DSlifer: Hehe, this chapter will feature a battle between friends and enemies. I love making these little plot twists.
Chapter 8: Emperor Gate Guardian's Wrath
Yan watched in amazement as the surrounding area was cloaked in shadow and enveloped Mike and him. He and his friend were standing on nothing, yet they still stood. Yan wondered how Mike could bring him to this place until he saw the golden object Mike held.
"So you have the Millennium Rod. In that case, I guess it's safe to say that you aren't the friend that I known," announced Yan.
"Yan, this is the Shadow Realm. You aren't prepared to duel here yet, so let me take over. You can help out by giving me strategies," Bakura told Yan silently. Yan agreed and Bakura took complete control over Yan's body.
Yan's appearances were slightly changed. His short hair stood up in spikes and his face lost all the softness and kindness it once held. His eyes revealed only secrets and amusement.
Bakura smiled wickedly, "It's been a long time Marik." Marik looked at Yan confused. "How did you know me?" questioned Marik.
Bakura summoned the Millennium Ring and saw Marik's eyes widen in shock. "How soon you forget me, Marik. It hasn't even been a century yet." "Bakura!" yelled Marik in shock. "So you're still alive. From what I've heard, you kept coming back no matter how many times you are sent to the Shadow Realm. How did you come back this time?" Bakura laughed loudly. "You should know that a thief never reveals his secrets. And I can't believe you were hiding inside the Millennium Rod after the Pharaoh defeated you back in Battle City." "Silence! Don't mention the Pharaoh again. Bakura, I'll let you go free if you give me your God Card." "Let me go free?" Bakura asked angrily. "I still have a bone to pick with you for sending me to the Shadow Realm. And I know you well enough that your not the type of person to let an opponent 'go free'." Marik laughed and shook his hand, "If you couldn't defeat me 60 years ago, what makes you think you can now?" "Unlike in Battle City, I have a God Card this time, unlike you. It seems I have the advantage this time." "We shall see, won't we?" said Marik confidently. "This will be a Shadow Game, where the loser will lose their Soul to the Shadows!!
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The two spirits activated their Dueling Recorder's and started the duel. "I'll go first and draw my card," announced Bakura. He set one monster facedown along with 2 magic and trap cards. "I'll end my turn. But beware of my facedown monster. It's very powerful and its amazing how my host got it but never put it into his deck. What will I win, when I beat you? You already know you might get Shadow, God of Darkness (X000/X000) and Resurrected Demon (2900/1500) from me," said Bakura.
"You won't beat me, and I'll give you my Thief's Reward and my Riryoku. I know you must be very interested in the Thief's Reward card right, Bakura?" teased Marik.
"Just go on with the duel. Will you attack my monster?" Marik drew his card and activated Second Chance. He summoned his Mystic Tomato (1400/1100) and also another monster facedown. He then sets 3 Trap cards facedown on the field. "Mystic Tomato attack the facedown monster." Marik laughed as the monster was destroyed. "Beware of your facedown monster? What's to beware of?" "So you haven't noticed my monster is still on the field?" "What! Impossible, I saw it be destroyed." "True but my Devil of Revival (0/0) has your Revival Jam's (1500/800) effect. Now that you end your turn, I play my Second Chance card and summon my Heaven's Barrier (0/2800)." Bakura smirked. "Let's see how powerful your monsters are once they are under my control. I summon my Mind-Controlling Fiend (2600/2000)!" Marik laughed and told Yan that he expected him to do something like that, so he activated his Imperial Order. "My Imperial Order will stop your Second Chance card, making you unable to summon again." Bakura growled deeply and with anger. "I'll end my turn after I set this card." "Before you end your turn, I activate my Thief's Reward. Now that it's my turn I pick to skip my Standby Phase." Bakura gasped in shock as he realized he can no longer use magic cards and that if Marik got his Revival Jam and Jam Defender onto the field, then monsters won't work against him too.
"Now if I remember right, you said something about your Mind-Controlling Fiend. And since you have only one card left in your hand, I'll choose your Mind-Controlling Fiend." Marik took the card from Bakura due to the effect of Thief's Reward. "It seems like the Grave Robber just got robbed." "Shut up, Marik. Your still have no sense of humor after all these years." "I set a monster facedown and sacrifice my 2 facedown monsters for Mind-Controlling Fiend." Bakura stared in shock as he faced the monster which he was going to use. He then saw pieces of blue slime on his opponent's field come together and form Revival Jam. "Oh did I forget to mention that my facedown monster was Revival Jam?" Marik held up a card and showed it to Bakura. "I just drew my Jam Defender this turn. You know what that means right? Once I play it, then I can control all your monsters and you won't be able to destroy them through battle!" Marik laughed as loudly as he could. "This is the end for you! Now which monster should I destroy and take control of first? Your Devil of Revival will come in handy, but I just can't resist the damage to your Life Points I could inflict. Did I forget to mention that every single time you take damage you would take the pain 2 times more than in a normal duel? Now Mind-Controlling Fiend, attack his Heaven's Barrier!" Bakura smiled. "You fell right into my trap! I activate my Dust Tornado to destroy your Imperial Order! Next I activate my Shield and Sword to switch all monsters Attack and Defense Points. Now Heaven's Barrier counter attack! You lost 800 Life Points!" Marik took the damage and the pain without any emotion. "So what, I just lost a meaning less creature." "Oh really?" asked Bakura curiously. "Did you not know about Mind-Controlling Fiend's side effect? When it is destroyed I get to take control of one of your monsters. I choose your Revival Jam." "Nice try, but I was prepared, I activate Shift! And I switch it so that you control my Mystic Tomato instead of my Revival Jam." "Oh well, better than nothing. Now that I could play magic cards again, I play Pot of Greed. Now I set these two cards facedown and switch my monsters into defense mode." "You don't have any powerful monsters, right, Bakura? Your deck is pathetic." Marik said with a wild look in his eyes. "I skip my Battle Phase! Now I'll draw from your deck!" Bakura looked on helpless, as his opponent drew his card. He worried that if Marik somehow, was lucky enough to draw his God Card, then the game would have already been over. Bakura sighed silently in relief once he saw the angry frown on his opponent's face.
"Damn, your deck is crap!" "What? Your angry, Marik? Let's see what card you drew." Marik revealed the card he drew and Bakura saw that it was his Resurrected Demon.
"You just drew one of my best cards and you're still complaining? Oh yes, now understand, it needs at least 3 monsters to summon. And 2 monsters to special summon. But you have only one monster on your field and your graveyard." Marik stared in anger at Bakura and ended his turn after he set a card. (Bakura: 7000 Life Points/Marik: 6200 Life Points)
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Astana, after she had won her 2nd match, wandered around as she searched for her friends. She, after leaving Yan and Mike, had gone home to receive a surprise from her mom. It seemed that her mother was the owner of the Millennium Necklace and she saw that a new generation of people, excluding Shadi, would receive the Millennium Items.
Astana on her mother's request, took her mother's favored Millennium Necklace and worn it. She was told that her mom saw herself giving the ring to Astana and had done as Fate revealed. Astana had long heard of the Millennium Items from her father. It seemed that Seto Kaiba had talked about his rivalry with the King of Games… Yugi Motu. Her father had constantly told her about how Yugi would keep talking about himself being the Pharaoh and how he was destined to save the world. Seto Kaiba, not one to believe in magic, claimed it as trickery and had argued with his wife over the power of the Millennium Items, which soon led to their divorce. Therefore, Astana was not a stranger to the Millennium Items and knew that she now had very powerful magic and had to use it wisely.
After she heard from her mom, about how to use the Necklace, Astana left her home and dueled against two duelists who hoped to get an easy win from a girl. The two duelists' soon regretted their choice and learned that being a girl does not mean that she is weak. She, after winning them easily, had to admit that they did have really rare cards that strengthened her deck. She had received a rare Ice Dragon (2550/1000) card after her Dueling Rank had increased.
Now, Astana searched through every inch of the city but couldn't find her friends anywhere. She noticed a girl who talked to Yan before, and went up to her. "Hi, my names Astana Kaiba," she said in hopes to talk with her.
"Hi! I'm Katrina Bakura, do you want a duel?" asked Katrina.
"No, I just want to ask you do you know where Yan is." "Yan? I haven't seen him for a day or so. Did something happen to him?" "I'm not sure, it's just that I can't find him anywhere and there isn't any possible way he's not in this city." "Don't be so worried. Yan's safe by himself. I'll help you look for him!" Astana accepted Katrina's generosity and the both of them searched the city again for their friend.
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Bakura drew his card and laughed loudly. "I have drawn one of the best cards in my deck! I play Solemn Blessings! I draw 4 cards and gain 2000 Life Points! And the four cards I drew will also help me get my revenge on you." Bakura set 2 cards and activated Exchange. "Let's see what you have… a 2 tribute monster, a Monster Reborn, and also my Resurrected Demon. I pick my Resurrected Demon and also you get my Fool's Gambit, since it's the only card left in my hand." "Not that bad of a trade. Fool's Gambit can help me win the duel. It's strange that you would willingly give it to me." "Strange? Not at all, I'm one step ahead of you, as you should already know, Fool's Gambit's effect works on both players so it doesn't matter to me about who activates it." "Pathetic, I hope our not thinking about summoning your God card with this card. It'll just stay on the field for one turn." "Don't worry, I wasn't going to. I now activate my facedown card… Pillager! This is a rare card that fits my personality well. It allows me to see you hand and steal one card from you. I take your Monster Reborn and use it to get back my Mind-Controlling Fiend." "Pathetic, did you forget its own effect?" "Of course not, so I activate my other facedown card… Polymerization! I fuse my Devil of Revival with my Mind-Controlling Fiend to form Revived Mind Control (2000/2000). This monster is even better than your Revival Jam, with the only weak point being that it can't attack. Now I tribute all 3 of my monsters for Resurrected Demon! Resurrected Demon attack his facedown monster!" "You attacked my Man Eater Bug (450/600) and I destroy your Resurrected Demon." "I destroy my Revived Mind Control because of Solemn Blessings. But now it comes back to me!" "It's my turn, so I skip my Standby Phase and I draw from your deck!" Bakura watched happily at Marik's face as he failed to draw the God Card. "What did your draw this time?" Marik revealed the card… Dimension Obliteration. "You keep so many self damaging cards in that deck!" Bakura laughed at the anger in his opponent. "That doesn't matter to me. Are you done yet?" "I'll end my turn after setting this monster." Bakura drew a card and then all of a sudden his Resurrected Demon suddenly came back onto the field. Bakura stared at his monster in shock. "What just happened?" demanded Marik at the sight of Bakura's resurrected monster.
"Now I know why that creature is called Resurrected Demon!" Marik stared in shock until realization appeared. "Of course, I can't believe I didn't notice it before. That card is part of the Demon Set! The Demon Set, a set of 5 cards that has its full potential released in the Shadow Realm or in the hands of the one who created them." Bakura laughed happily. "Even better, now my demon is now virtually unbeatable! I now set the card I drew and have my monster attack your facedown monster!" "I activate Jam Defender to protect my monster. Now it's my turn. I skip my Standby Phase. Now I'll draw from your deck! Finally a nice card, I drew your Refuse Pay! Now I'll play it and activate Double Cross! I destroy my facedown monster. Incase your wondering, my facedown monster would serve me better in the Graveyard! Zombie Decay decreases your Life Points by 500 every one of your Standby Phase. Now I gain 2000 Life Points and you lose 2000 Life Points." Marik ended his turn.
(Bakura: 7000 Life Points/Marik: 8200 Life Points)
"I'll set the card I drew and activate Soul Release I remove your into graveyard out of play, since you have less than 5 cards. And now I end my turn." "I skip my Standby Phase and draw a card from your deck." Marik drew Monster Obliteration. "I activate Great Descent and special summon Raiku of Fire. Now I activate Fool's Gambit. I pick to special summon my Sanga of Thunder, Kazejin, and Suijin. Now all Four of you, combine and form Emperor Gate Guardian." Bakura looked worried at the immense power in front of him. "I choose to pick and activate my Second card of the Demon Set… Demon's Wish, also my Sacred Temple of Light and my Hand Renewal." "Now I'll activate Solemn Wishes! I'll end my turn now because I can't attack." "I'll play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Thief's Reward. Then I'll switch all my monsters to defense mode and end my turn." "Since I can't draw this turn, I'll just have my Emperor Gate Guardian attack your Pathetic Monster!" "Did you forget that my Revived Mind Control stops your attack?" "I flip over my facedown card, Stop Defense!" Now you take 2750! You should be happy that I take every damage you take, but just to let you know, that won't stop me." Marik laughed at the agony on Bakura's face.
Bakura kneeled down from the pain and raised his head to face the immense power of Emperor Gate Guardian.
(Bakura: 250 Life Points/Marik: 850 Life Points)
Cards Played/Mentioned:
Shadow, God of Darkness X000/X000 Effects:
1st Effect-This cards Attack and Defense Points are equal to the number of monsters in both players' graveyards x 1000.
2nd Effect-Remove 2 monsters from your graveyard out of play, destroy 1 monster on your opponents field.
3rd Effect-Pay half your current Life Points, return all your monsters that are removed from play back into your graveyard.
4th Effect-Remove 3 monsters from your graveyard out of play, your opponent can not set or activate any magic and trap cards until your next standby phase. This effect can only be activated during your turn.
5th Effect-Remove 1 monster from your graveyard out of play and look for one monster from your deck and put it into your hand.
Resurrected Demon 2900/1500 Effect: First effect is that it could be special summoned by removing 2 Dark type monsters from the graveyard out of play. Second effect is that it could only be normal summoned by sacrificing 3 monsters. Third effect is that if the owner sends monster from his hand or field into the graveyard, the owner can copy the card's effect for one turn.
Fourth effect is that if the owner sends 1 Light monster from his hand or field into the graveyard, the owner can gain LP equal to the discarded monster's attack points. Fifth Effect is that if the owner sends a Dark monster from his hand or field into the graveyard, the owner can deal direct damage to the opponents LP equal to the discarded monster's attack points. Also only 1 effect could be activated per turn.
Thief's Reward Continous Magic Card Pay 1000 Life Points when you play this card. Every time it is your turn, before u draw, pick to skip either your Draw Phase, your Standby Phase, your Main Phase, or your Battle Phase. Once per turn you may pick one of the following effects:
Pick 1 card at random from your opponent's hand, reveal it, and add it to your hand.
Pick 1 card at random from your opponent's deck, reveal it, and add it to your hand.
Riryoku Normal Magic Card Your opponent loses half their Life Points. Increase one of your monster's on the field by the amount of Life Point's your opponent lost.
Second Chance Continous Magic Card Pay 1000 Life Points. You may have an extra normal summon.
Mystic Tomato 1400/1100 Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle, special summon a Dark attribute monster with 1500 Attack or less onto the field in Attack Position.
Devil of Revival 0/0 Effect: If this card is sent from the hand or deck to the graveyard, you may remove this card from the game and copy it's effect to one monster on your side of the field until the remainder of the duel.
Revival Jam 1500/800 Effect: If this monster is sent from the field to the graveyard, special summon it back onto the field in the same position it was destroyed.
Heaven's Barrier 0/2800
Mind-Controlling Fiend 2600/2000 Effect: This monster cannot be destroyed by battle. When this monster destroys a monster on the field by battle, you gain control of the monster if possible. This card cannot be special summoned from the graveyard or out of play. When this monster is destroyed, return all monsters you have taken back to your opponent's side of the field if the monsters are still on the field and your opponent takes control of one of your monsters until the end of the duel.
Imperial Order Continuous Trap Card Pay 700 Life Points to keep this card on the field. Negate all magic cards.
Jam Defender Continuous Trap Card If Revival Jam is on the field, all damage must target Revival Jam.
Dust Tornado Normal Trap Card Destroy one magic and trap card on your opponent's side of the field.
Shield and Sword Normal Magic Card Switch the original Attack and Defense of all monsters on the field. This does not affect monster's summoned after this card's activation.
Shift Normal Trap Card Switch the effect of a monster, magic, or trap effect that targets one monster to another monster on your side of the field.
Pot of Greed Normal Magic Card Draw 2 Cards.
Ice Dragon 2550/1000 Effect: This card cannot be attacked and cannot be affected by Magic Cards. This card can attack directly if Umi is on the field.
Solemn Blessings Normal Magic Card Draw 4 cards, your gain 500 Life Points for every card you draw. Destroy one monster at the end of the turn.
Exchange Normal Magic Card Both players reveal their hand. Both players take one card from the other's hand.
Monster Reborn Normal Magic Card Select 1 Monster Card from either your opponent's or your own graveyard and place it on the field under your control in Attack or Defense Position (Face-up). This is considered a special summon.
Fool's Gambit Normal Magic Card Both player's must pay half their Life Points and remove their hand from the game for both players to activate this cards effect. Choose one:
Search your deck for up to 3 cards and use them immediatley. Search your graveyard for up to 3 cards and use them immediatley.
Pillager Normal Magic Card Look at your opponent's hand. Take 1 card from your opponent's hand.
Polymerization Normal Magic Card Fuse 2 or more monsters on your side of the field or hand.
Revived Mind Control 2000/2000 Fusion-Devil of Revival Mind-Controlling Fiend Effect: 1st Effect-If this monster is sent from the field to the graveyard, special summon it back onto the field in the same position it was destroyed. 2nd Effect-This monster cannot attack 3rd Effect-When ever damage is dealt or attacked by your opponent, the damage or attack is dealt to this monster instead.
4th Effect-When this monster destroys a monster through battle, you gain control of that monster if possible.
Man Eater Bug 450/600 Effect:
Flip: Destroy all one monster on the field.
Dimension Obliteration Normal Magic Card Pay half your Life Points. Destroy all cards on the field and hand, than remove all cards in the graveyard from play.
Refuse Pay Continuous Magic Card To activate a card effect that requires you to pay Life Points, you do not have to pay the Life Points to activate the card's effect.
Double Cross Normal Magic Card Pay 1000 Life Points, destroy one monster on your side of the field. You gain 2000 Life and your opponent loses 2000 Life Points.
Zombie Decay 300/200 Effect: This card's effect can only be activated if this card is in the graveyard. This card's effect won't work if it was sent to the graveyard by battle. Your opponent decreases thier Life Points by 500 every time it's their Standby Phase.
Soul Release Normal Magic Card Remove up to 5 cards from either graveyard out of play.
Monster Obliteration Normal Trap Card Destroy all monster cards on the field.
Great Descent Normal Magic Card Effect: Pay 1000 Life Points, search your deck for any monster that could be special summoned, and special summon it onto the field. Skip your Battle Phase and your next Draw Phase.
Raiku of Fire 2700/1800 Effects: Change all battle damage inflicted to him to 0. This card's effect can only be activated once per turn, including your opponents turn.
Sanga of Thunder 2600/2200 Effect: Change all battle damage inflicted to him to 0. This card's effect can only be activated once per turn, including your opponents turn.
Kazejin 2400/2000 Effect: Change all battle damage inflicted to him to 0. This card's effect can only be activated once per turn, including your opponents turn.
Suijin 2500/2400 Effect: Change all battle damage inflicted to him to 0. This card's effect can only be activated once per turn, including your opponents turn.
Emperor Gate Guardian 4750/4400 Effects:
1st Effect-'Emperor Gate Guardian' can only be special summoned by combining Kazejin, Suijin, Sanga of the Thunder, and Raiku of Fire.
2nd Effect-'Emperor Gate Guardian' can create a Tidal Shield to protect itself from taking any Battle Damage.
3rd Effect-'Emperor Gate Guardian' can create a Wall of Fire to protect itself from magic effects controlled by the opponent.
4th Effect-'Emperor Gate Guardian' can create a Wind Barrier to protect itself from trap effects controlled by the opponent.
5th Effect-'Emperor Gate Guardian' can create a Thunder Blockade to protect itself from effect monsters controlled by the opponent.
6th Effect-You may pay half your Life Points and sacrifice 3 other monsters, to Special Summon "Apocalypse'
Demon's Wish Continuous Trap Card 1st Effect: Whenever your opponent gains Life Points, you gain the same amount of Life Points.
2nd Effect: Whenever you take damage, your opponent takes the same amount of damage.
Sacred Temple of Light Continuous Magic Card This card cannot be destroyed by magic and trap cards. You do not take direct damage as long as thing card remains face up on the field. After 3 turns you may Special Summon 'Haven'
Hand Renewal Normal Magic Card Draw 5 cards and skip your next Draw Phase.
Solemn Wishes Continuous Trap Card Whenever you draw, you gain 500 Life Points.
Mystical Space Typhoon Quick-Play Magic Card Destroy one magic and trap card on the field.
Stop Defense Normal Magic Card Switch one monster from defense mode to attack mode.
DSlifer: A cliffhanger! Does anyone know how Bakura would win? I'll give you one chance to guess. Also in case anyone was wondering, I didn't make up the card… Pillager. That card was used by Bandit Keith against Joey Wheeler in the semi-finals, back during Duelist Kingdom. That's the very first series of YuGiOh. Hehe, oh incase anyone thinks that I just make up the cards in my character's decks as I go along in a duel, I don't. I actually have a deck planned out and use the cards when needed. Though I do make up lot's of cards, but I tend not to use them until after a duel is over. Also about why Yan had all those rare cards but never used them, that's because Yan kept them as a sideboard and never remembered to put them in, until now. I forgot to mention, Astana's mother is not Ishizu Ishtar. That means that Seto Kaiba did not marry Ishizu. I still can't get the pairing of Seto and Ishizu or the pairing of Seto and Serenity for Seto Kaiba out of my head. Anyway, does anyone want me to add my character's deck's to the story? This way it might be easier to keep on.