Chapter 10: 5000
Power?! Demon Gazetto Rises
"Your time has come.
The shadows shall overcome you," Yami Bakura said as he prepared
his play. "I'll remove three fiends from my graveyard to summon
my creature of darkness."
Legion Goblin, Wall of Illusion,
and Opticlops' transparent forms loomed over the field with ghastly
moans.
"Be gone, my dark slaves, so that my creature may
come into this duel."
The monsters shattered into purple
shards. The shards then came together to form a tall blue,
female-like creature holding a broken doll in its arms.
"Well,
that doesn't look too promising," Jason said. "What can I do
against that thing?"
"Say hello to my Dark Necrofear
(2200/2800). She will attack your Cyber Tech Alligator."
The
dark monster's eyes lit up and a sharp beam of energy shot from
them, striking the Cyber Tech Alligator.
"Have you lost
whatever was left of your mind? My monster has 300 points on yours,
so say goodbye to your last hope," Jason said as the beams bounced
off of the Alligator's chest. "Strike back with your Cyber Claw
attack!" The alligator rushed toward the Necrofear and slashed it
into pieces.
(Jason: 7100) (Yami Bakura: 5000)
Yami
Bakura laughed maniacally as his monster disappeared.
"What's
so damn funny over there?!" Jason asked aggressively
"You're
completely blind to my intentions, you fool. Her death was not in
vain. I'll end my turn."
Jason was about to draw, but a
strange purple energy ball rose from where Dark Necrofear was
destroyed. It floated over to the Cyber Tech Alligator and embedded
itself into the monster.
"What is that thing that went into
my monster?" Jason demanded.
"Come to me, now my dark
slave!" Yami Bakura commanded as the Cyber Tech Alligator floated
over to him. "When you destroyed my Necrofear, her special ability
was activated. It allows me to take control of one of your
monsters."
"Oh great. Now you say something about that
freak's ability," Jason said as he drew. "Fine. I'll place a
monster in defense mode and switch Gemini Elf to defense mode, and
end my turn."
"Now the end is here. I'll sacrifice your
pathetic monster to summon the ultimate creature of your defeat."
A large column of dark energy engulfed Cyber Tech Alligator.
Yami Bakura held his arms out in expectation as the energy burst
through the shadow dome and
expanded.
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Yugi stood outside the
warehouse. His duel with the girl went very quickly due to his
superior strategies.
"Well, that was a fun duel. And I got
another key puzzle program, which makes seven so far," little Yugi
said.
He turned back around to the warehouse just as the dark
column shot through the roof.
"What was that thing?!" he
exclaimed.
It came from a shadow dimension, Yami said from
the back of Yugi's mind. I sense a great evil in that
energy.
"You don't think that Yami Bakura had something
to do with it, do you?"
It's possible.
"Then we
have to help Jason," Yugi said as he rushed into the
warehouse.
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Jason
stared into the darkness to see what Yami Bakura summoned. A ghastly
moan made his skin crawl as the air in the shadows got colder than
normal.
"What have you done?" he demanded.
A
gruesome figure glowing with a purple aura answered Jason's
question. Its rotted skin barely covered the large bones constructing
its massive frame. Two menacing horns sat atop its head. Piercing
yellow eyes seemed to burn a hole straight through the darkness
itself as the creature let out a shrieking roar.
"This is my
ultimate creature of darkness. And it is the last monster that you
will ever see."
"He sure is ugly enough to be the last
thing anyone ever sees," Jason snapped back. He checked its stats
with his duel gauntlet, and nearly had a heart attack. "5000
attack?! Nothing in my deck can handle that!"
"Exactly.
This is the Great Demon Gazetto (0/0). Take that name with you into
the shadows of hell. My creature's attack power is equal to double
the attack of the monster sacrificed to bring it from the darkness.
Since your monster had 2500 attack, mine has 5000. So now, my
monster, annihilate the Gemini Elf!"
Gazetto formed an
energy ball in its hands and hurled it at the elf twins, incinerating
them with ungodly force.
'Thank God they were defense mode,'
Jason thought.
"This time they won't come back. I'll
end my turn."
Jason drew, realizing that trying to fight the
Great Demon head on would be harder than he thought.
'If
that Royal Decree weren't negating my own traps, I would have a few
surprises ready for that mutated disgusting freak. His monster would
be in trouble, too.' "I'll just set a monster in defense mode
and end my turn."
"Gazetto, destroy his defense monster,"
Yami Bakura ordered after drawing.
The demon tore through the
face down Zombyra the Dark (2100/500) as easily as the Gemini Elf.
"Ah, the sweet taste of desolation and despair. I'll end
my turn."
Jason drew the Berserk Gorilla from his deck.
'He is just not going to help me right now. None of these
monsters is going to help me. Except for...'
The Millennium
Ring glowed again and Yami Bakura was drained of even more shadow
energy.
'What is going on here?! I should be the only one
able to control this Millennium Item. So why do I feel someone
tapping into its power?' the soul stealer thought as Jason looked
at the mystery card in his hand.
'I don't know how you got
into my deck, but if you're half as powerful as I've been told
you are, then I need you.' The Ring glowed again and Jason's eyes
were opened to the truth. 'Okay, so I need two more monsters for
you, huh? That's fine.' "I'll set another monster in defense
mode and end my turn."
Yami Bakura drew, barely able to hold
himself up from the drain on his power.
'I can no longer
sustain this shadow duel. I must abandon that plan for now.'
The
shadows around the two duelists disappeared and the warehouse came
back into view.
"What's the matter? I thought you wanted a
shadow duel," Jason teased.
"Jason!" called the voice
from behind him. He turned around to see Yugi running toward
him.
"Yugi, what are you doing here?"
"I was
worried about you in this duel. How are you doing?"
"I'm
killing this freak. From what you told me I thought that he would be
a challenge, but he's nothing but a wimp."
Yami Bakura's
anger came to its climax.
"Great Demon Gazetto, destroy the
second defense monster!" he shouted.
The demon launched a
massive energy blast that shattered the face down Blazing Inpachi
(1850/0) with great force.
"What is that thing?!" Yugi
exclaimed.
"A huge pain in my ass with 5000 attack power,"
Jason
responded.
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The
dark figure caught sight of Yugi and spoke back into the
earpiece.
"Sire. I have both the duelists square in my
sights, along with another one, who is dueling one of the fools.
Shall I give the order?"
"No, wait to see whether or not
one of them possesses the god card, then, give the order."
"Yes
sir. I will."
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"In
case you forgot, I'm still in possession of the Great Demon
Gazetto. Yugi, I'll take care of you later, but right now, this
fool needs to learn respect."
"If my mom couldn't teach
me any respect, what the hell chance do you have? Do you end your
turn?"
"No. I'll sacrifice The Portrait's Secret to
summon Mephisto the Infernal General."
The demon shattered
and a large dark warrior on a black armor plated horse galloped
through the darkness. He swung a large double bladed axe over his
shoulder.
"Now my turn is over."
Jason drew, but
only found another defense monster, so he played it and ended his
turn.
"Now, my General, attack the face down monster that
was just played," Yami Bakura ordered.
The demon charged
forward on its horse and slashed through the Kycoo the Ghost
Destroyer (1800/700) with its large, double-bladed axe.
(Jason:
6000) (Yami Bakura: 5000)
"Hey, how did I lose life
points?!" Jason yelled.
"Simple. My Mephisto takes life
points from you even if the monsters it attacks are in defense mode.
And that's not all it can do. It can also allow me to discard one
card from your hand, and I choose that card," Yami Bakura said,
pointing to one of Jason's cards.
'Damn! This was going to
be my secret weapon. I hope I can get it back,' Jason said as he
placed his mystery card in the graveyard slot on his duel gauntlet.
"I'll end my turn."
Jason hoped for a miracle
and drew.
"Well, it looks like things are about to pick up.
I've drawn the card that will end you." 'I just hope that Yugi
was wrong about what he said earlier.'
Flashback
"Hey,
Yugi. You said that only someone with a connection to the ancient
past or a Millennium Item could use a god card. What happens if
someone who doesn't have either one of those two things tries to
use one?" Jason asked
"Well, a number of things could
happen. One might not be able to give the god any commands. The god
could destroy its wielder. Even worse, it could go on a rampage and
destroy everything in its path. I'm not completely sure, but it's
safe to say that it's best if the card stayed out of the hands of
the greedy."
"Oh that sounds good," Jason said
sarcastically.
End of Flashback
Jason took a deep
breath and made his final play.
"Alright. I'll activate
Monster Reborn," he said as he swiped the card.
"Just
what could you bring back that would stand up to my Gazetto?" Yami
Bakura asked.
Jason looked at his graveyard and closed his
eyes. The Millennium Ring glowed brightly. Yami Bakura yelled as
sparks jumped from his Millennium Item.
"Now return to me,
Egyptian God Anubis!"
Yugi's eyes went wide and his heart
pounded in his chest as he heard Jason give the command.
"No,
don't do it Jason!" the young duelist begged.
But it was
too late to go back. Black lightning bolts shot from Jason's duel
gauntlet, and the skies above the warehouse turned dark red. Thunder
ripped through the clouds as a great crash of lightning tore through
the roof and struck the area around Jason.
"No! Jason, get
out of there!" Yugi yelled. His Millennium Puzzle glowed around his
neck.
I...I can sense a great and terrible power. One even
greater than that of Ra, Yami said fearfully. Jason has unleashed
something beyond his control.
Yugi and Yami Bakura were both
blinded by a great flash of light that seemed to explode from Jason's
duel
gauntlet.
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Number
Two continued to monitor the duels when a strange power fluctuation
grabbed his attention.
"What is that? Focus in on quadrant
seven, subsector nine."
"Yes sir," the Rare Hunter said
as he put the coordinates into the machine. Number Two's eyes went
wide as he looked at the information on the large screen.
"I
have to tell him," he said as he picked up a phone.
"What
is it?" came the voice from the other end.
"Sir, we've
found the god card."
"You did what?! Where is it?"
"In
the warehouse district, quadrant seven, subsector nine," Number Two
replied.
'I know that area. This is perfect.' "Excellent
work, Number Two. Excellent
work."
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The
light began to die down and Yugi's eyes adjusted to the darkness of
the warehouse. He thought that he was seeing things, but his eyes did
not deceive him.
"I don't believe it."
A massive
dog-like being wrapped in bandages stood before him. Some of the
bandages fluttered in the wind of the force the god was creating. Its
rotted flesh was exposed in some areas of its body and face that the
bandages did not cover. The dog god held a long scythe in its
bandage-less gray claws. A deep snarl came from the god as it bared
its fangs and narrowed its piecing red eyes at Yami Bakura, who was
on the floor, shaking from the sparks still jumping from his
Millennium item. Jason's laughter could be heard.
"So, I
bet you thought that was real funny, huh. Your Great Demon trying to
make a meal out of me. Well here's payback, and trust me, it's
going to hurt!"
'I don't understand. How can Jason
control a god card? I was told that only someone with a connection to
the past and a Millennium Item could wield a god card's power,'
Yugi thought.
Perhaps there is more to the story than meets
the eye, Yami said.
Yami Bakura stood up, despite the severe
drain on his energy.
"What is that thing?" he asked
fearfully
"Say hello to The Resurrection of Anubis (0/0),
the most powerful god card of all time. My little friend here has
told me all of his secrets over the course of this tournament, so let
me share them with you. Anubis, I invoke your special ability of
Spiritual Absorption!"
The god monster howled and numerous
spirits surrounded him and began to incorporate themselves into his
body.
"What's it doing?" Yami Bakura asked.
"My
monster can remove every monster in both graveyards from play, and
gain 800 attack and defense points per monster. And that's what
it's doing."
"What?!"
"What are you, deaf? Do
the math. There were thirteen monsters in both our graveyards
combined. That's thirteen times eight, which is one hundred and
four. I may have skipped school a thousand times, but even I knew
that."
Yami Bakura frantically searched for a way to stop
the radically powerful god, but he found nothing.
'That's
amazing. I sure hope that Jason can maintain control of that power,
or else it could destroy this entire planet,' Yugi
thought.
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The
Rare Hunter stood up and tried to regain his composure after being
blinded. He looked down at the scene and saw the massive god standing
before him. Before he could form a rational thought, Superior spoke
through the earpiece.
"Now is the time. Call the others. I
want that god card!"
"Yes sir," the Rare Hunter said
shakily as he realized that the giant dog was the god monster that he
was looking for. He prepared to give the attack
order.
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"Here
is another one of my god's special abilities. I can discard one
card from my hand to allow Anubis to attack twice this turn, and I
will do so now," Jason said as he slipped the card into his
graveyard slot.
"No, this can't be happen..." Yami
Bakura was cut off by a sharp cry as his glowing Ring gave off more
sparks.
"You've taken a lot of what I've thrown at you,
but now let's see if you can withstand the wrath of god. Anubis
(10400/10400), destroy both of his monsters and bring me victory!"
The god raised his scythe and prepared to deliver the final
blow. Yami Bakura cowered as the dog swung its scythe and slashed
through Mephisto and Gazetto, instantly destroying them, and sending
the dark spirit to the floor with an incredible force.
(Jason:
6000) (Yami Bakura: 0)
Jason smiled as the key puzzle
program uploaded itself into his duel gauntlet. The large god
continued to hover over the devastated Yami Bakura, who lay
motionless on the floor.
"Return to me, my great beast,"
Jason commanded as he held up Anubis' card.
The beast
converted into energy and was absorbed back into the card. Jason
walked over to Yami Bakura who started to move slightly.
I
never imagined I'd see that kind of fear in Yami Bakura's eyes,
Yami said, almost enjoying the moment. But that still doesn't
explain how Jason can control a god card.
"You have a real
attitude problem, and I'd "fix" it if Yugi weren't your
friend," Jason said menacingly.
He started to walk away,
but the Millennium Ring glowed brighter than before, enveloping the
entire warehouse in a golden aura.
"What's happening?"
Yugi asked.
I don't know, but I don't think that it's
good, Yami said.
Suddenly, the sound of a scream filled the
area and rattled Yugi's nerves.
"What was
that?"
Whatever it was, it's not good.