Rise of Destiny
Chapter 6
Yugi VS Ryuza: Mind Games
Atem loaded up his Duel Disk. This might be a tough duel...
"Open Soul Cards!" Ryuza screamed to the sky. Three cards appeared behind him, life sized.
"Open Soul Cards!" Atem shouted. Tenkuu Ryuu Osiris, Kuriboh, and Dark Magician appeared life sized behind Atem.
"Just to inform you, Pharoah," Ryuza started. "The loser of this duel loses all three of their Soul Cards."
"That means that they lose their soul..." Atem muttered.
"Looks like you've been studying, Pharoah." Ryuza mused. "No matter. No amount of studying could prepare you for my deck!"
DUEL START
Atem: I'll start off by summoning Pitch Dark Dragon(900/800) in DEF mode! Then, I'll set two cards face down. Your move, Ryuza.
A small, scaly black dragon appears on the field
Ryuza: Pathetic. Now, I'll choose to set one monster face down in DEF mode, and end my turn.
Atem: Now, I tribute Pitch Dark Dragon to summon Dark Magician Girl(2000/1700)!
A beautiful blonde girl wearing a skimpy blue suit of armor and a shining blue cone-shaped hat appears on the field. She winks at Yugi.
Yugi: And, I'll activate Magician's Tome, giving my Dark Magician Girl 500 more ATK and DEF points, and raising her by two levels. Now, my Magician, attack his monster! Dark Magic Attack!
A large, heavy-looking book appears on the field. Dark Magician Girl squats to read it for a moment, then gets back up, her ATK points raising. The card Dark Magician Girl attacked flips over. It has an image of a black spider with a glowing green aura around it.
Ryuza: Looks like you activated my monster's effect! Mind Spider(500/1000)! It has the ability to infect your deck with a deadly virus, forcing you to skip your next two Draw Phases.
Atem: That won't hold me back! I'll end my turn now. Make your move.
Ryuza: Very well, Pharoah. I set two cards face down, and end my turn. Go.
Atem: Now, Dark Magician Girl, attack his Life Points now!
The Magician raises her staff, and fires a beam of light straight for Ryuza's Life Points. It makes direct contact, and Ryuza is thrown back.
Ryuza: Damn...
Atem/4000 Ryuza/1500
Ryuza: Oh well, it's my turn, so I'll activate Mental Strength Enhancer! It allows me to gain Life Points equal to the Life Points I lost last turn x2. That means 5000 Life Points!
A metal dome helmet with wires sticking out appears. It fits to Ryuza's head, and his Life Points go up.
Atem/4000 Ryuza/6500
Ryuza: And the horror does not end there! For I summon the mighty Blood Vols(1900/1200)!
A tall, burly, brown-skinned fiend appears. He wears shiny black armor around his torso, and has baggy green pants and black boots. He has a headpiece covering the top of his head. He carries a large axe.
Atem: But why would you want to summon that monster in ATK mode? Unless you've got some sort of combo...
Ryuza: You're catching on...good...you're not stupid, at least. Now, I activate my Riryoku spell card! It allows me to take half of the ATK points of your monster and add it to the strength of mine!
White energy flows out of Dark Magician Girl and enters Blood Vols, raising his ATK and lowering that of Dark Magician Girl.
Atem: No!
Dark Magician Girl: (1250/2100)
Blood Vols: (3150/1200)
Ryuza: Blood Vols, attack his pathetic Magician wench! Bloody Wrath!
Blood Vols raises his scythe, and slashes the Dark Magician girl in half with one swipe. She shatters into many pieces immediately.
Atem/2100 Ryuza/6500
Ryuza: Back to you, my enemy.
Enemy? Little Atem thought within the Puzzle. I don't know, Mou Hitori no Boku, what did we do to this guy?
I do not know, aibou. Atem replied mentally. But I shall find out.
Atem: Now, I summon Queen's Knight(1400/1500) in DEF mode, and I'll set two cards face down. Make your move now, Ryuza.
Ablonde woman wearing red armor and a light red skirt appears on the field. She is carrying a sword.
Ryuza: Very well. Blood Vols, destroy his Knight now! Bloody Wrath!
Blood Vols moves in to attack, but stops as a blue beam of energy moves to block the attack.
Ryuza: Wha...?
Atem: smirking I activated my Trap Card, Negate Attack! It negates your attack and ends your Battle Phase!
Ryuza: I know what the damn card does! Now make your move!
Atem: Very well. I summon King's Knight(1600/1500) in DEF mode. And when I summon King's Knight when I already have Queen's Knight on the field, I can automatically summon Jack's Knight(1900/1700) from my deck, in ATK mode.
A male knight with a blonde goatee appears on the field. He is wearing orange armor, and is a bit heavyset. Then, a younger male knight appears. He has long blonde hair under his headpiece, and is wearing blue armor. He has strange markings under his eyes.
Ryuza: So what? You've got three crap monsters on the field, and none of them can defeat my Blood Vols.
Atem: Maybe so...but maybe they have untapped potential...
Ryuza: Whatever. Quit babbling and end your turn already.
Atem: Very well then, take your turn.
Ryuza: About time. I set two cards face down and end my turn.
Atem: Now, I sacrafice King's Knight and Queen's Knight to summon the mighty Dark Magician(2500/2100)!
A tall man wearing purple robes and armor appears on the field. He has long purple hair, and is holding a long staff. He has a shining cone-shaped hat on his head, covering most of his face.
Atem: Now, Jack's Knight, suicide attack straight for Blood Vols!
Jack's Knight stuck his sword straight through Blood Vols, who then stuck his spear through the Knight. Both shattered.
Atem: Now! Dark Magician! Attack his Life Points now!
Dark Magician raised his staff, and fired a huge black blast of energy, which hit Ryuza dead on.
Atem/2100 Ryuza/4000
Ryuza: That hurt...but nowhere near as much as I'm going to hurt you! I summon Brain Jacker(100/100)!
A card appears on the field. It is a small metallic sphere with four spindly legs protruding from it.
Ryuza: Latch onto his Dark Magician and take 1250 from his Life Points!
Brain Jacker attaches to Dark Magician, and sucks the life out of the Magician as Atem's Life Points go down.
Atem/850 Ryuza/4000
Atem: AAAGH! W-what j-j-just happened?
Ryuza: Allow me to explain. When I summon Brain Jacker, I can choose to equip it to a monster that I choose. Then, you lose Life Points equal to the ATK points of the monster I equip it to. Also, your monster may not attack for as long as it's equipped.
Atem: That's a strong card...but I have one way to defeat it! I sacrafice my Dark Magician...
Ryuza: No!
Atem: ...to summon Gilfar Demon(2200/1500)! And, because the monster that your Jacker attached to is gone, so is the Brain Jacker itself!
Ryuza: Stop rubbing it in!
Atem: Gilfar Demon, attack his Life Points now! Claws of Hell!
Gilfar Demon raised it's claws, and slashed at Ryuza, taking 2200 from his Life Points. Ryuza screamed in agony.
Atem/850 Ryuza/1800
Ryuza: Grrr...I'll set one more card face down and end my turn.
Atem: You cannot take another hit! Gilfar Demon, attack him one last time and wipe out his Life Points! Claws of Hell!
Gilfar Demon raised it's claws once more, and slashed Ryuza. His Life Points did not drop.
Atem: What!
Ryuza: I activate my special Trap Card, Mind Collapse!
A Trap Card appears. It's image is of a man clutching his head in pain as a mirror shatters behind him.
Ryuza: When my Life Points hit zero, your Life Points go down with me! So, Pharoah, that makes it a draw.
Atem: What happens now?
Ryuza: scowls I can't take any Soul Cards from you now...so we'll each lose one Soul Card.
Kuriboh disappears from Atem's Soul Cards. One of Ryuza's disappears as well.
DUEL END
Ryuza turned, and started to walk away, when he paused. He took a Duel Monsters card out of his pocket, and flung it at Atem. It pierced his hand, drawing a few drops of blood. Ryuza chuckled, and walked away, just saying, "I hope we meet again sometime, Pharoah. Until then, you might want to hold onto that card..."
Atem pulled the card out of his hand, winced, and took a look at it.Trap card, with only a picture, and a name, "Mirror of Self", with no text at all. The picture was of a glowing mirror. For a second, Atem could've sworn he saw his own face reflected in the mirror, but he shrugged it off, put the card into his Deck Box, and turned to Honda.
"Let's go. We're not far from the Dimension Point now. If we hurry up, we may arrive there in about a half hour." Atem said dutifully. Honda nodded, and the two started walking...
NEXT: The Rising Winds