I came back from the dead!! Well, not really, but I sent her the next part to that, but apparently my dear friend silver hasn't had any time to update it. I still thank her much for posting it for me! =0) Anyway, yes, now that I have my own account, I can save her the trouble of updating! Speaking of updating, here's part number two! (for those of you who haven't read it already…) Oh, and I have a guest for my disclaimer today!
Joey: Hey. Um, she told me to tell y'all that she don't own nothin', 'cept for that freakishly familiar girl…
Robin: Don't call her a freak!
Joey: Why not?
Robin: *grumbles* I can't tell you yet.
PART II
I never thought I'd have one of my own monsters turned against me, Yugi thought as he stared down Raia's current monster, Gaia the Dragon Champion.
"Yugi may be in trouble," Tristan noted somberly.
"No way," Téa protested. "Yugi's pulled himself out of situations way worse than this, and he'll do it again."
"Doubtful," Raia called. "My dragon champion IS a strong monster, but it's nothing compared to the REST of the hazards my deck holds."
Yugi drew his next card. "We'll just see about that," Yugi retorted. "Dark Magician!"
Raia scoffed. "You think that puny mage will stop me? It's about to be open season on your life points, Yugi."
"My magician will stop you in your tracks, as long as you can't find him," Yugi said as he put a magic card on the field.
"Alright!" Joey cheered.
"Magical Hats!"
"What?" Raia cried.
"That's right. To attack my Dark Magician AND my life points, you'll have to pick a hat. But beware, there are many other dangers hiding beneath them as well," Yugi finished as he placed another card face down.
I bet it's a trap card, too. I'll be risking my dragon champion. But... if I can pick the RIGHT hat, it'll destroy what I'm sure is one of his strongest monsters. Raia thought.
"Hmm..." She drew a card. "You're right, Yugi, it will stop me from attacking, for now. But there are plenty of other moves I can make, like this." She placed one card face down on the field as well.
"My turn," Yugi announced. He drew his card. "And I'll lay this on the field, face-down."
Grrr... Another trap? Raia thought, frustrated. This is going nowhere. I'll have to risk an attack. I have to find his monster.
"Gaia, attack the second hat from the left! Find the Dark Magician!" The great warrior charged at the giant hat, destroying it.
What was it? Raia wondered. The resulting smoke blocked her view of Yugi's half of the field.
She heard Yugi chuckle through the smoke. As it cleared, she could see the smirk on his face.
"Too bad, Raia. That was an empty hat, and a wasted turn." And it gives me more time to beat that dragon champion. He drew his card. "I'll end this turn without playing a card, and it's your move."
If Yugi has two traps and a monster under the hats, I destroyed the only empty one there was. Now, it's up to luck, but the odds are against me. She drew a card.
"I'll lay this face down on the field." Now we both have two hidden cards. "Gaia, attack the hat on the far right!"
PLEASE let it be the Dark Magician!!
Raia had to grip the sides of the dueling station to keep herself from being knocked over. Yugi shielded his face from the force of the explosion.
The smoke from the attack clouded the entire field.
She attacked with two cards hidden under the hats?? This should be that champion's last move...
The smoke settled...
...and the image of Yugi's Dark Magician shattered!
Every inhabitant of the room let out a collective gasp, including Pegasus, and Raia.
"I don't believe it!! No one's EVER found Yuge's magician before!!" Joey yelled in amazement.
"I did it!" Raia celebrated. "I actually found the Dark Magician!"
Yugi heard the sound of the computer lowering his life points to 1800. He stared at the empty field, not saying a word.
"Look at him," Téa said. "He's completely out of it."
"S'ok, Yuge," Joey called. "You're still in the lead!"
Yugi's eyes narrowed. Joey's right, and I still have both of these other cards on the field. He drew his card. "I play this monster, in defense mode."
Since I've destroyed his Dark Magician, he has no way of beating my monster. But if he keeps playing in defense mode, I'll never get at his life points. If I attack, though, there's nothing stopping him now from turning over one of those traps.
"I could destroy your monster right now, but I think I'll be generous and give you a free turn," Raia said after drawing her card.
"Very well," Yugi said. "And for my turn, I turn over one of my hidden cards: Monster Recovery!"
"What does that card do?" Raia asked nervously.
"It's a magic card that allows me to recall all the monsters from my graveyard, add them and my hand to my deck, shuffle, and draw five new cards," Yugi explained as he demonstrated the steps. "And with a new hand comes a whole new game! Go, Dark Magician!"
No way! How did he manage to pull that card in the very first draw?!
"Alright, Yugi!" Joey cheered.
"And then I equip him with the Book of Secret Arts!"
"No! That makes him stronger than Gaia!" Raia protested.
"That's right. Dark magic attack!"
Raia gritted her teeth as she saw her monster demolished.
I lost my dragon champion and another two hundred points with that attack. Plus, there's his magician to worry about, again. This kid's a lot better than I gave him credit for. But this game's not over yet... She drew her next card. Skyla, Ruler of Air? It's a strong card, but not strong enough to beat his Dark Magician. At least, not yet...
"I play this card in attack mode: Skyla, Ruler of Air!"
Why would she play that card now? She knows it's no match for my Dark Magician. Well, I can't let any mistake go unpunished.
"Attack, Magician!"
"No way," Raia countered.
"What?" Yugi asked.
"Remember my facedown cards? Well, now I activate Negate Attack, saving Skyla from your magic."
"Grr..." Yugi grumbled.
Raia drew again. "Alright! Go, Temporal Stasis!"
"What is that?" Yugi asked.
"I've never even heard of half these crazy cards!" Joey complained.
"Temporal Stasis freezes all of your monsters on the field for three turns, even ones you play after this. You can't attack with them, and you can't change their position on the field."
"Which makes them vulnerable to any attack!" Yugi finished.
"That's right, Yugi. Just wait. I've got a strategy all ready and waiting to take out your Dark Magician again."
If I can draw the right cards...
"My turn," Yugi announced. "And I'll lay the one monster in defense mode."
"Good idea. You don't want to have anything that I can destroy before your Dark Magician out. That's one turn down. For mine, I play Duri, Ruler of Earth, attack mode!"
That card is weaker than the Dark Magician, too. What's she planning?
"Fine. For this turn, I'll set one card on the field."
"And then there were two," Raia chimed. She drew her card. Yes! Now I only need one more card! But for now... "Ocea, Ruler of Water!"
"You waste your turns playing monsters you know are weaker than the Dark Magician," Yugi said.
"Perhaps. But perhaps they are part of a greater entity the likes of which you can't even imagine," Raia opposed. "And perhaps each of these monsters, though weaker in attack strength than the Dark Magician, are useful in ways you don't even know about."
She's right. I've never seen these cards before. But what could she possibly be scheming?
"Don't listen to her, Yuge," Joey called.
"Yeah, don't let her mess with your head," Téa cheered.
Yugi narrowed his eyes in resolution. He was going to win this match.
"I throw this monster card in defense mode," he announced.
"Only one turn left, Yugi. How does it feel?"
"Perhaps you should be asking yourself that question," he responded.
"Huh?" Raia queried.
"Next turn, my magician will be free to attack, and all of your monsters are still weaker than him. I don't think I'm the one who should be feeling the pressure."
If he only knew... Raia thought nervously. I just need one card... but I still have a whole deck to go through. What if... What happens if... No! I have to put my trust completely into my deck. It's never let me down before... She drew the next card out. And it never will... She slowly turned it over.
"This is it, Yugi! Pyre, Ruler of Fire!"
"What?"
"The time has come, Yugi. Dark Magician or no, you will lose. But for now, mine turn is over."
"As are the effects of your magic card," Yugi added. "What happened to your strategy? Dark Magician, DARK MAGIC ATTACK!!"
"I don't think so. Go, Reciprocate!"
"Huh?" Yugi wondered aloud.
"Nyaaahhh!!" Joey cried in frustration. "ANOTHER card I've never heard of!"
"This card switches the attack and defense of one of my monsters with the attack and defense of one of yours!" Raia said victoriously. "And I choose Skyla, whose attack is only 2400!"
"But that means..." Yugi began.
"You betcha! Go, Skyla! Destroy the Dark Magician!"
For the second time this game, the Dark Magician vanished from the field.