Well this is the fifth installment of my story (as if you didn't know that). I did alter some card's effects slightly, but nothing that big. Hope you enjoy it. Please keep the good reviews coming.

Disclaimer: If you want the owner of Yu-gi-oh, you're not looking at him.

Chapter 5: Duel for Honor – Yugi and Jounouchi Versus The Ghouls

"So those are the terms. It will be a double duel with the stipulation being elimination. Do you accept or do you yield?" Yami asked boldly.

"We accept your challenge. Sentu and I will destroy you two," Antoine said. "You two fools may decide who goes first, since you made the challenge."

"I'll start things off," Joey said.

Yami nodded his approval to the blonde duelist.

"Then I shall follow you, young one," Sentu chimed in.

"And I shall be next," Yami said. "Making you last," he added, pointing to Antoine.

"Then let's start," Joey said.

(Joey: 8000/Yami: 8000) (Sentu: 8000/Antoine: 8000)

"I'll place one card face down and a monster in defense mode, and end my turn," Joey said.

Sentu drew his sixth card.

"I shall place a monster in defense mode as well, and end my turn."

"My turn," Yugi said as he drew. "I'll place one card face down and summon Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) in attack mode."

Yugi swiped his cards and a large beast with brown fur appeared on the field and bared its fangs.

"I'll end my turn."

Antoine drew and added the card to his hand.

"I shall summon D.D. Trainer (100/2000) to the field in defense mode," he said.

A long red beast materialized in front of Antoine. A small goblin on the beast's back cackled as Antoine ended his turn.

"Alright, here we go," Joey said. "I'll summon Alligator Sword (1500/1200) to the field."

A green, armor wearing alligator-like beast wielding a sword appeared.

"Next, I'll flip my Baby Dragon (1200/300) to attack mode."

The face down monster next to Joey's Alligator Sword flipped up and a small, orange dragon appeared in a flash of sparks.

"Now, I'll activate Polymerization, to fuse my two monsters," he said as he swiped the card.

The two monsters were drawn into a vortex. When it cleared, the Alligator Sword was straddled on top of the Baby Dragon.

"Meet, Alligator Sword Dragon (1700/1500), who will attack your defense monster, now," Joey said pointing to Sentu.

The dragon swooped down and Alligator Sword delivered a powerful slash to the face down monster. A strange ladybug appeared, then, split and shattered.

"You destroyed my Skull-Mark Ladybug, which gives me 1000 life points.

(Joey: 8000/Yugi: 8000) (Sentu: 9000/Antoine: 8000)

"Fine. End turn."

Sentu placed a card face down on the field and set another monster in defense mode. The holograms appeared on the field and the Rare Hunter ended his turn.

"I'll place one more card in defense mode and end my turn," Yugi said.

Antoine drew from his deck, then, smirked.

"Let's see you beat this. I'll sacrifice my D.D. Trainer to summon the Millennium Shield (0/3000) in defense mode," he said as he swiped the card.

His monster disappeared and a large red and gold shield bearing the Eye of Anubis materialized in front of him.

"Next, I'll place two cards face down. That's it for me."

"Back to Joey," Joey said as he drew.

"Now, Alligator Sword Dragon, attack Sentu's defense monster."

The dragon swooped in quickly for another attack.

"Thank you very much. You've triggered my trap card: Enchanted Javelin, which increases my life points by the same amount as the attack of an attacking monster," Sentu declared.

(Joey: 8000/Yugi: 8000) (Sentu: 10700/Antoine: 8000)

"But that's not all," Sentu added as his defense monster flipped.

A small white bird with sparkling feathers appeared, then, shattered from Joey's attack.

"You destroyed my Crane of Life (200/700), which allows me to increase the life points of any selected player by 800. And I choose you, Antoine!"

(Joey: 8000/Yugi: 8000) (Sentu: 10700/Antoine: 8800)

"All this life point gain is annoying the hell out of me!" Joey yelled.

"Calm down, Joey. At least now, we know their strategy," Yami said reassuringly.

"Yeah, that's one good thing. I'll end my turn."

"Knowing our strategy doesn't guarantee victory. I'll place another monster in defense mode and end my turn," Sentu said.

"It's my go," Yugi said as he drew. 'My hand doesn't look like anything that could help this situation right now, but I've got to try.' "I'll summon Alpha, the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700), in defense mode."

A large gray monster with a magnet around its neck and wielding a sword appeared on Yami's side of the field.

'If I destroy Sentu's monster, it may be something else to help him gain life points, but it will leave him wide open for a direct assault by Joey.' "Gazelle will attack your monster, Sentu!"

The beast leaped up and delivered a slash with its razor sharp claws to Sentu's face down monster.

"Another Skull-Mark Ladybug," Sentu remarked.

(Joey: 8000/Yugi: 8000) (Sentu: 11700/Antoine: 8800)

"More life points...I'll end my turn."

Antoine drew, then, smiled with wicked intent.

"I'll activate the magic card: Chorus of Sanctuary, which raises all monsters' defense by 500. Let's see you get by that."

"Alright, now it's my turn," Joey said. "I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1000) in attack mode!"

Joey swiped the card and a tall warrior in black metallic armor appeared on the field. The long blade on its arm gleamed as Gearfried prepared for battle.

"Now, Gearfried and Alligator Sword Dragon, attack Sentu directly!" Joey commanded.

His two monsters moved in to strike with combined force, but Antoine had other plans.

"Not so fast! Reveal trap card, Waboku!" Antoine called out.

His face down hologram flipped up and three women dressed in robes appeared in front of Sentu, protecting him from the attack.

"My trap card negates all attacks for one turn, so you won't be striking anyone this turn," Antoine said confidently.

Joey realized there was nothing he could do, so he ended his turn.

"My turn," Sentu said as he drew. "I'll activate Poison of the Old Man, which will increase my partner's life points even further."

(Joey: 8000/Yami: 8000) (Sentu: 11700/Antoine: 9600)

"I'll set a monster face down and end my turn."

Yami drew a card, and decided to stick with his earlier strategy, hoping to clear the field for Joey's monsters.

"I'll summon Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600) in attack mode!"

Yami swiped the card through the reader and a small yellow monster resembling Alpha appeared. The magnets at the end of its arms and on its head hummed.

"Now, Beta, attack Sentu's defense monster!"

Beta's arms glowed and it fired a powerful electromagnetic pulse at the monster. The face down card flipped up and a large robotic monster appeared and blocked the attack, much to Yugi's surprise.

(Joey: 8000/Yami: 7100) (Sentu: 11700/Antoine: 9600)

"What's the matter? You look surprised. I'm guessing you thought that I was a one trick pony, huh? Well you were wrong! Meet Battle Footballer (1000/2600), all pumped up thanks to Chorus of Sanctuary. You fools have no hope!" Sentu ranted.
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Jason continued to walk down the street looking for a challenge. Suddenly, his stomach began to growl.

"Wow, I guess dueling can take a lot out of a guy. Didn't that guide say that stuff on this island is free for all duelists? Looks like I get a free lunch."

Jason looked around for somewhere to get something to eat. He spotted a fast food restaurant.

"Great! Now I won't starve."

He walked up to the place and opened the door. The smell of deep fried food tickled his nose as he walked up to the counter. He ordered his food and looked around the restaurant as he waited for it.

"Looks like I'm not alone in here."

There were several duelists in the restaurant. Some were comparing battle strategies; others were trading with each other. Jason took his food and went to a table where a duelist was sitting.

"Hey, I see you're here for the big tournament, too," Jason said pointing to the boy's duel gauntlet.

"Yeah, I've already won three duels," the boy said holding his deck up proudly.

"Then you must have an incredibly powerful deck. Do you mind if I take a look at your deck for trade?"

The boy shrugged his shoulders and handed Jason his deck, then, took Jason's deck. Jason went through the cards, looking for something good. He came to a few cards that he wanted.

"Sorry, but you don't have anything that I'm interested in," the boy said.

"That's okay. I'll get by," Jason said as he took his deck back.

He walked out of the restaurant slurping on his soda. As he walked Jason pulled the two cards out of his pocket.

"That boy really needs to learn to keep a better eye on his valuables," Jason said. "Another Berserk Gorilla, and a Pot of Greed. Good haul."

Jason turned the corner and spotted a teenager looking around.

"I wonder what he's looking for. Maybe it's a challenge. Well, he looks easy, so why not?"

Jason was about to challenge him, but the strange white haired boy walked off in a hurry towards the city.

"Hey, wait a second!" Jason called out.

He ran after the boy, despite the fact that he didn't know why he was running. He just went with a bad feeling in his stomach.
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"It's my move," Antoine said as he drew. "Here's more defense for you. I'll place another card face down, and activate Yellow Luster Shield, which raises my monsters' defense by 300 points more."

A column of yellow light beamed down over Antoine's side of the field, casting his monsters in a yellow glow.

"My Shield (0/3800) is impenetrable."

"We'll see how impenetrable your monster really is!" Joey exclaimed as he drew. 'I have nothing that can destroy that shield, but I can take care of some other problems.' "I'll sacrifice my Gearfried to summon Jinzo (2400/1500) to the field."

Gearfried dissolved and a tall human-like machine with glowing red eyes appeared in its place.

"You guys are going to get a kick out of what happens next. Jinzo, go to work!"

The android's eyes lit up and beams shot forth, destroying every face down card on Sentu and Antoine's sides of the field.

"My Jinzo destroys all trap cards on the field. My partner Yugi here obviously has a magic card, and so do I. In fact, here it is. Reveal Graceful Dice!"

Joey's face down card flipped up and a small winged creature holding a six-sided die flew out of it.

"My card increases the attack power of all my monsters by 200 times the number rolled. So without further ado, go dice roll!"

The creature dropped the die and let it roll for a few seconds.

'Please let this be at least a two,' Joey prayed in his mind.

The die slowed down, then, stopped on a three.

"All right! I got a three! And that means that my Jinzo (3000/1500) and Alligator Sword Dragon (2300/1500) are much stronger. Jinzo, destroy the Battle Footballer!"

Joey's monster clasped its hands and fired a blast of energy at the defense monster, shattering it.

"And now, Alligator Sword Dragon, it's your turn. Attack Sentu directly!"

The dragon flew over to the Rare Hunter and the reptile on its back slashed him in his chest.

(Joey: 8000/Yami: 7100) (Sentu: 9400/Antoine: 9600)

"Not so high up there now, are you?" Joey asked mockingly.

Sentu recovered from the attack.

"Mock me while you can, but we will have the last laugh," he said.

"Doesn't look that way from here. I'll end my turn."

Sentu drew from his deck.

'With that Jinzo on the field, we can't protect our life points,' he thought. 'I'll just have to take care of it.'

Sentu swiped two cards through the reader. A face down monster and a face down trap card appeared on the field. He ended his turn and Yugi pulled the top card from his deck.

'I know that he played something to increase his life points. Well it's time to take care of that problem.' "I'll place one card face down and I'll use Beta to attack your defense monster."

The magnet monster fired another electromagnetic blast and shattered Sentu's face down monster. The Rare Hunter laughed as Joey's Jinzo suddenly bounced back to his hand.

"Hey, what happened?!" Joey yelled.

"Your friend here, attacked my Hane-Hane (450/500) which returns one monster to its owner's hand," Sentu explained.

Yami growled softly, then, ended his turn. Antoine looked at the card he drew and grinned with satisfaction.

"I'll activate the magic card: Level Amplification. This special card raises the levels of all monsters in my opponents' hands by one, effectively ending your summoning days."

Joey and Yami looked at their hands and realized that they were in serious trouble.

'Just great. Now I need to sacrifice two monsters to summon my Jinzo. And all I have on the field is Alligator Sword Dragon,' Joey thought.

"Now, I end my turn."

Joey drew from his deck, but realized that attacking would be pointless without Jinzo, so he ended his turn.

Sentu drew, then, laughed hysterically.

"Well. It seems the gods favor us in this duel. I activate the card that will end this duel: Final Countdown!"

Sentu swiped the card and a large ring of glowing transparent orbs appeared above the duelists.

"What is that thing?!" Yami asked.

"It's the countdown ring. For the cost of a mere 2000 life points, in twenty turns, when all of those orbs glow red, we'll automatically win the match!"

(Joey: 8000/Yami: 7100) (Sentu: 7400/ Antoine: 9600)

"We'll stop you before then, you hooded freaks!" Joey yelled.

"Not the way they've been playing," Yami said. "Perhaps this will be harder than it looks."
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From the shadows of the alleyway, a white haired figure watched the duel closely; more specifically, he watched Yugi.

"Yes. He is here. Soon, my mission will be complete, and I will reign supreme. The Millennium Puzzle will soon be in my grasp."

The figure continued to watch the duel, unaware that he, too, was being watched.

"Why the hell did I follow this freak all the way here," Jason muttered. "I wanted to stay back at the burger joint, but no, I wanted a challenge. I think that all the years of being around my mom's smoking has warped my brain."

Jason looked at the teen, and a glimmer caught his eye. He spotted a strange object hanging from the boy's neck. For some unexplained reason, Jason's interest was focused on the object.

'Now that's a nice looking necklace he's got...what the hell am I saying?!'

Jason shook his head and continued to watch the strange white haired boy, unaware of the threat that was looming over him and Yugi's puzzle.