Chapter 116: Destined Duel: A Sign, Part 3
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The score sat at Paul: 1100 and Daniel: 1000. Daniel's field was cleared of his monsters by Paul's special magic card, keeping his Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) safe.
"Draw!" Daniel yelled, drawing his next card. He didn't look at it yet. "Come on, if I don't have any defense, I'll lose"
"Well, looks like you're out of moves!" Paul yelled
"Not yet!" Daniel yelled. "I'll place a monster in defense mode! I'll then place a card face down and end my turn!"
Paul drew his next card. "Now! Blue Eyes White Dragon attack and destroy his defense monster!" Paul yelled.
Suddenly Daniel smiled. "Thanks for the help." He said as the blast made it's way at the defense monster.
"What?!" Paul said in shock as a Cyber Jar appeared.
"You've done the exact thing I wanted you to do!" Daniel smiled. "You've attacked my Cyber Jar!"
"No!" Paul said in shock.
The jar assimilated the Blue Eyes then exploded. "We must now draw 5 cards." Daniel yelled.
Paul drew his next five cards with anger. "I summon Spear Dragon (1900/0) and Sapphire Dragon (1900/1100) in attack mode" He announced as the two dragons formed on the field.
The last of the two Blue Eyes White Dragons had been destroyed and Paul was out of strong monsters He growled but then again, smiled as to what had happened.
"I summon Ryuu Warrior (1600/1300), Orpheus (100/2500), and Gazelle, The King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) all in defense mode!" Daniel announced as all three monsters appeared on the field.
Paul laughed as Daniel was done with his summoning.
"You moron! By using Cyber Jar, you've left your self out in the open!" Paul yelled. "Now! I sacrifice your Orpheus and Ryuu Warrior to summon this, Lava Golem! (3000/2500)"
"No...." Daniel said in shock as his two monsters disappeared. He felt strong heat behind him. As soon as he blinked a steel cage surrounded him. He looked back to see the giant lava golem behind him.
Paul smiled. "Looks like you won't be winning this duel." He said. "My turn ends!"
"Another strong monster. It can take out my whole life points but that won't be happening." Daniel thought. "Draw!"
As soon as Daniel drew his card Paul laughed with victory. "Looks like this duel is over!" Paul yelled, pointing at him.
The lava began dripping down the steel bars around Daniel, covering the steel cage. "Activate trap card!" Daniel yelled.
Paul saw his trap card flipped up. "No...." He said, taking a step back. The lava surrounding the cage dripped down and Daniel's life points stayed the same.
"I've activated Trap of Board Eraser! Negating the effect of me losing life points!" Daniel yelled. "And you also lose a card from your hand!"
Suddenly a blast shot from the trap card directly at a card in Paul's hand. The card was Kuriboh but it was a sad result because it was a weak monster.
"Again you've blocked my way to winning. But why do you insist on defending instead of fighting! This is a duel!" Paul yelled.
Daniel had no respond to the question. He glared a Paul who had no heart or soul in him.
Suddenly a miraculous thing happened. Both Millennium Items began to glow. Paul saw at the corner of his eye the Millennium Rod glow on his belt while the Puzzle was glowing around Daniel's neck.
"Hmmm look what we triggered." Paul smiled, taking it out of his belt. "Thanks to your little friend Mink, she's given me ultimate power."
"Thanks to Bakura... I've gotten power too." Daniel growled.
"Bakura... Who can even trust him." Paul smirked.
The glowing grew intense and the whole top building was engulfed by light. Daniel and Paul shielded their eyes but then appeared somewhere different.
"Where are we..." Daniel said, floating over the sky.
"Why are you asking me? You brought us here...." Paul snapped.
"No I didn't..." Daniel growled, looking at him.
They were floating over a desert and beneath them, a giant stoned castle. On the roof was a person who held the Millennium Puzzle.
"That isn't the Pharaoh...." Daniel pointed out.
"Of course it's not...." Paul said in shock. He then looked at Daniel. "That guy is you, somehow...."
"Like an ancestor.... But this doesn't make sense. Why does he have the Puzzle." Daniel said to himself.
Suddenly another person stepped up from the stairs and onto the roof. The person wielded the Millennium Rod and wore blue armor which seemed too hot to wear in the desert.
The person which resembled Daniel turned around. They both came to each other and shook hands. "What the hell is that suppose to mean..." Paul snapped.
"Instead of fighting we need to join together. The power you feed upon is making you against us." Daniel said sternly at Paul.
"Save the softy talk for later. To be it all you need to have power. It is something everyone needs, unlike you who relies on luck." Paul snapped.
Instantly they were transported back to the real world. Daniel remained in the cage which surrounded him and the Lava Golem stood high behind him.
"Don't you see what this vision has told us..." Daniel growled. "To defeat doom we must work together instead of against. To survive we must be a team!"
"Team? I'm a loner compared to this kind of job! Your presence is not needed and I will make sure of it!" Paul yelled. "So go on with your turn!"
Daniel growled and looked at his hand. "Activate magic card, Treasure of Light, allowing me to discard a card from my hand to increase my life points by 500! (D: 1500)" He announced. Daniel knew he had nothing else to protect him from Lava Golem's threatening effect but it's attack points were strong. "Now! Lava Golem attack Paul's life points directly!"
"Not just yet, activate trap card!" Paul announced as his trap card flipped up. "Repent! This keeps monsters from attacking my life points directly!"
"No...." Daniel growled, his attack failing. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn...."
Paul drew his next card. He growled, drawing his Oath To The World But having no monsters to fuse with. "I summon a monster in defense mode and set two cards face down. My turn ends...."
Daniel drew his next card. "Ha! Now Lava Golem! Feed on his life points!" Paul yelled out. Lava oozed down the bars of the cage and burning Daniel. He let out a yip as he jumped back, his life points reduced to 500.
Daniel growled, trying to recover from the effect. He then looked at the card he drew. "Now! Activate magic card, Hand Rejuvenation! Allowing us to draw 5 cards from our decks." He announced, drawing his five cards.
Paul drew his five cards and smiled. "You haven't got a clue what you just got yourself into...." He smirked.
"Now! I summon Fine Chaos Knight! (1500/1200)" Daniel announced as the yellow armored warrior materialized onto the field. "Now! Activate magic card, Shadow of Demise! And I equip it to Fine Chaos Knight! (1800/1200)"
"No..." Paul growled, knowing what kind of monster Daniel was about to summon. He watched as Daniel's deck holster slid out a card and Daniel took it, adding it to his hand.
"Now your Lava Golem is over! I activate Monster Exchange!" Daniel yelled. "This allows me to return a monster on the field to the owner's hand and play a monster of my own! So now! I return Lava Golem back to you and summon this, Guardian Zenkou! (2300/1450)"
The hologram card showed and the Dragon warrior rose from the card. It took stance. The darkness covering Fine Chaos Knight emerged from the warrior and flew to Guardian Zenkou and formed as a cape (2600/1450).
"Now! I discard a card from my hand to raise Fine Chaos Knight's attack by 300! (1800/1200)" Daniel announced as the warrior began to glow. "Now! Fine Chaos Knight attack and destroy his defense monster!"
Suddenly Paul let out a large laugh. "You've attacked my Mini-Blue Eyes! (300/400)" Paul yelled.
"Mini-Blue Eyes..." Daniel thought, watching as his Fine Chaos Knight sliced through the little Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"This monster allows me to revive a Blue Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard! (3000/2500)" Paul yelled as the little dragon grew larger to the real Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"No...." Daniel said to himself.
"But that's not all you did for me. You've left two monsters on the field and thanks for returning Lava Golem back to my hand." Paul laughed.
Daniel growled as his plan fell apart. By summoning Guardian Zenkou, he let in a plan for Paul against him.
----------CARDS PLAYED-----------
Sapphire Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/1100/ Dragon Type.
Spear Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/0/ Dragon Type / Desc: If this card attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points. When this card attacks, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Damage Step.
Ryuu Warrior: Level 4 / 1600/1300/ Warrior Type.
Orpheus: Level 4 / 400/2500/ Demon Type / Desc: When this monster is attacked, reduce your opponent's life points by 500.
The King of Mythical Beast, Gazelle: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Beast Type.
Lava Golem: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Fire Type / Desc: This monster must be Special Summoned on your opponent's side of the field by offering 2 monsters on your opponent's side of the field as a Tribute. This card inflicts 1000 points of Direct Damage to the Life Points of this card's controller during each of his/her Standby Phases. When you Special Summon this monster, you cannot Normal Summon or Set a monster during the same turn.
Trap of Board Eraser: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: When an effect inflicts damage to Life Points is activated (except Battle Damage), negate the damage to your Life Points. Your opponent then selects 1 Card from his/her hand and discards it to his/her Graveyard.
Treasure of Light: MAGIC / Desc: Discard cards from your hand to increase your life points by 500 for each card discarded to your graveyard.
Repent: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your life points directly for the remainder of the turn.
Hand Rejuvenation: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw 5 cards from their decks.
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. This effect can only be used once per turn.
Shadow of Demise: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A Monster equipped with this gains 300 attack points. Put 1 "Guardian Zenkou" in your hand.
Monster Exchange: MAGIC / Desc: Return one monster on your side of the field to the owner's hand and Special Summon 1 monster from your hand, to the field.
Guardian Zenkou: Level 6 / 2300/1450/ Guardian / Desc: This monster can only be Normal, Reverse, or Special Summoned if "Shadow of Demise" is on the field, face up. When this monster is destroyed by battle, negate the Battle Damage. During the turn this monster is summoned move "Shadow of Demise" onto this monster. If "Shadow of Demise" is equipped to this card, you may sacrifice your whole hand to negate an attack that targets this monster.
Mini Blue Eyes: Level 3 / 300/400/ Dragon Type / Desc: When this monster is destroyed, Special Summon 1 "Blue Eyes White Dragon" from your graveyard, to the field.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon Type.
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The score sat at Paul: 1100 and Daniel: 1000. Daniel's field was cleared of his monsters by Paul's special magic card, keeping his Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) safe.
"Draw!" Daniel yelled, drawing his next card. He didn't look at it yet. "Come on, if I don't have any defense, I'll lose"
"Well, looks like you're out of moves!" Paul yelled
"Not yet!" Daniel yelled. "I'll place a monster in defense mode! I'll then place a card face down and end my turn!"
Paul drew his next card. "Now! Blue Eyes White Dragon attack and destroy his defense monster!" Paul yelled.
Suddenly Daniel smiled. "Thanks for the help." He said as the blast made it's way at the defense monster.
"What?!" Paul said in shock as a Cyber Jar appeared.
"You've done the exact thing I wanted you to do!" Daniel smiled. "You've attacked my Cyber Jar!"
"No!" Paul said in shock.
The jar assimilated the Blue Eyes then exploded. "We must now draw 5 cards." Daniel yelled.
Paul drew his next five cards with anger. "I summon Spear Dragon (1900/0) and Sapphire Dragon (1900/1100) in attack mode" He announced as the two dragons formed on the field.
The last of the two Blue Eyes White Dragons had been destroyed and Paul was out of strong monsters He growled but then again, smiled as to what had happened.
"I summon Ryuu Warrior (1600/1300), Orpheus (100/2500), and Gazelle, The King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) all in defense mode!" Daniel announced as all three monsters appeared on the field.
Paul laughed as Daniel was done with his summoning.
"You moron! By using Cyber Jar, you've left your self out in the open!" Paul yelled. "Now! I sacrifice your Orpheus and Ryuu Warrior to summon this, Lava Golem! (3000/2500)"
"No...." Daniel said in shock as his two monsters disappeared. He felt strong heat behind him. As soon as he blinked a steel cage surrounded him. He looked back to see the giant lava golem behind him.
Paul smiled. "Looks like you won't be winning this duel." He said. "My turn ends!"
"Another strong monster. It can take out my whole life points but that won't be happening." Daniel thought. "Draw!"
As soon as Daniel drew his card Paul laughed with victory. "Looks like this duel is over!" Paul yelled, pointing at him.
The lava began dripping down the steel bars around Daniel, covering the steel cage. "Activate trap card!" Daniel yelled.
Paul saw his trap card flipped up. "No...." He said, taking a step back. The lava surrounding the cage dripped down and Daniel's life points stayed the same.
"I've activated Trap of Board Eraser! Negating the effect of me losing life points!" Daniel yelled. "And you also lose a card from your hand!"
Suddenly a blast shot from the trap card directly at a card in Paul's hand. The card was Kuriboh but it was a sad result because it was a weak monster.
"Again you've blocked my way to winning. But why do you insist on defending instead of fighting! This is a duel!" Paul yelled.
Daniel had no respond to the question. He glared a Paul who had no heart or soul in him.
Suddenly a miraculous thing happened. Both Millennium Items began to glow. Paul saw at the corner of his eye the Millennium Rod glow on his belt while the Puzzle was glowing around Daniel's neck.
"Hmmm look what we triggered." Paul smiled, taking it out of his belt. "Thanks to your little friend Mink, she's given me ultimate power."
"Thanks to Bakura... I've gotten power too." Daniel growled.
"Bakura... Who can even trust him." Paul smirked.
The glowing grew intense and the whole top building was engulfed by light. Daniel and Paul shielded their eyes but then appeared somewhere different.
"Where are we..." Daniel said, floating over the sky.
"Why are you asking me? You brought us here...." Paul snapped.
"No I didn't..." Daniel growled, looking at him.
They were floating over a desert and beneath them, a giant stoned castle. On the roof was a person who held the Millennium Puzzle.
"That isn't the Pharaoh...." Daniel pointed out.
"Of course it's not...." Paul said in shock. He then looked at Daniel. "That guy is you, somehow...."
"Like an ancestor.... But this doesn't make sense. Why does he have the Puzzle." Daniel said to himself.
Suddenly another person stepped up from the stairs and onto the roof. The person wielded the Millennium Rod and wore blue armor which seemed too hot to wear in the desert.
The person which resembled Daniel turned around. They both came to each other and shook hands. "What the hell is that suppose to mean..." Paul snapped.
"Instead of fighting we need to join together. The power you feed upon is making you against us." Daniel said sternly at Paul.
"Save the softy talk for later. To be it all you need to have power. It is something everyone needs, unlike you who relies on luck." Paul snapped.
Instantly they were transported back to the real world. Daniel remained in the cage which surrounded him and the Lava Golem stood high behind him.
"Don't you see what this vision has told us..." Daniel growled. "To defeat doom we must work together instead of against. To survive we must be a team!"
"Team? I'm a loner compared to this kind of job! Your presence is not needed and I will make sure of it!" Paul yelled. "So go on with your turn!"
Daniel growled and looked at his hand. "Activate magic card, Treasure of Light, allowing me to discard a card from my hand to increase my life points by 500! (D: 1500)" He announced. Daniel knew he had nothing else to protect him from Lava Golem's threatening effect but it's attack points were strong. "Now! Lava Golem attack Paul's life points directly!"
"Not just yet, activate trap card!" Paul announced as his trap card flipped up. "Repent! This keeps monsters from attacking my life points directly!"
"No...." Daniel growled, his attack failing. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn...."
Paul drew his next card. He growled, drawing his Oath To The World But having no monsters to fuse with. "I summon a monster in defense mode and set two cards face down. My turn ends...."
Daniel drew his next card. "Ha! Now Lava Golem! Feed on his life points!" Paul yelled out. Lava oozed down the bars of the cage and burning Daniel. He let out a yip as he jumped back, his life points reduced to 500.
Daniel growled, trying to recover from the effect. He then looked at the card he drew. "Now! Activate magic card, Hand Rejuvenation! Allowing us to draw 5 cards from our decks." He announced, drawing his five cards.
Paul drew his five cards and smiled. "You haven't got a clue what you just got yourself into...." He smirked.
"Now! I summon Fine Chaos Knight! (1500/1200)" Daniel announced as the yellow armored warrior materialized onto the field. "Now! Activate magic card, Shadow of Demise! And I equip it to Fine Chaos Knight! (1800/1200)"
"No..." Paul growled, knowing what kind of monster Daniel was about to summon. He watched as Daniel's deck holster slid out a card and Daniel took it, adding it to his hand.
"Now your Lava Golem is over! I activate Monster Exchange!" Daniel yelled. "This allows me to return a monster on the field to the owner's hand and play a monster of my own! So now! I return Lava Golem back to you and summon this, Guardian Zenkou! (2300/1450)"
The hologram card showed and the Dragon warrior rose from the card. It took stance. The darkness covering Fine Chaos Knight emerged from the warrior and flew to Guardian Zenkou and formed as a cape (2600/1450).
"Now! I discard a card from my hand to raise Fine Chaos Knight's attack by 300! (1800/1200)" Daniel announced as the warrior began to glow. "Now! Fine Chaos Knight attack and destroy his defense monster!"
Suddenly Paul let out a large laugh. "You've attacked my Mini-Blue Eyes! (300/400)" Paul yelled.
"Mini-Blue Eyes..." Daniel thought, watching as his Fine Chaos Knight sliced through the little Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"This monster allows me to revive a Blue Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard! (3000/2500)" Paul yelled as the little dragon grew larger to the real Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"No...." Daniel said to himself.
"But that's not all you did for me. You've left two monsters on the field and thanks for returning Lava Golem back to my hand." Paul laughed.
Daniel growled as his plan fell apart. By summoning Guardian Zenkou, he let in a plan for Paul against him.
----------CARDS PLAYED-----------
Sapphire Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/1100/ Dragon Type.
Spear Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/0/ Dragon Type / Desc: If this card attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points. When this card attacks, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Damage Step.
Ryuu Warrior: Level 4 / 1600/1300/ Warrior Type.
Orpheus: Level 4 / 400/2500/ Demon Type / Desc: When this monster is attacked, reduce your opponent's life points by 500.
The King of Mythical Beast, Gazelle: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Beast Type.
Lava Golem: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Fire Type / Desc: This monster must be Special Summoned on your opponent's side of the field by offering 2 monsters on your opponent's side of the field as a Tribute. This card inflicts 1000 points of Direct Damage to the Life Points of this card's controller during each of his/her Standby Phases. When you Special Summon this monster, you cannot Normal Summon or Set a monster during the same turn.
Trap of Board Eraser: COUNTER TRAP / Desc: When an effect inflicts damage to Life Points is activated (except Battle Damage), negate the damage to your Life Points. Your opponent then selects 1 Card from his/her hand and discards it to his/her Graveyard.
Treasure of Light: MAGIC / Desc: Discard cards from your hand to increase your life points by 500 for each card discarded to your graveyard.
Repent: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your life points directly for the remainder of the turn.
Hand Rejuvenation: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw 5 cards from their decks.
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. This effect can only be used once per turn.
Shadow of Demise: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A Monster equipped with this gains 300 attack points. Put 1 "Guardian Zenkou" in your hand.
Monster Exchange: MAGIC / Desc: Return one monster on your side of the field to the owner's hand and Special Summon 1 monster from your hand, to the field.
Guardian Zenkou: Level 6 / 2300/1450/ Guardian / Desc: This monster can only be Normal, Reverse, or Special Summoned if "Shadow of Demise" is on the field, face up. When this monster is destroyed by battle, negate the Battle Damage. During the turn this monster is summoned move "Shadow of Demise" onto this monster. If "Shadow of Demise" is equipped to this card, you may sacrifice your whole hand to negate an attack that targets this monster.
Mini Blue Eyes: Level 3 / 300/400/ Dragon Type / Desc: When this monster is destroyed, Special Summon 1 "Blue Eyes White Dragon" from your graveyard, to the field.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Dragon Type.