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Chapter 43: Defeating the Dragon Master
Both COCs landed on threes.
Deondre cracked his knuckles and looked over at Kaiba. "Guess that means you and me, huh?"
Kaiba frowned. "I suppose so. I was hoping that I would finally get a challenge in this tournament. Unfortunately I've been sadly mistaken."
Deondre walked into the dueling ring and looked down at his opponent. "Why don't you come up here and prove that you are so great? I've seen you duel before and I'll admit that you have plenty of power in your deck. Now though I'm going to show you that power isn't everything."
Kaiba took his place on the dueling ring and clicked his duel disk into place. He glared coldly at Deondre. "You think I have no skill and strategy to my deck hmm? I suppose I will just have to destroy you to prove you wrong."
Deondre clicked his duel disk into place. ("Just watch Kaiba. My deck is going to take you out of this tournament.")
Giovan clapped his hands together excitedly. "Now this is what I am talking about! The conflict that makes duels so very great! Round two of the finals! Seto Kaiba vs. Deondre Anderson! Begin!"
Deondre drew his five and looked his hand over. "Mind if I go first?"
Kaiba drew his five and within seconds he went emotionless. "Be my guest. That way you won't have any excuses when I wipe you off the face of this field."
Deondre drew his sixth card. ("Here goes nothing. I hope this doesn't backfire on me.") He slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card D.D. Designator!"
The grey body-suited form of D.D. Warrior Lady appeared on the field. The blond-haired woman looked over at Deondre expectantly. He smiled back at her. "Blue-Eyes White Dragon." The woman nodded and ran over to Kaiba's field. She flew past him, snatching a card from his hand and disappearing.
Kaiba's eyes flickered in rage for a moment. "What was that?"
Deondre slid his magic card into the graveyard. "Allow me to explain. D.D. Designator allows me to call the name of one card. If that card is in your hand it gets removed from the game. That means your Blue-Eyes White Dragon just left this duel permanently."
Kaiba frowned, though he had to admit that he was impressed. Not many had ever taken care of his Blue-Eyes White Dragons before they had a chance to hit the field. Not that it mattered to him though. He would bring his team into the duel against Giovan by crushing this weakling beneath his heel. ("And my wish for a way to defeat Yugi once and for all will be fulfilled.") "Anything else you would like to play?"
Deondre slid two cards from his hand into the duel disk and set one monster in defense. "End turn."
Kaiba drew and his eyes flicked over his five cards. Without his Blue-Eyes White Dragon he was out his biggest attacker, but that didn't mean he was finished yet. He had the perfect combo in his hand to annihilate his opponent. "I summon Peten the Dark Clown (500/1200) in defense mode and set two cards face-down. End turn." A goofy-looking clown in a crouching position appeared on his field and tipped its hat to Deondre.
Deondre gave the clown a look of utter disgust. "Again with that annoying, self-replicating clown!? I thought I left that thing behind when I beat Clarice!"
He drew and slapped down a monster. "I summon D.D. Lancer (1500/1500) in attack mode!" A laser-lance wielding warrior appeared on his field. "Attack Peten now!" The Lancer charged and ran the clown through. "Thanks to the special ability of my Lancer, you take damage even though your monster is in defense mode."
Deondre- 8000
Kaiba- 7700
Kaiba sneered. "I'll gladly lose 300 life points in exchange for a chance to infect your pitiful deck with my Deck Destruction Virus."
A purple mist floated over Deondre's field and his D.D. Lancer screamed in pain, right before he exploded into bits. The mist fell over the dimension duelist's deck and he watched in horror as his deck lost a third of its cards. "What's going on!?"
Kaiba laughed haughtily. "My Deck Destruction Virus activates when I lose a dark attribute monster with 1000 or less attack points. It infects your field, hand and deck with a powerful virus that sends all monsters with 1500 or more attack points straight to the graveyard." He snickered as a new Peten the Dark Clown was summoned from his deck to the field.
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Daniel just stood there, mouth hanging open....
("Close your damned mouth. You are letting in flies.")
Daniel's mouth popped shut, but he still stared in horror. ("Deondre's...entire attack force is gone.")
("He's not out yet, or have you forgotten that Viper did the same thing to you and we still pulled out alright.")
("That was a different situation though...")
("Just watch. Deondre still has this duel within his control.")
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Deondre looked his two remaining cards over and nodded to himself. ("This could work.") "I set these two cards face-down and end my turn."
Kaiba drew and slid his Peten into the graveyard; another of the clowns reappearing on his field instantly. "I sacrifice my Dark Clown to summon Kaiser Glider (2400/1400) in attack mode!" A large golden dragon appeared on his field and roared, a ball of flames building up within its jaws. "Flame Shockwave attack! Wipe out his face-down monster!" The dragon unleashed a ball of fire that traveled along the ground, pulsing with light.
Deondre flipped up one of his four face-down cards. "I activate the trap card Dimensional Nova! It triggers whenever you attack with a monster. Now all of our monsters will be sent into the removed from play pile." A bright flash of light enveloped the field and left both duelists with no creatures.
Kaiba frowned and slid a card into his duel disk. "End turn." As soon as he said that a futuristic-looking metallic pod appeared on Deondre's field.
"This is my D.D. Scout Plane. (800/1200) Every time it is sent into the removed from play pile it gets special summoned back to my field at the end of the turn." Deondre drew and frowned. ("I need monsters so that I can attack his life points directly.") "I set this monster face-down and switch my Scout Plane into defense mode."
Kaiba drew and he slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I play Monster Reborn to revive one of my Petens!" Said Dark Clown reappeared on the field and tipped its hat to Deondre. "Now I play the magic card Cost Down." He slid a card from his hand into the graveyard. "By playing this magic card I can lower the level stars of all monsters in my hand by two." He slid Peten into the graveyard and threw down his last card. "So now I summon forth the Unstoppable Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) in attack mode!" The ground around him shimmered and his ultimate weapon of destruction appeared, the white-scaled dragon roaring down at Deondre angrily.
Deondre looked at his three face-down cards and nodded to himself. ("This will work. Come on Kaiba, take the bait...")
Kaiba looked Deondre's field and smiled wryly. "End turn."
Deondre felt his blood run cold. Kaiba had figured out what he had planned. ("Damn...")
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Yugi looked over at Daniel. "Do you think that Deondre can still win?"
Daniel scratched at the back of his head impatiently. "I hope so."
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Deondre drew and his eyes widened. ("That's right. My ultimate weapon...") "I set this card face-down on my field and end my turn. Now do your worst Kaiba."
Kaiba drew and slapped down his newest monster. "Kaiser Seahorse (1700/1650) will be my test subject. Attack his face-down monster now!" A blue-armored monster appeared on Kaiba's field and launched across the steel plain, cutting Deondre's face-down monster apart.
Deondre frowned. "I see you got wise to my plan of using Dimensional Warrior (1200/800) to remove your Blue-Eyes from play. Well since it isn't your Blue-Eyes I won't be removing it from play."
Kaiba nodded and pointed at the D.D. Scout Plane. "You can't hide anything from me. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack his Scout Plane with Burst Stream!" The dragon charged up a lump of white energy within its jaws and released the blast at Deondre's plane. In one thunderous explosion Deondre was all alone on his field. "End turn."
Looking down at his deck, Deondre prayed that it would help him. He needed one draw to turn this duel around on Kaiba. ("I need that one card now more than ever.") He drew and snapped the card up right in front of his face. As his vision shifted and he could see the card clearly, a smile lit up his face. ("Say hello to some pain Kaiba.")
He slid his new card into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Monster Returned! This allows me to special summon one monster from any removed from play pile to the field. So I summon your removed Blue-Eyes White Dragon to my field!" A blue portal opened in front of him and Kaiba's mightiest creature flew out of it, crashing to the field with a roar to announce its arrival.
Now Kaiba was mad. It was bad enough to have this scum remove his Blue-Eyes from the game before it even got a chance to see play, but to bring it under his control... "You will pay for this. I promise you that you will pay."
Deondre countered with the corniest joke he could think of. "I'll be sure to send you a check in the mail then." He pointed at the Kaiser Seahorse. "Burst Stream!" His newly acquired dragon charged up a ball of energy that instantly annihilated Kaiba's monster.
Deondre- 8000
Kaiba- 6400
Deondre nodded to his opponent. "Thanks for the dragon Kaiba. End turn."
Kaiba drew and he smiled darkly. "Enjoy it while it lasts, because if I cannot have that dragon then neither shall you! Burst Stream!" His Blue-Eyes charged up its attack.
Deondre pointed at Kaiba's respective dragon. "Burst Stream!"
The two dragon attacks collided in the middle, covering the ring with light. When it cleared there was nothing left of either monster.
Kaiba slid the card he had drawn into his duel disk. "Now I'll use Premature Burial. At the cost of 800 life points I will revive my Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the graveyard."
Deondre flipped his middle card. "Not if I have anything to say about it! I activate the trap card Disappear! This will remove the dragon you are targeting from the game, meaning you wasted your magic card.
Deondre- 8000
Kaiba-
5600
Kaiba fumed quietly. "End turn."
Deondre drew and his eyes widened a little. ("Well well well, have a look at what I drew.") He slid the new card into his duel disk. "I play D.D. Beacon." A green glowing pod appeared on his field. "End turn."
Kaiba drew and frowned. "How disappointing. End turn."
Deondre drew and he slapped down his new card. "I summon Dimensional Warrior in attack mode!" The red haired warrior appeared and hefted his sword. "Attack his life points!"
Kaiba flipped up one of his face-down cards. "Not a chance! I reveal Ring of Destruction!" A metal ring lined with grenades appeared around the Dimensional Warrior's neck. There was click noise and then the ring exploded, destroying the Dimensional Warrior instantly. "When your monster is destroyed we both lose life points equal to its attack points." His lips lifted into a cold smile. "Or I would, except that I am flipping up my Barrel Behind the Door trap card, which will deal you all of the damage. Say goodbye to 2400 of your life points." A golden gun appeared and clicked back its hammer, about to fire at Deondre.
Right before it hit Deondre flipped up his face-down card. "Sorry Kaiba, but I was ready for that. Reveal Curse of Pain! This will repeat the reflection effect of your Barrel Behind the Door, except this time you are the target!" The gun stopped in mid-shot and clicked back into place. It spun around and shot the surprised Kaiba at point blank range, sending him to the ground.
Deondre- 8000
Kaiba- 3200
Deondre looked at his two remaining face-down cards hopefully. They were his last remaining defense against Kaiba. "End turn."
Kaiba came back to his feet and drew. He was done being emotional about this duel. It was time for this major annoyance to be removed. "I play Card of Demise, which allows me to draw until I have five cards in my hand." He drew five cards off the top of his deck and looked them over. "This is what I needed to end this duel." He slid one of the cards from his hand into his duel disk. "Activate Heavy Storm!" A heavy wind picked up on the field, threatening to destroy all of Deondre's face-down cards and his D.D. Beacon.
Deondre flipped his last defense against magic cards. "Reveal Magic Drain! This trap requires that you either discard a magic card from your hand or your Heavy Storm is negated."
Kaiba narrowed his eyes angrily. "I cannot stop you from doing this to me. My Heavy Storm has been negated." He slid the magic card into his graveyard and slapped down his next card. "I will however summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode!" A demon beast carrying a wickedly curved sword appeared. "Attack his life points!" The Vorse Raider lunged across the field and slammed its curved sword down upon Deondre's shoulder, throwing him to a knee.
Deondre- 6100
Kaiba- 3200
Kaiba slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I'll set this and end my turn."
Deondre drew and he smiled. "I've got you now Kaiba. Prepare to take on my ultimate spellcaster." He slid the card he had drawn into his deck. "I activate Monster Reborn to revive my Dark Magician (2500/2100) from the graveyard!" The purple-robed magician appeared on Deondre's field and bowed to his master. Deondre smiled back at his newest and by far coolest cards.
Kaiba growled quietly. "A Dark Magician hmm? I have enough experience with them to know that they are nothing compared to my Blue-Eyes White Dragons."
Deondre pointed at the Vorse Raider. "Shut him up Dark Magician. Dark Magic Attack!" The spellcaster pointed his staff at Kaiba's monster and unleashed a wave of inverted light.
Kaiba flipped up his face-down card. "Reveal Negate Attack! This will stop your attack this turn." A whirling vortex absorbed the energy from the attack and left Kaiba's Vorse Raider untouched.
Deondre sighed and nodded to Kaiba. "End turn."
Kaiba drew, hoping he could try and turn this disaster of duel around. He looked at his newest card and breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Good bye and good riddance to you. I play the magic card Blue-Eyes Revival. By sacrificing my Vorse Raider I may revive a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard to the field." The enormous white scaled dragon re-appeared on Kaiba's field and roared at Deondre, bearing its teeth at the sight of its hated enemy, the Dark Magician. "The only downside to Blue-Eyes Revival is that I may not attack this turn. So make your last draw so I can end this duel."
Deondre drew and smiled. "You talk way too much crap Kaiba. I play Card of Sanctity!" A heavenly light fell over the field. "Now each of us draw until we have six cards in our hand!" He drew his six cards and looked over the cards with a mix of confusion and relief. ("These cards are perfect...but how did they get into my deck.") He knew for a fact that he did own any of these six cards. He wasn't going to complain though. Considering all of the insane things happening at this tournament so far, getting good cards was by far the lowest on the weird stuff scale.
Deondre made sure he had the order he needed to play these cards in perfectly remembered. ("Let's get this chain started.") "I activate the magic card Magical Silk Hats!" A huge black top hat appeared on Deondre's field and fell over his Dark Magician, instantly concealing it. Then the hat changed into four hats. "With this magic card my Dark Magician will remain concealed from view."
("Now for phase two.") Deondre slid two of the cards he was holding into his duel disk. They did not appear on the field though. "I play two cards under one of my Magical Silk Hats." He slid two more cards face-down. "Now I set these two cards normally on my field. End turn."
Kaiba drew and sneered. "You think I am going to fall for this old ploy? I'll show you fool." He slid two cards into his disk. "I set these two cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Deondre drew and smiled at Kaiba. "You're the one who is going to lose his hand in three turns friend, not me. I can play this waiting game as long as you want." Deondre placed a monster in defense on his disk. It did not appear on the field though. "I set this monster inside another of my Magical Silk Hats. End turn."
Kaiba drew and he could almost feel the guillotine of the Card of Demise getting ready to cut his hand apart. ("I need to make some progress before I lose my hand.") "I set two more cards face-down and end my turn."
Deondre drew and his eyes widened. "Wow...It looks like this duel is almost over for you Kaiba."
Kaiba snorted and tilted his head up haughtily. "How foolish of you. You think I will beaten by your pitiful deck?"
Deondre nodded gently. "Yep. Get ready Kaiba, because this duel is over as soon as that guillotine of yours falls. End turn."
Kaiba drew and his eyes widened in surprise. "I believe they call this a topdeck. I play the magic card Card Sanctum." A small shrine appeared on the field and began to pulse.
Deondre raised one of his eyebrows at the card. "What the heck does that do?"
Kaiba took his hand and slid it into his graveyard. "This continuous magic card allows me to gain 500 life points for every card that I sacrifice from my hand to it."
Deondre shrugged. "That's not so bad."
Kaiba snorted. "Clean out your ears stupid. This means I gain 1500 life points every turn."
Deondre's eyes snapped open. "Oh..."
Kaiba smiled at the look of horror that crossed his opponent's face. ("I love watching them do that.") "You know that means that I will just sit here and gain life points, while you slowly deck yourself and hide behind your defenses. Now you have no choice but to try and attack. So come..." He motioned to his Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "And meet your doom!" His laughter echoed across the arena.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The Lord of Dimensions arises
Author's notes: This would be the third chapter I have typed today. I am on a freaking roll. Oh yeah, read and review please. I love to hear from you guys about my story, because reviews that point out the bad stuff of my story is better than no reviews at all.
You know what, ignore me. I'm on babble right now because my hands are in over-type mode. Later.