King of Games
Chapter 17
Celtic Guardian – ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200
Bickuribox – ATK: 2800/DEF: 1600
Spirit of the Breeze – ATK: 0/DEF: 1800
Goddess of Whim – ATK: 950/DEF: 700
Neo the Magic Swordsman – ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000
Archfiend Soldier – ATK: 2400/DEF: 1100
"That will end my turn," said Kari.
"There goes the first turn," muttered TK. "And so far their attack power is much stronger than ours. Winning this isn't going to be easy."
"We knew that from the beginning," Sakura told him. "But we have to."
"That's right," Yugi smirked. "Now, it's my turn again." He drew.
'Yugi, you better draw a good monster,' thought Sakura. 'Piedmon's next, and he'll definitely be attacking me! I'll be down to 1200 life points if he manages to destroy my trap cards, and if he gets another monster with an attack higher than that, I'm finished!'
'You're the only one with a good number of Dark Monsters in your deck, Yugi,' thought TK. 'You'd better draw a powerful one. All we need is a dark monster with attack points higher than 2300.'
"I'll set a monster in defense mode," said Yugi. "And lay one card face-down to end my turn."
"WHAT?!" gasped TK and Sakura.
"Yugi! Don't play for your own defense! We need you!" cried TK. "Sakura's going to be defeated if you don't destroy that Bickuribox!"
"I apologize, TK, but that is the only move I can make," sighed Yugi.
"It…can't be…" whispered Sakura. "Yugi, you were my only hope…"
"Well isn't this touching?" snickered Piedmon. "Sorry, little girl, but it looks like I'll be taking you out of this duel on just the second turn!" He drew a card. "I'm summoning Mystic Clown in Attack Mode! Within Mystic Plasma Zone, this cheerful Creature is powered up!"
Mystic Clown – ATK: 2000/DEF: 600
"And I'll play the spell card Anti-Magic Arrows to destroy your two trap cards!"
'No! My only line of defense!' Sakura thought angrily. 'My Spirit of the Breeze has no attack points. He might as well be attacking me directly! Yugi, why couldn't you have destroyed that Bickuribox?! Now with the two monsters' combined attack strength, I'll be out of this game on turn two!'
"Bickuribox, Attack her Spirit of the Breeze!" commanded Piedmon.
Sakura closed her eyes, thinking that she was going to be struck out of this duel, but Yugi suddenly had that smirk on his face when his plan comes through.
"Did you really think I'd leave her that open, Piedmon?" he chuckled. "Reveal Magic card, Multiply! This card allows me to create multiple copies of my facedown monster, Kuriboh! With this combo, my Kuriboh are multiplying faster than you can eliminate them, forming a sort of wall that can protect all three of us." Several hundred Kuriboh appeared and crossed over into TK and Sakura's section of the field.
Kuriboh - ATK: 300/DEF: 200
"Isn't that cross blocking?!" Piedmon asked nervously. "You can't cross-block with a defense creature!"
"It's not cross blocking," said Kari. "The Kuriboh are filling up their side of the field, and as a result we are forced to attack them. That Yugi Motou is obviously the best duelist of the three. It is no wonder he is the King of Games."
"He must be the first to be dealt with," the Dark Magician concluded.
"Bickuribox can destroy one Kuriboh, Piedmon, but to reach our life points, you're going to need to deal with all of them," Yugi smirked.
"You'll pay for that, Yugi Motou," grumbled Piedmon. "It's your move, little girl."
"Thanks a lot Yugi," Sakura told him. Yugi just smiled and gave her a thumbs-up. "Alright, now since Spirit of the Breeze is still in attack Mode, I gain 1000 Life points this turn."
Sakura: 5000She drew. "I'll lay one card facedown to end my turn."
'She still has no other monsters,' thought TK. 'No matter, Yugi's defense line should be much more than enough for now. And hopefully by the time those Kuriboh are finished, we'll be ready to attack.'
"I'm summoning Witch of the Black Forest in Attack mode," said the Dark Magician.
Witch of the Black Forest – ATK: 1600/DEF: 800"That will end my turn," he finished.
'That guy has yet to summon a powerful monster,' thought TK. 'I don't understand. His cards must work together in some way, but how?'
TK drew. "I'm summoning Shining Angel in Attack mode and ending my turn!"
Shining Angel – ATK: 1400/DEF: 800"What a pitiful monster you have there, Child of Hope," laughed Kari. "Let me show you a truly terrifying creature! I summon Vilepawn Archfiend in Attack mode!"
Vilepawn Archfiend – ATK: 1200/DEF: 200"Tell me, Child of Hope, have you ever played the game of chess?" Kari asked.
"I have," TK answered, remembering when he and Kari worked together to finally checkmate Ken after three hours.
"The pawn is a typical first move in the game," smirked Kari. "Because it is the foot soldier. The one who charges into battle first and allows the other more sophisticated warriors to attack. So, listen well, TK. This Vilepawn Archfiend is only the beginning. If it is destroyed, I have no use for it anyway. The other pieces are still with me!"
"Kari…" TK was beginning to see red. How dare they take control of her like that! How dare they hurt his best friend! How dare they prevent him from revealing his feelings for her!
"TK, I sense anger in your mind," Yugi stated calmly. "Don't be so angry. Our duel is still on. You need to focus. Anyway, it's my move." Yugi drew his next card.
"Well, this will really make you feel intimidated. I'll sacrifice my Celtic Guardian to summon the powerful Summoned Skull!"
Summoned Skull – ATK: 2500/DEF: 1200"And thanks to your Mystic Plasma Zone, he becomes even more powerful!"
Summoned Skull – ATK: 3000/DEF: 800"This time, Piedmon, your Bickuribox won't even have the chance to attack," smirked Yugi. "Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike!" The powerful dark fiend fired several thousand volts of electricity into Piedmon's jack-in-the-box, destroying the evil toy instantly.
"How's that?" Yugi smiled. "I now possess the most powerful monster on the field, and there's nothing you can do to stop his power."
Piedmon: 3800"It's your move, Piedmon," said Yugi. "I suggest you make it quick so we may end this duel sooner."
'Damn that King of Games,' Piedmon thought angrily. 'His deck can complement with ours! Looks like we'll have to get rid of him, but with those Kuriboh and that Summoned Skull, we can't even touch him!'
Piedmon drew his next card. "Okay then, I'll summon Clown Zombie in attack mode and end my turn."
Clown Zombie – ATK: 2100/DEF: 0'Why do they have to be clowns?!' TK thought angrily. 'I hate clowns!'
Sakura drew a card. "I gain another 1000 Life points," she announced.
Sakura: 6000"I'll pass this turn."
It was the Dark Magician's turn. "This card will turn this entire Game around. I'll summon the mystical Time Wizard!"
Time Wizard – ATK: 500/DEF: 400"Time Wizard?!" Yugi gasped. "If that card resolves completely, all of our monsters will be thrown into a time warp, leaving us open for a direct attack!"
"This is not good," growled TK. "If that thing works, all our Kuriboh will be gone!"
"We'll lose our final line of Defense," gasped Sakura.
"Go, Time Roulette," stated the Dark Magician. The Time Wizard's spinner began.
'Come on, skull,' thought Yugi. 'Land on Skull…'
'This will work,' smirked Kari. 'There is no way it can't.'
The roulette was still going…Skull…Warp…Skull…WARP!
Time Wizard began using its magic to speed up the time on the playing field until a millennium passed. All the Kuriboh fell ill from age, and every monster on Yugi, Sakura, and TK's side of the field were destroyed.
"I didn't expect that to actually work," whispered Sakura.
"Now all three of us are open to a direct attack," grumbled TK. "This is not good at all."
"My defense line failed," muttered Yugi.
"That it did," smirked the Dark Magician. "Now, I'll use my Goddess of Whim's special ability." A spinner, one half red and one half blue, appeared in the Goddess' hands. "Goddess will activate the spinner. If the spinner lands on blue, her attack power is doubled. If it lands on red, it is halved." The spinner began…and landed on blue.
Goddess of Whim – ATK: 1900/DEF: 700"Goddess of Whim, Witch of the Black Forest, and Time Wizard, attack Yugi!"
"What?!" gasped Yugi, as the three monsters began to advance on him.
"All three, attack him!"
"I'm not going out that easily. Reveal trap card, Mirror Force!"
A protective barrier formed around Yugi, and as the monsters tried to lower Yugi's Life Points, they were all blown back and destroyed, as well as every other monster on the opponent's side of the field.
"Because Witch of the Black Forest was destroyed, I am allowed to bring a monster from my deck with less than 1500 ATK points. That will end my turn," said the Dark Magician.
'At least that Mirror Force cleared their side of the field as well. We were really lucky…' Sakura suddenly realized something. "Luck…"
"What?" asked Yugi and TK.
"That's how the Game Card is the ultimate winner," she told them. "It's able to manipulate luck. The Dark Magician's last two moves, the Time Wizard and Goddess of Whim, based themselves solely on luck. The Game Card's luck is always good."
"Luck and Skill are the two things that are essential to winning in almost every game that exists, including Duel Monsters!" TK finished.
"I should've known that dueling a Clow Card was going to be different from a regular duel," growled Sakura. "But we still need to win."
"In this game, we've got something that will counter their good luck," smiled Yugi. "We've got the Heart of the Cards."
'The Heart of the Cards?' thought TK as he drew his next card. 'No…there's no such thing. If there was…I would've won that tournament. We're dueling on skill and skill alone.'
"I'm summoning Maha Vailo in Attack Mode!"
Maha Vailo – ATK: 1550/DEF: 1400
'Attack Mode?' wondered Sakura. 'TK, what are you thinking? Their monsters will destroy yours!'
"Now I'm equipping my monster with my Elf's Light Magic card! It'll increase my monster's ATK by 400 points and decrease it by 200!"
Maha Vailo – ATK: 1950/DEF: 1200"And since it's now equipped, Maha Vailo's special ability kicks in! It increases her ATK power by 500 for every Equip Magic Card on it!"
Maha Vailo – ATK: 2450/DEF: 1200'Now that I have the only monster on the field, I can attack someone. But I'm too nervous to attack Kari. So I'll have to aim for the one who I want out of this duel most.'
"Maha Vailo, attack Piedmon! Mystic Lightning!"
Piedmon: 1350"That was not very fun," muttered Piedmon.
"That will end my turn," TK finished.
It was Kari's move. "I'm summoning my Shadowknight Archfiend in Attack Mode," she announced.
Shadowknight Archfiend – ATK: 2000/DEF: 1600
"2000 attack for a 4-star monster is pretty high," commented Sakura.
"Don't worry," Yugi told her. "The Attack it deals to its opponents is halved because of its drawback ability."
"That's good to know," sighed TK. "So, its attack power only works on our monsters, right?"
"Precisely," said Kari. "But I can still deal you some damage. After I place a card face-down, I'll attack Yugi! Go take down his Life Points, my Knight!"
Yugi: 3000
"Direct attacks are the essence of our fight now," muttered Yugi. "At least I can take Piedmon down in one turn now. His Life Points are defenseless."
He drew his next card. "I'll play Pot of Greed to draw Two Cards." After drawing, Yugi smirked. 'Yes, this will be a fantastic combo. Let's see if we can pull it off.'
"I'll summon Berfomet, in Attack mode!"
Berfomet – ATK: 1400/DEF: 1800
"Summoning Befomet allows me to summon Gazelle, King of Mythical Beasts to the field as well." Gazelle, King of Mythical Beasts – ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200
"And now, by fusing my two monsters with the power of Polymerization, I now present the mighty Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast!"
"I've never seen that monster combo from your deck, Yugi," commented TK.
"I'm updating the deck for the Battle City Tournament," smiled Yugi. "This is one monster that I think will come in handy some time."
Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast – ATK: 2100/DEF: 1800"Now, Chimera, go! Attack Piedmon's Life Points directly!"
"Agh! I'm going to lose!" cried Piedmon.
"Shadowknight, protect him," Kari commanded.
The Shadowknight Archfiend jumped in, intercepting Chimera's attack, being destroyed in the process.
Kari: 3900"Why end his stay in this duel so soon, Yugi? We're still only getting started."
'I forgot that she could cross block Chimera because the Shadowknight's attack was weaker than 2100,' Yugi thought angrily. 'Now Piedmon will have another chance to come back at us! I should've saved the Polymerization for later!'
"Well, this is a fateful turn of events," snickered Piedmon. "Your plan was thwarted, Yugi, and it all could have been over had you not combined your monsters! Do you not see how combined efforts will fail? Even if all of you came at each of us, you'll still lose!"
"Wasn't Kari blocking the attack for you an act of teamwork?" asked Sakura.
"I blocked for my own benefit," Kari told her. "If Piedmon is out of the match, then I will be one who suffers from the joint attack. Besides, my Shadowknight was not that wonderful a card in the first place."
Piedmon drew his next card. "I'll use my Pot of Greed now," he smirked. "Greed is one of the ideals that the Dark Masters thrived off of, you know? Now, I'm going to use Hamburger Recipe! I'm sacrificing my Ryu-kishin Clown and Parrot Dragon from my hand to perform the Ritual." A spatula appeared on the field and appeared to be flipping a hamburger patty. "Meet Hungry Burger!" The Patty stopped flipping and a bun, some lettuce and tomatoes appeared. The bun opened to reveal teeth, and the beef, the lettuce, and the tomatoes jumped in, forming a tasty looking Hamburger, who was lashing its jaws everywhere.
The three duelists sweatdropped.
"This will be a new experience," Sakura commented.
"I'm utterly speechless," said Yugi.
"That has to be one of the most embarrassing ways to die," said TK. "Being eaten by junk food."
Hungry Burger – ATK: 2500/DEF: 1450"Go Hungry Burger, attack Chimera! Have yourself a tasty snack!" The hamburger leapt onto the mythical beast.
"Not so fast, Piedmon! I'm activating Negate Attack to skip your Battle Phase."
"Why won't you stop using your trap cards and face me like you should?!" demanded Piedmon. "My turn is over."
Sakura drew her next card. "I'll use Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard 2. Now, I'm going to remove the 7 colored fish I just discarded to summon Aqua Spirit, in attack mode!"
Aqua Spirit – ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200"That will end my turn," the Card Captor finished.
The Dark Magician drew his next card. "I'm now summoning Sangan in Attack Mode."
Sangan – ATK: 1500/DEF: 1000"It's your move, Child of Hope."
TK drew his next card. "I'm summoning Dunames Dark Witch in Attack Mode!"
Dunames Dark Witch – ATK: 1800/DEF: 1050
"I'll end my turn there," TK finished.
"I'll start by using Graceful Charity, like Sakura did, to draw 3 cards and discard 2. Now, I'm going to summon my Infernalqueen Archfiend to the field!"
Infernalqueen Archfiend – ATK: 900/DEF: 1500
"Now, I'll use my face-down card, Archfiend's Roar! I'll use it to resurrect the monster that I had discarded using Graceful Charity! The mighty and powerful Terrorking Archfiend!"
Terrorking Archfiend – ATK: 2000/DEF: 1500"I will end my turn here," said Kari. "Yugi Motou, it's your move."
Yugi drew a card. "Okay, I'm going to use the magic card De-Fusion to separate my Chimera back to what it was, Berfomet and Gazelle. Now, I'm sacrificing them both to summon my rarest monster, the Dark Magician!"
Dark Magician – ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100"And thanks to the Mystic Plasma Zone, my magician gets a power-up of 500 attack points!"
Dark Magician – ATK: 3000/DEF: 1700"Now, I'm going to utilize the magic of Brain control to take that Hungry Burger off of your hands, Piedmon," smirked Yugi. "Your monster, or should I say food, belongs to me now!"
"WHAT?!" cried Piedmon.
Hungry Burger – ATK: 2500/DEF: 1450"Well, my royal archfiends are too much of a waste to cross block at this point," chuckled Kari.
"You'd be destroyed anyway if I cross blocked," the Dark Magician added.
"You're sunk, Piedmon," laughed TK. "You have nothing now! No hand, no traps, no monsters…you're wide open for an attack!"
"Yes, and I think Yugi's got the perfect way to take you down," laughed Sakura.
"Indeed I do," chuckled Yugi. "As TK said, being killed by junk food is one of the most embarrassing ways to die, so why don't we utilize that fact? Hungry Burger, go eat some of Piedmon's Life Points." The sandwich was more than happy to oblige as it bounced toward its master.
"No! It can't end this way!" he cried.
"It is," laughed TK.
"This should be entertaining," giggled Sakura.
"It's the final act for this clown," smirked Yugi. "Good-bye."
The hamburger lunged at Piedmon, literally chewing him out and depleting the rest of his life points.
"Agh! No! Go away!" cried the Digimon as the Burger sank its teeth into him.
"Yes!" cheered the three duelists.
Piedmon: 0As his life points disappeared, so did the possessed hamburger. The platform he was standing on floated up to one of the cages, threw him in, and locked the door. Yes, those platforms were certainly magical.
"Well, this isn't fun at all," muttered the Dark Master. "Just wait until I get out of here so we can have some real playtime."
"Until then, it's time-out for you!" Yugi shouted. "And no snacks until you think about what you've done!"
DM: 4000 – Kari: 3900
Yugi: 3000 – Sakura: 6000 – TK: 4000
"That had to suck," said Joey, who was cracking up. Well, who wouldn't? Seeing a toothy hamburger chew on a clown is enough to make anyone laugh.
"Whoa, Yugi's playing babysitter, and it looks like junior's been a bad boy," laughed Tai.
"At least one of the three are out of the match," commented Davis. "Now the three of them just have to deal with those two."
"Well, they dealt with one, didn't they?" asked Matt. "How hard could the others be?"
"They defeated the clown," answered Li. "In a very amusing way, I might add. But now they have to face the two more competent duelists."
"That's right," said Ken. "They're still up against the Game Program and the girl who one of them loves. It'll still be a challenge."
"This is going to be hard on them," concluded Izzy. "I just hope they make it. There's still a lot at stake."
I'll end the chapter there. Well, Piedmon's gone, and that's some strain off of the author. Yeah, it's actually pretty tiring trying to keep track of six duelists all going at the same time. Next chapter will be more dueling as well as some talk about the origin of the Game Card.
If you hadn't already guessed, Piedmon's deck was basically a bunch of clowns and cartoon monsters, and one sort of funny monster that actually made me hungry. But, I hope it was a little bit entertaining to read about the burger and its master.
And all of you can plainly see that Kari's deck is pure evil. I remember someone requesting a fiend/demon deck in his or her review a while back. Well, voila! Kari is dueling with the Archfiends, some of the most fun monsters to play with. But, no need for Pandemonium until she actually lasts a full round with her archfiends intact.
Well, the duel is still on! There are probably going to be 3 more chapters concerning the duel, and one or two chapters after that. I'm hoping to finish this by December. Until then, review!