Hey guys!
Sorry this took so long to update, but I've been away on holiday, so I couldn't work on it too much.
From what people have said, Weevil and Espa Roba are pretty even in terms of how much people hate them, along with the maze brothers, Para and Dox.
Now, let's continue the duel between Yugi and the hated Weevil Underwood.
***Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament of the Millennium!***
Chapter 6: Weevil Underwood vs Yugi Moto, Part 2:
The Ultimate Insect Hive
Weevil stopped laughing, chuckling only slightly every so often.
"Yugi! I was expecting to duel you, so I prepared accordingly, with a monster that is unstoppable, even by your standards." His snivelling voice rose slightly in his excitement. "So prepare for your annihilation!"
Yami smirked confidently. He very much doubted if Weevil really had a card which could stand up to the might of his deck, especially since it contained two Egyptian God Cards. But still, it would be entertaining to see Weevil try.
"Go ahead then Weevil. Show me this 'ultimate monster' you babble about so!" commanded Yami.
When Weevil replied his voice was low and sinister. "Certainly, Yugi."
He slid a magic card into his DuelDisk.
"First, I'll activate Monster Reborn to revive my Ultimate Great Moth onto the field!" cried Weevil. The moth re-appeared in front of him, it's wings humming menacingly. "And now I'll Special Summon my Giant Mantis onto the field!" The Giant Mantis shuffled around Weevil and crouched in front of him. "Next I'll summon the Adaptable Ant in attack mode!" A small ant with an attack power of 50 appeared on the field.
Yami stared at it in surprise. Such a weak monster! Apparently Yugi agreed.
What? Why would he place that monster in attack mode? It's so weak!" exclaimed Yugi from his soul room.
He mentioned during the last duel that the Giant Mantis required a sacrifice to attack. I guess that's it. Yami reasoned. Yes, that had to be it.
"Now I'm invoking my Giant Mantis' DeckMaster effect!" shouted Weevil above the purr of the moth's wings. "It allows me to sacrifice 500 of my Mantis' ATK points in order to Special Summon an Insect monster. And I'll use it twice, to revive the Insect Queen and Girochin Kuwagata!"
The two monsters appeared on the field and Weevil grinned. He now had a full complement of monsters, though his Giant Mantis had been reduced to 2300 ATK.
"Now I'll play Polymerization! It will allow me to fuse all five of my insects together to create my greatest monster, the Ultimate Insect Hive!" He laughed triumphantly. The insects were all devoured by the Insect Queen, which began to warp and mutate. Giant moth's wings and a stag beetle horn erupted from it's back and head, respectively. It's front legs transformed into a pair of mantis legs and it's eyes became compounded.
Yami stared at it in shock. "What is it? It's grotesque!" He wrinkled his nose in disgust.
Weevil laughed at Yugi for being so squeamish. "This is the instrument of your destruction. Let me explain it to you." He took a moment to pause and relish the look of mingled shock and horror on Yami's face. "The Hive is a fusion monster which is unique in the fact that it is not a fixed fusion. The only monster required for it is the Insect Queen, plus any other Insect-type monster. You can even fuse multiple Insects at once, as I just revealed!"
He motioned at the giant insect behind him. It opened it's mouth and roared, it's voice a reverberating mixture of five seperate voices.
"And therein lies the potential of the Hive. It's attack power is equal to 300 times the combined level of the fused Insects, which, in this case, is 29. That means it's attack power is an incredible 8400! I seriously doubt if you've ever faced a monster quite like this before." Weevil cackled again.
He was wrong there. Yami had faced off against Slifer once before, and it's power level had shot past the 30,000 point. But 8,400 was still something to be worried about. With that much power not even Slifer or Obelisk could defeat it in a head-to-head.
Weevil continued. "And another thing about the Hive is that it gains all the abilities of the fused Insects. Imagine if I had fused it with a Leghul! Luckily for you, I didn't. But there is a downside to this. Due to the effect of Giant Mantis I am required to tribute a monster to attack. But on the other hand, for every insect I tribute, the Hive will gain 100 more Attack power, due to the effect of Giant Mantis. So that puts it at 8700."
Yami stared at the Hive. It was looking worse and worse the more he learned about it.
Weevil smirked. "I may not be able to attack this turn, but next turn I'll have another monster on the field to tribute, so watch out Yugi!"
Yami drew his next card and grinned. It was just what he needed. He slid it into the DuelDisk and spoke up.
"Weevil! Your insect is indeed mighty, but I have found it's weakness. It's almost a shame that it will never get to make an attack."
Weevil simply smiled and waved dismissively at Yami. "I'm sure it's nothing my Hive can't handle."
"It's there that you're wrong, Weevil! Because I play Soul Taker! It allows me to sacrifice your monster. And I'll sacrifice it to play Slifer the Sky Dragon!" He stared triumphantly at Weevil as the sky began to grow dark with thick clouds and the rumble of thunder. Far above was a twisting red shape, rapidly descending towards them.
"Now comes your destruction Weevil! You now face the wrath of an Egyptian God Card with power unimaginable!" Yami said powerfully.
Weevil simply smirked and stared up at the sky. What he saw made him grin.
"So. That is your so-called God. I don't think much of it. Especially since it's running away like a coward."
Yami looked up in shock. Slifer was indeed flying away. As he watched, it disappeared from sight.
"What?! But why?" He looked at the card sitting on the reader. It had a red light blinking above it. The one that represented an illegal move.
"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you had nothing to sacrifice for it." Weevil looked like he had a great secret he couldn't wait to reveal.
"But Soul Taker allows me to sacrifice your monsters instead of your own!" Yami exclaimed. "Your Hive should be dead!"
"And yet it's not. I wonder why that could be. Maybe it has to do with the fact that it is totally immune to Magic and Trap cards." Weevil had the slightest trace of a condescending smirk on his face.
Yami did a double-take at this. "Immune?!" He could sense Yugi's distress mirroring his own.
How can we beat that? It's way too powerful!
I know. But there must be a way. No card is undefeatable.
Well this one is pretty close! It's got better magic protection than a God Card!
That's true. And now I no longer have Slifer.
Umm...Yami, Weevil's speaking to you.
Thank you Yugi.
Yami's mind returned to the duel and he found Weevil speaking.
"-so that's why my Ultimate Insect Hive is completely invincible!" Weevil let out a long string of laughter.
Yami looked up from examining his fingernails for any dirt. "I'm sorry. What did you say? I wasn't listening." Yami said casually.
"What?! How dare you ignore me! I am Weevil Underwood, the greatest Insect duelist in the world." cried Weevil in a frustrated and aggravated voice.
"And I am Yugi Moto, the number one duelist in the world, which gives me every right not to listen to you." replied Yami in a bored voice.
Weevil ground his teeth. "You think you're so great. Fine, I'll say it again. The reason my Hive is immune to all Magic and Trap effects is because of my Adaptable Ant. As long as Termite Nest is on the field Adaptable Ant is unaffected by any magic. And through fusion that ability was transferred to my Ultimate Insect Hive!"
Yami yawned. "So all I have to do to destroy it is destroy the Termite Nest. Thank you for that." He went back to examining his fingernails. Inside he felt anything but calm. He was simply trying to throw his opponent off. If it seemed like he was in control of the duel Weevil was more likely to make mistakes.
Something suddenly occured to Yugi that would be sure to annoy Yami. Hey Yami.
Yes Yugi?
The way you act. I never knew you could act so calm.
So, what's wrong with that?
Yugi smiled mischeviously. Nothing. he said innocently. Just that you're attitude mirrors Yami Bakura's.
As he had expected, Yami was not happy about his comparison.
I am NOT like that filthy tomb robber. And I never will be.
Yugi decided not to mention Yami's disturbing past exploits.
But you're acting just like him.
I would NEVER act like a common thief.
Yugi was tempted to say "There's nothing common about Bakura" but decided to drop it. They had a duel to attend to. And Yugi's teasing had accomplished it's purpose. Yami was a lot more relaxed now, if just a tad grumpy, and wasn't stressing out about the duel so much.
Yami turned his mind's focus back to the task at hand. There was still the problem of the Hive to attend to. He looked at Weevil's DuelDisk and was startled to read that his Life Points were on 5900. Last time he'd checked they were on 4900. Weevil apparantly hadn't even noticed. Yami came to the conclusion that Weevil had still gained the 1000 Life Points from him playing Soul Taker.
Yami slapped himself mentally and began to assess his side of the field. He was only able to change the mode of one of his monsters, so he decided to switch the Dark Magician Girl into Defense Mode. With that done, he ended his turn.
Weevil drew his next card and grinned.
"Look Yami. I drew Cockroach Knight.Everytime it dies it goes back to the top of the deck, so my Hive will be able to attack every turn! Now, I'll tribute the Cockroach Knight to attack Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! Destroy that, that thing!"
The Hive reared back and launched a spray of acid at the Magna Warrior. It poured all over the unfortunate monster, which writhed in pain silently before disintergrating into dust. Yami watched his Life Points drop to 2800 with a terrible grimace on his face.
Yugi tried to shake Yami out of his silence with comforting words, but Yami only responded with occasional, negative comments.
Come on Yami! We can do this!
How? There's nothing we have that can beat it.
We have the God Cards! And we have faith. That's all we need.
But it's immune to pretty much everything.
Yugi appeared beside Yami in his spiritual form.
"So that's it? You're just giving up?" Yugi seemed quite upset.
Yami looked at him, his eyes slightly dulled.
"No. I'm not giving up. I'm just having a hard time trying to figure out a strategy."
Yugi strained his mind. "What about Obelisk? His Soul Energy Max would destroy the Hive."
Yami looked at him doubtfully. "Maybe. But it will be hard to get that many monsters onto the field."
"Come on! We have to do something! Hey, what's that?"
Yami slowly became aware of someone shouting to him.
"Kaiba?" Yami looked at the older boy, who seemed furious with him.
"Yugi, you'd better win this duel! If you lose we won't get our re-match! The one you promised me after Battle City. Do you remember?"
"Yes." Yami seemed to awaken at that moment. "Yes. I do. And I know how to finish this."
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Seto stepped out of his helicopter. This was the park. And judging by the noise, he knew where Yugi's duel was taking place.
A few minutes later he emerged from the trees into the clearing where Yugi was duelling. He walked over to a spectator and grabbed him roughly.
"You. What's happened so far?"
The guy pulled away from his grip and smoothed the wrinkles out of his blue satin jacket. His green-haired head bobbed up and down foolishly.
"Well, Underwood summoned ah Great Moth, but then the Moto kid summoned ah Magna thing, Valkyrion or summin like tha'. An' now Weevil's gotta creepy, super-strong insect tha's shreddin' little Moto's Life Points. The Moto kid's gonna lose so bad!" he exclaimed happily.
Seto shook his head in contempt. "There's nothing so sad as a deluded fan of Weevil Underwood."
The other guy shook his fist at him dazedly. Seto was pretty sure he was either drunk, or on drugs. Either way, he was just a creep who disrespected his body. But Seto had what he needed.
Seto shoved his way to the front of the crowd to find himself standing directly behind Yugi. He could see Yugi's hand perfectly. Yugi seemed to be in a state of shock and didn't seem able to continue. Seto growled in frustration. If Yugi lost here Seto would have come to the tournament for nothing. Apparently Yugi didn't see any avenues left, but Seto believed he just wasn't thinking things through. There was no way Yugi would not be able to come up with something, anything, to stop the freaky bug's onslaught.
Seto shouted Yugi's name a few times, but he seemed completely out of it. But he persisted. Eventually Yugi began to stir.
"Yugi, you'd better win this duel! If you lose we won't get our re-match! The one you promised me after Battle City. Do you remember?" shouted Seto commandingly. He'd promised Yugi and himself they would have a re-match a few weeks after the Noa incident.
"Yes." Yami looked at Seto gratefully. "Yes. I do. And I know how to finish this."
Seto smiled coldly. Weevil would have no idea what hit him.
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Yami looked at his hand. He needed one more card to finish the duel, but he hadn't drawn it. But he felt sure he would soon. Kaiba's reminder had also reminded him of Yugi's promise to his grandfather that he would try his hardest. And Grandpa and Tea were here, cheering him on! He couldn't fail. Not with their support.
"I will pass my turn. Now it's your turn Weevil." Yami stated bluntly.
"Ohh, too scared to do anything are we? I saw you freeze up before. I know the truth. You may act tough, but really you're scared out of your wits." Weevil smirked. "Now I'll have my Hive destroy your Dark Magician Girl."
The Dark Magician Girl screamed in agony as she slowly burnt to death. Both Yami and the Dark Magician looked shocked and disturbed at how realistic that had been. The crowd's opinion seemed to mirror their's.
Yami stared at his deck. He had no low-level monsters in his hand, so if he didn't draw what he needed he would lose. Suddenly he heard a shout and turned to find Tea and Grandpa waving madly at him, cheering for him. Yami felt his strength rise and drew his card confidently. He didn't even need to look at it. He could feel that it was the right one.
"Now I'll activate...Monster Reborn!" Yami glared triumphantly at Weevil. "And I will revive Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! Next, I'll play De-Fusion to split him back into his component parts!"
Valkyrion glowed and seperated into Alpha, Beta and Gamma the Magnet Warriors. The Dark Magician smiled. Now came his part. He stepped in front of Yami and swung his staff, revealing a card from a shower of sparks.
His deep, smooth voice was confident and strong. "Now my master will activate Devil's Sanctuary! And, using the magic of my staff, I will allow him to activate it again!" He slammed his staff into the enlarged card and two Devil Token's burst forth from the card. He then leapt nimbly back behind Yami.
Yami stepped forward confidently. "And now that I have five monsters on the field I will sacrifice the three Magnet Warriors to summon...OBELISK THE TORMENTOR!"
The ground began to quiver and shake and there was a loud rumbling as the ground split apart beneath him. Obelisk rose imposingly from the fissure, up to his knees. His sadistic grin widened as he could sense what was happening next.
Weevil collapsed to his knees, partly due to the vibrations, partly in shock. "What... is that?" he whispered in an awed voice.
"Now I will sacrifice both of my Devil Tokens to activate Obelisk's special ability, the Soul Energy Max!" Yami laughed loudly, as there was nothing that could save Weevil now.
Weevil watched Obelisk's power meter in shock, as it changed from his ATK and DEF to read SOUL MAX. He was so surprised by this that he didn't even notice as Obelisk reared his fist back and swung it forward. A second later he was thrown backwards as the attack struck.
The duel was over. His DeckMaster had been destroyed. Weevil had lost.
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Yugi smiled happily as he stared at the card he'd just won, the Giant Mantis. It wasn't suited to his deck, but he'd keep it anyway. He felt a hand clap down on his shoulder. He turned, expecting to see Grandpa and Tea behind him. It was Kaiba.
"Come on Yugi. I have a proposition to make." He walked purposefully away from the clearing.
Yugi turned to look at the crowd, which had gathered around the fissure Obelisk had emerged from. If he left he might lose Tea and his Grandpa, but Kaiba looked pretty serious.
With a little mental urging from Yami he turned and ran after Kaiba.
"What's he want, anyway?" Yugi wondered to himself.
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Joey turned away from the TV screen. He'd just caught the end of Yugi's duel and was feeling in high spirits. He turned away from the TV and realised that someone was staring at him. It was a freaky-looking guy with a weird red suit and a mask. The way he was staring began to get on Joey's nerves.
"Whadda ya want, ya freak?" He said roughly as he shoved past the guy.
"You know Yugi Moto." The man's voice was strange, cheerful-sounding, yet not at all cheery.
"Yeah, I know 'im. Why d'ya wanna know?" Joey stared straight at the guy.
"I simply wish to duel you. I have pledged to duel all friends of Yugi Moto, before I thank him for saving my life and then," he stopped to consider what to say next. "And then, I will eliminate him."
Joey smirked. Obviously the guy had no idea just how good Yugi was, or himself for that matter.
"Fine. Ah'll duel ya. But first I wanna know yer name."
The man grinned. "Certainly. It's Arkana."
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