"I play Energy Charge." He placed the card in his spell card slot. "As long as this spell card is out, neither Duelist can attack or do any summoning or setting until they both have five cards. So for the mean time, I'll switch my Launcher Spider to defense mode."
It was now Yami-Yugi's turn. He drew a card. It was Big Shield Gardna. But he couldn't summon it so he just held onto it for now.
Edric drew his first card. He looked at Yami-Yugi and smirked. "Are you scared, Yugi Moto? Well you should be. You know I have the Inferno Tempest card somewhere in my deck. And once you attack, I'll trigger it and you'll be all out of luck."
"You should read the text of your own cards, Masters," Yami-Yugi said drawing his second card. "The Inferno Tempest card only works if you receive 3000 points of damage. And right now, all the attacks I've been giving you are less than 3000."
"Yes, so you have." Edric drew his second card. "But I still have yet to bring out my most powerful machine cards."
Yami-Yugi drew his third card. "I've dealt with a machine deck before, Masters; I know how to counter it."
Edric drew his third card. "Oh do you? Well let me just assure you that you've never faced a machine deck like mine."
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"Huh? Did the screen just freeze or something?" Joey asked.
"They can't make a move until they both have five cards, idiot," Kaiba said.
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Yami-Yugi drew his fourth card. This card could help but until we both have five cards, I can't do anything.
Edric drew his fourth card. "Just one more draw, Yugi Moto. And then it'll be time for your demise."
"We'll see," Yami-Yugi said as he drew his fifth card. Edric did likewise.
"Now that we have five cards, we can begin attacking. Of course as long as I have my Launcher Spider, you won't be able to do anything."
"Then I'll just have to set up a strong defense," Yami-Yugi said drawing a card. "I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode!" A hairy figure hiding behind a shield appeared.
Name: Big Shield Gardna
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 100
DEF: 2600
"Fine, then," Edric said as he drew a card. "I play Autonomous Action Unit." Edric activated a spell card.
He's trying to take control of one of my monsters! Yami-Yugi realized. But which one would he? The monster with the highest number of ATK points that was destroyed was... "Oh no!"
"You catch on quick. Yes, in my proud tradition of taking things meaningful to you, I'll use it to take control of your Dark Magician Girl."
(Y: 4000)
(E: 2500)
The Dark Magician Girl appeared again but this time she was dressed in a suit of robotic armor. You could hear the gears moving the armor that was moving her body. Her eyes were closed and her head bobbled.
"Look at the Dark Magician Girl," Yugi said to Yami. "She looks like she's dead."
"What did you do to her?" Yami-Yugi asked.
"Allow me to explain. Autonomous Action Unit only works on monsters that were destroyed. This card surrounds the body and controls the movements of the monster in encompasses according to the whim of the controller. As far as your Dark Magician Girl is concerned, she's still destroyed. I'm just controlling her movements like a toy robot."
"You're sick," Yami-Yugi moaned. "It's one thing to take charge of monsters that are on the field, but to take charge of them while they're in the graveyard is just despicable!"
"You're just upset that you didn't think of it. Now, before I end my turn, I play Power Boost to raise my life points. Using Autonomous Action Unit takes 1500 life points so I was sure to include life point increasing cards when I inserted Autonomous Action Unit into my deck. That Draining Shield I played a while back is just one example."
(Y: 4000)
(E: 3500)
"I end my turn."
Yami-Yugi drew a card. He's toying with me. He's turning my own monsters against me just to upset me. I'm sorry, Dark Magician Girl, sorry that you fell underneath the spell of a creep like Edric. He looked at his hand. Thanks to Energy Charge, he was able to draw the Flame Manipulator that his Grandfather gave him and the Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman that Joey gave him. He also had his remaining two Magnet Warriors and Malevolent Nuzzler. The card that he drew at the start of his turn was Polymerization. I know I'm going to have to destroy the Dark Magician Girl... but can I do it? Can I really destroy a monster that means so much to me? It would be like if I killed Joey or Tea. Edric probably knows this, that's why he did it.
"Yugi," Yami called. "Right now, the Dark Magician Girl is like a zombie, neither living nor dead. If you destroy her, it won't be like killing her. It would just be returning her to the graveyard, where destroyed monsters belong.. Besides, what do you think the Dark Magician Girl would want us to do in this situation?"
"I understand, Yami. If the Dark Magician was in her situation, she would probably do whatever it takes to free him from Edric's control unit including killing him. It's better to be dead than be enslaved."
Yami and Yugi re-fused their minds. Okay, I know I have to destroy her, but how do I get a powerful monster onto the field. He looked at his hand. Hmmm... Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman... Flame Manipulator... swordsman... flame... that's it! "Fine, Masters. You want me to destroy my own Dark Magician Girl, then I will."
"With what?"
"With Polymerization! I'm fusing Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman and the Flame Manipulator!"
Name: Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman
Level: 3
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1100
DEF: 1100
Name: Flame Manipulator
Level: 3
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 900
DEF: 1000
"What good would it do, fusing a warrior monster and a fire monster?"
"By themselves, warrior monsters are formidable, but when combined with monsters of other attributes, they are almost unstoppable! And fusing these two monsters brings forth a warrior monster that my friend Joey likes a lot... the Flame Swordsman!" The Flame Swordsman was dressed in blue and red armor and carried a large orange sword.
Name: Flame Swordsman
Level: 5
Type: Warrior/Fusion
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1600
Edric let out a harsh laugh. "Ha! Nice try, Yugi, but your Flame Swordsman only has 1800 attack points while Dark Magician Girl has 2000!"
"True, but I also choose to equip it with Malevolent Nuzzler which raises its attack power by 700!"
(F.S.: 1800---2500)
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"Hey, cool, he brought out one of my monsters."
"Plus he used the Flame Manipulator card his Grandpa gave him," Tristan added.
"I guess even you have your occasional uses, Wheeler!"
"Hey!"
"I thought that the Flame Swordsman was a normal monster card," Mokuba said.
"There were two versions of the monster made. One was a fusion monster, the other was a normal monster," his brother explained.
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"Flame Swordsman, flaming sword of battle! Attack Dark Magician Girl!"
"Dark Magician Girl, attack your former master! I'll show Yugi that technology is the most powerful force to ever exist!"
The Autonomous Action Unit raised the Dark Magician Girl's arm with the staff in it and aimed it at the Flame Swordsman. A beam of pink energy fired at the Flame Swordsman.
"No!" Yami-Yugi cried. The Flame Swordsman's sword became energized with fire. He stabbed it into the ground and a wall of fire rose up blocking the attack. The Flame Swordsman lowered his flame shield and swung his sword. The Autonomous Action Unit blocked it with her staff. The Flame Swordsman kicked the Dark Magician Girl in the stomach enabling him to withdraw his sword and stab her with it. He set the Dark Magician Girl on fire. The bon fire that was once the Dark Magician Girl flew through the air and landed by Edric. Somewhere in the inferno, the Dark Magician Girl disintegrated.
(Y: 4000)
(E: 3000)
"Dark Magician Girl, I'm sorry that I had to destroy you," Yami-Yugi mourned. "Hopefully, now, you can rest in peace, free from any sort of evil influence. And I swear on the Millennium Puzzle that I will get Edric back for making me do that."
"You're treating your monsters like they were real people instead of cards," Edric said. "This is why you are weak; you rely too much on your feeble human emotions. You're so busy being emotional that you can't organize an effective strategy."
"True, emotions can sometimes hamper a person's judgment, but when under the right influence, they can also be a source of great strength. After all, that was the secret of the Dark Magician Girl's power."
"NO! Emotions are weak and useless, just like you are."
"I don't think my Flame Swordsman agrees with you," Yami-Yugi said. The Flame Swordsman raised his sword in defiance to Edric's outburst. "Now, I believe it was your turn."
"Fine!" Edric snapped as he drew a card. "I summon Cyber Falcon in attack mode!" A metal bird appeared.
Name: Cyber Falcon
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1200
"And I equip it with Follow Wind and Black Pendant."
(CF: 1400---2200, 1200---1500)
He wants me to destroy his monster, Yami-Yugi realized. Because he has Black Pendant out, the moment I destroy it, I'll receive 500 points of direct damage. Seeing Edric not making a move, he decided that it was his turn again. He drew a card. Monster Gate. I can use this to summon any monster card but I need to sacrifice a monster to do it. Although it's going to be risky, I'm going to have to sacrifice my Big Shield Gardna. "I activate Monster Gate by sacrificing my Big Shield Gardna. Yami-Yugi picked up cards from his deck until he found a normal monster card. "I special summon the Man-Eating Treasure Chest!" A portal opened up and the monster appeared. As its name suggested, the card Mokuba gave him looked like a treasure chest. You could even see crystals in it.
Name: Man-Eating Treasure Chest
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1000
"All right, now my card's in play," Mokuba said proudly.
"Flame Swordsman, attack Cyber Falcon with flaming sword of battle!" The Flame Swordsman sent a spiral of flames with incinerated the Cyber Falcon.
"Thank you, Yugi, now I can inflict 500 points of direct damage to you!"
(Y: 3500)
(E: 2700)
"Don't thank me yet, Masters. Man-Eating Treasure Chest, crystal barrage attack!" A barrage of jewel-like bullets hit Edric. He crouched for a little bit before standing again.
(Y: 3500)
(E: 1100)
"And that ends my turn."
"I can easily destroy that video game reject," Edric said drawing a card. "I place one card face-down and end my turn."
I can't attack his life points, not while he has that face-down card, Yami-Yugi thought as he started his turn. But perhaps I can increase my monster arsenal so that when the time comes, I can. "I summon Sangan in defense mode." Sangan looked like a deranged Kuriboh with three large eyes, a row of sharp teeth and large claws and feet.
Name: Sangan
Level: 3
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 600
"Flame Swordsman, attack his face-down card!" Flame Swordsman sent a burst of flames at the face-down card but the card revealed itself to be Cyber Grenade, a round orb with a pumpkin-like face.
Name: Cyber Grenade
Level: 3
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
Yami-Yugi covered his eyes as Sangan, Flame Swordsman, and Man-Eating Treasure Chest all exploded along with Cyber Grenade.
"I'm sure you know what comes next. We each discard our entire hand, draw 5 cards and special-summon any level 4 or lower monsters face-up attack position or face-down defense position."
This could be a blessing in disguise, Yami-Yugi thought. If I can draw the right 5 cards, I can finish him in my next turn.. He drew the first two cards. To his surprise, they were Harpie Lady and Vorse Raider. "Vorse Raider and Harpie Lady in attack mode!" Vorse Raider looked like a cross-breed between a human and a horse. He carried a double-bladed axe.
Name: Vorse Raider
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1900
DEF: 800
Harpie Lady looked like a woman but she had wings and talons like a bird.
Name: Harpie Lady
Level: 4
Type: Winged-Beast
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1400
The third card he drew was Card of Sanctity. He decided to save that for later. The last two cards made Yami-Yugi pause. These cards were very close to his heart because of the last time they were used and he didn't want to use them recklessly. But on the other hand, if they helped him rescue Tea, then he would have to take a chance. He looked at the monsters that Edric assembled. Amphibious Bugroth Mk. 3, D. D. Scout Plane, and one face-down monster card.
Name: Amphibious Bugroth Mk. 3
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1300
Name: D. D. Scout Plane
Level: 2
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 800
DEF: 1200
"By destroying Sangan, you also allow me to retrieve one low-power monster card from my deck and add it to my hand."
"Yes, but you have to show it to me first."
Yami-Yugi chose the Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. He showed it to Edric before adding it to his hand. "Vorse Raider, attack his Bugroth!"
"I activate Screen Freeze. It's a spell card that keeps my life points from going down until the end of my next turn." Bugroth was destroyed though.
"I end my turn."
This Yugi Moto is getting to be a bigger nuisance than I thought, Edric said mentally. I think it's time to put him in his place. He drew a card. "Finally, Yugi Moto, your doom is at hand! It's time!"