Master of Light and Darkness
By: Esyphelon
We all assembled at the dueling arena to watch what would be a good duel between two competitive duelists.
"Hey Ragnarock if you want that rematch you'd better beat this guy." I told him.
"Heh, you think I would lose to this guy? Come on Daniel it's you and me in the final round and you know it." He said.
"Well then show me." I told him.
Meanwhile Yugi and his friends were off psyching Joey up for his duel. A duel that I knew he would lose.
A short while after Kaiba's lackey said, "The next duel of the Battle City Finals will now commence Ragnarock vs, Joey Wheeler. Begin!"
"Alright Joey I will cede to you the first move." Ragnarock said.
"Okay. I will summon Alligator Sword in attack mode!(1500/1200)" He said his turn over.
"Meh, your going to have to do better than that to beat me Joey. I summon Armed Dragon Level 3(1200/800)!" He said as a small dragon with a club appeared.
"Heh, and you said that my move was bad." Joey said.
"Unlike you though I'm not done yet. I play Level Ip! This card let's me offer a monster with Level in it's name to summon another monster from my deck with Level in it's name regardless of special summon requirements! Now meet my Armed Dragon Level 7(2800/1400)!" He shouted as a huge Spiked Dragon descended from the sky. "My dragon allows me to discard one card to destroy every monster on your field with less attack power than himself." He said as he blew away Wheeler's Alligator sword. "Armed Dragon Attack!"
Ragnarock: 8000
Joey Wheeler:5200
"Wow what an opening move this guy is good." Said Yugi off on the sidelines.
"Yes he certainly is a good duelist. It will be interesting to see if Wheeler can win this." Itold Yugi.
"Joey is a better duelist than you give him credit for Daniel." Yugi told me.
While me an Yugi were talking Joey had set two cards face down and a monster in defense mode. It was now Ragnarock's turn.
"I'll draw! Next is another of my monsters Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 4!" He said as a small metallic dragon appeared on his field. "Now Horus will attack your face-down monster!" He said as the silver bird/dragon flew over and destroyed Wheeler's monster.
"Hah! You activated my trap. Go Michizure! Now your Armed Dragon Level 7 is dead!" He shouted as his monster drug the massive, spiked, dragon to the graveyard.
"Now according to his effect my monster levels up into Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 6!(2300/1500)" He said as his dragon grew in size and power. "Go Joey."
Joey drew, "Now I play Monster Reborn to revive my Alligator Sword. Then I offer it for Jinzo!(2400/1400) Your Dragon is toast!" He shouted as Jinzo released a giant purple ball of energy. Totally obliterating the Dragon.
Ragnarock:7900
Joey Wheeler:5200
Ragnarock smirked when he saw what he drew. "This card will be what wins me the duel." Ragnarock said. "I play Graveyard From the Fourth Dimension! This card let's me take two monsters from the graveyard with level in their names and add the to my hand. Now Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 4 returns to the field in attack mode!" He shouted as the small, silver, bird/dragon appeared on the field. "Now I will activate a second Level Up upgrading Level 4 to Level 8!" He shout ed as his best monster appeared on the field, it's shining coat giving of an almost supernatural light(3000/2500)."I'll end my turn by setting one card face-down. Your turn."
Joey drew, "I play Raigeki Destroying your Horus the Black Flame Dragon!" He said as a bolt of Lightning came down from the sky and fizzled out. "Huh? What happened?" He asked Ragnarock.
"Simple my dragon let's me negate whatever Magic cards I wish to." Ragnarock told him.
"Fine then I will summon Red Eyes B. Chick, and then offer it for Red Eyes Black Dragon which I then sacrifice for Red Eyes Darkness Dragon(3000/2000)!" He shouted as a massive Red and Black Dragon appeared from the sky, letting out a tremendous roar.
"Not so fast activate Offerings to the Doomed! This card let's me destroy one monster but I must skip my next draw phase." I said as his massive dark dragon fell into the ground, defeated.
"I'll set one card face-down and end my turn." Joey said, a defeatist tone in his voice
Ragnarock drew, "I summons Luster Dragon!" He said as a beautiful, Sapphire, Scaled, Dragon descended next to Horus. "Horus, destroy his Jinzo!" He said as his monster obeyed, and shot a giant stream of pitch-black Energy from his mouth."Luster Dragon Direct attack!" He said as the dragon with the beautiful Sapphire scales let out a bright, blue stream of energy at Wheeler.
"Not quite. Activate Magic Arm Shield!" He said as a mechanical device appeared and grabbed Horus and pulled him to Joey's field and blew Luster Dragon to pieces.
Ragnarock: 6800
Joey Wheeler: 4600
"Not a bad move Joey. I'll end my turn there." Ragnarock said.
Joey drew, "I'll set one monster face-down and two cards face-down, and end my turn."
"You better pray those cards are good Joey because now it is time to end this! I summon Element Dragon, and because Horus is a FIRE main type he gains 500 attack points(2000/1000). Now Element Dragon will attack your monster!"
"You hit Fiber Jar! This card makes us shuffle all our cards into our deck except cards out of play and start over." Joey said.
"Well since I can't summon I will set one card face-down. Go Joey." Ragnarock stated.
"I summon Panther Warrior in attack mode! And I will equip him with fusion sword Murasame Blade. End turn" Joey said as a large panther wielding a samurai's katana leapt out from the card.
"Heh, I'm not out just yet I summon Lord of D.(1200/1000). Next comes the Flute of Summoning Dragon which summons Armed Dragon Level 5(2400/1400) and Black Flame Dragon of Horus Level 6(2300/1600) to the field. I"m sorry Joseph, but this is over. Activate Offerings to the Doomed to destroy your warrior. Attack him my monsters!" Ragnarock said as his dragons and his magician attacked Wheeler's life points.
Ragnarock:6800
Joey Wheeler: 0000
"I'm sorry it had to end this way, but I just got a good hand from Fiber Jar." Ragnarock said grinning like a idiot.
"He's right Wheeler that wasn't a horrible battle." I said from the side of the dueling arena.
"Coming from the man that single-handedly beat the strongest of the Egyptian God cards I'll take that as high praise." Joey said.
"Well take it however you want I'm going back to my room." I said as I left the arena. Before I went too far however I told Marik and Bakura to meet me in my room.
"So why on Earth did you bring us here mortal?" Bakura said in that ever raspy voice of his.
"I called you here because I had another visit from Shadi clarifying why I am here." I told them.
"So. Why exactly are you here Daniel." Asked Marik his eyes no longer glowing with the same hatred he possessed before our Shadow Game.
"I believe I was sent here to meet the two of you." I said to them.
"What on Earth gives you that impression?" They both shouted at the same time.
"Oh please, don't get the wrong idea. The reason Shadi sent me here was to test me to see if I was the one to fulfill an ancient Egyptian prophecy, and the reason I think you two have something to do with this is if I am the man to do this I will have two allies, both wielding items of gold that can manipulate the Shadow Realm."
"So the reason we're here talking right now is I want to invite you both to my shop in Egypt after this tournament ends to prepare for whatever it is I am going to have to put down." I told them.
"So mortal. Is there any real timetable on this so called evil arising?" Bakura asked me.
"I don't know for sure, but if it is serious enough for Shadi to be giving straight answers then I bet it's coming soon." I said.
"So, will both of you come to my game shop after this is over and let me help you prepare some of the finest decks ever created?" I asked them.
"Bah, my deck is one of the best already." Bakura stated.
"Funny, I remember it being pretty much a pushover, and Marik without the Winged Dragon of Ra your deck has lost its theme." I told them.
Marik gave a dejected sigh. "You're right Daniel my deck was all about Ra, so what are we going to do about that?" Marik asked me bitterly.
"Well I have a couple of ideas, but you think of a deck them you want to use and I can make it work." I told him.
"Well what about me my deck already has a theme, and I like it as it is. So what are you thinking about doing to my deck?" Bakura asked me.
"Bakura, Have you ever heard of the Archfiends?" I asked him.
"Yes I have most certainly heard of them. Why do you ask mortal?" Bakura spat.
"That's what I am going to do with your deck I'm going to ditch all those stupid things like Portrait's Secret and Earl of Demise for Archfiends, and Destiny Board needs to go too it's a waste of space in my opinion, and you never know I might find a few other surprises for you." I told him.
"So, do we have a deal?" I asked them.
"A free deck upgrade? Hell yes!" Both of them responded.
A few minutes later an announcement came over the intercom saying the next duelists were being selected.
"Come on guys let's see who's next." I told them.
"Not like it matters you're going to win." Marik responded.
"Don't underestimate the Pharaoh. He has countless lucky wins to his name, and there could very well be something I haven't seen before waiting for me." I told them.
We arrived at the lobby of the airship just in time for the machine to pick out the new combatants. This time the numbers were: 3 and 4.
"The next duel will be Yugi Moto vs. Um... excuse me miss what is your name?" He asked Ishizu.
"My name is Ishizu Ishtar she said as she removed the part of her outfit that covered her head, and judging by Kaiba's reaction they had met before.
"Impossible how is it you are here when I never sent you an invitation?" Kaiba asked her.
"It is all too easy to persuade the weak minded." Was her only answer.
"Okay the next duel will feature Yugi Moto vs. Ishizu Ishtar. Please follow me to the dueling arena." Kaiba's flunky announced.
To be continued. . .