any longer will be slim. Play it.'
'I'll find a way to do this without Yin-Yang's help until the appropiate time which is the end of Marik's next turn.' I growled back. "I'll end my turn here with only a trap card." I declared, laying my newly drawn Dragon Retribution trap card.
Marik only made a draw and declared another attack. "Winged Dragon of Ra, attack her other defense!" He commanded as Twin-Headed Behemoth was destroyed, the perfect time to activate my trap.
"Go Dragon Retribution!" I flipped my trap card. Appearing from the hologram was a half-human purple dragon wearing a white gown, wings the size of its overall height worn like a cape and a staff with talismans of paper hang near the head resembling a silver dragon head. "When I activate this card, I gain 1000 Life Points for each Dragon in my graveyard, including Tyrant Dragon you sacrificed and the Twin-Headed Behemoth before it recovers." I briefed, "So with Prominence Dragon, Koumori Dragon, three Troop Dragons, Tyrant Dragon, Minor Dragon of Earth, and Twin-Headed Behemoth, my Life Points are sharply increased to 13750."
"Whoa!" Joey jumped, "Now Marik's going to have a harder time dropping her Life Points to zero!" He cheered, "Go Miranda!"
"Then that will end my turn." He said, almost admitting defeat, 'If only I had one more Time Stop card, I could destroy Fault-Line and decrease her Life Points some.' At that, Tri of Water flipped over, initiating Yin- Yang's arrival."
The clouds assembled and, just as before, the column of light shot to the sky. Even if this is the second time, I was nervous of the consequences when it happened the first time. It was hard to forget it...
*Flashback*
'No, I will not be denied of my destiny!' I heard Yami Marik resisting Yin- Yang. He kept his grip on me, suppressing my 'sixth sense' while at the same time trying to stay inside me. 'I will stay within Miranda. And if I am to depart, she will DIE!' I soon broke free of the strike. I wasn't knocked out, but I felt Yami Marik recovering quickly. I saw Joey lying unconscious on the floor.
"Joey." I took another step when Roland stopped me.
"Take one more step further and you'll be disqualified. Tournament rules." He stated like a police officer.
"What, Joey's knocked out cold and you expect me to resume the match?" I asked in outrage. The storm continued as another lightning strike was readying itself above me.
"Miranda, forfeit the match now!" Yami Yugi called from the sidelines. I was going to agree when the strike came down with high speeds. I couldn't move.
"Hiten-Mesurugi style...Ryo-Tsuitsen!" was the next thing I heard. My eyes refocused and MG was right above me in her swordsman stance. She canceled out Yin-Yang's thunder attack as well as leaving a nasty gash in the Dragon's body. After the attack, she withdrew back into the crowd and Yin- Yang lowered itself back to the blimp.
"Lord Yin-Yang, I apologize for the deed I have just done. But if you have just realized, you were trying to kill a descendant of mine. Miranda is one of us and she would never abuse a spirit like yours." Mirandragon stated, "However, a greater evil exists within Miranda."
"And that evil surpasses even my own powers." A bellow came from the Dragon. It turned its immense head towards the crowd with its yellow eyes glaring at Mirandragon. "This new evil refuses to leave and it even threatens to destroy Miranda if we are to take any further action."
*end Flashback*
...'Though Yin-Yang had to follow Yami Marik's orders back then was because I was ready to be hung.' I thought as the spire faded, 'I suppose now that we're temperarily separated, Yin-Yang can move more freely.' Again, the beam of light ensnared the tower in its thick coils and faded to its green color. The talons gripped onto the walls and Yin-Yang's massive head hovered over me, glaring at The Winged Dragon of Ra with powers beyond the Egyptian God Card's own.
"That's Yin-Yang the Eternal Dragon." Miran cried and unsheathed her sword again, void of any energies.
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Only halfway up the tower stairs, Kevin and Serenity still sprinted up towards the top. In the cracks of the tower's roof, they could see more beams of lights flare throught the empty column.
"Serenity, what's going on now?" Kevin was only steps behind her as they raced their strides up the stairs in patterns of two-step-skips. The lights began to fade as large grey nails broke through the wall and gripped the inside in assorted places. "Serenity?" Kevin looked up to see her turn white with fear.
"It's Yin-Yang, it hurt my brother the last time it appeared." She whimpered and began running up the stairs again with Kevin by the wrist.
"How could a Duel Monster hologram hurt someone?" Kevin mumbled and followed Serenity to the top. And still he saw the nails digging throught the paneling; though a hologram, it appeared very real.
They finally made it to a door that stopped the staircase. Already Raikoukou was waiting. 'Brace yourself.' The fox warned and Serenity opened the door. Out of the darkness, the light blinded both of them. Once refocused, both of them saw the two God Cards of the Finals appear, Yin- Yang and Ra.
"Those are some serious dragons." Kevin gasped at the shear appearance of both Dragons.
Joey turned around and saw Serenity and Raikoukou, and Serenity held someone by the arm. "Huh?" Duke and Tristan turned around as well, all three were shocked.
"Who the heck is that?!" All three said in unison. Kevin stared blankly at them until he looked at his hand, beginning to turn blue in Serenity's grip. He jerked it away jst as he finished the last of the stairs.
"Serenity, how could you?!" Joey cried with a begging disappointment for answers.
"Joey, relax." Serenity tried to calm her older brother, "This is Kevin Hunter."
"You mean the American Duel Champion?" Yami questioned, taking his eyes off the stand-still Duel.
"Yeah," Kevin nodded and looked around the group, "man, a serious gathering of celebrities here. Yugi, the Duelist Kingdom Champion; Ashley, The Bowler's Daughter-"
"Correction, I'm The Bowler's niece!" Ashley interrupted and pointed to me on the holodeck, "She's The Bowler's real daughter and my cousin."
"And she is..."
'She is Miranda, a Dragon Duelist.' Raikoukou pointed out. Kevin returned sight on the massive Dragon encircling the tower with its serpent body backing me.
"Well, OK then." Kevin shrugged his shoulders and turned back to his infromative speech, "And then there's Kaiba, the only Duelist with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in his Deck."
"I see my reputation proceeds me, even to mice like you." Kaiba smirked. Kevin dropped his previous attitude to a tick-off.
"What'd you say?" Kevin got irritated.
"As far as I'm concerned, you're not even supposed to be here if you're not a Finalist." He continued.
"I'm only here for one thing Kaiba. In America I hold the best Dragon Deck, and now I want to see if my Deck matches up to your own." Kevin pointed a stern finger to a distant Kaiba.
"But you've failed to make the Finals. If you were to happen to make the Finals, I can say this: Ashley wouldn't be in them."
"What?!" Ashley burst into anger and quickly edged over to Kevin, "Take-- him--down." She murderously whispered.
"Fine, a warm-up match shouldn't be too much of a hastle before my Duel against Yugi." Kaiba cocked, "But we'll do it after Miranda & Marik's Duel." Kaiba glanced back to us, "What are you two waiting for? Finish it!" Kaiba demanded.
After the interruption, I refocused on Marik. "Marik, now that I have your attention and my Dragon, it's time I finish this. Yin-Yang special ability gains it 1000 more attack points for every Dragon in both our Graveyards. But this will qualify for mine, Yin-Yang's attack power is now at a whopping 11000! I make the Twin-Headed Behemoth's recovery on defense mode next to Yin-Yang." I boasted and Yin-Yang unleashed a thunderous roar louder than the storm circling overhead.
"Is she joking?!" Kevin cried in question.
"No, she played a magic card that increased her Life Points 1000 per Dragon in her Graveyard. Rally that with Yin-Yang's ability to gain 1000 attack for each one of those Dragons and her monster is almost invincible. Both monsters on the field are God Cards." Yami explained.
"God...Cards?" Kevin shuddered.
"Yin-Yang, begin attack on The Winged Dragon of Ra! Zodiac Hidden Power!" I commanded. The Eternal Dragon began to charge for the attack as a light sphere grew in between its front talons. "Launch attack!"
To be continued...
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New Cards played
Time Stop: Trap. The next turn after this card is activated is counted as the same previous turn. The turn this card is activated is played normally.
Shield to Sword: Magic. Select one monster. Until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated, switch the ATK points with its DEF points. Any additions are added to the new points.
Tri of Wind: Continuous Magic. This card can only be placed on the field when "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is active. If you pay 1000 of your Life Points, Special Summon one "Hurricane" from your deck, hand, or Graveyard in face-up attack position. When this card is destroyed, "Hurricane" is also destroyed and vice-versa. When "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is removed from the field this card is also destroyed.
Dragon Retribution: Trap. Increase your Life Points by 1000 for every Dragon-type monster in your Graveyard. Then decrease your Life Points by 1000 for every Dragon-type monster in your opponent's Graveyard.
Tri of Water: Continuous Magic. This card can only be placed on the field when "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is active. If you pay 1000 of your Life Points, Special Summon one "Submaragon" from your deck, hand, or Graveyard in face-up attack position. When this card is destroyed, "Submaragon" is also destroyed and vice-versa. When "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac" is removed from the field this card is also destroyed.
Yin-Yang the Eternal Dragon: Dragon/God. Monster/Effect, 9/3000/3100. This monster can only be Special Summoned when "Yin-Yang of the Zodiac", "Tri of Earth", "Tri of Fire", "Tri of Water", and "Tri of Wind" are on the field. Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 1000 points for every Dragon-Type monster on the field and in both Players' Graveyards. If a Dragon-Type monster exists face-up on your opponent's side of the field, this monster cannot attack. This card cannot be targeted by Trap, Magic, or Monster effects.