Chapter 13: Yugi's Despair - Arrival of the Emissary of the Beginning!

"I'll set one card face down and summon The Unhappy Girl (400/300) in attack mode."

A small, red headed girl in tattered rags appeared on the field. Her face was slightly stained with tears as she took her place on the field.

"That will end my turn," Number One said. 'Just give me three more turns. Then, I'll be victorious. But for now, this will have to do.'

"I'll place a card face down and have Dark Magician attack your monster," Yugi said.

The Dark Magician prepared to strike with his magic.

"Activate trap card: Light Shield," Number One declared. "As long as this card remains face up on the field, no life point damage is taken when one of my light monsters is destroyed, and Unhappy Girl is a light monster."

The Dark Magician struck the girl with his attack, but she simply raised a hand and blocked it.

"What's going on here? What is your monster's effect?" Yugi asked.

"Glad you asked. My monster's effect is that she cannot be destroyed in battle as long as it remains face up in attack mode. She also has a few other interesting abilities."

Number One pointed at the Dark Magician and sparks jumped around the mage as it froze in place.

"What have you done?!" Yugi demanded.

"You sure do ask a lot of stupid questions before you can get answers, don't you? Attacking my girl caused her second effect, which freezes your magician in place, keeping him from attacking or changing his battle position. And that will happen to any of your other monsters that try to attack my girl."

"Fine. I'll just end my turn."

"I'll set one card face down and end my turn," Number One declared.

Yami Yugi drew, but found nothing that would free his magician.

"I'll just end my turn."

'Now I've got him on the ropes. I just need two more turns.'
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"Well, that was a waste of my time," Jason said as he walked over to Number Two and deactivated his duel gauntlet, which automatically gave him the rest of the key puzzles. "Now all I need to do is find the center of the city and join Yugi. He probably has ten puzzles by now."

Jason stepped over the fallen Rare Hunter and walked out of the alleyway, looking for the site of the finals.
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Number One had set another card face down and Yugi had drawn his Lightforce Sword, another card that couldn't help him in this situation.

"I'll just end my turn," he said.

"Excellent. Your end is near," Number One said as she drew. "I'll just end my turn."

"Then it's my turn," Yugi said as he drew.

He looked at his hand, hoping to find something to stop the Rare Hunter, but he had nothing. The spiky haired duelist placed two cards face down and ended his turn.

"Finally, the end is here! I draw my Pharaoh's Treasure trap card, and I'll add a very special monster to my hand," Number One said as she pulled the card from her graveyard slot. "Now is the time. I'll remove my Wall of Illusion and Shining Angel from play to summon my great beast!"

The two monsters appeared on the field, then, transformed into pure energy and floated over to Number One. The two energy balls were then absorbed into the card as Number One held it up. She swiped the now glowing card through the card reader.

"What have you summoned?" Yugi asked.

As if to answer his question, a beacon of light shot down from the sky and engulfed Number One. The intense light that seemed to encompass everything blinded the pharaoh, as he tried to figure out what was going on.
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Jason walked along the street, watching the duels. Some looked good, while others didn't look as interesting. Suddenly, the large column of light caught his attention.

"What is that thing? There's no way that it's a duel. But then again..."

Jason ran towards the source of the light, hoping to find out what it was.
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Yugi uncovered his eyes as the light dimmed. He caught sight of a tall warrior in shimmering armor. Long red hair seemed to flow from the monster's battle helmet, as it stood next to Number One, ready to battle. Yugi immediately recognized the monster.

"That's the Black Luster Soldier!"

"Close, but not close enough. This is the Chaos Soldier-Messenger of Creation (3000/2500)."

"A Chaos monster?" 'Of course! The weak monsters, light and darkness. I should have known.'

"My monster is far more powerful than anything you have. Allow me to demonstrate. Chaos Soldier, attack his Dark Magician with your Chaos Blade!"

The Soldier's sword began to glow with a powerful energy. Number One's monster swung the sword and launched the energy at Yugi's magician, slicing the mage in half.

(Yugi: 7350) (Number One: 3700)

"And that's not all. My Soldier has two effects. One of them allows me to attack you again if he destroys a monster. So Chaos Soldier, attack his life points directly!"

Number One's monster swung another energy blade at Yugi, this time striking the duelist and knocking him to the ground.

(Yugi: 4350) (Number One: 3700)

"The score doesn't look so far apart now, does it?" Number One said as Yugi got to his feet slowly. "I guess I'll just end my turn."

'How am I going to stop a Chaos monster? It's too powerful for anything that I have right now. Then there's its second effect. I need to play defensively.' "I play Swords of Revealing Light!" Large glowing swords rained from the sky and blocked the Chaos monster.

"Nothing more than a pathetic stall tactic," Number One scoffed.

"It's all I need. I'll set a monster in defense mode and one card face down, then, end my turn."

Number One drew, then, laughed at Yugi's plan.

"I guess I should let you know about my Soldier's second ability so that you don't get go and get all excited on me. Chaos Soldier, remove that monster from play." Yugi's face down hologram glowed with a yellow light, then, vanished into nothingness. "I guess now you won't take me lightly. Since I can't attack, I'll just summon another Hysteric Fairy and end my turn."

Yugi drew, looking for something to help him stop the Chaos monster. He drew Gamma the Magnet Warrior.

'He can't help me right now. How can I stop that...' Yugi looked at his hand, then, realized something. 'That's it! If I can just hold on long enough.' "I'll end my turn."

"And I'll end mine," Number One said after she drew.

Yugi drew but still didn't get what he needed, so he ended his turn.

"You're even more pathetic than I first assumed you were. This duel is mine. I'll end my turn."

"My turn," Yugi said.

"And the end of your ridiculous swords," Number One interjected as the glowing swords dissolved.

"That's fine. I have everything that I need to take your soldier down."

"I sincerely doubt that you can take out my Chaos monster," Number One scoffed.

"Oh but I do," Yugi retorted as he revealed three cards from his hand to the Rare Hunter.

"Wait. There's no way that you have all the pieces!"

"See for yourself. I send Beta the Magnet Warrior, Gamma the Magnet Warrior, and Alpha the Magnet Warrior to the graveyard to summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3800)!" The three magnet creatures appeared on the field, then, split apart into several pieces, which all came together, forming a taller, gray magnet monster with a long sword in its hand.

"That's very good of you, little one. But I'm afraid that's not enough. Activate Raigeki Break!" Number One declared triumphantly.

Her face down hologram flipped up and a demon stepped out of the card and held its hand up towards Valkyrion.

"My trap card can destroy one card on the field when I discard one card from my hand. So say goodbye to your magnet monster."

Number One placed a card in the Graveyard slot and the demon fired a bolt of lightning at Valkyrion.

"Sorry, but I'm several steps ahead of you. Reveal counter trap: Seven Tools of the Bandit. At the cost of 1000 life points, my trap card nullifies the effect of your trap card, saving my monster from destruction," Yugi said.

(Yugi: 3350) (Number One: 3700)

"I'll also activate Dust Tornado, to destroy your Light Shield card. And now, Valkyrion will attack and destroy your Chaos monster!"

The magnet monster charged forward and slashed through Chaos Soldier, destroying him.

(Yugi: 3350) (Number One: 3200)

"Your monster is no more."

"Bravo, boy. You managed to get rid of my monster. That takes some skill," Number One replied.

'What's going on here? She is way too confident about this. I better play safe.' "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."

"I hope that you didn't think my Chaos monster was going to stay down, because you're about to be disappointed. I play Monster Reborn!" A holographic shaft of light rose from the ground. "Return to me Chaos Soldier!" The armor clad warrior rose from the ground.

"No. This can't be!" Yugi exclaimed.

"I'm afraid it is you little fool. And now Chaos Soldier, remove Valkyrion from play!"

The magnet monster glowed brightly, then, vanished just as Yugi's defense monster did.

"Hysteric Fairy, attack his life points directly!"

The angelic creature threw a white energy ball at Yugi.

"Sorry, but it's not going to be that easy. Activate Mirror Force!"

The trap card flipped up and a transparent shield of energy appeared in front of Yugi. The energy ball struck the shield, which shattered the blast and reflected it back at Number One's side of the field in hundreds of streaming lights. The lights obliterated the Hysteric Fairy, Chaos Soldier, and the Unhappy Girl.

"I swear you will pay for that in due time. But for now I'll end my turn," Number One said bitterly.

Yugi drew, hoping to end the duel, but didn't get what he needed to finish his opponent.

"I'll play Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) in attack mode."

A large fanged beast with sharp claws materialized on the field.

"Gazelle, attack her life points directly!" The beast leaped at Number One.

"Nice try, but I activate one of my traps: Drain Shield," Number One declared.

A large shield appeared in front of her and took the blow from Gazelle.

"My trap card stops your attack and give me life points equal to the monster's attack power."

(Yugi: 3350) (Number One: 4700)

"You've saved yourself, for now," Yugi said ominously. "But mark my words: I will win this duel and I will free those hostages."

"I doubt it."

"I don't. My turn is over. Make your move."

"With the utmost pleasure," Number One said as she drew. 'Here it is. This is the ultimate card of his destruction. If that fool thought my soldier was a problem, wait until he sees what I've got in store for him next! No one mocks me. I will destroy him, even if it's the last thing I do. That's it. It just may be the last thing I do,' Number One thought.

She began to laugh manically as she prepared to raise the stakes even higher.