Rise of Destiny
Chapter 24
Yugi VS Auros: The Final Battle Part 1
Auros snapped his fingers, and the men let go of Atem's hands. Atem immediately retrieved the Sword of Milleniums from it's place at his feet.
The ship easily glided into the Haven's misty surface. Inside the Haven, there was...nothing. The light that lit the large sphere seemed to come from nowhere.
"This is our Dueling arena?" Atem asked in awe.
"Yes. The Haven is a place where I am a God. My black magic controls this world completely. Let us Duel!" Auros shouted as he raised his hands to the sky. Suddenly, the ship disappeared. Auros and his cloaked guards reappeared on a silvery platform with a stairway leading up to a circular pillar going down into the misty darkness of the Haven. Atem stood about 20 feet away on a similar platform, with an identical stairway leading up to another pillar.
"Pharoah," Auros called. "Walk to the top of that stairway and Duel me on our final battlefield! The Duel of Kings!"
Atem did so, arriving at the top of the stairway, and stepping on to the pillar. He switched his Duel Disk to Duel Mode. Auros did the same.
"Open Soul Cards!" Atem and Auros shouted in unison. Tenkuu Ryuu Osiris and Dark Magician appear behind Atem. Three cards appear behind Auros.
D U E L S T A R T
Atem/8000 Auros/8000
Atem: 8000 Life Points? This is going to be a tough duel!
Auros: Yes. I'll be using my strongest deck! One that you couldn't defeat in five milleniums, let alone one! I'll let you go first as a courtesy, Pharoah.
Atem: I'll start off by summoning Gamma, the Magnet Warrior(1500/1800) in DEF mode!
A pink monster with a round body with an "S" on it, appears on the field. It has a small, cyndrilical head with yellow eyes peering out of a small, black viser. It has small, pink angel wings protruding from it's back.
Atem: Next, I'll play two cards face down and end my turn.
Auros: I summon Homunculus the Alchemic Being(1800/1600) in ATK mode!
A tan-skinned being with short brown hair appears on the field. He's wearing short jeans. His right arm and right leg are a sleek, shiny black color.
Auros: I'll also set two cards face down and end my turn.
Atem: Now, I'll summon Beta the Magnet Warrior(1700/1600) in DEF mode as well, and set two cards face down. Your move, Auros.
A yellow monster with a small, round body with an "S" on it appears on the field. It has a large head with a magnet on it, and small beady eyes. It has short, thick arms and legs.
Auros: I'll summon another Homunculus the Alchemic Being(1800/1600)!
Another Homunculus appears on the field.
Auros: I end my turn there, Pharoah.
Atem: I'll summon the third Magnet Warrior: Alpha(1400/1700)!
A wiry, silver monster that appears to be made out of metal appears on the field. It holds a sword with a handle that's shaped like a magnet.
Atem: And I'll sacrafice all three of my monsters to summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior(3500/3850)!
A cobble of machine parts combined to create a tall, mechanized warrior holding a sword.
Atem: Valkyrion, attack Homunculus now! Magna Flare Blade!
Valkyrion moves in to attack, but is blocked by three women wearing blue robes.
Auros: I play Waboku, to protect my Life Points and my monster.
Atem: Dammit.
Auros: Now, I'll summon my first real monster! Element Saurus(1500/1200)!
A large, brown dinosaur appears on the field.
Atem: An Element monster?
Auros: Element Monsters are special monsters that gain new effects when there are certain types of monsters on my field. For example, Element Saurus gains 500 ATK points when there is a FIRE attribute monster on my field. It gains the ability to negate the effects of other monsters it destroys when I have an EARTH monster on my field.
Atem: It seems that Element monsters need a lot of strategy to play well.
Auros: Yes, Pharoah, I'm glad you understand at least that much. Now, I'll activate a Trap Card! Shrink! I'll make your Valkyrion's DEF points 0 for this turn.
Atem: Why would you want to do that? My Valkyrion is in ATK mode. Unless...
Auros: Now, I play Block Attack!
Valkyrion bends down into a kneeling position.
Auros: Element Saurus, attack his Valkyrion!
Atem: Now, I activate Valkyrion's special effect! I can separate it into the original three components: Alpha! Beta! Gamma!
Auros: Wrong, Pharoah. Because my Element Saurus has gained the ability to negate the effect of any monster it destroys.
Atem: How can you activate the effect of Element Saurus when you have no EARTH monsters on the field?
Auros: I guess I forgot to explain that my Homunculus can change it's Attribute whenever I want during my turn. So one of them changed to a FIRE type, and the other changed to an EARTH type.
Element Saurus (2000/1200)
Atem: Auros's deck is powerful...if he has a whole deck of these Element cards, then we could be in for a lot of trouble!
Yugi: We'll beat him, I'm sure of it.
Atem: Thanks, aibou. Now, I'll start my turn by summoning Silent Swordsman LV3(1000/1000) in ATK mode!
A small magician with blue skin, a white headpiece, long blonde hair dark blue robes, and a sword appears on the field.
Atem: Now, I'll play Level Up! To upgrade my monster to his next stage: Silent Swordsman LV5(2300/1000)!
Silent Swordsman LV3 starts glowing, and grows into a taller, more masculine version of the LV3 card. It's staff turns into a huge sword.
Atem: Silent Swordsman, attack his Homunculus now!
Silent Swordsman brings it's huge new sword down on one of the Homunculus, shattering it immediately.
Auros: No! My strategy!
Atem: That's right. I knew if I destroyed one of your Homunculus creatures, you wouldn't have any way of activating your Element monsters' effects.
Auros: smirks I do have another way, though. And when I use my backup strategy, you won't stand a chance!
Atem: Make your move, Auros.
Auros: Very well. I draw!
He draws a card.
Auros: Now, I play the Ritual Spell Prayer of Dryad! By sacraficing my LV4 Homunculus from the field, I can summon Elemental Master Dryad(1200/1400)!
A young, pretty girl with blonde hair covered by a red headpiece with a start on it appears on the field. She's wearing baggy white robes and a purple cape.
Auros: This monster's effect allows it to act as a FIRE, WATER, EARTH, and a WIND monster all at the same time. So that means all I need is her to use my Element monsters effectively.
Atem: Oh no! I can't let him keep that monster on the field for long!
Auros: And since I haven't Normal Summoned a monster this turn, meet...Element Devil(1500/1200)!
A scaly, yellow, snakelike creature with muscular arms and legs appears on the field. It has black bat wings that flutter in the wind. It has an evil, sneering face with blazing red eyes.
Auros: I end my turn by placing one card face down.
Atem: I'm not going to waste time! I activate another Level Up Spell card to raise my Silent Swordsman's LV to 7!
Silent Swordsman's sword grows longer and wider, and he strikes a pose as his ATK points raise.
Atem: Now, I summon Silent Swordsman LV7(2800/1000)! Attack Elemental Master now!
Auros: Not so fast, Pharoah. Activate Trap card: Weathering Volcano!
Atem: What's that?
Auros: Weathering Volcano can only be activated when I have monsters of FIRE, WATER, WIND, and, EARTH on the field. Then I can activate one of four effects. I won't bore you with the details; I'll just use the first one and destroy your Silent Swordsman.
A torrent of lava rains from the sky, and burns Silent Swordsman to ashes.
Atem: I...I end my turn.
Auros: Now I'll summon another Element monster: Element Valkyrie(1500/1200)!
A tall, lean woman in a red leotard appears on the field. She's wearing a metallic blue breastplate covering her chest and neck. She has a metal winged helmet covering her flaming red hair. Atem noticed, interestingly, that her eyes were two different colors; blue and red. She's wearing metallic red boots with metallic blue rings spiraling up the outside of them. The boots go up to just below her thigh. She holds a long staff with fire on the end of it in her left hand.
Auros: Now, all three of my Element monsters, attack the Pharoah's Life Points directly!
Element Saurus bares it's teeth menacingly. Element Devil chuckles evilly. Element Valkyrie flaunts her staff. All three of them charge Atem...
TO BE CONTINUED
Next: The Final Battle part 2