I have bad news about the story. You see, I have just recently discovered that there is a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament being held in my area on January 10, 2004. SSBM is my absolute favorite game, therefore I would naturally want to enter. Not only that, but the grand prize winner gets 60% of the pot. Currently, there are 51 people entered in addition to myself, bringing the grand prize to a total of $459. I have begun training rigorously and feverishly to prepare for this tourney because though I am unmatched in my neck of the neighborhood, there is one who has been able to best me in battle. Are skills are even, and I wish to defeat him at this tourney. That's why I have decided to discontinue the story temporarily until January 11, 2004, the day after the tourney. I will continue to write the story (just not type it) when I have spare time that cannot be used for training, though, so once the story is continued, the chapters will come faster than they have been. Anyway, that's my announcement. Enjoy the next chapter!
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"The Continued Wrath of the Masked Duelist"
By: Von Stupor
"Wait a minute, what??? You're Majora???" Joey asked, aghast.
"Yes. Just as Yami is with the Millennium Puzzle, I am the spirit of my mask," explained Majora. "That is why they call it 'Majora's Mask', after all."
"But… you can't be! You're from a video game!"
"Many movies and games are based off of historic things and events. The entire Evil Dead series revolved around an ancient Sumerian text known as Necronomicon, or "Book of the Dead". The video game called Boktai: The Sun is in your Hand is based upon the myth of vampires. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was based upon the myth of me, though my myth is very much lesser known than most others."
"Yeah, okay then, but if Von here wears your mask, how come you ain't goin' berserk and tryin' to destroy the earth or somethin' like that?"
"Baron Von Stupor and I have a complicated relationship. …Call it a bargain if you will. Anyhow, intermission is over. I have a duel to win now. Farewell."
Von Stupor—now revealed as Majora—strolled over to the playing field. Weevil was waiting.
"You won't get the best of me again, you fool! My restructured insect deck will crush you in a heartbeat!" he bragged.
"Show me your best, weakling. Maybe you will at least damage my Life Points this time. That is, unless you truly are unskilled," Majora retorted.
"Hmph! You go first this time!"
"You will need as many cards as you can muster if you expect to defeat me."
"My starting hand is perfect! You will be insect food before I'm done with you! Hyo hyo hyo!"
"You are a fool. I shall set one monster and two M/T cards. That shall end my turn."
"What??? What are M/T cards?"
"You are a fool and are also uneducated in modern day dueling lingo. M/T is short for Magic or Trap."
"Grrr… I'll set one monster, too! Your turn."
"I sacrifice my face-down monster Sangan to summon Summoned Skull. I shall now retrieve a monster with an attack of 1500 or less from my deck due to Sangan's effect. Summoned Skull, attack the face-down monster with Lightning Strike."
The set monster turned out to be Needle Worm, which was easily destroyed.
"The Needle Worm causes me to discard the top five cards on my deck to my graveyard. This is nothing more than a minor disadvantage."
"There will be many more to come as well! Hyo hyo hyo hyo hyo!"
"Your boast was poorly constructed. If you must insult me, please do it correctly or refrain from even making a sound and spare everyone else the agony."
The crowd laughed.
"Why you… I will not lose this match!!!"
"You repeatedly make that statement and yet you show no proof. Do you ever live up to your word?"
Weevil's eye began twitching. In a bloody rage, he jumped up and down, stomping his feet. When he was done, he pointed at Von Stupor, screaming.
"I hate you!!! I hate you so much!!! I simply can't wait to defeat you!!! Even if I have to lose, I will damage your Life points at least once!!! Just once!!! I set one monster and end my turn!!!"
Weevil finally calmed down, but still breathing heavily. Majora drew another card.
"I shall set one M/T card and summon the Witch of the Black Forest. Attack that set monster with Meghid."
Weevil's Mechanical Spider was flipped face-up and destroyed. Majora then attacked Weevil directly with Summoned Skull reducing his Life Points to 5500.
"Hyo hyo hyo! I'm going to take a hit for this, but it will be well worth it! I shall now damage your Life Points by summoning the Flying Kamakiri #1 and attacking your witch with Wing Beat!"
The Kamakiri clutched the witch in either hand and held her close to its shoulder. It then rapidly flapped its wings, pummeling her head up and down until her neck broke.
"Foolish boy. Not only do I retrieve a monster with a defense of 1500 or less from my deck due to Witch of the Black Forest's attack, I shall also discard Kuriboh once more to reduce that Direct Damage to 0. Once again, I am unharmed."
"Grrr… curse that Kuriboh!"
"I shall first activate 'De-Spell' on your face-down M/T card."
"It is a 'Torrential Tribute, and since it's not a Magic card, it's not destroyed!"
"Very well. At least I know what it is. I shall first equip Summoned Skull with 'Sword of Dark Destruction', raising its attack to 2900, then I shall attack the Flying Kamakiri #1 with Lightning Slice."
Summoned Skull raised the Sword of Dark Destruction into the air and lightning struck it. It glowed with energy and Summoned Skull shot a dark energy bolt at the Kamakiri, exploding it upon impact. Weevil's Life points sunk to 410.
"I'll set this monster and end my turn!" he said, chuckling quietly to himself.
"I shall draw and end my turn."
"I'll set a second monster and end my turn. You know, you may want to attack me before I have the chance to summon a strong monster! Why don't you summon another monster? Hyo hyo hyo…"
"I'll end my turn. I have a strategy going. Besides, I know exactly what 'Torrential Tribute' does. As soon as I summon a monster, you can activate it, destroying all monsters on the field. I am merely biding my time for now."
"I set a third monster! Your turn."
"I draw and end my turn."
"I set a fourth monster and end my turn!"
"The card I drew just now is just the one I needed. I shall play 'Mystical Space Typhoon', which destroys one M/T card on the field, and I choose your face-down 'Torrential Tribute'. It is now destroyed and cannot be used."
Weevil still had a slick grin on his face.
"Next," continued Majora. "I shall play 'Swords of Revealing Light'. Not only does it prevent you from attacking for three whole turns, it also has the ability to flip all of my opponent's face-down monster cards into face-up defense position. Go, Weevil. Reveal your monsters to me."
"Fine, then! Hyo hyo hyo! I have two Steel Scorpions, a Sinister Serpent, and a Man-Eater Bug! However, by flipping him, you activated his effect which allows me to destroy any single monster on the field! Say good-bye to Summoned Skull!"
"You still truly believe you can defeat me, boy?"
"I certainly do! In my next turn, I shall bring out a monster of which the likes you have never seen!"
"Hm. I shall summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp and attack your Man-Eater Bug with Genie Wallop attack. It is now destroyed."
"I now sacrifice my two Steel Scorpions to set this monster! Attack it if you dare!"
"I shall play 'Mystic Plasma Zone' and increase the attack of all DARK-type monsters by 500 and attack your Sinister Serpent with La Jinn instead."
The genie simply pounded the serpent's head and it was vanquished.
"I'll draw and return the Sinister Serpent back to my hand! His effect states that if he is in my Graveyard during my Standby phase, he automatically returns to my hand! Next, I play 'Change of Heart' on La Jinn!"
La Jinn turned and shot a piercing glare at Majora.
"I shall counter with 'Magic Jammer'."
La Jinn shook out of the spell and smiled sweetly at Majora prior to turning back around to face Weevil.
"Now I shall humiliate you that much more, Weevil. To pay the price for activating 'Magic Jammer', I shall discard Relinquished from my hand. I do not need him to defeat as lowly a duelist as you."
"You have just made a grave mistake, my friend! I have been waiting for this very moment! I knew my strongest monster couldn't stand up to Relinquished's effect, but now that it is gone… I can flip summon the Insect Queen!!!"
"…And I can destroy it by activating 'Trap Hole'. Too bad."
Weevil's jaw dropped. Everyone could easily tell he wanted to curse to the high heavens.
"The moment I… that I had been waiting for… all ruined… with… just one trap…" he murmured to himself.
"I shall attack your face-down card," Majora said, uncaringly continuing the duel.
The face-down card was Kuwagata A, and was quickly destroyed.
As Weevil drew, his eyes lit up.
"I have received a second chance, I must seize it now! I will play 'Monster Reborn' to bring back my Insect Queen!"
A hole opened in the ground and the Insect Queen crawled out of it.
"…And I will play a second 'Magic Jammer' and negate that card, destroying it. Most unfortunate for your Insect Queen."
The Insect Queen then crawled back into the hole it came from and the hole closed back up.
"Noooooo!" Weevil shouted in irritation. "Why can't I hit you??? Why???"
"Finish your move, fool."
"I'll set this monster and end my turn," Weevil said, huffing.
"Since I no longer need 'Black illusion Ritual', I shall discard it to pay for the activation of 'Magic Jammer'. Next, I shall summon another La Jinn and attack your set monster."
A Killer Needle jumped from the card and shot a stinger up at La Jinn. La Jinn quickly slapped the stinger aside and punched the Killer Needle down. It was instantly destroyed.
Weevil was sweating profusely, his eyes widened. Silently, he set a monster and ended his turn.
"I use La Jinn to attack your face-down card."
The face-down monster Sinister Serpent crumpled after one blow from La Jinn.
"I'll next use my second La Jinn to attack your Life Points directly."
La Jinn struck Weevil's Life Points down to 1800.
"Si… Sinister Serpent… goes back to my hand…" Weevil stuttered. "My… My unbeatable army…"
He set a monster and ended his turn.
"You poor fool. This is only the beginning of my wrath. One La Jinn shall attack the Sinister Serpent you just set. After that, my other La Jinn shall finish you off in just the way we talked about."
La Jinn nodded and slowly floated over to an awestruck Weevil. Upon reaching he slowly extended his arm to Weevil and gave him a hard flick on the nose, sending his Life Points to 0.
The crowd roared for Majora. Majora then received Weevil's locater piece and rarest card, 'Mirror Force'.
For Weevil, however, all sound slowly faded away, and everything around him became pitch dark. All he could see was Majora.
"Wh… What's going on?!" he stammered.
"You are now in the shadow realm. Or perhaps, your mind is in the shadow realm." Majora replied. "Lovely, isn't it? So quiet… So tranquil… So dark… So desolate… I am quite familiar with this place. This is where I would visit the souls of those whom I banished. You see, even though I am from another land, I am very aware of the shadow games that took place in ancient Egypt. I myself participated in them."
"I don't understand…"
"Ah, that's right. You are uneducated in those matters. When you get a chance, you must brush up on your history. Don't worry about it now though, for it does not matter. It's time for me to finish this."
"Wh… wh… what?! What are you going to do to me?!"
"I can smell the fear coming from you right now. I can feel it seeping out of your pores and blowing over me. It feels so wonderful. It has been a long time since I have felt a fear like this. I am glad that there are people like you at your age. Kids your age are so much tastier to instill fear unto without Baron Von Stupor getting too angry."
Weevil was clearly confused and very frightened. His eyes were beginning to well up and his face was a ghostly pale. He was very silent, gaping at Majora in pure terror.
"To everyone else right now, we are standing at the dock. Time is frozen in our minds at the instant that I defeated you. When we return, it will be as if nothing had ever happened."
Majora pointed his finger at Weevil and a beam of light shot into him. Weevil was suddenly very still.
"I… I can't move! Why can't I move???" Weevil asked, panicked.
Majora snapped his fingers and a roaring ocean appeared below them. They remained hovering above it. Some cards then appeared in Majora's hands. He began looking through them.
"'Killer Needle'… 'Monster Reborn'… 'Sinister Serpent'…" he read. "'Swords of Revealing Light'… 'Kuwagata A'… 'Insect Queen'… Why, this is your deck, correct?"
Weevil shakily nodded his head.
"Being made of a paper-like substance, Duel Monsters cards can be quickly and quite easily destroyed when introduced to water. I did not know of anyone who would sink so low as to purposely do such a thing to beat an opponent until I met you. I have heard of what you did to poor Yugi Muto's legendary Exodia cards, and I have seen what you nearly did to Baron Von Stupor's cards. In fact, it is thanks to me that those cards were safely recovered without a single one touching the water. This is a very unhealthy habit and should be dealt with accordingly, as soon as possible."
"What way… is that?"
Without saying a word, Majora let go of Weevil's deck and it fell into the thundering torrent below. Weevil screamed bloody murder as the cards washed away. His face grew bright red and tears streamed down his cheeks.
After a minute or two, the ocean cleared away, and Weevil found himself standing back in Battle City with Majora, the fans cheering.
"Your little light show didn't teach me a thing!" he shouted, sniffling. "You haven't seen the last of Weevil Underwood and his mighty insect army!"
"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Majora replied calmly. "Look at your deck."
Confused, Weevil pulled out his deck to find every card wrinkled nearly beyond recognition and almost fully bleached. Stains decorated the fronts and back due to water damage. Weevil's head snapped back up to face Majora, gaping.
"Do not invoke my wrath again, Weevil Underwood. It may be your very mind that suffers next," Majora threatened.
Crying once again, Weevil turned tail and ran.
Majora let out a haunting laugh. It slowly faded, and once it did, Von Stupor's body collapsed.