Chapter 2

"So Yugi," Kaiba taunted, "did you get a worthwhile card, or should I just put you out of your misery?"

Yami grinned. "Kaiba, this game isn't over yet. In fact, I'm about to be one step closer to victory than defeat."

A stunned look filled Kaiba's face.

"I activate my magic card, Necromancy," Yami explained.

"Oh no, now you can bring monsters back from my graveyard," Kaiba complained.

Yami smiled. "Yes, and so, I resurrect Grand Tiki Elder, Rude Kaiser, and the Hitotsume Giant." One by one, a hologram of each monster appeared on his side of the field. "Next, I'll play one card face down, and then I'll sacrifice Hitotsume Giant, so I can summon my Curse of Dragon to the field." The Hitotsume Giant glowed white, and transformed into a yellow dragon with red segmented lines spread out across its body, and red piercing eyes. "Now my dragon, destroy his face down monster." Fire spewed from the yellow dragon's mouth and aimed directly for Kaiba's face down monster.

"Nice try, Yugi," Kaiba said.

At first, Yami didn't understand, but in seconds, he did. Upon the impact of the scorching flames to the face down monster, a hologram of a man with a blue and gold outfit, much like one a priest would wear, along with a small blue fez hat appeared. Once the flames stopped, both monsters were still on the field. "What? Your monster wasn't destroyed!"

Kaiba grinned. "That's because my Banisher of the Light has the same defensive points as your dragon. Just be thankful you attacked with Curse of Dragon, otherwise you'd have lost some lifepoints."

'Kaiba's right,' Yami thought, 'his monster has 2000 defense points. There's nothing else I can do.' "I end my turn, Kaiba."

"Good." Kaiba drew his card. "I activate the magic card, Card of Sanctity, allowing us both to draw until we have six cards."

They each drew until they had six cards, but Yami was stunned to see that Kaiba didn't put Card of Sanctity into his graveyard but out of play instead. "Kaiba, why didn't you put your magic card into your graveyard?"

"Simple, Yugi," Kaiba explained, "my monster's special ability. As long as my Banisher of the Light is in play, any card sent to the graveyard is removed from play instead."

'No, that means any card sent to the graveyard will be withdrawn from the game. I've got to destroy his Banisher of the Light, and fast.'

Kaiba looked at his hand. 'Excellent.' He grinned, "Yugi, this duel may as well be over, because I can now summon my ultimate monster."

Fear filled Yami face. "You don't mean?"

"I do, Yugi. Now I activate the magic card Polymerization, fusing the three Blue-Eyes in my hand into one, bringing forth my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" One by one, three monstrous, white dragons appeared, and then they merged together into one monstrous dragon with three heads. "So, Yugi, it appears that this duel could be over in one breath from my dragon. But that wouldn't be much fun, would it? So, I place one card face down, and end my turn."

'Great,' thought Yami as he drew his card, 'now Kaiba has his strongest monster on the field,' Then he smiled… seeing the card on the far right in his hand. "Kaiba, you're going down."

Kaiba didn't buy it. "Oh really, and what makes you think that?"

"The card that I'm holding in my hand,"

Then it hit him. "You aren't holding what I think you are, are you?"

"Yes, I am, Kaiba. So now I sacrifice my three monsters, so I can summon my second Egyptian God Card, the Winged Dragon of Ra!" Yami's monsters shattered, and then a monstrous, golden dragon appeared, with sharp claws and wings greater than a pterodactyl. The dragon roared, sending a chill through Kaiba's spine. "Now Kaiba, since I tribute summoned Ra, the attack and defense points of the monsters used as sacrifices transfer to Ra, giving him a grand total of 5300 attack points."

"No, my dragon only has 4500 attack points." Kaiba knew what was coming next.

"Now, Winged Dragon of Ra," Yami commanded, "destroy his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" The mighty dragon opened its mouth, and a steam of fire gushed out, aiming towards Kaiba's dragon. Once the fire hit Kaiba's dragon, all three heads yelped in pain, then the dragon shattered into pieces.

"No, my dragon!" Kaiba exclaimed, and his lifepoints reached 1200.

"And," Yami continued, "Since your Banisher of the Light is on the field, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is removed from play."

"Alright, Yug," Joey cheered, but Mokuba wasn't too happy.

"I can't believe my brother lost his Ultimate Dragon and his Blue-Eyes so easily," Mokuba said.

Joey couldn't help but feel bad for Mokuba, so he tried to cheer him up. "Don't worry, Mokuba; even though your brother is a jerk, he ain't stupid. I'm sure he's got a plan all planned out, but don't expect it to work." Then it hit him, Kaiba losing his dragons so easily, playing the Banisher of the Light, he probably did have this all planned. "Yugi, be careful. With how easy Kaiba's been playing, I think he's got this all planned."

Yami realized the logic to Joey's warning. "I place one card face down, and end my turn."

"Fine by me," Kaiba replied. "I play one card face down, and I play a monster in face down defense position. Back to you, Yugi."

'Hm, if Kaiba does have a plan, it seems too desperate and weak to be a threat.' "I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman in defense mode." A man with blonde hair, and brown gloves appeared kneeling next to Ra. "Now, Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy Kaiba's Banisher of the Light."

Another attack from Ra commenced.

"You should have listened to your cheerleading squad, Yugi," Kaiba said.

"What do you mean, Kaiba?" Yami didn't need an answer. A fat, ugly magician with gray hair, an orange suit, a back like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and a green staff appeared. It was incinerated just as quickly. Seconds later, the Winged Dragon of Ra glowed yellow, and it roared in pain. "What's happening to my dragon?" he asked as the dragon shattered.

Kaiba grinned. "I activated my trap card, Shift, which changes the target of your attack. Therefore, you attacked my Old Vindictive Magician, who destroys any monster upon being flipped face up. And since my Banisher of the Light remains unharmed, Ra is removed from the game."

"I end my turn."

"I thought you would." Kaiba replied, "I play one card face down, and pass it back to you."

"Fine." Yami drew. "I play Big Shield Guardna in defense mode." A man with high, long black hair, behind a huge black shield appeared. "Then I end my turn."

Kaiba drew. "I activate the magic card Monster Recovery. Now I can put my Banisher of the Light into my deck, and I don't draw any cards because there were none in my hand. Then I activate my face down card, Return From the Different Dimension to bring five monsters removed from the game back to the field." A portal opened in front of Kaiba, and Kaiba's three Blue-Eyes White dragons, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and the Winged Dragon of Ra came through.

"Way to go, Seto," Mokuba cheered Kaiba.

'I think I'm in trouble,' thought Yami.

"Well, Yugi, it appears I now have five of the most powerful dragons in the game on my side of the field," Kaiba said. "This duel is over." Kaiba laughed, and all Yami could do was frown, for if he didn't find a way to defeat Kaiba, he would lose the duel.