Chapter 68: Battle of The Guardians: Rematch, Part 1
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Darien walked down the stairs, seeming to be pleased. "What's up with Mr. Happy over there?" Jess whispered.
"Don't worry your head off. You have less of a bad guy to worry about now." Darien smirked.
"Bakura! What'd you do to him!" Daniel yelled.
"Bakura? Oh I thought you hated him!" Darien smirked.
"Even if he did do something with him... He would have survived it." Vice spoke out from the corner.
"What? How?" Mink said.
"The Orichalcos Seal wasn't able to beat him. And I suspect the Shadow Realm will do nothing either." He said.
"Ok.... this is getting confusing..." Allen said.
Suddenly Paul appeared over at the balcony. "Well, folks. Let the finals begin" He said, smiling.
Suddenly a giant white screen fell down above Paul. A projector was turned on, showing the final blows from the past duels. It showed Paul's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon blasting Allen away, Darien's Emerald Dragon blasting Aeo's Castle of The Queen's away, Vice's three guardians attacking Bakura, and then Daniel's Death Volsgulf and Death Volstargaf destroying Kai's Black Paladin and his life points. Then the screen flashed, showing the chart.
"We've ordered the duelist who will be dueling first." The judge announced.
Everyone was shock to see the board. It 'somehow' paired up Vice and Daniel to duel first. Daniel looked over at Vice, narrowed eyed. "Looks like we each get what we want..." Daniel said.
Vice looked back. "Fates brought us to this... But this duel between you and me is not my destiny... yet" Vice thought as he walked off up to the elevator. Daniel followed.
The rest followed but the judge stopped them. "There will be a special side bench to rest in while you watch this duel" He said, guiding them to a different door.
The door led up to a glass metal frame. It was a fairly small and comfortable room. The elevator leaded Daniel and Vice up to the battle field diamond. They each stepped up to their sides but the duel hadn't started just yet.
Suddenly four rounded side lifted up from underneath the diamond, forming a giant circle. Four long hologram polls lifted up from within the building, to put more life-like holograms.
The judge took the mic. "Now! Deck Master Competition Finals will start now!" The judge announced. The clouds moved away, revealing the moon shining down on them.
The four polls lit up with light, starting the holograms. "Now! My Deck Master will be Fine Chaos Knight!" Daniel yelled, taking the card out from his deck and placing it into his field card zone. The knight then materialized next to him.
Vice didn't need to look, he took the first card from his deck. "My deck master will be... Guardian Jakal" Vice yelled. "And I will start this turn!"
"Go on!" Daniel yelled.
Vice drew his 5 cards then a 6th. Daniel had his 5 cards ready. "I summon Back-Up Guardian! (0/2200) In defense mode. I then set a card face down and end my turn!" He announced.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I summon The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle in defense mode! (1500/1200)" He announced. "I also set a card face down and end my turn!"
Vice drew his next card. "Now! I activate Black Treasure, allowing me to draw 1 extra card at my End Phase!" He announced. "Then I flip my face down card over, Network System which will always keep my Back-Up Guardian on the field no matter what! Then I play this, Rod of Silence on my Back-Up Guardian!"
"His first Guardian Monster... I'll defeat it..." Daniel thought, with confidence.
"This increases Back-Up Guardian's defense by 500! (0/2700)" Vice yelled. "Now I sacrifice Back-Up Guardian to summon this, Guardian Keitsu! (1000/1800)"
"There it is..." Allen said, everyone's heart pounded for this exciting battle. Almost all of them knew about Daniel's and Vice's past duel. Practically Dan's most hard loss.
"Now my turn ends!" Vice yelled.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! Reverse magic card, Fusion which will fuse Baffomet, from my hand, to Gazelle to create Winged Beast Chimera! (2100/1800)" He yelled as the two beasts fused into one. "Now! Attack and destroy his Guardian Keitsu!"
Vice smirked. "Dan, looks like you left out a little bit." Vice smiled. As the two headed winged beast dove at Keitsu, Keitsu formed a giant water sphere around it. Chimera crashed into it and bounced back. "My Guardian Keitsu cannot be attacked by your monsters!"
"He's right.. I totally screwed up this time..." Daniel growled. "I set a card face down and end my turn!"
Vice drew his next card. "Now! I play Spindle String!" Vice yelled. Suddenly a roll of string materialized onto the field. "This card allows me to take control of your Winged Beast, Chimera!"
The strings lashed out, tying around Chimera and dragging it to Vice's side of the field. "No! This will knock away most of his life points!" Allen said, nervously.
"Now! Winged Beast, Chimera, Guardian Keitsu! Attack!" Vice yelled.
"Reverse magic card!" Daniel yelled. "De-Fusion!"
As the chimera dove at him, the monster split into two different monsters, returning to his side of the field. Guardian Keitsu sent a huge wave of water at Daniel but Baffomet threw it off and Gazelle dove at Guardian Keitsu. The Guardian let out a yelp as Vice's life points reduced to 3500.
"Alright! I knew that would happen!" Kai said happily.
"Be quiet, I knew that too!" Allen laughed.
Vice growled. "I set a card face down and end my turn!" Vice yelled.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I sacrifice Gazelle and Baffomet to summon Buster Blader! (2600/2100)" He announced. "Then I set a card face down!"
Daniel knew even though he had summoned a strong monster, none of his attacks would work. Vice smiled. He was at a small loss but he knew fate wouldn't let him down, for now.
-----------CARDS PLAYED-----------
Fine Chaos Knight: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Warrior Type / Desc: You may sacrifice a card in your hand to increase this monster's attack by 300. / Deck Master Ability: When your life points are 500 or lower, this monster gains 3000 attack points.
Guardian Jakal: Level 7 / 1400/1200/ Guardian / Desc: This monster can only be Normal, Reversed, or Special Summoned if "Black Rain" is face up on the field. You may pay 500 Life Points to Normal Summon 1 extra monster on the field on each of your Standby Phases. / Deck Master Effect: Put up to 3 Magic Cards into your hand.
Back-Up Guardian: Level 4 / 0/02200/ Demon Type.
The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Beast Type.
Black Treasure: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During your End Phase, you may draw 1 card from your deck.
Network System: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: This card is equipped to one monster on the field after it is activated. As long as this card is equipped to a monster on the field, that monster cannot be destroyed by Battle, Effect Monsters, Trap, or Magic Cards. Battle Damage still counts.
Rod of Silence: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: Increase the Equipped Monster's defense strength by 500. Negate and destroy all Magic cards that target the Equipped Monster.
Guardian Ketsu: Level 5 / 1000/1800/ Guardian / Desc: You can Normal Summon, Reverse Summon or Special Summon this card only if there is a "Rod of Silence" on your Field. This card cannot be affected by Magic, and cannot be attacked by your opponent's Monsters.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field into a Fusion Monster.
Winged Beast, Chimera: Level 6 / 2100/1800/ Fusion / Beast Type / Desc: The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle + Baffomet. When this card is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 "The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle" or "Baffomet" from your graveyard to the field. (Chose either face up attack mode or face up defense mode.)
Spindle String: MAGIC / Desc: Take control of one monster on the field for the remainder of this turn.
Buster Blader: Level 7 / 2600/2100/ Warrior Type / Desc: This card gains 500 ATK for every Dragon Type monster on your opponent's field and in their graveyard.
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Darien walked down the stairs, seeming to be pleased. "What's up with Mr. Happy over there?" Jess whispered.
"Don't worry your head off. You have less of a bad guy to worry about now." Darien smirked.
"Bakura! What'd you do to him!" Daniel yelled.
"Bakura? Oh I thought you hated him!" Darien smirked.
"Even if he did do something with him... He would have survived it." Vice spoke out from the corner.
"What? How?" Mink said.
"The Orichalcos Seal wasn't able to beat him. And I suspect the Shadow Realm will do nothing either." He said.
"Ok.... this is getting confusing..." Allen said.
Suddenly Paul appeared over at the balcony. "Well, folks. Let the finals begin" He said, smiling.
Suddenly a giant white screen fell down above Paul. A projector was turned on, showing the final blows from the past duels. It showed Paul's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon blasting Allen away, Darien's Emerald Dragon blasting Aeo's Castle of The Queen's away, Vice's three guardians attacking Bakura, and then Daniel's Death Volsgulf and Death Volstargaf destroying Kai's Black Paladin and his life points. Then the screen flashed, showing the chart.
"We've ordered the duelist who will be dueling first." The judge announced.
Everyone was shock to see the board. It 'somehow' paired up Vice and Daniel to duel first. Daniel looked over at Vice, narrowed eyed. "Looks like we each get what we want..." Daniel said.
Vice looked back. "Fates brought us to this... But this duel between you and me is not my destiny... yet" Vice thought as he walked off up to the elevator. Daniel followed.
The rest followed but the judge stopped them. "There will be a special side bench to rest in while you watch this duel" He said, guiding them to a different door.
The door led up to a glass metal frame. It was a fairly small and comfortable room. The elevator leaded Daniel and Vice up to the battle field diamond. They each stepped up to their sides but the duel hadn't started just yet.
Suddenly four rounded side lifted up from underneath the diamond, forming a giant circle. Four long hologram polls lifted up from within the building, to put more life-like holograms.
The judge took the mic. "Now! Deck Master Competition Finals will start now!" The judge announced. The clouds moved away, revealing the moon shining down on them.
The four polls lit up with light, starting the holograms. "Now! My Deck Master will be Fine Chaos Knight!" Daniel yelled, taking the card out from his deck and placing it into his field card zone. The knight then materialized next to him.
Vice didn't need to look, he took the first card from his deck. "My deck master will be... Guardian Jakal" Vice yelled. "And I will start this turn!"
"Go on!" Daniel yelled.
Vice drew his 5 cards then a 6th. Daniel had his 5 cards ready. "I summon Back-Up Guardian! (0/2200) In defense mode. I then set a card face down and end my turn!" He announced.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I summon The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle in defense mode! (1500/1200)" He announced. "I also set a card face down and end my turn!"
Vice drew his next card. "Now! I activate Black Treasure, allowing me to draw 1 extra card at my End Phase!" He announced. "Then I flip my face down card over, Network System which will always keep my Back-Up Guardian on the field no matter what! Then I play this, Rod of Silence on my Back-Up Guardian!"
"His first Guardian Monster... I'll defeat it..." Daniel thought, with confidence.
"This increases Back-Up Guardian's defense by 500! (0/2700)" Vice yelled. "Now I sacrifice Back-Up Guardian to summon this, Guardian Keitsu! (1000/1800)"
"There it is..." Allen said, everyone's heart pounded for this exciting battle. Almost all of them knew about Daniel's and Vice's past duel. Practically Dan's most hard loss.
"Now my turn ends!" Vice yelled.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! Reverse magic card, Fusion which will fuse Baffomet, from my hand, to Gazelle to create Winged Beast Chimera! (2100/1800)" He yelled as the two beasts fused into one. "Now! Attack and destroy his Guardian Keitsu!"
Vice smirked. "Dan, looks like you left out a little bit." Vice smiled. As the two headed winged beast dove at Keitsu, Keitsu formed a giant water sphere around it. Chimera crashed into it and bounced back. "My Guardian Keitsu cannot be attacked by your monsters!"
"He's right.. I totally screwed up this time..." Daniel growled. "I set a card face down and end my turn!"
Vice drew his next card. "Now! I play Spindle String!" Vice yelled. Suddenly a roll of string materialized onto the field. "This card allows me to take control of your Winged Beast, Chimera!"
The strings lashed out, tying around Chimera and dragging it to Vice's side of the field. "No! This will knock away most of his life points!" Allen said, nervously.
"Now! Winged Beast, Chimera, Guardian Keitsu! Attack!" Vice yelled.
"Reverse magic card!" Daniel yelled. "De-Fusion!"
As the chimera dove at him, the monster split into two different monsters, returning to his side of the field. Guardian Keitsu sent a huge wave of water at Daniel but Baffomet threw it off and Gazelle dove at Guardian Keitsu. The Guardian let out a yelp as Vice's life points reduced to 3500.
"Alright! I knew that would happen!" Kai said happily.
"Be quiet, I knew that too!" Allen laughed.
Vice growled. "I set a card face down and end my turn!" Vice yelled.
Daniel drew his next card. "Now! I sacrifice Gazelle and Baffomet to summon Buster Blader! (2600/2100)" He announced. "Then I set a card face down!"
Daniel knew even though he had summoned a strong monster, none of his attacks would work. Vice smiled. He was at a small loss but he knew fate wouldn't let him down, for now.
-----------CARDS PLAYED-----------
Fine Chaos Knight: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Warrior Type / Desc: You may sacrifice a card in your hand to increase this monster's attack by 300. / Deck Master Ability: When your life points are 500 or lower, this monster gains 3000 attack points.
Guardian Jakal: Level 7 / 1400/1200/ Guardian / Desc: This monster can only be Normal, Reversed, or Special Summoned if "Black Rain" is face up on the field. You may pay 500 Life Points to Normal Summon 1 extra monster on the field on each of your Standby Phases. / Deck Master Effect: Put up to 3 Magic Cards into your hand.
Back-Up Guardian: Level 4 / 0/02200/ Demon Type.
The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Beast Type.
Black Treasure: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During your End Phase, you may draw 1 card from your deck.
Network System: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: This card is equipped to one monster on the field after it is activated. As long as this card is equipped to a monster on the field, that monster cannot be destroyed by Battle, Effect Monsters, Trap, or Magic Cards. Battle Damage still counts.
Rod of Silence: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: Increase the Equipped Monster's defense strength by 500. Negate and destroy all Magic cards that target the Equipped Monster.
Guardian Ketsu: Level 5 / 1000/1800/ Guardian / Desc: You can Normal Summon, Reverse Summon or Special Summon this card only if there is a "Rod of Silence" on your Field. This card cannot be affected by Magic, and cannot be attacked by your opponent's Monsters.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field into a Fusion Monster.
Winged Beast, Chimera: Level 6 / 2100/1800/ Fusion / Beast Type / Desc: The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle + Baffomet. When this card is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 "The King of Mythical Beasts, Gazelle" or "Baffomet" from your graveyard to the field. (Chose either face up attack mode or face up defense mode.)
Spindle String: MAGIC / Desc: Take control of one monster on the field for the remainder of this turn.
Buster Blader: Level 7 / 2600/2100/ Warrior Type / Desc: This card gains 500 ATK for every Dragon Type monster on your opponent's field and in their graveyard.