Yugi and Nightmare began their duel as they both drew their first five
cards from their duel disks.
"I'll start," Yugi said drawing his first card. "I play Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000) and when he's normal summoned, he gets a magic counter that raises his attack to 1900." His red-armored magic warrior appeared wielding a sword and shield.
Nightmare's Turn-
"Yugi," Nightmare began. "I'm sure I could beat you with only 4000 life points. So I'll play halfway until then."
"Don't be so sure of yourself," Yugi said. "For the sake of my puzzle, I won't lose!"
Nightmare drew his card and told Yugi in his controlled voice, "I play Muka- Muka (600/300) in attack mode." As the small rock-like creature appeared, it suddenly grew to a great size. "And for every card in my hand, his attack and defense grow by 300 making him 2100/1800. Think of him as a weaker Osiris. Muka-Muka, attack Breaker the Magical Warrior, Pincer Crush!" His monster raised his enlarged claw at the spellcaster and crushed him with the blow. "That will end my turn."
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 8000
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and looked relieved, "I play Card Destruction, making us draw a new hand." Nightmare and Yugi each discarded their five cards and drew five new ones. "I also play Brain Control, taking control of your Muka- Muka." A huge brain appeared on the field and sent out translucent waves towards the rock creature's head and suddenly, it walked towards Yugi defending him. But as it did, it shrunk a little.
"A lot of good that does," Nightmare said. "You have four cards in your hands so Muka-Muka becomes an 1800 attacker."
"I'm well aware of that," Yugi said about to play another card. "I'll sacrifice it to bring out Dark Magician (2500/2100)," as the rock creature vanished, Yugi's favorite spellcaster appeared. "Dark Magician, attack Nightmare's life points directly, Dark Magic Attack!" The purple armored magician pointed directly at the black robed eliminator and fired a black bolt of magic of direct damage to Nightmare.
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 5500
"That's the way!" Joey cheered on. "A direct hit!"
Mai however was thinking differently, 'I don't know Joey. Nightmare didn't look upset at all. Maybe he was serious about that 4000 life points.'
"And I'll play one card face down to end my turn," Yugi said and the face down card appeared behind Dark Magician.
Nightmare's turn-
Nightmare drew his card and said, "I play one card face down and I play Opticlops (1800/1700) in attack mode, and I'll equip him with Axe of Despair increasing his attack to 2800." As the one-eyed monster appeared, an axe appeared in his right hand. "Attack Opticlops, behead the Dark Magician!"
Opticlops charged forward and swung his axe in a horizontal arc towards the Dark Magician's neck. But before it could connect, a bright light shot out and it was so powerful, it vaporized the axe-wielding Opticlops.
"That would be Mirror Force," Yugi said flipping his face down card. "Destroying your Opticlops."
"Your turn," Nightmare said, sounding pretty sure of himself.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi wasn't strategizing. He was filled with anger only wanting to take Nightmare down.
"I draw and I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode," Yugi said as his magic warrior appeared beside Dark Magician. "With Dark Magician, I'll attack your face down card, Dark Magic Attack!" The purple armored magician raised his left palm and emitted a wave of energy turning colors negative that passed by it. It revealed the face down card, Newdoria.
"Not Newdoria!" Yugi said.
"Yes it is," Nightmare said. "And as he falls, he takes Neo the Magic Swordsman with him."
It was done. As Newdoria sunk into the ground, he grabbed Neo by his leg and they were both sent to the graveyard.
"Then I'll end my turn," Yugi said.
Nightmare's turn-
"Here's what's going to hurt," Nightmare said drawing his card. "I play Soul Release, removing up to five cards from the current duel and I'll remove Breaker the Magical Warrior, Card Destruction, Mirror Force, Neo the Magic Swordsman and Dark Magician Girl."
Yugi took those cards out of his graveyards and placed them into a side slot, out of the current duel.
"And I'll put one card face down in defense mode, ending my turn." Nightmare said.
Yugi's turn-
"I don't care what cards you play Salazar," Yugi said drawing his card. "I WILL get my puzzle back. First I play Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800) in attack mode. First, I'll attack your face down card with Dark Magician. Dark Magic Attack!" His spellcaster fired another black blast of energy at the card, revealing to be Wall of Illusion.
"Thanks for attacking," Nightmare said as his wall monster went to the graveyard, Dark Magician vanished from the field. "When attacking Wall of Illusion, that monster gets sent back to your hand."
Yugi returned his favorite card back to his hand and said, "Now Gamma, attack his life points directly!" The winged magnet warrior flew up and crashed right into Nightmare and flew back to Yugi's side of the field. "That will end my turn."
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 4000
Nightmare's turn-
"As promised," Nightmare's said in his controlled voice while drawing his card. "Once I lose more than half of my life points, I'll get serious. Prepare yourself. First, I play three cards face down and one card face down in defense mode. Attack it if you have the courage. Or was it the Millennium Puzzle that had all the courage?"
Yugi's turn-
"I'll show you!" Yugi said quickly drew his card. "I'll sacrifice Gamma the Magnet Warrior and bring out Dark Magician!" As the winged magnet warrior vanished, the Dark Magician reappeared again. "Attack his face down card, Dark Magician Attack!" His monster fired another black bolt of magic towards the face down card, but as it was about to hit, an odd looking tree was flipped and right at the bottom of the tree emitted some strange orange light. As the Dark Magic Attack hit it, the orange light from Fiber Jar encased the entire battle field making Yugi's Dark Magician and Nightmare's face down cards vanished as well.
"That was Fiber Jar," Nightmare's controlled voice said. "It makes us return all cards except for ones removed from the game back to our decks. Then we return those cards to our deck, reshuffle it, and draw five new cards. Basically restarting the duel."
Both Yugi and the controlled eliminator took their hand, graveyard and the monsters on the field into their decks. They then shuffled their decks several times and placed them back in their Duel Disks.
"Since I already attacked, I'll place two cards face down ending my turn," Yugi said and what appeared defending him were two face down cards.
Nightmare's turn-
Nightmare drew his sixth card then said, "I play Pot of Greed, and Graceful Charity," he drew five more cards and discarded two cards to the graveyard. "That's not all; I play four cards face down and I'll play one card face down in defense mode." Five cards appeared on his field protecting him. "Ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
'I don't like what he might have face down,' Yugi thought. 'He must be biding his time until he draws Osiris.'
Yugi drew his card and thought to himself, 'This could be useful.'
"I play Skilled White Magician (1700/1900) in attack mode," Yugi said as the white-robed spellcaster appeared defending him. "I play Pigeonholding Books of Spell," Yugi placed the card in a slot on his Duel Disk and walked over to Nightmare. "This card allows me to see the top three cards in your deck and rearrange them how I want."
Nightmare handed over his top three cards, not looking at them as he handed them over to Yugi.
'Acid Trap Hole, Osiris!' Yugi thought as he gasped. 'And Riryoku.' Then Yugi put Riryoku first, then Acid Trap Hole and finally Osiris at the bottom.
"I saw the look in your eyes," the Nightmare's controlled voice said. "You saw your old God card again didn't you? Besides I saw the back of the cards, did you know the Egyptian God cards have backs that match their color?"
'So he knows,' Yugi thought. 'I have to think of something in three turns.'
"I'm not finished," Yugi said as he walked back to his side of the field. "From my magic card, Skilled White Magician gets a spell counter when he gets three get ready to feel the pain. Now Skilled White Magician, attack his face down card with Entity of Light!" The white-robed spellcaster aimed his staff at the face down card and fired a white blast of magic resembling a sword-wielding warrior, destroying it, revealing to be Witch of the Black Forest.
"Because of Witch of Black Forest's effect," Nightmare said taking a card out of his deck and putting it into his hand. "I get to place a monster of 1500 or less defense from my deck to my hand." After placing it into his hand, he reshuffled his deck.
'Why would he do that?' Yugi thought. 'Osiris could have been brought out in only three more turns. Unless he's planning it to bring it out later when he has more cards and what about those three face down cards? Those need to be destroyed.'
Nightmare's turn-
Nightmare drew his card then said, "I play the Magic card Exchange." He then walked over to Yugi saying. "We each show each other our hands and take one card."
Yugi showed his three cards: Skilled Dark Magician, Curse of Dragon, and Monster Reborn.
Nightmare showed his three cards: Riryoku, Fairy Meteor Crush, Gadget Soldier and Sangan.
"I'll take Monster Reborn," Nightmare said putting it in his hand.
"And I'll take Riryoku," Yugi said putting it in his hand.
"And I'll end my turn playing one card face down ending my turn," Nightmare said placing the card on his Duel Disk.
Yugi's turn-
"I draw and I play Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700) in attack mode," beside Skilled White Magician appeared beside his dark counterpart. "Now I'll attack your face down card with Skilled White Magician, Entity of Lightness!" The white robed spellcaster fired a white blast of magic resembling a sword-wielding warrior at the face down card, revealing it to be the three-eyed fiend Sangan (1000/600) vaporizing it from the field.
"Why thank you," Nightmare said pulling out a card in his deck, placed it in his hand and shuffled his deck back into the Duel Disk. "Now I get to select one monster with an attack power of 1500 or less from my deck to my hand."
"That isn't all," Yugi said. "I'll now attack your life points directly with Skilled Dark Magician, Entity of Darkness!" The black robed spellcaster fired a black blast of magic resembling a staff-wielding magician at Nightmare.
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 2100
"And I'll end my turn," Yugi said.
"Man," Joey said. "Yugi's hardly been hit and he's ripping through Nightmare like an amateur."
"I don't know Joey," Mai said. "Something tells me he wants Yugi to hit him hard. I'm suspicious on those three face down cards..."
Joey looked over and said, "Hey Yeah. If those were trap cards wouldn't he have played them already?"
Mai nodded as she and Joey looked on at the duel.
Nightmare didn't look devastated from the blow he just took as he drew his card. "I play Swords of Revealing Light." Several bright swords shot down and they surrounded Yugi's monsters, preventing them from attacking. "Three turns and I'm sure that's all I'll need. That will end my turn."
Yugi's turn-
"Well because three magic cards were played while my Skilled White Magician was out, he has three magic counters." Yugi said drawing his card while taking out his deck, taking out a card and placing it on the field. "Well I'll offer the three magic counters and my Skilled White Magician to bring out Buster Blader (2600/2300)!"
The white robed magician lifted up his staff and a beam of light shined down on him. The light got bright. So bright that no one could see the Skilled White Magician anymore and when the light faded, an armored warrior wielding a large sword fell from the sky and slammed into the ground unharmed.
"Plus, he gets 500 more attack points for every dragon on your side of the field and in your graveyard," Yugi said. "And I'll also play the magic card, Magic Sanctuary." Behind Yugi, a large stone building arose from the ground and a large magic symbol illuminated high above the stone structure. "Its first effect is we both put one magic card from our deck to our hands," Yugi explained as he and Nightmare took out their decks, picked a magic card and placed it into their hands. Then they shuffled their decks and placed them back in their Duel Disks. "And its other effect is that we can play Magic cards during other player's turns and I'll end my turn."
Nightmare's turn-
"Two turns left now," Nightmare said referring to the Swords of Revealing Light while he drew his card. "I pass my turn."
Yugi's turn-
'He must be expecting to draw Osiris soon,' Yugi thought drawing his card. 'But with Riryoku, any of my monsters could overpower an Egyptian God card.'
"I play Curse of Dragon (2000/1500) in attack mode," Yugi said as his yellow appeared and let out a screech. "And I'll end my turn."
Nightmare's turn-
"Now one turn left until Osiris will appear," Nightmare's predicted drawing his card. "I play Monster Reborn reviving Sangan (1000/600) from my graveyard and I'll play the Magic card Monster Recovery." Nightmare took out his deck from the Duel Disk, put his three cards and Sangan on top of his deck then shuffled it. He drew the top three cards as his new hand and at the top of his deck rested a card with a red back. "And I'll play the magic card, Delinquent Duo."
Two imps appeared. The purple one had the number one on its forehead and the blue one had the number two on its head.
"We both randomly discard one card from your hand," Nightmare said and directing his finger to one of his cards. "I choose for you to discard the card on your left."
The purple imp created a blue blast of energy and shot it towards Yugi's left card, Celtic Guardian, sending it to the graveyard.
"Now you have to randomly discard a card from your hand," Nightmare said.
Yugi placed his only two cards face down and switched their positions several times. When he stopped, he picked up the card on his right and revealed it to the second imp.
The blue imp created a purple blast of energy and shot it towards Yugi's card, Riryoku, sending it to Nightmare's graveyard.
'Oh no,' Yugi thought. 'How will I be able to defeat an Egyptian God now?'
"So much for your strategy," Nightmare's controlled voice said. "Looks like have to lose even faster."
Yugi's turn-
"Since you played another Magic card, that makes a total of three magic cards played while he was out. I can activate Skilled Dark Magician's effect, which is I'll offer those three magic counters and Skilled Dark Magician to special summon the Dark Magician (2500/2100).
The Skilled Dark Magician lifted his staff and a sphere of darkness surrounded him. It was so dark the black robed spellcaster could no longer be seen. Then the sphere levitated up several feet. Then, the sphere shattered open and there was the Dark Magician. It lowered back down to the field beside Buster Blader.
"I'm not finished," Yugi said. "I play my last card, Polymerization, fusing Dark Magician and Buster Blader to form the Dark Paladin (2900/2400)."
The two monsters merged together and formed an even more powerful monster. It looked like the Dark Magician, but it had Buster Blader's armor and instead of a staff, the fused monster held a mighty sword.
"His attack power rises to 3400 since there is one dragon on either of our fields and graveyards," Yugi added. "And I end my turn."
Nightmare's turn-
As his turn began, the Swords of Revealing Light vanished and Nightmare drew his card knowing exactly what it was, "Here it comes, prepare to lose everything, Muto. I first play Raigeki, destroying all your monsters."
"I discard the only card from my hand to negate and destroy your magic card," Yugi said placing it in his graveyard slot.
Thunder clouds gathered around Yugi's two monsters, a bolt of lightning shot down at them. But before they could hit, Dark Paladin shined gold and shielded the attack completely.
"You fell for my trap," Nightmare said. "I play Heavy Storm, destroying all Magic and Trap cards on the field, including my own."
A great gust of wind broke out and Yugi's Magic Sanctuary broke up, brick by brick. Also, Nightmare's face down cards were gone with the wind. But before they were destroyed, three identical looking monsters came from the cards and landed on the field.
"What are those?" Yugi asked.
"Those were my three face down cards," Nightmare said placing the trap cards on the field as if they were monsters. "When they're destroyed while being face down, I get to special summon a Wicked Token with 1000 attack and defense points. And there's three. Enough to summon an Egyptian God."
"Oh no!" Yugi said realizing he was being played during this whole duel.
"Nightmare's just been stalling to do this," Mai said. "He didn't care how many life points he lost."
"How's Yugi gonna pull this off?" Joey asked.
"Well it looks like I arrived just in time," a voice said behind Joey and Mai.
They turned around and saw Seto Kaiba just arriving...
~Meanwhile~
Bakura was looking around the castle, unable to find anything. The Spirit of the Ring wasn't in control at the moment and the light side of Bakura was intrigued about the castle.
"It looks much different than I was last here," Bakura said to himself. "Well it's been years since I've been anywhere..."
Bakura sighed and wondered what his old friends were doing.
'They were the best friends I ever had,' Bakura thought. 'I hope I can get to see them again.'
'You will,' the Spirit of the Ring said to him telepathically.
'What? What do you mean?' Bakura asked him.
'They're contestants on the island. We will meet up with them soon.'
Just then, the Millennium Ring began reacting wildly. The pointers were pointing down the hall. Bakura followed it and as he arrived down the hall, it pointed to right. Bakura continued following the Ring's pointers and when they stopped he saw someone he hadn't seen in a while.
"Yugi!" Bakura exclaimed as he looked through a window and saw his other old friends at a distance down the stone stairs. "And Joey and Mai! They're here, too!"
'That's not all,' the Spirit of the Ring thought looking at what Yugi was facing. 'Yugi seems to be in a heap of trouble at the moment, let's see him get out of this.'
"But why did the ring react?" Bakura asked the Spirit of the Ring.
'Well,' the Spirit of the Ring explained. 'Yugi possesses the Millennium Tauk. But I sense another Millennium Item present at the duel. We'll need to get a closer look.'
"How?" Bakura asked. "Salazar told us not to leave the castle and the only exit is blocked by his guards."
Just then, Bakura got an evil look on his face and said, "Then we'll make an exit!"
Yami Bakura kicked the window, shattering the glass. He jumped out and slid down the steep ledge and when he arrived to the bottom he crouched down getting a close-up view of the duel on Nightmare's side. He looked down at the bag and sensed that it was the Millennium Puzzle.
'So Yugi even got his Puzzle stolen,' Yami Bakura thought. 'I've never thought him to be so careless.'
"Prepare yourself," Nightmare's controlled voice said. "I'll sacrifice all three of my Wicked Tokens to summon the Egyptian God Card, Saint Dragon God Osiris (X000/X000)!"
Yami Bakura gasped when he heard this.
'Yugi's God Card too?' Yami Bakura thought but then smirked, 'Let's see the boy get out of this all on his own. But something's not right. That duelist's voice sounds as if he's being controlled by Salazar, but I would've known if he was being controlled...'
As Yami Bakura pondered, the long two-mouthed red dragon appeared and let out a loud roar at Yugi ready for his first attack...
NOTE: As I said in a previous chapter, I'll be using some Japanese cards like Magic Sanctuary. Trust me, they are real cards and will be used in future episodes of the anime but they might have different names and their effects might be a little different. Please bare with me.
"I'll start," Yugi said drawing his first card. "I play Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000) and when he's normal summoned, he gets a magic counter that raises his attack to 1900." His red-armored magic warrior appeared wielding a sword and shield.
Nightmare's Turn-
"Yugi," Nightmare began. "I'm sure I could beat you with only 4000 life points. So I'll play halfway until then."
"Don't be so sure of yourself," Yugi said. "For the sake of my puzzle, I won't lose!"
Nightmare drew his card and told Yugi in his controlled voice, "I play Muka- Muka (600/300) in attack mode." As the small rock-like creature appeared, it suddenly grew to a great size. "And for every card in my hand, his attack and defense grow by 300 making him 2100/1800. Think of him as a weaker Osiris. Muka-Muka, attack Breaker the Magical Warrior, Pincer Crush!" His monster raised his enlarged claw at the spellcaster and crushed him with the blow. "That will end my turn."
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 8000
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and looked relieved, "I play Card Destruction, making us draw a new hand." Nightmare and Yugi each discarded their five cards and drew five new ones. "I also play Brain Control, taking control of your Muka- Muka." A huge brain appeared on the field and sent out translucent waves towards the rock creature's head and suddenly, it walked towards Yugi defending him. But as it did, it shrunk a little.
"A lot of good that does," Nightmare said. "You have four cards in your hands so Muka-Muka becomes an 1800 attacker."
"I'm well aware of that," Yugi said about to play another card. "I'll sacrifice it to bring out Dark Magician (2500/2100)," as the rock creature vanished, Yugi's favorite spellcaster appeared. "Dark Magician, attack Nightmare's life points directly, Dark Magic Attack!" The purple armored magician pointed directly at the black robed eliminator and fired a black bolt of magic of direct damage to Nightmare.
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 5500
"That's the way!" Joey cheered on. "A direct hit!"
Mai however was thinking differently, 'I don't know Joey. Nightmare didn't look upset at all. Maybe he was serious about that 4000 life points.'
"And I'll play one card face down to end my turn," Yugi said and the face down card appeared behind Dark Magician.
Nightmare's turn-
Nightmare drew his card and said, "I play one card face down and I play Opticlops (1800/1700) in attack mode, and I'll equip him with Axe of Despair increasing his attack to 2800." As the one-eyed monster appeared, an axe appeared in his right hand. "Attack Opticlops, behead the Dark Magician!"
Opticlops charged forward and swung his axe in a horizontal arc towards the Dark Magician's neck. But before it could connect, a bright light shot out and it was so powerful, it vaporized the axe-wielding Opticlops.
"That would be Mirror Force," Yugi said flipping his face down card. "Destroying your Opticlops."
"Your turn," Nightmare said, sounding pretty sure of himself.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi wasn't strategizing. He was filled with anger only wanting to take Nightmare down.
"I draw and I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode," Yugi said as his magic warrior appeared beside Dark Magician. "With Dark Magician, I'll attack your face down card, Dark Magic Attack!" The purple armored magician raised his left palm and emitted a wave of energy turning colors negative that passed by it. It revealed the face down card, Newdoria.
"Not Newdoria!" Yugi said.
"Yes it is," Nightmare said. "And as he falls, he takes Neo the Magic Swordsman with him."
It was done. As Newdoria sunk into the ground, he grabbed Neo by his leg and they were both sent to the graveyard.
"Then I'll end my turn," Yugi said.
Nightmare's turn-
"Here's what's going to hurt," Nightmare said drawing his card. "I play Soul Release, removing up to five cards from the current duel and I'll remove Breaker the Magical Warrior, Card Destruction, Mirror Force, Neo the Magic Swordsman and Dark Magician Girl."
Yugi took those cards out of his graveyards and placed them into a side slot, out of the current duel.
"And I'll put one card face down in defense mode, ending my turn." Nightmare said.
Yugi's turn-
"I don't care what cards you play Salazar," Yugi said drawing his card. "I WILL get my puzzle back. First I play Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800) in attack mode. First, I'll attack your face down card with Dark Magician. Dark Magic Attack!" His spellcaster fired another black blast of energy at the card, revealing to be Wall of Illusion.
"Thanks for attacking," Nightmare said as his wall monster went to the graveyard, Dark Magician vanished from the field. "When attacking Wall of Illusion, that monster gets sent back to your hand."
Yugi returned his favorite card back to his hand and said, "Now Gamma, attack his life points directly!" The winged magnet warrior flew up and crashed right into Nightmare and flew back to Yugi's side of the field. "That will end my turn."
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 4000
Nightmare's turn-
"As promised," Nightmare's said in his controlled voice while drawing his card. "Once I lose more than half of my life points, I'll get serious. Prepare yourself. First, I play three cards face down and one card face down in defense mode. Attack it if you have the courage. Or was it the Millennium Puzzle that had all the courage?"
Yugi's turn-
"I'll show you!" Yugi said quickly drew his card. "I'll sacrifice Gamma the Magnet Warrior and bring out Dark Magician!" As the winged magnet warrior vanished, the Dark Magician reappeared again. "Attack his face down card, Dark Magician Attack!" His monster fired another black bolt of magic towards the face down card, but as it was about to hit, an odd looking tree was flipped and right at the bottom of the tree emitted some strange orange light. As the Dark Magic Attack hit it, the orange light from Fiber Jar encased the entire battle field making Yugi's Dark Magician and Nightmare's face down cards vanished as well.
"That was Fiber Jar," Nightmare's controlled voice said. "It makes us return all cards except for ones removed from the game back to our decks. Then we return those cards to our deck, reshuffle it, and draw five new cards. Basically restarting the duel."
Both Yugi and the controlled eliminator took their hand, graveyard and the monsters on the field into their decks. They then shuffled their decks several times and placed them back in their Duel Disks.
"Since I already attacked, I'll place two cards face down ending my turn," Yugi said and what appeared defending him were two face down cards.
Nightmare's turn-
Nightmare drew his sixth card then said, "I play Pot of Greed, and Graceful Charity," he drew five more cards and discarded two cards to the graveyard. "That's not all; I play four cards face down and I'll play one card face down in defense mode." Five cards appeared on his field protecting him. "Ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
'I don't like what he might have face down,' Yugi thought. 'He must be biding his time until he draws Osiris.'
Yugi drew his card and thought to himself, 'This could be useful.'
"I play Skilled White Magician (1700/1900) in attack mode," Yugi said as the white-robed spellcaster appeared defending him. "I play Pigeonholding Books of Spell," Yugi placed the card in a slot on his Duel Disk and walked over to Nightmare. "This card allows me to see the top three cards in your deck and rearrange them how I want."
Nightmare handed over his top three cards, not looking at them as he handed them over to Yugi.
'Acid Trap Hole, Osiris!' Yugi thought as he gasped. 'And Riryoku.' Then Yugi put Riryoku first, then Acid Trap Hole and finally Osiris at the bottom.
"I saw the look in your eyes," the Nightmare's controlled voice said. "You saw your old God card again didn't you? Besides I saw the back of the cards, did you know the Egyptian God cards have backs that match their color?"
'So he knows,' Yugi thought. 'I have to think of something in three turns.'
"I'm not finished," Yugi said as he walked back to his side of the field. "From my magic card, Skilled White Magician gets a spell counter when he gets three get ready to feel the pain. Now Skilled White Magician, attack his face down card with Entity of Light!" The white-robed spellcaster aimed his staff at the face down card and fired a white blast of magic resembling a sword-wielding warrior, destroying it, revealing to be Witch of the Black Forest.
"Because of Witch of Black Forest's effect," Nightmare said taking a card out of his deck and putting it into his hand. "I get to place a monster of 1500 or less defense from my deck to my hand." After placing it into his hand, he reshuffled his deck.
'Why would he do that?' Yugi thought. 'Osiris could have been brought out in only three more turns. Unless he's planning it to bring it out later when he has more cards and what about those three face down cards? Those need to be destroyed.'
Nightmare's turn-
Nightmare drew his card then said, "I play the Magic card Exchange." He then walked over to Yugi saying. "We each show each other our hands and take one card."
Yugi showed his three cards: Skilled Dark Magician, Curse of Dragon, and Monster Reborn.
Nightmare showed his three cards: Riryoku, Fairy Meteor Crush, Gadget Soldier and Sangan.
"I'll take Monster Reborn," Nightmare said putting it in his hand.
"And I'll take Riryoku," Yugi said putting it in his hand.
"And I'll end my turn playing one card face down ending my turn," Nightmare said placing the card on his Duel Disk.
Yugi's turn-
"I draw and I play Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700) in attack mode," beside Skilled White Magician appeared beside his dark counterpart. "Now I'll attack your face down card with Skilled White Magician, Entity of Lightness!" The white robed spellcaster fired a white blast of magic resembling a sword-wielding warrior at the face down card, revealing it to be the three-eyed fiend Sangan (1000/600) vaporizing it from the field.
"Why thank you," Nightmare said pulling out a card in his deck, placed it in his hand and shuffled his deck back into the Duel Disk. "Now I get to select one monster with an attack power of 1500 or less from my deck to my hand."
"That isn't all," Yugi said. "I'll now attack your life points directly with Skilled Dark Magician, Entity of Darkness!" The black robed spellcaster fired a black blast of magic resembling a staff-wielding magician at Nightmare.
Yugi: 7800
Nightmare: 2100
"And I'll end my turn," Yugi said.
"Man," Joey said. "Yugi's hardly been hit and he's ripping through Nightmare like an amateur."
"I don't know Joey," Mai said. "Something tells me he wants Yugi to hit him hard. I'm suspicious on those three face down cards..."
Joey looked over and said, "Hey Yeah. If those were trap cards wouldn't he have played them already?"
Mai nodded as she and Joey looked on at the duel.
Nightmare didn't look devastated from the blow he just took as he drew his card. "I play Swords of Revealing Light." Several bright swords shot down and they surrounded Yugi's monsters, preventing them from attacking. "Three turns and I'm sure that's all I'll need. That will end my turn."
Yugi's turn-
"Well because three magic cards were played while my Skilled White Magician was out, he has three magic counters." Yugi said drawing his card while taking out his deck, taking out a card and placing it on the field. "Well I'll offer the three magic counters and my Skilled White Magician to bring out Buster Blader (2600/2300)!"
The white robed magician lifted up his staff and a beam of light shined down on him. The light got bright. So bright that no one could see the Skilled White Magician anymore and when the light faded, an armored warrior wielding a large sword fell from the sky and slammed into the ground unharmed.
"Plus, he gets 500 more attack points for every dragon on your side of the field and in your graveyard," Yugi said. "And I'll also play the magic card, Magic Sanctuary." Behind Yugi, a large stone building arose from the ground and a large magic symbol illuminated high above the stone structure. "Its first effect is we both put one magic card from our deck to our hands," Yugi explained as he and Nightmare took out their decks, picked a magic card and placed it into their hands. Then they shuffled their decks and placed them back in their Duel Disks. "And its other effect is that we can play Magic cards during other player's turns and I'll end my turn."
Nightmare's turn-
"Two turns left now," Nightmare said referring to the Swords of Revealing Light while he drew his card. "I pass my turn."
Yugi's turn-
'He must be expecting to draw Osiris soon,' Yugi thought drawing his card. 'But with Riryoku, any of my monsters could overpower an Egyptian God card.'
"I play Curse of Dragon (2000/1500) in attack mode," Yugi said as his yellow appeared and let out a screech. "And I'll end my turn."
Nightmare's turn-
"Now one turn left until Osiris will appear," Nightmare's predicted drawing his card. "I play Monster Reborn reviving Sangan (1000/600) from my graveyard and I'll play the Magic card Monster Recovery." Nightmare took out his deck from the Duel Disk, put his three cards and Sangan on top of his deck then shuffled it. He drew the top three cards as his new hand and at the top of his deck rested a card with a red back. "And I'll play the magic card, Delinquent Duo."
Two imps appeared. The purple one had the number one on its forehead and the blue one had the number two on its head.
"We both randomly discard one card from your hand," Nightmare said and directing his finger to one of his cards. "I choose for you to discard the card on your left."
The purple imp created a blue blast of energy and shot it towards Yugi's left card, Celtic Guardian, sending it to the graveyard.
"Now you have to randomly discard a card from your hand," Nightmare said.
Yugi placed his only two cards face down and switched their positions several times. When he stopped, he picked up the card on his right and revealed it to the second imp.
The blue imp created a purple blast of energy and shot it towards Yugi's card, Riryoku, sending it to Nightmare's graveyard.
'Oh no,' Yugi thought. 'How will I be able to defeat an Egyptian God now?'
"So much for your strategy," Nightmare's controlled voice said. "Looks like have to lose even faster."
Yugi's turn-
"Since you played another Magic card, that makes a total of three magic cards played while he was out. I can activate Skilled Dark Magician's effect, which is I'll offer those three magic counters and Skilled Dark Magician to special summon the Dark Magician (2500/2100).
The Skilled Dark Magician lifted his staff and a sphere of darkness surrounded him. It was so dark the black robed spellcaster could no longer be seen. Then the sphere levitated up several feet. Then, the sphere shattered open and there was the Dark Magician. It lowered back down to the field beside Buster Blader.
"I'm not finished," Yugi said. "I play my last card, Polymerization, fusing Dark Magician and Buster Blader to form the Dark Paladin (2900/2400)."
The two monsters merged together and formed an even more powerful monster. It looked like the Dark Magician, but it had Buster Blader's armor and instead of a staff, the fused monster held a mighty sword.
"His attack power rises to 3400 since there is one dragon on either of our fields and graveyards," Yugi added. "And I end my turn."
Nightmare's turn-
As his turn began, the Swords of Revealing Light vanished and Nightmare drew his card knowing exactly what it was, "Here it comes, prepare to lose everything, Muto. I first play Raigeki, destroying all your monsters."
"I discard the only card from my hand to negate and destroy your magic card," Yugi said placing it in his graveyard slot.
Thunder clouds gathered around Yugi's two monsters, a bolt of lightning shot down at them. But before they could hit, Dark Paladin shined gold and shielded the attack completely.
"You fell for my trap," Nightmare said. "I play Heavy Storm, destroying all Magic and Trap cards on the field, including my own."
A great gust of wind broke out and Yugi's Magic Sanctuary broke up, brick by brick. Also, Nightmare's face down cards were gone with the wind. But before they were destroyed, three identical looking monsters came from the cards and landed on the field.
"What are those?" Yugi asked.
"Those were my three face down cards," Nightmare said placing the trap cards on the field as if they were monsters. "When they're destroyed while being face down, I get to special summon a Wicked Token with 1000 attack and defense points. And there's three. Enough to summon an Egyptian God."
"Oh no!" Yugi said realizing he was being played during this whole duel.
"Nightmare's just been stalling to do this," Mai said. "He didn't care how many life points he lost."
"How's Yugi gonna pull this off?" Joey asked.
"Well it looks like I arrived just in time," a voice said behind Joey and Mai.
They turned around and saw Seto Kaiba just arriving...
~Meanwhile~
Bakura was looking around the castle, unable to find anything. The Spirit of the Ring wasn't in control at the moment and the light side of Bakura was intrigued about the castle.
"It looks much different than I was last here," Bakura said to himself. "Well it's been years since I've been anywhere..."
Bakura sighed and wondered what his old friends were doing.
'They were the best friends I ever had,' Bakura thought. 'I hope I can get to see them again.'
'You will,' the Spirit of the Ring said to him telepathically.
'What? What do you mean?' Bakura asked him.
'They're contestants on the island. We will meet up with them soon.'
Just then, the Millennium Ring began reacting wildly. The pointers were pointing down the hall. Bakura followed it and as he arrived down the hall, it pointed to right. Bakura continued following the Ring's pointers and when they stopped he saw someone he hadn't seen in a while.
"Yugi!" Bakura exclaimed as he looked through a window and saw his other old friends at a distance down the stone stairs. "And Joey and Mai! They're here, too!"
'That's not all,' the Spirit of the Ring thought looking at what Yugi was facing. 'Yugi seems to be in a heap of trouble at the moment, let's see him get out of this.'
"But why did the ring react?" Bakura asked the Spirit of the Ring.
'Well,' the Spirit of the Ring explained. 'Yugi possesses the Millennium Tauk. But I sense another Millennium Item present at the duel. We'll need to get a closer look.'
"How?" Bakura asked. "Salazar told us not to leave the castle and the only exit is blocked by his guards."
Just then, Bakura got an evil look on his face and said, "Then we'll make an exit!"
Yami Bakura kicked the window, shattering the glass. He jumped out and slid down the steep ledge and when he arrived to the bottom he crouched down getting a close-up view of the duel on Nightmare's side. He looked down at the bag and sensed that it was the Millennium Puzzle.
'So Yugi even got his Puzzle stolen,' Yami Bakura thought. 'I've never thought him to be so careless.'
"Prepare yourself," Nightmare's controlled voice said. "I'll sacrifice all three of my Wicked Tokens to summon the Egyptian God Card, Saint Dragon God Osiris (X000/X000)!"
Yami Bakura gasped when he heard this.
'Yugi's God Card too?' Yami Bakura thought but then smirked, 'Let's see the boy get out of this all on his own. But something's not right. That duelist's voice sounds as if he's being controlled by Salazar, but I would've known if he was being controlled...'
As Yami Bakura pondered, the long two-mouthed red dragon appeared and let out a loud roar at Yugi ready for his first attack...
NOTE: As I said in a previous chapter, I'll be using some Japanese cards like Magic Sanctuary. Trust me, they are real cards and will be used in future episodes of the anime but they might have different names and their effects might be a little different. Please bare with me.