"The four duelists to duel behind Door IV for the fourth preliminary match
are..." said the suit reading from the clipboard. "Nicolas Rhodes..."
The very tall man, standing 6'7" stood up walking towards the door.
"Erik Olsen..."
A blonde-haired teen walked towards the door looking up at Nicolas Rhodes, not trying to look intimidated.
"Benjamin Forret..."
A young and rather short teen with long black hair in the front of his face quickly walked towards the door joining the other two duelists.
"...and Michael Laskow."
There were whispers between a few duelists about the current World Championship.
The last duelist called to duel behind Door IV was covered in a black robe. But after his name was called he quickly discarded it to the ground. He was wearing a black shirt, red jacket and dark blue trousers. He walked towards the door and opened the door entering in first.
The rest of the duelists followed in and when the door was closed, it was electronically locked.
"Well let's make this fast," Michael said turning on his Duel Disk.
"You're awfully sure of yourself," Erik said turning on his Duel Disk.
"Just because you won a World Championship with a Yata-Garasu doesn't really make you a world Champion," Benjamin said, turning his Duel Disk on.
"You should know that you two won't get through the duel," Michael said to Erik and Benjamin.
"This duel will probably last less than a half hour," Nicolas told them activating his duel disk.
"Let's duel!" the four of them said.
"I'll begin," Michael said drawing five cards and one more card.
Michael looked at his hand and laughed while he thought, 'My first duel with these powerhouse cards and I already drew the card I need. I play...'
~Meanwhile, back at the Match-Up draws~
"The duelists to duel behind Door V for the fifth match are..." the suit with the clipboard said. "Dario Montalvo..."
The blue-green haired duelist smirked while letting out a chuckle as he walked towards the door marked with the Roman numeral, V.
"Ashley Lewis..."
A skinny, brown-haired duelist walked towards the door ready for a good duel.
"Taro Tanaka..."
The duelist who placed fourth in the World Championships stepped up and quickly ran for the door. His hair had a lot of wild bangs in front curving up and down and each bang were dyed dark blue while the rest of his hair was a natural black.
"...and Ryou Bakura."
The duelist with the clipboard looked at the last four duelists and said, "You four shall duel in Door VI..."
Bakura chuckled as he walked towards the door with the other three duelists. Bakura suddenly had a sinister smile came across his face and a golden ring-like object suspended by a rope appeared in the middle of his chest. Dario opened the door and walked in first with everyone following behind him.
"Well to tell you the truth, Bakura here and I will win this duel," Dario said to Taro and Ashley. "So don't get your hopes up on victory."
"You really have a lot of nerve," Taro said to him. "I've never even heard of any of you two and you expect me to just believe you? No freakin' way!"
"I'm not backing down either," Ashley said specifically to Dario. "I'll crush you."
"We'll just have to see," Dario said to him.
"Let's duel!" the four duelists said, activating their Duel Disks and drawing their first five cards.
"I'll start," Yami Bakura said, another card. "I'll summon to the field The Earl of Demise (2000/700) in attack mode and end my turn."
A fearsome yet somewhat gentlemanly fiend appeared wielding a rapier.
"Now I'll go," Dario said, drawing a card. "I place three cards face down, ending my turn.
"My turn," Ashley said drawing an additional card. "I play Maha Vailo (1550/1400) in attack mode and I'll equip her with Axe of Despair raising her attack by 1000 and another 500 to make her total attack 3050. Since she can't attack the same turn she's summoned, I'll end my turn."
Taro's turn-
As Taro drew his card he already had a game-winning strategy in his head and in his hand.
"Alright, I play Ninja Master Shogun (1600/1600) in attack mode and when he's summoned to the field, I can special summon two more Ninjas to the field." said Taro placing his first cards on his Duel Disk. "So I'll special summon Ninja Commando Kabuki (700/700) and Ninja Commander Ikusa (700/700) both in attack mode. Both of these ninjas have a special ability. When summoned, Ninja Commando Kabuki special summons Kunoichi Ayame the Ninja Girl (300/300) from my deck to the field in attack mode, Ninja Commander Ikusa meanwhile special summons Ninja Soldier Katana (400/400) from my deck to the field in attack mode.
As one ninja appeared to the field, it looked like it split into three when two different ninjas moved swiftly behind him, two more ninjas behind the first two special summoned ninjas.
"Now I have five monsters on the field," Taro pointed out, shuffling his deck for summoning his ninjas.
"Yes, but they're all very weak," Dario told him.
"To defend them, I'll play two cards face down, ending my turn," he said placing two magic or trap cards in two empty slots on his Duel Disk. "Just try and stop me now."
Yami Bakura's turn-
As Yami Bakura drew a card he smirked, "I'll summon Earthbound Spirit (500/2000) in defense mode and I'll place one card face down, ending my turn."
Dario's turn-
"None of you are safe now," Dario said to them all, drawing a card. "I flip my three face down cards, Fatal Abacus, Bad Reaction to Simochi, and Snatch Steal and I'll take control of... Maha Vailo!"
Suddenly, Ashley's female spellcaster walked from her master's side to Dario's side of the field.
"Now Maha Vailo's attack is increased by another 500 putting her at 3550," he said as Ashley gasped in shock. "Now Maha Vailo, attack Ashley's life points directly, Mystic Axe!"
Dario's controlled monster let go of her axe but instead of it falling to the ground, it was floating in midair. Maha Vailo telekinetically hurled her axe towards her former master. The attack dealt the full 3550 attack, devastating Ashley's life points.
"I believe I'll end my turn," Dario said smugly.
Yami Bakura: 8000
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 4450
Taro: 8000
Ashley's turn-
As Ashley drew his card, she lost 1000 life points rather than gain any life points because of Dario's Bad Reaction to Simochi trap card. She was plotting on how to reverse the damage done to her...
~Meanwhile, in Duel Field IV~
Several turns had passed on the dueling field and it seemed Salazar's henchmen would prevail.
Nicolas had Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700), an Axe Raider (1700/1150) in attack mode equipped with an Axe of Despair, and two Marauding Captains (1200/1400) in attack mode. His monsters were impregnable from any sort of attack. Plus, he had one face down card on the field. Nicolas' Axe Raider had just finished wiping out Erik Olsen's Beast of Talwar (2450/2150) and his other three monsters have yet to attack.
"Freed the Matchless General, Marauding Captains, attack Erik's life points directly!" Nicolas shouted as his strategist of a warrior obeyed, unsheathing a sword and letting it find the side of Erik.
"That ends my turn," Nicolas announced.
Michael: 6000
Nicolas: 8000
Erik: 3050
Benjamin: 3600
Erik's turn-
Erik however was doing terribly against Nicolas's battalion of warrior cards. Because of Nicolas' Marauding Captains, his strongest monsters couldn't even attack. He would switch and attack Michael, but his monsters had a devastating effect that he wouldn't dare attack. His last line of defense was wiped out and he was open for a direct attack.
As Erik drew his card, he sighed with relief.
"I play Giant Trunade to send everyone's magic and trap cards back to their hands." He said, thinking he was going to turn the duel around.
"Sorry, but I activate Imperial Order!" Nicolas declared, activating his trap card. "So everyone's magic cards are negated at the price of 700 life points."
As a heavy wind was about to suck in everyone's magic and trap cards, but a king appeared in the middle of the field. The king raised his ringed hand and the Trunade had settled.
Suddenly, Nicolas' Axe Raider's Axe of Despair faded and he was now holding his normal axe.
"Damn," Erik groaned. "I'll play two cards face down and summon Humanoid Slime (800/2000) in defense mode, ending my turn."
Benjamin's turn-
Benjamin was the worst off. Michael's monsters were surpassing all of his defenses and each time Benjamin destroyed one of his monsters, he would simply bring out another, even stronger monster. Right now, Benjamin had an Opticlops (1800/1700) and Invader of Darkness (2900/2500), both in attack mode. He also had one magic or trap card face down.
As Benjamin drew his card, he kept a serious look on his face.
"Okay I'll begin by flipping my face down card, Royal Decree, negating your Imperial Order," he said to Nicolas. "And now I'll summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (1400/1000) in attack mode."
As the fairy with hands all over its body appeared to the field, Benjamin took a card from his deck, then shuffled the deck.
"I now play Curse of the Masked Beast and by offering Opticlops and Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands to summon The Masked Beast (3200/1800) in attack mode!" he announced.
Two torches each holding a blue flame appeared behind Benjamin's selected monsters and in between the two torches was another blue flame held by a shorter torch resembling a horned demon. The flames expanded and took in the two monsters as offerings. The flames then moved towards the center blue flame. Suddenly the combined blue flames ruptured burning the torch to ashes. The flames expanded to about two stories tall, and a silhouette of some inhuman creature appeared in the flames. The creature emerged from the flames revealing to be the horrific Masked Beast.
"Now my Invader of Darkness, attack Michael's fiend!" Benjamin commanded. "Souls of the Damned!"
His monster rose up his claws and the earth opened up. What emerged from the hole were the moaning souls of the dead. They encircled Michael's fiend, destroying it from the field.
"Now Masked Beast, attack his life points directly!" Benjamin said to his powerful fiend.
His Masked Beast obeyed charging towards Michael and striking him down with his staff, hitting him directly.
"Now make your move," Benjamin told him grinning. "So much for the world champion being an actual challenge."
Michael's turn-
Michael's new monsters were a force to be reckoned with because of their ability to simply direct attack the opponent. He was laughing so much from each direct attack, he began to wheeze. This was one of the easiest duels he ever played.
As he drew his card, he smirked, "I hope you enjoyed this duel..."
~Back at Duel Field V~
Three turns have passed and Yami Bakura had brought out a Headless Knight (1450/1700), giving him three fiends on the field. Dario had been keeping Ashley in check with her own powered up Maha Vailo. Ashley had lost 3000 life points from Snatch Steal and Bad Reaction to Simochi, and Fatal Abacus had left her only 450 life points left and any combination she tried to pull off took too long and she didn't dare play any monsters even though she was done for in the next turn with her last defending monster. Taro however had been defending all his ninjas from any attacks with his defensive trap cards.
Taro's turn-
When he drew his card he said, "Finally!"
"First I'll stop paying for Messenger of Peace and now I sacrifice my Ninja Girl, Ninja Commander Ikusa, and Ninja Soldier Katana to summon... Gilford the Lightning (2800/1400)!
As three of the ninjas vanished from the field, the sound of roaring thunder could be heard. Lightning first struck the ground, hitting all of Yami Bakura's monsters, wiping them all out. Then, another bolt of lightning hit the ground but in the crater of where the lightning hit, emerged a powerful warrior, with electricity running through his fists.
Also, the beads Dario's Fatal Abacus began to move and both Taro's and Yami Bakura's life points decreased.
"Every time a monster is sent to the graveyard, the original owner of that monster loses 500 life points," Dario told them. "So you both lose 1500 life points."
"Fine," Taro said, continuing his turn. "Gilford, attack Bakura's life points directly, Thunderbolt Cut!"
Taro's thunder warrior unsheathed his sword and channeled his electrical energy through the blade. Gilford then charged towards Bakura, slashing him down his chest.
"But I'm not yet finished," Taro said to him. "I still have two more ninjas capable of attacking you. Go, Ninja Master Shogun and Ninja Commando Kabuki, attack his life points directly!
His two ninjas moved swiftly and invisibly as they struck Bakura again, dropping his life points to less than 1000.
"And now I'll end my turn," Taro said.
Yami Bakura: 1400
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 450
Taro: 6500
Yami Bakura's turn-
When Yami Bakura looked at his card he laughed evilly, "You won't be dealing damage to me anymore."
"We'll see about that," Taro told him.
"Very well," said Yami Bakura. "I play the magic card Change of Heart and take control of Gilford the Lightning."
Taro's thunder warrior suddenly moved over to his white-haired opponent's side of the field, with what seemed to be no resistance.
"Plus I'll remove Headless Knight, Earthbound Spirit, and the Earl of Demise from the graveyard to special summon Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) in attack mode." Yami Bakura declared, sliding his three fiends to not be used in the duel.
Suddenly, columns of darkness arose from the ground. What emerged was an evil looking woman holding a doll. She gave a dark look towards Taro, sending a chill up his spine.
"Now Gilford the Lightning, I order you to kill Ninja Commando Kabuki," Yami Bakura told the controlled monster.
Gilford obeyed its temporary master striking his electrically channeled sword into Taro's weak ninja, depleting 2100 life points from Taro and another 500 from Fatal Abacus.
"And Dark Necrofear, attack Ninja Master Shogun, Deadly Gaze!" Yami Bakura commanded his female fiend.
Dark Necrofear obeyed and unleashed two blasts of darkness from her eyes towards Taro's strongest ninja puncturing two holes through his chest. The attack made Taro lose 600 life points and another 500 from Fatal Abacus.
"I'll end my turn," Yami Bakura announced as Gilford the Lightning returned to Taro's side of the field.
Yami Bakura: 1400
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 450
Taro: 2800
Dario's turn-
"Your time in the tournament ends here," Dario told Ashley, drawing a card. "Maha Vailo, wipe out that face down card and your pathetic master's life points, Mystic Axe!"
The controlled spellcaster obeyed hurling the axe towards Ashley's face down monster card. Maha Vailo telekinetically returned the axe back to her hand. The pebbles on Fatal Abacus moved left and right once more, depleting the rest of Ashley Lewis's life points.
"What's really sad is that you lost because I took over just one of your cards," Dario said in disappointment to Ashley. "I beat you with using only three cards—pathetic. I'll end my turn."
As Ashley's life points dropped to zero, her portion of the field blacked out.
Yami Bakura: 1400
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 0
Taro: 2800
Taro's turn-
"Don't think I'll go down so easily," Taro told the two of them drawing a card. "I'll crush the both of you! And it will start with this: I summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) and have them attack you, Dario, Twin Magic Blast!"
The two elf spellcasters each fired a blast of magic towards Dario hitting him for 1900 points of direct battle damage.
"Now Gilford the Lightning attack Dark Necrofear, Thunderbolt Cut!" Taro commanded.
Taro's thunder warrior unsheathed his sword again and channeled the blade with electricity as he charged towards Dark Necrofear. He easily struck the female fiend down, slicing her in two.
"That'll end my turn placing this card face down," he announced.
Yami Bakura: 800
Dario: 6100
Taro: 2800
Yami Bakura's turn-
When Bakura drew his card he smirked, "You've lost."
"Don't be so sure of that," retorted Taro, "Come next turn, you'll wish you never had to duel me."
"That turn will never arrive," Bakura replied. "First of all Dark Necrofear will take control of your Thunder Lord again."
"Not when I activate this," Taro said, flipping his face down card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, sending your Necrofear back to the graveyard."
"Doesn't matter," Bakura said. "When I play this: Monster Reborn to revive Dark Necrofear. Then I'll offer her to summon this: Great Maju Garzett!"
Suddenly, Dark Necrofear vanished as quickly as she appeared. What replaced her was a gruesome and a powerful looking fiend. Suddenly it emitted a black aura as if powering up.
"Great Maju Garzett gains attack power twice of its sacrifice's power," Bakura explained. "That gives him 4400 attack."
"Oh no," Taro gasped.
"That's right, there's nothing you can do," Bakura said, "Attack Gemini Elf, Great Maju Garzett!"
The powerful fiend obeyed driving its massive fist into the twin elves.
"No!" shouted Taro Tanaka as his life points dropped to zero and the duel ended.
~Back at Duel Field IV~
Nicolas had Erik in his hands but he was simply toying with him now. Erik had brought his strongest monster in terms of attack Zera the Mant (2800/2300) out but its brutal attack was going to waste. Benjamin had been gaining life points to cancel out Michael's powerful direct attackers however his Masked Beast destroyed the strongest one and he had hoped that was the end of it. Michael was agitated by Benjamin but he eventually broke through him with his constant attacking. Michael had landed yet another direct attack and needed only one more direct attack to beat Benjamin plus he constantly kept playing a trap card each turn stopping Benjamin's attacks. Now Michael had one more face down card in store for another attack.
Nicolas's turn-
As Nicolas drew his card for the turn he smirked, "Time for me to start attacking. I play Melchid the Four-Faced Beast (1500/1200) and I'll sacrifice Axe Raider and Melchid the Four-Faced to special summon Masked Beast Des Guardius (3300/2500)!"
Erik gasped at the sight of this monster and knew it was the card to defeat him.
"Now Des Guardius, attack Zera the Mant!" Nicolas said to his powerful fiend.
Des Guardius obeyed charging towards Erik's last line of defense and slashing its mighty claws across the monster, dicing it to pieces.
"Now my Warriors do away with the rest of Erik's life points!" Nicolas ordered.
Freed the Matchless General and his two Marauding Captains unsheathed their swords and each slashed away depleting Erik Olsen's remaining life points.
"You have been defeated," Nicolas said. "And I'll end my turn."
"Aw, damn it!" Erik cursed as his portion of the field blacked out.
Michael: 1700
Nicolas: 8000
Erik: 0
Benjamin: 800
Benjamin's turn-
Benjamin still had his Invader of Darkness and Masked Beast out but their immense powers could do little to nothing about Michael except keep his monsters away temporarily.
"All right I'll draw," he began drawing a card, "and now my monsters attack Michael's life points directly!"
"Once again you fell for my trap," Michael said, "Activate Waboku!"
Three robed priestesses appeared before Benjamin's monsters and prevented them from attacking.
"Shit..." Benjamin muttered. "I'll... end my turn."
Michael's turn-
When Michael drew his card he said to Benjamin, "Remember that card you destroyed with your Masked Beast? Well he's back. I'll play Monster Reborn to revive my dragon!"
Benjamin gasped in horror at the monster as it arose, chuckling at him.
"Attack his life points directly one more time," Michael said.
The dragon obeyed inhaling in a lot of air and unleashing a blast of energy passed The Masked Beast and Invader of Darkness and directly at Benjamin Forret, reducing his life points to zero.
"This duel is over," Michael Laskow said as he and Nicolas Rhodes were the victors.
In both duel fields, the four victorious duelists were silent on their victories on account they won these duels with ease. The four of them succeeded and all they needed to do now was beat their opponent in tournament...
NOTE: Honestly, I do not know whether or not those ninja cards have those specific effects or if they are even real cards. Even when the show had featured the ninja cards, they were pretty vague on some of the effects.
Also, I know I pretty much kept it a secret on what cards Michael used. However I gave you enough clues to figure it out. The next time Michael duels it'll be plain and clear.
The very tall man, standing 6'7" stood up walking towards the door.
"Erik Olsen..."
A blonde-haired teen walked towards the door looking up at Nicolas Rhodes, not trying to look intimidated.
"Benjamin Forret..."
A young and rather short teen with long black hair in the front of his face quickly walked towards the door joining the other two duelists.
"...and Michael Laskow."
There were whispers between a few duelists about the current World Championship.
The last duelist called to duel behind Door IV was covered in a black robe. But after his name was called he quickly discarded it to the ground. He was wearing a black shirt, red jacket and dark blue trousers. He walked towards the door and opened the door entering in first.
The rest of the duelists followed in and when the door was closed, it was electronically locked.
"Well let's make this fast," Michael said turning on his Duel Disk.
"You're awfully sure of yourself," Erik said turning on his Duel Disk.
"Just because you won a World Championship with a Yata-Garasu doesn't really make you a world Champion," Benjamin said, turning his Duel Disk on.
"You should know that you two won't get through the duel," Michael said to Erik and Benjamin.
"This duel will probably last less than a half hour," Nicolas told them activating his duel disk.
"Let's duel!" the four of them said.
"I'll begin," Michael said drawing five cards and one more card.
Michael looked at his hand and laughed while he thought, 'My first duel with these powerhouse cards and I already drew the card I need. I play...'
~Meanwhile, back at the Match-Up draws~
"The duelists to duel behind Door V for the fifth match are..." the suit with the clipboard said. "Dario Montalvo..."
The blue-green haired duelist smirked while letting out a chuckle as he walked towards the door marked with the Roman numeral, V.
"Ashley Lewis..."
A skinny, brown-haired duelist walked towards the door ready for a good duel.
"Taro Tanaka..."
The duelist who placed fourth in the World Championships stepped up and quickly ran for the door. His hair had a lot of wild bangs in front curving up and down and each bang were dyed dark blue while the rest of his hair was a natural black.
"...and Ryou Bakura."
The duelist with the clipboard looked at the last four duelists and said, "You four shall duel in Door VI..."
Bakura chuckled as he walked towards the door with the other three duelists. Bakura suddenly had a sinister smile came across his face and a golden ring-like object suspended by a rope appeared in the middle of his chest. Dario opened the door and walked in first with everyone following behind him.
"Well to tell you the truth, Bakura here and I will win this duel," Dario said to Taro and Ashley. "So don't get your hopes up on victory."
"You really have a lot of nerve," Taro said to him. "I've never even heard of any of you two and you expect me to just believe you? No freakin' way!"
"I'm not backing down either," Ashley said specifically to Dario. "I'll crush you."
"We'll just have to see," Dario said to him.
"Let's duel!" the four duelists said, activating their Duel Disks and drawing their first five cards.
"I'll start," Yami Bakura said, another card. "I'll summon to the field The Earl of Demise (2000/700) in attack mode and end my turn."
A fearsome yet somewhat gentlemanly fiend appeared wielding a rapier.
"Now I'll go," Dario said, drawing a card. "I place three cards face down, ending my turn.
"My turn," Ashley said drawing an additional card. "I play Maha Vailo (1550/1400) in attack mode and I'll equip her with Axe of Despair raising her attack by 1000 and another 500 to make her total attack 3050. Since she can't attack the same turn she's summoned, I'll end my turn."
Taro's turn-
As Taro drew his card he already had a game-winning strategy in his head and in his hand.
"Alright, I play Ninja Master Shogun (1600/1600) in attack mode and when he's summoned to the field, I can special summon two more Ninjas to the field." said Taro placing his first cards on his Duel Disk. "So I'll special summon Ninja Commando Kabuki (700/700) and Ninja Commander Ikusa (700/700) both in attack mode. Both of these ninjas have a special ability. When summoned, Ninja Commando Kabuki special summons Kunoichi Ayame the Ninja Girl (300/300) from my deck to the field in attack mode, Ninja Commander Ikusa meanwhile special summons Ninja Soldier Katana (400/400) from my deck to the field in attack mode.
As one ninja appeared to the field, it looked like it split into three when two different ninjas moved swiftly behind him, two more ninjas behind the first two special summoned ninjas.
"Now I have five monsters on the field," Taro pointed out, shuffling his deck for summoning his ninjas.
"Yes, but they're all very weak," Dario told him.
"To defend them, I'll play two cards face down, ending my turn," he said placing two magic or trap cards in two empty slots on his Duel Disk. "Just try and stop me now."
Yami Bakura's turn-
As Yami Bakura drew a card he smirked, "I'll summon Earthbound Spirit (500/2000) in defense mode and I'll place one card face down, ending my turn."
Dario's turn-
"None of you are safe now," Dario said to them all, drawing a card. "I flip my three face down cards, Fatal Abacus, Bad Reaction to Simochi, and Snatch Steal and I'll take control of... Maha Vailo!"
Suddenly, Ashley's female spellcaster walked from her master's side to Dario's side of the field.
"Now Maha Vailo's attack is increased by another 500 putting her at 3550," he said as Ashley gasped in shock. "Now Maha Vailo, attack Ashley's life points directly, Mystic Axe!"
Dario's controlled monster let go of her axe but instead of it falling to the ground, it was floating in midair. Maha Vailo telekinetically hurled her axe towards her former master. The attack dealt the full 3550 attack, devastating Ashley's life points.
"I believe I'll end my turn," Dario said smugly.
Yami Bakura: 8000
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 4450
Taro: 8000
Ashley's turn-
As Ashley drew his card, she lost 1000 life points rather than gain any life points because of Dario's Bad Reaction to Simochi trap card. She was plotting on how to reverse the damage done to her...
~Meanwhile, in Duel Field IV~
Several turns had passed on the dueling field and it seemed Salazar's henchmen would prevail.
Nicolas had Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700), an Axe Raider (1700/1150) in attack mode equipped with an Axe of Despair, and two Marauding Captains (1200/1400) in attack mode. His monsters were impregnable from any sort of attack. Plus, he had one face down card on the field. Nicolas' Axe Raider had just finished wiping out Erik Olsen's Beast of Talwar (2450/2150) and his other three monsters have yet to attack.
"Freed the Matchless General, Marauding Captains, attack Erik's life points directly!" Nicolas shouted as his strategist of a warrior obeyed, unsheathing a sword and letting it find the side of Erik.
"That ends my turn," Nicolas announced.
Michael: 6000
Nicolas: 8000
Erik: 3050
Benjamin: 3600
Erik's turn-
Erik however was doing terribly against Nicolas's battalion of warrior cards. Because of Nicolas' Marauding Captains, his strongest monsters couldn't even attack. He would switch and attack Michael, but his monsters had a devastating effect that he wouldn't dare attack. His last line of defense was wiped out and he was open for a direct attack.
As Erik drew his card, he sighed with relief.
"I play Giant Trunade to send everyone's magic and trap cards back to their hands." He said, thinking he was going to turn the duel around.
"Sorry, but I activate Imperial Order!" Nicolas declared, activating his trap card. "So everyone's magic cards are negated at the price of 700 life points."
As a heavy wind was about to suck in everyone's magic and trap cards, but a king appeared in the middle of the field. The king raised his ringed hand and the Trunade had settled.
Suddenly, Nicolas' Axe Raider's Axe of Despair faded and he was now holding his normal axe.
"Damn," Erik groaned. "I'll play two cards face down and summon Humanoid Slime (800/2000) in defense mode, ending my turn."
Benjamin's turn-
Benjamin was the worst off. Michael's monsters were surpassing all of his defenses and each time Benjamin destroyed one of his monsters, he would simply bring out another, even stronger monster. Right now, Benjamin had an Opticlops (1800/1700) and Invader of Darkness (2900/2500), both in attack mode. He also had one magic or trap card face down.
As Benjamin drew his card, he kept a serious look on his face.
"Okay I'll begin by flipping my face down card, Royal Decree, negating your Imperial Order," he said to Nicolas. "And now I'll summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (1400/1000) in attack mode."
As the fairy with hands all over its body appeared to the field, Benjamin took a card from his deck, then shuffled the deck.
"I now play Curse of the Masked Beast and by offering Opticlops and Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands to summon The Masked Beast (3200/1800) in attack mode!" he announced.
Two torches each holding a blue flame appeared behind Benjamin's selected monsters and in between the two torches was another blue flame held by a shorter torch resembling a horned demon. The flames expanded and took in the two monsters as offerings. The flames then moved towards the center blue flame. Suddenly the combined blue flames ruptured burning the torch to ashes. The flames expanded to about two stories tall, and a silhouette of some inhuman creature appeared in the flames. The creature emerged from the flames revealing to be the horrific Masked Beast.
"Now my Invader of Darkness, attack Michael's fiend!" Benjamin commanded. "Souls of the Damned!"
His monster rose up his claws and the earth opened up. What emerged from the hole were the moaning souls of the dead. They encircled Michael's fiend, destroying it from the field.
"Now Masked Beast, attack his life points directly!" Benjamin said to his powerful fiend.
His Masked Beast obeyed charging towards Michael and striking him down with his staff, hitting him directly.
"Now make your move," Benjamin told him grinning. "So much for the world champion being an actual challenge."
Michael's turn-
Michael's new monsters were a force to be reckoned with because of their ability to simply direct attack the opponent. He was laughing so much from each direct attack, he began to wheeze. This was one of the easiest duels he ever played.
As he drew his card, he smirked, "I hope you enjoyed this duel..."
~Back at Duel Field V~
Three turns have passed and Yami Bakura had brought out a Headless Knight (1450/1700), giving him three fiends on the field. Dario had been keeping Ashley in check with her own powered up Maha Vailo. Ashley had lost 3000 life points from Snatch Steal and Bad Reaction to Simochi, and Fatal Abacus had left her only 450 life points left and any combination she tried to pull off took too long and she didn't dare play any monsters even though she was done for in the next turn with her last defending monster. Taro however had been defending all his ninjas from any attacks with his defensive trap cards.
Taro's turn-
When he drew his card he said, "Finally!"
"First I'll stop paying for Messenger of Peace and now I sacrifice my Ninja Girl, Ninja Commander Ikusa, and Ninja Soldier Katana to summon... Gilford the Lightning (2800/1400)!
As three of the ninjas vanished from the field, the sound of roaring thunder could be heard. Lightning first struck the ground, hitting all of Yami Bakura's monsters, wiping them all out. Then, another bolt of lightning hit the ground but in the crater of where the lightning hit, emerged a powerful warrior, with electricity running through his fists.
Also, the beads Dario's Fatal Abacus began to move and both Taro's and Yami Bakura's life points decreased.
"Every time a monster is sent to the graveyard, the original owner of that monster loses 500 life points," Dario told them. "So you both lose 1500 life points."
"Fine," Taro said, continuing his turn. "Gilford, attack Bakura's life points directly, Thunderbolt Cut!"
Taro's thunder warrior unsheathed his sword and channeled his electrical energy through the blade. Gilford then charged towards Bakura, slashing him down his chest.
"But I'm not yet finished," Taro said to him. "I still have two more ninjas capable of attacking you. Go, Ninja Master Shogun and Ninja Commando Kabuki, attack his life points directly!
His two ninjas moved swiftly and invisibly as they struck Bakura again, dropping his life points to less than 1000.
"And now I'll end my turn," Taro said.
Yami Bakura: 1400
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 450
Taro: 6500
Yami Bakura's turn-
When Yami Bakura looked at his card he laughed evilly, "You won't be dealing damage to me anymore."
"We'll see about that," Taro told him.
"Very well," said Yami Bakura. "I play the magic card Change of Heart and take control of Gilford the Lightning."
Taro's thunder warrior suddenly moved over to his white-haired opponent's side of the field, with what seemed to be no resistance.
"Plus I'll remove Headless Knight, Earthbound Spirit, and the Earl of Demise from the graveyard to special summon Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) in attack mode." Yami Bakura declared, sliding his three fiends to not be used in the duel.
Suddenly, columns of darkness arose from the ground. What emerged was an evil looking woman holding a doll. She gave a dark look towards Taro, sending a chill up his spine.
"Now Gilford the Lightning, I order you to kill Ninja Commando Kabuki," Yami Bakura told the controlled monster.
Gilford obeyed its temporary master striking his electrically channeled sword into Taro's weak ninja, depleting 2100 life points from Taro and another 500 from Fatal Abacus.
"And Dark Necrofear, attack Ninja Master Shogun, Deadly Gaze!" Yami Bakura commanded his female fiend.
Dark Necrofear obeyed and unleashed two blasts of darkness from her eyes towards Taro's strongest ninja puncturing two holes through his chest. The attack made Taro lose 600 life points and another 500 from Fatal Abacus.
"I'll end my turn," Yami Bakura announced as Gilford the Lightning returned to Taro's side of the field.
Yami Bakura: 1400
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 450
Taro: 2800
Dario's turn-
"Your time in the tournament ends here," Dario told Ashley, drawing a card. "Maha Vailo, wipe out that face down card and your pathetic master's life points, Mystic Axe!"
The controlled spellcaster obeyed hurling the axe towards Ashley's face down monster card. Maha Vailo telekinetically returned the axe back to her hand. The pebbles on Fatal Abacus moved left and right once more, depleting the rest of Ashley Lewis's life points.
"What's really sad is that you lost because I took over just one of your cards," Dario said in disappointment to Ashley. "I beat you with using only three cards—pathetic. I'll end my turn."
As Ashley's life points dropped to zero, her portion of the field blacked out.
Yami Bakura: 1400
Dario: 8000
Ashley: 0
Taro: 2800
Taro's turn-
"Don't think I'll go down so easily," Taro told the two of them drawing a card. "I'll crush the both of you! And it will start with this: I summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) and have them attack you, Dario, Twin Magic Blast!"
The two elf spellcasters each fired a blast of magic towards Dario hitting him for 1900 points of direct battle damage.
"Now Gilford the Lightning attack Dark Necrofear, Thunderbolt Cut!" Taro commanded.
Taro's thunder warrior unsheathed his sword again and channeled the blade with electricity as he charged towards Dark Necrofear. He easily struck the female fiend down, slicing her in two.
"That'll end my turn placing this card face down," he announced.
Yami Bakura: 800
Dario: 6100
Taro: 2800
Yami Bakura's turn-
When Bakura drew his card he smirked, "You've lost."
"Don't be so sure of that," retorted Taro, "Come next turn, you'll wish you never had to duel me."
"That turn will never arrive," Bakura replied. "First of all Dark Necrofear will take control of your Thunder Lord again."
"Not when I activate this," Taro said, flipping his face down card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, sending your Necrofear back to the graveyard."
"Doesn't matter," Bakura said. "When I play this: Monster Reborn to revive Dark Necrofear. Then I'll offer her to summon this: Great Maju Garzett!"
Suddenly, Dark Necrofear vanished as quickly as she appeared. What replaced her was a gruesome and a powerful looking fiend. Suddenly it emitted a black aura as if powering up.
"Great Maju Garzett gains attack power twice of its sacrifice's power," Bakura explained. "That gives him 4400 attack."
"Oh no," Taro gasped.
"That's right, there's nothing you can do," Bakura said, "Attack Gemini Elf, Great Maju Garzett!"
The powerful fiend obeyed driving its massive fist into the twin elves.
"No!" shouted Taro Tanaka as his life points dropped to zero and the duel ended.
~Back at Duel Field IV~
Nicolas had Erik in his hands but he was simply toying with him now. Erik had brought his strongest monster in terms of attack Zera the Mant (2800/2300) out but its brutal attack was going to waste. Benjamin had been gaining life points to cancel out Michael's powerful direct attackers however his Masked Beast destroyed the strongest one and he had hoped that was the end of it. Michael was agitated by Benjamin but he eventually broke through him with his constant attacking. Michael had landed yet another direct attack and needed only one more direct attack to beat Benjamin plus he constantly kept playing a trap card each turn stopping Benjamin's attacks. Now Michael had one more face down card in store for another attack.
Nicolas's turn-
As Nicolas drew his card for the turn he smirked, "Time for me to start attacking. I play Melchid the Four-Faced Beast (1500/1200) and I'll sacrifice Axe Raider and Melchid the Four-Faced to special summon Masked Beast Des Guardius (3300/2500)!"
Erik gasped at the sight of this monster and knew it was the card to defeat him.
"Now Des Guardius, attack Zera the Mant!" Nicolas said to his powerful fiend.
Des Guardius obeyed charging towards Erik's last line of defense and slashing its mighty claws across the monster, dicing it to pieces.
"Now my Warriors do away with the rest of Erik's life points!" Nicolas ordered.
Freed the Matchless General and his two Marauding Captains unsheathed their swords and each slashed away depleting Erik Olsen's remaining life points.
"You have been defeated," Nicolas said. "And I'll end my turn."
"Aw, damn it!" Erik cursed as his portion of the field blacked out.
Michael: 1700
Nicolas: 8000
Erik: 0
Benjamin: 800
Benjamin's turn-
Benjamin still had his Invader of Darkness and Masked Beast out but their immense powers could do little to nothing about Michael except keep his monsters away temporarily.
"All right I'll draw," he began drawing a card, "and now my monsters attack Michael's life points directly!"
"Once again you fell for my trap," Michael said, "Activate Waboku!"
Three robed priestesses appeared before Benjamin's monsters and prevented them from attacking.
"Shit..." Benjamin muttered. "I'll... end my turn."
Michael's turn-
When Michael drew his card he said to Benjamin, "Remember that card you destroyed with your Masked Beast? Well he's back. I'll play Monster Reborn to revive my dragon!"
Benjamin gasped in horror at the monster as it arose, chuckling at him.
"Attack his life points directly one more time," Michael said.
The dragon obeyed inhaling in a lot of air and unleashing a blast of energy passed The Masked Beast and Invader of Darkness and directly at Benjamin Forret, reducing his life points to zero.
"This duel is over," Michael Laskow said as he and Nicolas Rhodes were the victors.
In both duel fields, the four victorious duelists were silent on their victories on account they won these duels with ease. The four of them succeeded and all they needed to do now was beat their opponent in tournament...
NOTE: Honestly, I do not know whether or not those ninja cards have those specific effects or if they are even real cards. Even when the show had featured the ninja cards, they were pretty vague on some of the effects.
Also, I know I pretty much kept it a secret on what cards Michael used. However I gave you enough clues to figure it out. The next time Michael duels it'll be plain and clear.