The Dark Arch

by yamigambit009

Ch. 45 finally up! With The Silver Tournament gone, Kaiba unleashes his third tournament to date! A new enemy approaches, and what do they exactly want? Read to discover!

31. Rebirth of Ra, Part 3: Obelisk's Anger, ...

Disclaimer: See Chapter 30 for details

A/N: I finally get one of those scroll bars!! WHOO!!

Chapter 31: Rebirth of Ra, Part 3: Obelisk's Anger, Soul Energy MAX!

The score was Yugi: 1300, Queen of Diamonds: 700. Queen of Diamonds summoned Ra again to the field, with the help of her Zombie's Jewel trap card. However, Yugi, after remarkably setting a powerful magic card, countered Ra's One Turn Kill with Devil's Sanctuary, summoning a Metal Devil Token. Then after gaining 2 more tokens, he summoned Obelisk to the field, bringing Queen of Diamonds down to 700 life points. Except, using Obelisk to attack fell into Queen of Diamonds' trap, summoning a God Slime to her side of the field with 3000 defense points. Then after fusing it with Revival Slime, it became the Immortal God Slime. Plus, to make matters worse, Bowganian was summoned, making Yugi lose 300 life points each turn. On top of that, if Yugi tries to attack Bowganian, the attack is transferred to the Immortal God Slime, which just regenerates!

"Ha Pharaoh! Look at you, pitiful and helpless before my monsters! Not only will my Immortal God Slime take every attack you throw to my cards, it will also keep coming back, so you'll never be able to take my life points to 0! Plus, since your Black Magician Girl's attack failed, you lost 1000 life points, giving Bowganian four less turns to defeat you" reminded Queen of Diamonds, drawing her card since it was the beginning of her turn. "And to make matters worse..." she began, showing the card she drew.

The Pharaoh noticed it showing ground and purple crystals shooting out from the earth. "Confused, Pharaoh?" questioned Queen of Diamonds, "It's a magic card that will seal your fate! It's known as Magic Shard Excavation, allowing me to discard 2 cards from my hand to place one spell card from my graveyard into my hand, and I presume you know which magic card I choose? Raise Dead of course!" she snatched the magic card as it was ejected from her graveyard slot. "However, one downside to using this card is I'm not able to activate Raise Dead this turn to bring back Ra to finish off your Obelisk! So, I'll summon Granadora (1900/700) in defense mode!" A demonic reptile materialized on the field, snarling at all opposition.

"During my next standby phase, Granadora gives me 1000 life points, so I'll be able to use my extra life points to activate Ra's God Phoenix form!" Queen of Diamonds explained her plan as the Pharaoh growled, knowing he must do something this turn.

"I'll end my turn YOU LOSER!!!!!!!! "Queen of Diamonds screamed at her opponent. "As soon as I rid the Pharaoh of his Obelisk, victory will be mine. He'll have no way to destroy me if I can destroy Obelisk first."

"You can do it Yugi!" Anzu began shouting encouragement. The others soon caught on. "Yeah! Stick it to him, Yugi!" Tristan added.

"Show her what a True Duelist is!" Joey continued on. The Pharaoh looked at his aibou's friends, knowing he could win as long as he believed in the Heart of the Cards.

"What's wrong Yugi? If you've been paying attention, it's your turn" Queen of Diamonds told the Pharaoh. For a second, the Pharaoh went to converse with Yugi.

"Yugi..." the Pharaoh began, "I'm not sure I know how to defeat Ra next turn."

"The weakness of the Queen of Diamonds must be hiding in the power of Ra. Ra has 3 modes of fighting. One mode is for the player to fuse with Ra. However, Ra may be the most powerful God Card there is, but Ra is still a monster. Maybe we can use that to our advantage." Yugi reminded the Pharaoh, who thanked his partner.

The Pharaoh was now focused on the duel. "I draw." He declared, drawing from his deck.

"About time..." yawned the Queen of Diamonds.

"Now, I'll set two cards face down and summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) in defense mode, and I'll end my turn from here." The Pharaoh announced as his mythical beast appeared in defense mode, and Queen of Diamonds drew.

"Remember, now my lovely Bowganian will take away 300 of your life points" she pointed out, as Bowganian unleashed a missile crashing into the Pharaoh's chest. However, no damage was done, since Bowganian was only a hologram. "You're just lucky this isn't a Shadow Game, or that could have felt a lot worse." She chuckled, sighting Raise Dead in her hand. (Y's LP: 700)

"Why are you struggling to keep your strength up? This is the last turn." The Pharaoh's opponent declared.

"Interesting show this is." Bakura thought, patiently watching the match. "I wonder if Yugi has a plan to stop Ra. With two set cards, and knowing Raise Dead was in her hand last turn, he probably does. However, will it be enough Yugi?" he wondered, his attention turning back to the match itself.

Kaiba was in his office, just as interested as Bakura. "I wonder what Yugi's two face down cards are. None of them will stop Ra. Actually..." he began to think of other possibilities, "those face down cards may be able to defeat Ra, in one way or another.

"Come on Yugi!" cheerfully thought Joey.

"You can do it, I believe in you!" Anzu mentally added.

"Go Yugi! There's no way I'm letting you lose to her!" thought Tristan, his full support going to Yugi.

"It's my standby phase now," began Queen of Diamonds, "so thanks to Granadora's effect, I gain 1000 life points (Q's LP: 1700)!" she smiled wickedly, fingering out Raise Dead from her hand.

"Are you ready for darkness, because it's been waiting for you for a long time, and I don't like to keep people waiting! I activate Raise Dead, bringing Ra back from the card graveyard!" she proclaimed as the Raise Dead symbol created itself in red, in the sky. The winds once again rose, flying across the pier as the golden wings erupted from the magic symbol, and in between the wings formed a golden dragon roaring its powerful roar for all to hear.

The Queen of Diamonds then began to chant some ancient old language words. This time, the Pharaoh caught words he missed the previous time before, and watched in awe as Ra emitted a pure golden flame encasing its body, morphing itself into a deadly phoenix.

"You know what happens next," she told the Pharaoh, as he noticed her life point meter stoop down to 700. (Q's LP: 700) (A/N: What did you people expect?) "Ra, burn Obelisk with your phoenix form's attack! Burn Obelisk and finish off the Pharaoh!" she commanded as the Phoenix shot a wave of golden fire aimed to cover Obelisk and burn him to cinders.

"I activate my magic card!" the Pharaoh declared before the fire reached Obelisk.

"It doesn't matter! Obelisk will never survive Ra's attack! Complete your assault my great beast, don't let a small magic card stop you!" instructed the Queen of Diamonds as the fire blast continued, creating a circle of fire around the Pharaoh and his 3 monsters.

"It's all over! Obelisk falls to Ra!" the queen declared.

"Not today, Queen of Diamonds!" the Pharaoh spoke through the flames. The flames then dispersed from the dueling arena, and the Queen of Diamonds began to see the Pharaoh's side of the field again, and she gasped at the results. She saw Osiris standing before Obelisk as a shield, and she put the pieces together.

"This can't be happening!" she screamed, witnessing the Pharaoh's plan. "Ra's attack on Obelisk was intercepted by your Osiris, because you activated the Monster Reborn card!" she noticed the magic card face up on the field.

"Yes, and that means Ra's attack is pointless!" the Pharaoh completed her thought.

"I see Yugi's strategy," Bakura noticed, "he's using Obelisk as the sword and Osiris as the shield to combat Ra. Bravo, Yugi!" he thought, applauding for the Pharaoh's strategy.

Osiris' head crashed to the ground, as Obelisk roared into the sky. Blue lightning flashed rapidly as if answering Obelisk's roar. "Look!" Joey commanded everyone. "Obelisk is angry now."

"I wonder if Yugi knows the extent to Obelisk's anger" pondered Kaiba in his office.

"Now that your attack has failed, Osiris is sent to the graveyard, but so is Ra!" the Pharaoh declared as both monsters vanished from the playing field.

"Hold on! It's my turn to reveal a powerful spell! Surprise Attack from the Darkness, unleash your powers!" called the Queen of Diamonds as Ra was instantly revived from the graveyard. "My magic card gives me the power to summon any monster that was destroyed in battle or a monster that was sent to my graveyard that was on the field during my turn! And I'm afraid Ra perfectly fits that description!" she explained as Ra was locked in its golden sphere, hovering above the dueling arena.

"Ra isn't ready to fight yet." The Queen of Diamonds pointed up. "Which mode should I use to destroy the Pharaoh? Ah, I know." She began to chant a spell, it wasn't the third spell, Yugi figured out, since she didn't have enough life points to invoke the God Phoenix.

Ra emerged from the sphere in its second form. "He's planning to use the One Turn Kill and fuse with Ra." The Pharaoh figured out. The Queen of Diamonds appeared in Ra's jewel as Ra's attack power rose to 699. (Q's LP: 1)

"Once I take all the cards on my field as sacrifices, Ra's attack will climb to a destructive 6899! Obelisk's attack is only 4000. I'll destroy Obelisk and win the duel! Give it up, Pharaoh. I'll admit you put up a good fight, but I was destined to win!" the Queen of Diamonds laughed.

"Is that so?" the Pharaoh questioned, while his opponent discontinued her laughing spree. "I activate my magic card, Soul Taker!"

"Joey, what does that card do?" asked Tristan on the sidelines.

"Oh yeah! Think of it as Yugi's hero. It lets Yugi take a monster on the Queen of Diamonds' side of the field and sacrifice it, but in exchange she gains 1000 life points.

Queen of Diamonds gasped. "You plan to take Ra along with myself as a sacrifice!"

"Good guess, but no! I'm taking the Immortal God Slime instead and since it's composed of 2 monsters, I can use it as 2 different monsters to power up my Obelisk to its Soul Energy MAX state!" the Pharaoh stated his plan. The Immortal God Slime was grabbed my Obelisk, its soul being fed into Obelisk's jewel. Obelisk glowed pink in color and its fist were raised, surrounded by powerful energy. The winds picked up at twice the rate they would for Ra.

"So he did figure it out." Kaiba smirked.

"Looks like even Ra won't stand up to this power," Bakura chuckled.

"Obelisk, use Soul Energy MAX, destroy Ra!" commanded the Pharaoh as Obelisk shot its fists forward, ready to destroy the golden dragon of Queen of Diamonds. The gang could barely witness the attack because the wind was so blinding.

"Go!" Joey cheered, barely managing to shout the words loud enough for Yugi to hear. Yugi turned and nodded.

"No! I will not lose to you Pharaoh! I've been through months and months of training, and I will NOT lose to the likes of you! I sacrifice Bowganian and Granadora to power Ra to 4899! Obelisk has only 4000 attack points! I win!" she cheered.

"Not in this turn" the Pharaoh replied. "Since it's in its Soul Energy MAX mode, Obelisk's attack power is infinite, meaning it does measure up to Ra! Face it, you lose!" (Obelisk:?/?)

Out of the fires of Ra's attack, two pink spheres were seen hurdling towards Ra. Everyone recognized them as Obelisk's, and when the fists met the fire, an explosion occurred releasing waves of smoke. The smoke cleared in about 30 seconds, Obelisk reverted back to its normal blue color and stats of 4000 each, and the Pharaoh was shocked to see Ra still remained on the field.

"That's impossible! Your monster can't measure up to Soul Energy MAX, no matter how powerful it is!" the Pharaoh shouted.

"I'm afraid it is quite possible. For when your Soul Energy MAX almost destroyed my Ra, I activated a magic card to protect it!" Queen of Diamonds enlightened the Pharaoh, who now noticed the magic card.

"It's a card called Class System. Whenever you attack or activate a special ability of your monsters to destroy one of mine, if its level isn't higher than my monster, the attack or ability is negated and ended. Since Obelisk and Ra are both level 10 creatures, Obelisk's Soul Energy MAX ability is negated!" the Queen of Diamonds heartily laughed.

"Obelisk's attack is now back at its pitiful 4000, and Ra still has its 4899, since I sacrificed Bowganian and my Granadora, remember?" she smirked.

"That's it!" the Pharaoh thought. "That's why she sacrificed the monsters to Ra. She knew its attack was infinite, but if she activated her Class System magic card while those 2 monsters were on the field, then her Class System would have destroyed itself since Bowganian and Granadora are both lower than level 10. She set me up." He growled.

"Seeing as how it's my turn, and how I haven't attacked your Obelisk and won our duel, I think it's about time I do! Ra, let us attack Obelisk together and win the match!" instructed the queen as Ra unleashed a golden fire ball to smother and burn Obelisk.

"You may have been able to block Obelisk's Soul Energy MAX attack, but you have no more cards set on the field, so you won't block this card! Activate, Magical Dimension! This card allows me to sacrifice 2 monsters on my side of the field to negate your attack! I'll use Obelisk and Gazelle to negate Ra's attack!" the Pharaoh called as the two sacrifices swirled in wind, and vanished from the field. Ra's fireball vanished before it could get to the Pharaoh's side of the field. Black Magician Girl was now his only monster.

Queen of Diamonds laughed. "So you've stopped one attack, but at a very high price. You just lost Obelisk, you're only shot at winning! And I've even got a card in my hand to bring back my Raise Dead magic card next turn! Without Obelisk, you're just a sitting duck!" she snickered. "What makes you think you will win without Obelisk?"

"I've got my friends" sternly replied the Pharaoh, "I've got the monsters that fight for me each and every time I duel! Like the one I'm about to summon! I activate a second ability of Magical Dimension! I'm able to call upon a Spellcaster type monster from my hand! I choose to special summon my Black Magician! (2500/2100)!" A yellow cask appeared, held up by metal poles and chains. The cask slowly opened and the Black Magician floated out, next to his partner.

The Pharaoh drew. "This is it! I win this duel now! Activate magic card, Ragnarok! This card can only be used when I have at least 2 of the required magicians on the field to activate. Luckily for me, Black Magician Girl and Black Magician are 2 of them. My magic card now allows me to remove from play each and every monster from my hand, deck, and graveyard to my remove from game pile" explained the Pharaoh as he shuffled through his two stacks, sending a chunk of cards to a separate section.

"Your card does nothing to me! Ra will destroy your Black Magician, your soul card, next turn and win me the match!" Queen of Diamonds retorted.

"That won't happen" chuckled the Pharaoh, "because since I've filled the cost of Ragnarok, its effect is activated! All of your monsters are destroyed! That means Ra!" burst the Pharaoh as a heavenly light reigned down on the field. Spirits of Yugi's monsters became parading onto the field. Obelisk and Osiris were there, along with Black Magician and Black Magician Girl, the Magnet Warriors, the trio of card knights, Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon, and even Kuriboh were on the field, all aimed at destroying Ra. Osiris went wrapping its seemingly infinite body's coils around Ra while Obelisk grabbed Ra's neck.

"No! Leave Ra alone! I command you!" the Queen of Diamonds screamed. Kuriboh peeped at her.

Both God monsters took Ra into the sky, and were followed by all cards, excluding Black Magician and Black Magician Girl. The two magicians, however, crossed their staffs and a hexagram symbol full of black magic appeared in the sky. Ra was taken into the symbol. As soon as Ra entered, a vibrant pink light replaced the heavenly one, blinding everyone for a second or two. Light left the playing field and a thin layer of smoke was on the arena. The crowd was shocked at the display. Queen of Diamonds was on the ground, gasping for breath. She recovered shortly.

"Did...Did Yugi win?" questioned Anzu. Joey shook his head.

"No. Queen of Diamonds still has her 1 life point, so that means the duel is still on." Joey replied.

"You're finished! Black Magician attack her life points directly!" commanded Yugi as his favorite monster unleashed a wave of black lightning, crashing onto Queen of Diamonds, making her shriek. (Q's LP: 0)

"I win! Hand over Ra!" the Pharaoh demanded.

"I'm not giving you Ra! We agreed if you won, you gained my Hexac Rudy! So here you go." She handed the card to Yugi. However, she also pulled out Ra. "You want it so bad, here. Not like you'll be able to use it" with that she disappeared in a flash, lost within Domino City. Yugi then looked over the card, since it had been a while since he had last seen it, and Yugi had never played it in a duel before. He noticed something on the card that was there, or in this case wasn't.

"Guys..." Yugi began.

"Yeah, what's up Yuge?" Joey questioned, fixing to turn off to find his own opponent.

"There's no writing on this card." Yugi told him. Joey leaned over and noticed the same thing. The other two also looked.

"So you mean to say..." Joey began.

"You don't think..." Anzu followed.

"There's no way..." Tristan told.

"Guys, this isn't the real Ra!" Yugi spilled the beans.

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A/N: Ok, for you people out there who are not keeping up with Japanese episodes, that was the exact same duel (dueling wise) between Yugi and Malik in the Battle City Finals. Umm...probably should have posted that at the beginning of this series, but if you didn't read the last part the whole rest of the tournament would have never made sense.

A/N 2: I know that's not how a lot of the cards work in real life that were in this trilogy of chapters, but that's how it is in the show shrugs shoulders

CARDS PLAYED

Magic Shard Excavation: MAGIC/Desc: Discard 2 cards from your hand. Select one spell card from your graveyard and add it to your hand. During the turn this card is activated, you may not activate the spell card you put into your hand.

Granadora: Level 4/ 1900/ 700/ Reptile/Desc: When this card is face up on the field during the standby phase after it was normal summoned, special summoned, or flip summoned increase your life points by 1000.

Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts: Level 4/ 1500/1200/ Beast Type

Raise Dead: MAGIC/Desc: Select one monster from either player's graveyard. Special summon it to the field in face up attack or defense position.

Soul Taker: INSTANT MAGIC/Desc: Select one monster on your opponent's side of the field to destroy. Your opponent gains 1000 life points.

Class System: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: You can activate this card when an opponent's monster attacks or activates an effect. If that Monster's Level is not higher than your Monster's Level, negate that attack or effect.

Magical Dimension: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: You can activate this card if you have a Magic User Sub-Type Monster on the Field, and an opponent's Monster attacks. Sacrifice 2 Monsters, negate your opponent's attack, and Special Summon 1 Magic User Sub-Type Monster from your deck. During the End Phase, this Monster is destroyed.

Ragnarok: MAGIC/Desc: You can activate this card if you have a combination of 2 Black-Robed Sage, Black Magician, Black Magician Girl and/or Magician of Black Chaos on your Field. Remove all Monsters in your hand, deck and Cemetery from the game. Destroy all of your opponent's Monsters on the Field.

Okay also, I'm kind of having a small case of writer's block. If you have any ideas for opponents, go head and submit them (as the reason I used a show duel). I'll probably recover in 2 days, but reader's suggestions are always fun to read and play around with.

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