Chapter 3

Yami stared at the five dragons on Kaiba's side of the field, ready to take out the rest of his lifepoints.

"This is the end, Yugi," Kaiba exclaimed. "Now, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, destroy his Big Shield Guardna with your white lightning attack!" The dragon roared, and a thick, white laser beam blasted towards the Big Shield Guardna.

"I reveal one of my face down cards," Yami said, "Enchanted Javelin. This card increases my lifepoints by the attack strength of the monster attacking me, and since your Blue-Eyes has 3000 attack points, I now have 5200 lifepoints."

"That's no big deal Yugi," Kaiba replied, "because my dragon will still destroy your Big Shield Guardna." The blast hit the warrior's shield, breaking it into pieces, and then the blast proceeded to the warrior, hitting him smack in the chest, making him shatter on the spot as well. "Now, my second Blue-Eyes will annihilate your Neo the Magic Swordsman." Kaiba's second Blue-Eyes attack commenced.

"Hold on Kaiba, I activate another face down card. Go, Magic Cylinder."

Kaiba grunted. "Great. More to worry about."

Two reddish-pink bazookas appeared, one on each of Neo the Magic Swordsman's shoulders. The white lightning attack entered the bazooka on his left shoulder. "Now, my Swordsman, reflect his attack right back at him." The blast then discharged from the bazooka on his right shoulder, hitting the attacking Blue-Eyes in the chest. It roared, and then shattered.

"You may have avoided that one, Yugi," Kaiba said, "but you won't avoid this one. So now, my final Blue-Eyes shall destroy Neo the Magic Swordsman."

The final Blue-Eyes attacked Neo. Unlike the previous attack, this one succeeded. The blast surrounded Neo, and he withered away along with the dragons attack.

"And now, it's time for the best part. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack Yugi's lifepoints directly!" The three headed dragon attacked in a similar fashion as the Blue-Eyes White Dragons did, except that each head unleashed its own blast.

"I activate my final face down card," Yami explained, "the trap card, Waboku, which reduces all damage inflicted to my lifepoints to 0." Three men in blue robes appeared, and absorbed the attack.

Kaiba wasn't happy, but his grin hid that well. "Good play Yugi, but don't forget that Waboku only lasts for one turn. On my next turn, I'll crush you."

Yami's grin reflected Kaiba's. "You've obviously forgotten two very important details Kaiba; first, it's my turn now, and second, since your turn is over, all five dragons you resurrected are again removed from the game."

The portal appeared on Kaiba's side of the field again, and sucked all four dragons on the field back into it.

"Now, I'll draw." Yami drew his card and analyzed his hand for a dueling strategy. Once he saw the move he could make, he grinned. If all went well, this duel would be over on this turn. "I activate the magic card, Premature Burial. At a cost of 800 lifepoints, I can resurrect any monster from my graveyard; and the monster I choose, is my Beta the Magnet Warrior." The golden mouse-like magnet warrior appeared, as if emerging from a trap door, and his lifepoints reduced to 4400. "Next, I'll have my magnet warrior merge with the other two magnet warriors in my hand, Gamma and Alpha, to form Valkyrion the Magna Warrior." Two more magnet warriors appeared, and all three disassembled. Then they each assembled into one tall magnetic warrior, with a long, wide sword, and attack strength of 3500. "Now, Valkyrion, attack Kaiba's lifepoints directly, so I can win this duel."

Kaiba grinned as Valkyrion lifted its sword and lunged towards Kaiba. "I don't think so Yugi. I activate my trap card, Negate Attack."

"No, now my attack won't deplete your lifepoints."

"Exactly," Kaiba replied. As Valkyrion lunged its sword, it hit an invisible barrier, causing ripples in the impact zone.

"Nice job, Seto," Mokuba cheered his brother.

Joey shook his head. "Hah, he was just lucky. Yugi'll clobber 'im, just look at his monster."

Yami sighed. "I end my turn."

"I thought you would," Kaiba drew. "I play one monster card face down, in defense mode, and then I'll pass it back to you."

"Fine," Yami drew, "now, Valkyrion, destroy Kaiba's face down monster."

Again, Valkyrion lifted its mighty sword, and lunged at the monster on Kaiba's side of the field. Just before his sword struck Kaiba's monster, a monster with one on each half of its face, separated by its red skin, eyes all over its arms, and wearing green pants appeared, then shattered when Valkyrion struck it with its sword.

"What was that?" Yami asked.

"That was my Big Eye monster card," Kaiba explained, "and when it's flipped face up, I can see the top five cards in my deck, and arrange them in any order that I want." He took the top five cards in his deck, analyzed them, and then put them back in the order he chose.

"Fine. Make your move."

"With pleasure," Kaiba drew. 'Hm, Yugi didn't use that card he drew before, so I'll bet it isn't a monster card. But that's irrelevant, his Valkyrion is too strong for my monsters to destroy, and unless I can come up with something, he'll defeat me on his next turn.' "I play another monster in face down defense position. Your move."

Yami drew. "This card worked well for you Kaiba, now we'll see if it will work well for me. I activate my Card of Sanctity, allowing us both to draw more cards."

They both drew.

"Anything else Yugi?" Kaiba asked, nagging him on.

Yami analyzed his hand. He had only two monsters in his hand; one was Kuribo, the other was the Dark Magician, and all the others were magic or trap cards. Since he couldn't summon the Dark Magician, and he wanted to hold onto Kuribo, he said, "I place one card face down, and now my Valkyrion will destroy your monster."

Valkyrion attacked again. Then, a monster with a pale white head and hands appeared, his chest and arms covered by a green cloak, and a chainsaw here his legs should be. The monster shattered when Valkyrion's sword hit it.

"You may have destroyed my Trap Master Yugi, but his special ability allows me to choose one trap card on the field and destroy it. Since your card is face down, let's see what it is."

The face down card flipped face up, and Kaiba wasn't happy. The face down card was a magic card, Mage Power. After a few seconds, the card returned to its face down position.

"My turn is done," Yami said.

Kaiba drew. "You're going down, Yugi; for I activate Enemy Controller," a video game controller shimmered onto the battlefield, "now I enter the code to control your Valkyrion; left, right, A, B," The buttons pressed as Kaiba said them. "Now, your Valkyrion is mine." Valkyrion floated to Kaiba's side of the field. "Valkyrion, attack Yugi's lifepoints directly!"

Valkyrion attacked Yami-Yugi, but instead of striking him with his sword, many Kuribo's started appearing, taking Valkyrion's strike.

"Not Kuribo again," Kaiba complained, "well, at least Kuribo can't protect you a second time, Yugi. Now, I sacrifice your Valkyrion so I can summon my Judge Man to the field, in attack mode," a tall fat man with a huge club and a shirt and hat of different shades of blue appeared. "Your move, Yugi."

'No, now I don't have my Valkyrion anymore, and Kaiba's Judge Man has 2200 attack points.' Yami thought.

"Time's wasting Yugi," Kaiba taunted.

After a few seconds, Yami made his move. "I place one more card face down, and then I activate the magic card, Exchange, allowing us to exchange one card from our opponent's hand."

Kaiba and Yami met in the center of the field. Yami chose first, taking Kaiba's Cost Down magic card. Then Kaiba chose Dian Keto the Cure Master. They then returned to where they were standing. Upon his return, Yami continued, "Next I'll summon my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, in defense mode," a handsome man in a green, brown and silver suit of armor; beige pants and a purple cape appeared. "I end my turn."

"Excellent. Now," Kaiba drew. "I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master, which raises my lifepoints by 1000 points, giving me 2200 lifepoints." His lifepoint meter on his duel disk set to 2200. 'Attacking would be useless, since his Guardian can't be destroyed by monsters stronger and equal to 1900, so I can't do much, this turn.' "I play two cards face down, and then I end my turn."

"Big mistake Kaiba," Yami said, "now I activate Cost Down, reducing my monster's level by two stars. Now, I'll sacrifice my Guardian, so I can summon, my Dark Magician." A man in a purple magician's suit, long pointy magician's hat, purple hair banks underneath and a shining turquoise staff appeared, "and next, I'll increase his strength with my magic card, Mage Power. Now, for every magic card on my side of the field, my monster's attack points increase by 500 attack points, giving my Dark Magician 3000 attack points."

Kaiba frowned. 'Great, just what I need.'

"Now, Dark Magician, destroy Kaiba's Judge Man with your dark magic attack!" The Dark Magician lifted its staff, and suddenly, the colors of the Judge Man and the immediate surroundings near him changed into shades of black and blue, and the Judge Man groaned in pain and shattered. Kaiba's lifepoints then reduced to 1400.

Kaiba laughed. "Ha, ha, ha, Yugi; you fell right into my trap. I activate the trap card, Attack and Receive,"

"What does Attack and Receive do?"

"Simple, I can only activate that card when I take damage to my lifepoints. When the damage occurs, this trap card will drain 700 of your lifepoints."

Yami grimaced. 'Great.' His lifepoint meter then dropped from 4400 to 3700. "I end my turn."

Kaiba drew. "Very well then, I play one card face down, and then I'll end my turn.

Yami drew. "Now, Dark Magician, destroy his face down monster."

The Dark Magician attacked Kaiba's face down monster the way it attacked his Judge Man before. A golden mask with one eye-hole the shape of an open mouth, and a red 'x' stretching from the eye-hole to the bottom on the right center appeared, and then shattered.

Kaiba grinned. "Thanks, Yugi; for now I can bring any trap card from my graveyard back to my hand, and I think you can guess which one I'm bringing back."

Fear filled Yami eyes. "You're bringing back Return From the Different Dimension!"

"Exactly, and once I activate it, my dragons will wipe out your Dark Magician and the rest of your lifepoints.

"We'll see," Yami replied, "we'll see."

"Yes, we will." Kaiba drew. "I play three cards face down and end my turn."

'I could attack Kaiba directly;' Yami thought, 'but if he's got Return From the Different Dimension on the field, I'll be in big trouble!'

Kaiba gazed at him tauntingly.

Yami drew. He now hoped with all his heart that the cards in his hand would be able to bring Kaiba down.