Author's Note: Total writer's block too over. Episodes leading up to it were deleted. On with the Battle City Finals!
Episode #39- Double Duels, Part 1
"Yugi, with a Duel of this magnitude, I'll provide us with a more suitable setting. Activate the Kaiba Corp. hologram system!" Kaiba announced. The points of the tower engaged and were lifted up off their posts. The panel covering the points activated and spiraled out the lights into a spinning whirlwind, soon replaced with a somewhat ancient coliseum. Crowds lined the arena in every seat and cheered for Kaiba's victory.
"Talk about Kaiba showing off his huge ego..." Tristan commented.
"Well, we would sound kinda stupid if it was just us calling Yugi to win." Ashley added. I had the feeling I should inch away from her for a minute.
"Terrific, just what we need: another clash of the Gods." Tea groaned.
"Look on the flip side, a psycho ghost isn't involved." Joey added while making a quick glance towards me.
"The God Cards are the stakes, Yugi. One of us will go on to face Miranda and her two God Cards." Kaiba boasted.
"Then I'll make the first move, and I'll begin with Queen's Knight in defense mode," Yami began with a female knight of a card's suit on the field, "and one card faced down, that ends my turn."
"You play all the same, Yugi. But in this Duel you must take the offensive when you can." Kaiba drew his sixth card, 'Obelisk! Maybe defeating Yugi will be easier than I thought. And Soul Exchange will come in use soon enough,' he thought and pulled another from his hand "I'll also place one card faced down, summon X-Head Cannon in attack mode, and play Magic Sanctuary. This card gives us one magic card from our decks to our hands." Kaiba informed as the decks shot one card each. "That will end my turn."
'What is Kaiba up to?' Yugi thought, 'surely he would have attacked us.' Yami drew his next card while keeping a straight face, apparently there was no advantage to come by yet.
"I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in defense mode and another card faced down. Your move." Yami played his turn quick.
"This Duel is going somewhat slow." Marik commented.
"They're both setting up if they refuse to attack each other." I concluded, "Unlike our Duel in which we made offense after offense, they're trying to build up their team of monsters to sacrifice for their God Cards."
"Okay, so what's the damage of these Gods considering your Duel was a collision of the most powerful Gods?" Ashley asked me, I could help but give her the 'you're-an-idiot' leer.
"Obelisk and Slifer may be just a step below Ra, but they're a force to be reckoned with in both attack power and effects, and their energy outputs are well over the charts." I answered while recalling the first time I saw Slifer.
The Duel continued with Kaiba's turn. "Yugi, my God will approach first. I use Soul Exchange to sacrifice both of your monsters and my X-Head Cannon to summon Obelisk the Tormentor!" Kaiba declared as he played his magic card. Yami's two monsters were dragged towards Kaiba's side and were prepared for sacrifice.
"Not yet, Kaiba!" Yami countered and flipped his card, "I use Change of Heart to take your X-Head Cannon!" Kaiba's machine levitated to Yami's side, "Now you can't sacrifice for Obelisk. Your plan has backfired."
"Interesting move on Yugi's part." Ashley commented and glanced towards me, "Who do you think would win, cuz?"
"I'm just trying to see the scenarios when I face one of them." I answered, "But I would prefer it to be Yugi."
"If you say so." Ashley shrugged. Kaiba was still making his move when Ash expressed a small gasp and turned towards the blimp below. "Uncle Eddie...?"
"What's wrong?" I saw Ash with a disturbed look.
"I'll be right back." Ashley found her route out via stairs. Five minutes and she was back on level ground. Ashley looked back to the top of the tower, nothing really could be seen. Again she heard her bowling ball as if resisting someone. "Hang on!" Ashley made her dash inside past the cockpit with Roland and into the rooms.
She took her chance and opened her room door. Suddenly feeling hot under her denim vest where her broach was pinned inside. "What's going on?!" Ashley cried and finally sees inside.
Her bowling ball was pinned underfoot by someone. It was Bakura whom she saw earlier in the tournament. "Hey, Bakura, you mind telling me while you have my bowling ball playing soccer?" She cocked. Yami Bakura finally took notice of her presence and turned around with a dark look.
"I was waiting for you. I'm here for a rematch. Winner gets the losers Millennium Item." Yami Bakura bargained.
"I don't have a Millennium Item." Ashley denied. Yami Bakura seemed to believe her.
"Then suffer in the Shadow Realm!" He exclaimed and the Eye of Horus on his Millennium Ring glowed brilliantly. Ashley had to shield her eyes and waited for the end. The flare of light seemed cut off so she opened her eyes again and saw a large shield equipped on her left arm over her Duel Disc.
"What the?" Ashley murmured.
"Heh, so you lied to me as well as yourself. You DO have a Millennium Item, the Millennium Shield to be precise and the half item of the Millennium Balance to be exact." Yami Bakura smirked as his Item dimmed and the room filled itself with dark clouds, "So now shall we resume our bargain? If you win, you may have my Millennium Ring and I even have something for your cousin. But if I win, the Millennium Shield will be mine and I'll go after the Millennium Sword next." Yami Bakura set the stage of battle with the stakes.
Ashley's impression was an indecisive look, but stood taller with a determination like when she faced Kaiba. "What choice do I have?"
"We'll take this fight outside, if you don't mind."
"Just get off Uncle Eddie. I'm your opponent now." Ashley stated.
"I'll compliment on using my Magic Sanctuary wisely," Kaiba stated, "But now I play Enemy Controller. By paying 1000 of my Life Points, I get my X- Head Cannon back to my field." Kaiba declared as a large video gaming controller appeared in front of him and drawing X-Head Cannon back to his side. Again he attempted Obelisk's summoning.
"This is serious!" Kevin cried in shock. I kept my cool, but worried about Ashley being gone for a while.
"Raikoukou, would you check on Ashley?" I asked the fox. Raikoukou nodded and dashed off the tower entirely to the ground far below.
"Reveal Trap, Lightforce Sword!" Yami declared his trap as a sword came from nowhere and shot through Kaiba's card he was about to play. "You won't be able to summon Obelisk so easily. My Lightforce Sword has the effect of removing Obelisk from your hand for three turns."
'This can't be! Yugi's been able to counter my every attempt to summon Obelisk the Tormentor!' Kaiba thought bitterly and reviewed the rest of his hand as Yami's monsters returned to him. "I'll end my turn here."
Yami made his draw of the card and reviewed his options. 'I have two monsters on the field. One more and I can summon Slifer, but I don't have it yet. At least Lightforce Sword makes it so Kaiba doesn't have his God Card either. I have to make this Duel count.'
'Don't be so hard on yourself.' Yugi popped into Yami's mind, 'Marik and his darker self have been defeated and Miranda is no enemy. If we can win this Duel, then we can treat the Finals like casual play.'
'Miranda is one to play her hardest, and with Ra and Yin-Yang-'
'So we'll play our hardest.' Yugi interrupted, 'Miranda seems like a good friend. Let's just get through with this Duel and we'll deal with Miranda when the time comes.' Yugi finished and receded back into the Millennium Puzzle.
"Quit stalling Yugi and make your move now!" Kaiba demanded. Yami returned his attention to the Duel and pulled a card from his hand.
"I'll place one card faced down, and end my turn." Yami made his move quick. 'All of my monsters are too weak to attack his X-Head Cannon. I just have to keep my monsters in defense mode until I can summon Slifer, and I only have three turns to do it.
"I expected more from you, Yugi. It's my turn." Kaiba revealed his next card with a grin of the upper-hand, "Now I summon Y-Dragon Head," Kaiba declared as a red metal dragon was summoned. "Are you beginning to notice something Yugi? I have X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head." He riddled. It took Yami a moment to think until it was answered clearly.
"Your monsters can be used in some kind of combination?" Yami questioned his response.
"That's right Yugi. Any of two the X, Y, Z monsters can combine themselves to become more powerful, and once I summon my Z monster, you'll be history!" Kaiba exclaimed, "Now X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head, combine and create the XY-Dragon Cannon!"
"That can't be good." Tristan commented amongst the group. The purple cannon monster and the red metal dragon automatically connected themselves on top each other.
"This monster has an attack of 2200, more than enough to destroy your defenses." Kaiba briefed, "Now my Dragon Cannon, destroy Yugi's Magnet Warrior!" The Dragon Cannon fired its main cannon and blasted Alpha into the Graveyard. "Looks like you'll have a hard time summoning your own God Card Yugi. To finish this turn, I play one more magic card, Lullaby of Obedience. This card takes any how powered monster I wish from your deck and add it to my hand, and I choose Slifer the Sky Dragon!"
"He can't be serious," I murmured. Kaiba walked around his Dragon Cannon while Yami's Duel Disc spat out Slifer from his Deck. Kaiba swiped Slifer from his hand just as Yami pulled it out.
"Heh, now I have two God Cards in my hand. On top of that it was so buried in your Deck you couldn't even draw it. It's about time the God Cards belonged to a worthy Duelist." Kaiba smirked, "Then I'll take on Miranda and her God Cards, and I'll be sure to pin her down like I have you. I'll end my turn here." He finished his monologue and was halfway back to his side when Yami made his play.
"I should thank you for bringing Slifer so soon, Kaiba." Yami made a smirk of advantage of his own.
"What are you talking about?" Kaiba stopped in front of his Dragon Cannon and only turn his head until his eye sighted Yami.
"I play the Magic card Exchange." Yami announced with Kaiba's reaction unexpected of the play. "It gives up each one card from our hand and trades them. So I'll ask for Slifer back." Yami's new magic card forced Kaiba to turn to face his opponent and invade his personal space again. Kaiba showed his hand and Yami returned Slifer to his possession. "And in exchange, you can have one of mine." Yami showed his hand.
'A poor line-up of cards,' thought Kaiba until he saw the trap card. "I'll take your Life Shaver trap card." Kaiba made his exchange and finally returned to his side of the field.
"Again I thank you for your assistance, now I have Slifer in my hand." Yami said. Kaiba just grumbled and awaited Yami's next move.
"I'll finish this quick. You have no chance against my Las Vegas deck." Ashley announced.
"So in other words your Deck is a gamble, you rely on all luck and no true breakthrough into a victory." Yami Bakura reworded, "I'll be sure to make this to the extremes by sending this Duel to the Shadow Realm." Both Millennium Items glowed steadily as the dark clouds appeared as if beckoned by the Millennium Items. "Now that the stage is set, I'll be kind enough to let you have the first move."
"You'll regret that." Ashley mumbled and the Shield shrunk in size until it was the size of a wristwatch and even a band equipped itself on her wrist. Her Duel Disc was engaged with her Life Points shooting to 8000 and she drew her cards. "I'll begin with the Luxor Mummy in attack mode and one card faced down. That will end my turn." Ashley stated her moves. 'My Full House trap card will do the trick. If he doesn't have a two and three of anything in a draw of five, I can attack him twice. I just need a way to see his hand.'
"It's my turn." Yami Bakura said and drew his card. "And I'll first begin by activating your trap card with Trap Backfire. Once activated, I can activate your trap and use it against you." He stated as Ashley's card was flipped and turned towards her. "Now draw from your deck and show me a Full House!" Ashley drew her cards: Excalibur Dragon, Tiki Master of the Palms, Blackjack Ace, MGM Lion, and Magical Slots.
"Aw man, now you get to attack me twice!" Ashley cried in disbelief as she returned the cards and shuffled her Deck.
"Perfect, now I'll play Held in One's Deck: by paying 1500 of my Life Points this card allows me to browse your deck for a magic card I can use myself." He continued his plan of strategy. In front of him was Ashley's list of magic cards. He finally made his selection, Free Token. The card ejected itself from her Deck and added itself to Yami Bakura's hand. "Now with Free Token, I can keep my bonus of two attacks until a bit later. It's your turn, Bowler." Yami Bakura finished by playing Ashley's Token.
"Well, I'd guess you'd keep that because you have no monsters to attack with." Ashley drew her card, Bolban. 'That'll be useful a bit later.' She thought, "Luxor Mummy, attack his face-down card with Luxor's Curse!" Ashley declared as her mummy dealt a life-extinguishing blast of magic towards Yami Bakura's face-down card, Pyramid Turtle.
"You're playing well into my trap. By destroying Pyramid Turtle, you activated its special ability." Yami Bakura snickered.
"Special ability?" Ashley repeated as her mummy returned from the attack. The cement rubble quaked slightly as a coffin revealed itself in front of Yami Bakura.
"Yes, when it's sent to the Graveyard I can summon another monster with a defense of 1500 or less." Yami Bakura looked through his deck and pulled his card. "So the monster I choose is Vampire Lord." He smirked as the coffin flew open with a horde of virtual bats flying past Ashley. No sooner did the Vampire appear in a dark cape covering his body and wrapped behind him by four long claws reaching from his back.
"No...way." Ashley stood shocked.
"So you are familiar with Vampire Lord." Yami Bakura taunted, "And if you're scared now, you'll be petrified before this Duel is even over. I believe it's my turn now." Yami Bakura drew his card, "To begin it, I'll use my Free Token to make the effects of Full House count." He said as his magic card disappeared and was replaced with an image of the Full House trap. "Now I play Sangan in attack mode."
'I'm going to get it now...' Ashley thought and stood her ground.
"Vampire Lord, attack her Mummy!" Yami Bakura commanded and his Vampire struck her mummy while reducing her Life Points by 200. "And according to Vampire Lord's effect, when I do damage to your Life Points I can remove one card from your Deck so you lose a monster card." He exclaimed. Ashley searched her Deck and sent her Sinister Serpent to the Graveyard slot on her Disc. "Now Sangan, attack her Life Points directly!" Yami Bakura continued his assault as the creature bit on Ashley's arm and dropped her to 6800.
Ashley winced when Sangan made a full bit on her arm. "Hey, that hurt!"
"It will even more, now attack again my monsters!" Yami Bakura finished off his assault with another onslaught, throwing Ashley back and critically damaging her and her Life Points. "Now remove a trap card from your Deck." Yami Bakura demanded. Ashley did as well and removed her Bottomless Trap Hole. "That will end my turn, but I doubt you can play anything worth my time." He paused with a thought intercepting him, "Then again, I think the prizes if you win will be quite interesting towards the matter of the Battle City Finals."
"I don't know what you're talking about, and really, I don't care." Ashley drew her card, Venetian Maiden. "I'll play Venetian Maiden in defense mode." She announced as a woman of royalty appeared in front of her, "and Venetian Maiden comes with a nice effect, too; once she's sent to the Graveyard, she'll protect my Life Points from further damage."
"You're relying on that to protect your Life Points, that's pathetic." Yami Bakura stated, but his thoughts were otherwise, 'Then again, if you win this Duel your cousin will be in for quite a treat.'
"But before I end my turn, I have to know; how did you even get here?" Ashley questioned.
"I can open the Shadow Realm as quick transport from one place to another. And I've come for a rematch." Yami Bakura answered.
"A rematch?"
"You faced Raizou who was at the Battle City tournament, he was using my Deck. I knew I shouldn't have trusted him to beat the niece of the infamous Bowler." He reminded, "So now you're facing the same Deck, just against a smarter opponent. I suggest you prepare to lose more than your Millennium Shield."
To be continued...
New cards played
Luxor Mummy: Zombie/Earth. Monster, 4/1800/0
Full House: Trap. Your opponent picks up the top five cards of his/her deck. If the cards picked up have 2 or 3 Monster cards, skip your Battle Phase this turn. If the cards picked up have 1, 4, 5, or no monster cards, you have two Battle Phases this turn. The picked up cards are returned to the Deck and is then the Deck is shuffled.
Trap Backfire: Counter Trap. Select one face-down magic or trap card on your opponent's side of the field and flip it face-up. If it is a magic card, return it back to its face-down position. If it is a trap card, activate it immediately. Negate the trap and designate it to another proper target.
Held in One's Deck: Magic. At the cost of 1500, search your Opponent's deck for a normal magic card and add it to your hand. Skip your Battle Phase the turn the magic card was activated. The Deck is then shuffled.
Free Token: Continuous Magic. Activate this card when a magic or trap card is activated. You may pay 500 of your Life Points on your Standby Phase to keep this card on the field. If you cannot, this card is destroyed and the selected card's effect is activated immediately. The selected card remains on the field as long as this card is in play.
Venetian Maiden: Fairy/Light. Monster/Effect, 4/1000/2000. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard in the result of battle, the Battle Damage to the controller of this card is reduced to 0 as long as a "Venetian Maiden" exists in the controller's Graveyard.
Episode #39- Double Duels, Part 1
"Yugi, with a Duel of this magnitude, I'll provide us with a more suitable setting. Activate the Kaiba Corp. hologram system!" Kaiba announced. The points of the tower engaged and were lifted up off their posts. The panel covering the points activated and spiraled out the lights into a spinning whirlwind, soon replaced with a somewhat ancient coliseum. Crowds lined the arena in every seat and cheered for Kaiba's victory.
"Talk about Kaiba showing off his huge ego..." Tristan commented.
"Well, we would sound kinda stupid if it was just us calling Yugi to win." Ashley added. I had the feeling I should inch away from her for a minute.
"Terrific, just what we need: another clash of the Gods." Tea groaned.
"Look on the flip side, a psycho ghost isn't involved." Joey added while making a quick glance towards me.
"The God Cards are the stakes, Yugi. One of us will go on to face Miranda and her two God Cards." Kaiba boasted.
"Then I'll make the first move, and I'll begin with Queen's Knight in defense mode," Yami began with a female knight of a card's suit on the field, "and one card faced down, that ends my turn."
"You play all the same, Yugi. But in this Duel you must take the offensive when you can." Kaiba drew his sixth card, 'Obelisk! Maybe defeating Yugi will be easier than I thought. And Soul Exchange will come in use soon enough,' he thought and pulled another from his hand "I'll also place one card faced down, summon X-Head Cannon in attack mode, and play Magic Sanctuary. This card gives us one magic card from our decks to our hands." Kaiba informed as the decks shot one card each. "That will end my turn."
'What is Kaiba up to?' Yugi thought, 'surely he would have attacked us.' Yami drew his next card while keeping a straight face, apparently there was no advantage to come by yet.
"I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in defense mode and another card faced down. Your move." Yami played his turn quick.
"This Duel is going somewhat slow." Marik commented.
"They're both setting up if they refuse to attack each other." I concluded, "Unlike our Duel in which we made offense after offense, they're trying to build up their team of monsters to sacrifice for their God Cards."
"Okay, so what's the damage of these Gods considering your Duel was a collision of the most powerful Gods?" Ashley asked me, I could help but give her the 'you're-an-idiot' leer.
"Obelisk and Slifer may be just a step below Ra, but they're a force to be reckoned with in both attack power and effects, and their energy outputs are well over the charts." I answered while recalling the first time I saw Slifer.
The Duel continued with Kaiba's turn. "Yugi, my God will approach first. I use Soul Exchange to sacrifice both of your monsters and my X-Head Cannon to summon Obelisk the Tormentor!" Kaiba declared as he played his magic card. Yami's two monsters were dragged towards Kaiba's side and were prepared for sacrifice.
"Not yet, Kaiba!" Yami countered and flipped his card, "I use Change of Heart to take your X-Head Cannon!" Kaiba's machine levitated to Yami's side, "Now you can't sacrifice for Obelisk. Your plan has backfired."
"Interesting move on Yugi's part." Ashley commented and glanced towards me, "Who do you think would win, cuz?"
"I'm just trying to see the scenarios when I face one of them." I answered, "But I would prefer it to be Yugi."
"If you say so." Ashley shrugged. Kaiba was still making his move when Ash expressed a small gasp and turned towards the blimp below. "Uncle Eddie...?"
"What's wrong?" I saw Ash with a disturbed look.
"I'll be right back." Ashley found her route out via stairs. Five minutes and she was back on level ground. Ashley looked back to the top of the tower, nothing really could be seen. Again she heard her bowling ball as if resisting someone. "Hang on!" Ashley made her dash inside past the cockpit with Roland and into the rooms.
She took her chance and opened her room door. Suddenly feeling hot under her denim vest where her broach was pinned inside. "What's going on?!" Ashley cried and finally sees inside.
Her bowling ball was pinned underfoot by someone. It was Bakura whom she saw earlier in the tournament. "Hey, Bakura, you mind telling me while you have my bowling ball playing soccer?" She cocked. Yami Bakura finally took notice of her presence and turned around with a dark look.
"I was waiting for you. I'm here for a rematch. Winner gets the losers Millennium Item." Yami Bakura bargained.
"I don't have a Millennium Item." Ashley denied. Yami Bakura seemed to believe her.
"Then suffer in the Shadow Realm!" He exclaimed and the Eye of Horus on his Millennium Ring glowed brilliantly. Ashley had to shield her eyes and waited for the end. The flare of light seemed cut off so she opened her eyes again and saw a large shield equipped on her left arm over her Duel Disc.
"What the?" Ashley murmured.
"Heh, so you lied to me as well as yourself. You DO have a Millennium Item, the Millennium Shield to be precise and the half item of the Millennium Balance to be exact." Yami Bakura smirked as his Item dimmed and the room filled itself with dark clouds, "So now shall we resume our bargain? If you win, you may have my Millennium Ring and I even have something for your cousin. But if I win, the Millennium Shield will be mine and I'll go after the Millennium Sword next." Yami Bakura set the stage of battle with the stakes.
Ashley's impression was an indecisive look, but stood taller with a determination like when she faced Kaiba. "What choice do I have?"
"We'll take this fight outside, if you don't mind."
"Just get off Uncle Eddie. I'm your opponent now." Ashley stated.
"I'll compliment on using my Magic Sanctuary wisely," Kaiba stated, "But now I play Enemy Controller. By paying 1000 of my Life Points, I get my X- Head Cannon back to my field." Kaiba declared as a large video gaming controller appeared in front of him and drawing X-Head Cannon back to his side. Again he attempted Obelisk's summoning.
"This is serious!" Kevin cried in shock. I kept my cool, but worried about Ashley being gone for a while.
"Raikoukou, would you check on Ashley?" I asked the fox. Raikoukou nodded and dashed off the tower entirely to the ground far below.
"Reveal Trap, Lightforce Sword!" Yami declared his trap as a sword came from nowhere and shot through Kaiba's card he was about to play. "You won't be able to summon Obelisk so easily. My Lightforce Sword has the effect of removing Obelisk from your hand for three turns."
'This can't be! Yugi's been able to counter my every attempt to summon Obelisk the Tormentor!' Kaiba thought bitterly and reviewed the rest of his hand as Yami's monsters returned to him. "I'll end my turn here."
Yami made his draw of the card and reviewed his options. 'I have two monsters on the field. One more and I can summon Slifer, but I don't have it yet. At least Lightforce Sword makes it so Kaiba doesn't have his God Card either. I have to make this Duel count.'
'Don't be so hard on yourself.' Yugi popped into Yami's mind, 'Marik and his darker self have been defeated and Miranda is no enemy. If we can win this Duel, then we can treat the Finals like casual play.'
'Miranda is one to play her hardest, and with Ra and Yin-Yang-'
'So we'll play our hardest.' Yugi interrupted, 'Miranda seems like a good friend. Let's just get through with this Duel and we'll deal with Miranda when the time comes.' Yugi finished and receded back into the Millennium Puzzle.
"Quit stalling Yugi and make your move now!" Kaiba demanded. Yami returned his attention to the Duel and pulled a card from his hand.
"I'll place one card faced down, and end my turn." Yami made his move quick. 'All of my monsters are too weak to attack his X-Head Cannon. I just have to keep my monsters in defense mode until I can summon Slifer, and I only have three turns to do it.
"I expected more from you, Yugi. It's my turn." Kaiba revealed his next card with a grin of the upper-hand, "Now I summon Y-Dragon Head," Kaiba declared as a red metal dragon was summoned. "Are you beginning to notice something Yugi? I have X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head." He riddled. It took Yami a moment to think until it was answered clearly.
"Your monsters can be used in some kind of combination?" Yami questioned his response.
"That's right Yugi. Any of two the X, Y, Z monsters can combine themselves to become more powerful, and once I summon my Z monster, you'll be history!" Kaiba exclaimed, "Now X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head, combine and create the XY-Dragon Cannon!"
"That can't be good." Tristan commented amongst the group. The purple cannon monster and the red metal dragon automatically connected themselves on top each other.
"This monster has an attack of 2200, more than enough to destroy your defenses." Kaiba briefed, "Now my Dragon Cannon, destroy Yugi's Magnet Warrior!" The Dragon Cannon fired its main cannon and blasted Alpha into the Graveyard. "Looks like you'll have a hard time summoning your own God Card Yugi. To finish this turn, I play one more magic card, Lullaby of Obedience. This card takes any how powered monster I wish from your deck and add it to my hand, and I choose Slifer the Sky Dragon!"
"He can't be serious," I murmured. Kaiba walked around his Dragon Cannon while Yami's Duel Disc spat out Slifer from his Deck. Kaiba swiped Slifer from his hand just as Yami pulled it out.
"Heh, now I have two God Cards in my hand. On top of that it was so buried in your Deck you couldn't even draw it. It's about time the God Cards belonged to a worthy Duelist." Kaiba smirked, "Then I'll take on Miranda and her God Cards, and I'll be sure to pin her down like I have you. I'll end my turn here." He finished his monologue and was halfway back to his side when Yami made his play.
"I should thank you for bringing Slifer so soon, Kaiba." Yami made a smirk of advantage of his own.
"What are you talking about?" Kaiba stopped in front of his Dragon Cannon and only turn his head until his eye sighted Yami.
"I play the Magic card Exchange." Yami announced with Kaiba's reaction unexpected of the play. "It gives up each one card from our hand and trades them. So I'll ask for Slifer back." Yami's new magic card forced Kaiba to turn to face his opponent and invade his personal space again. Kaiba showed his hand and Yami returned Slifer to his possession. "And in exchange, you can have one of mine." Yami showed his hand.
'A poor line-up of cards,' thought Kaiba until he saw the trap card. "I'll take your Life Shaver trap card." Kaiba made his exchange and finally returned to his side of the field.
"Again I thank you for your assistance, now I have Slifer in my hand." Yami said. Kaiba just grumbled and awaited Yami's next move.
"I'll finish this quick. You have no chance against my Las Vegas deck." Ashley announced.
"So in other words your Deck is a gamble, you rely on all luck and no true breakthrough into a victory." Yami Bakura reworded, "I'll be sure to make this to the extremes by sending this Duel to the Shadow Realm." Both Millennium Items glowed steadily as the dark clouds appeared as if beckoned by the Millennium Items. "Now that the stage is set, I'll be kind enough to let you have the first move."
"You'll regret that." Ashley mumbled and the Shield shrunk in size until it was the size of a wristwatch and even a band equipped itself on her wrist. Her Duel Disc was engaged with her Life Points shooting to 8000 and she drew her cards. "I'll begin with the Luxor Mummy in attack mode and one card faced down. That will end my turn." Ashley stated her moves. 'My Full House trap card will do the trick. If he doesn't have a two and three of anything in a draw of five, I can attack him twice. I just need a way to see his hand.'
"It's my turn." Yami Bakura said and drew his card. "And I'll first begin by activating your trap card with Trap Backfire. Once activated, I can activate your trap and use it against you." He stated as Ashley's card was flipped and turned towards her. "Now draw from your deck and show me a Full House!" Ashley drew her cards: Excalibur Dragon, Tiki Master of the Palms, Blackjack Ace, MGM Lion, and Magical Slots.
"Aw man, now you get to attack me twice!" Ashley cried in disbelief as she returned the cards and shuffled her Deck.
"Perfect, now I'll play Held in One's Deck: by paying 1500 of my Life Points this card allows me to browse your deck for a magic card I can use myself." He continued his plan of strategy. In front of him was Ashley's list of magic cards. He finally made his selection, Free Token. The card ejected itself from her Deck and added itself to Yami Bakura's hand. "Now with Free Token, I can keep my bonus of two attacks until a bit later. It's your turn, Bowler." Yami Bakura finished by playing Ashley's Token.
"Well, I'd guess you'd keep that because you have no monsters to attack with." Ashley drew her card, Bolban. 'That'll be useful a bit later.' She thought, "Luxor Mummy, attack his face-down card with Luxor's Curse!" Ashley declared as her mummy dealt a life-extinguishing blast of magic towards Yami Bakura's face-down card, Pyramid Turtle.
"You're playing well into my trap. By destroying Pyramid Turtle, you activated its special ability." Yami Bakura snickered.
"Special ability?" Ashley repeated as her mummy returned from the attack. The cement rubble quaked slightly as a coffin revealed itself in front of Yami Bakura.
"Yes, when it's sent to the Graveyard I can summon another monster with a defense of 1500 or less." Yami Bakura looked through his deck and pulled his card. "So the monster I choose is Vampire Lord." He smirked as the coffin flew open with a horde of virtual bats flying past Ashley. No sooner did the Vampire appear in a dark cape covering his body and wrapped behind him by four long claws reaching from his back.
"No...way." Ashley stood shocked.
"So you are familiar with Vampire Lord." Yami Bakura taunted, "And if you're scared now, you'll be petrified before this Duel is even over. I believe it's my turn now." Yami Bakura drew his card, "To begin it, I'll use my Free Token to make the effects of Full House count." He said as his magic card disappeared and was replaced with an image of the Full House trap. "Now I play Sangan in attack mode."
'I'm going to get it now...' Ashley thought and stood her ground.
"Vampire Lord, attack her Mummy!" Yami Bakura commanded and his Vampire struck her mummy while reducing her Life Points by 200. "And according to Vampire Lord's effect, when I do damage to your Life Points I can remove one card from your Deck so you lose a monster card." He exclaimed. Ashley searched her Deck and sent her Sinister Serpent to the Graveyard slot on her Disc. "Now Sangan, attack her Life Points directly!" Yami Bakura continued his assault as the creature bit on Ashley's arm and dropped her to 6800.
Ashley winced when Sangan made a full bit on her arm. "Hey, that hurt!"
"It will even more, now attack again my monsters!" Yami Bakura finished off his assault with another onslaught, throwing Ashley back and critically damaging her and her Life Points. "Now remove a trap card from your Deck." Yami Bakura demanded. Ashley did as well and removed her Bottomless Trap Hole. "That will end my turn, but I doubt you can play anything worth my time." He paused with a thought intercepting him, "Then again, I think the prizes if you win will be quite interesting towards the matter of the Battle City Finals."
"I don't know what you're talking about, and really, I don't care." Ashley drew her card, Venetian Maiden. "I'll play Venetian Maiden in defense mode." She announced as a woman of royalty appeared in front of her, "and Venetian Maiden comes with a nice effect, too; once she's sent to the Graveyard, she'll protect my Life Points from further damage."
"You're relying on that to protect your Life Points, that's pathetic." Yami Bakura stated, but his thoughts were otherwise, 'Then again, if you win this Duel your cousin will be in for quite a treat.'
"But before I end my turn, I have to know; how did you even get here?" Ashley questioned.
"I can open the Shadow Realm as quick transport from one place to another. And I've come for a rematch." Yami Bakura answered.
"A rematch?"
"You faced Raizou who was at the Battle City tournament, he was using my Deck. I knew I shouldn't have trusted him to beat the niece of the infamous Bowler." He reminded, "So now you're facing the same Deck, just against a smarter opponent. I suggest you prepare to lose more than your Millennium Shield."
To be continued...
New cards played
Luxor Mummy: Zombie/Earth. Monster, 4/1800/0
Full House: Trap. Your opponent picks up the top five cards of his/her deck. If the cards picked up have 2 or 3 Monster cards, skip your Battle Phase this turn. If the cards picked up have 1, 4, 5, or no monster cards, you have two Battle Phases this turn. The picked up cards are returned to the Deck and is then the Deck is shuffled.
Trap Backfire: Counter Trap. Select one face-down magic or trap card on your opponent's side of the field and flip it face-up. If it is a magic card, return it back to its face-down position. If it is a trap card, activate it immediately. Negate the trap and designate it to another proper target.
Held in One's Deck: Magic. At the cost of 1500, search your Opponent's deck for a normal magic card and add it to your hand. Skip your Battle Phase the turn the magic card was activated. The Deck is then shuffled.
Free Token: Continuous Magic. Activate this card when a magic or trap card is activated. You may pay 500 of your Life Points on your Standby Phase to keep this card on the field. If you cannot, this card is destroyed and the selected card's effect is activated immediately. The selected card remains on the field as long as this card is in play.
Venetian Maiden: Fairy/Light. Monster/Effect, 4/1000/2000. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard in the result of battle, the Battle Damage to the controller of this card is reduced to 0 as long as a "Venetian Maiden" exists in the controller's Graveyard.