Chapter 18
"Well, despite my defeating Piedmon, it's still my Battle Phase," said Yugi. "Dark Magician! Attack Sangan! Dark Magic Attack!"
DM: 2500The Black Dark Magician wasn't fazed at all by the attack on his life points. "I'll look for a monster with Attack points Lower than 1000 thanks to Sangan's Triggered Ability."
"Now, since Piedmon's gone, it's my turn," said Sakura, drawing her next card. 'Alright! Another one of my cards that represent the elementals!'
"Lady Panther, in Attack Mode!"
(A/N: I was going to put in 'Rock Spirit' as the Earthy card, but Rock Spirit is a guy, and the best female monsters, the Amazons, all should be together in one deck, so I'm left with Lady Panther as the representation of the Earthy card.)
Lady Panther – ATK: 1400/DEF: 1300"Now, Lady Panther and Aqua Spirit, concentrate your attacks and take down the last of the Black Dark Magician's Life Points!"
Aqua Spirit – ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200Both attacks hit head on, but after the smoke cleared, the three duelists were astonished to see the Dark Magician still standing there!
"But how-?" Sakura began.
"The card I searched for with Sangan's ability was my own Kuriboh," the Black Dark Magician explained. "And by discarding it, I was able to nullify one of your monsters' attack. And the card I chose to nullify was your Aqua Spirit."
Sakura growled. He had no cards on his side of the field. He wasn't supposed to be able to survive her last turn!
"I'll lay one card face-down and end my turn."
DM: 1100"You were close to defeating me, Sakura. I commend you for that. However, being close is nowhere near actually being there. Now, I believe it's my move," said the Game Program as he drew a card. "I will play Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard two. Now, I will summon Mystic Tomato in Attack Mode."
Mystic Tomato – ATK: 1400/DEF: 1100
"Now, my tomato's attack power is increased thanks to Mystic Plasma Zone."
Mystic Tomato – ATK: 1900/DEF: 1100
"As tempting as it is to attack, I will have more to lose than to gain if I attacked, so I'll lay two cards face down and end my turn there."
"It's my turn," said TK as he drew his next card. "I'll summon my second Shining Angel in Attack Mode."
Shining Angel – ATK: 1400/DEF: 800"I'll end my turn there. Your move."
Kari drew her next card. "Now, at the beginning of my turn, I have to pay some of my life points for my Archfiend monsters."
Kari: 2600"Also, my Infernalqueen Archfiend can power up one of my Archfiend monsters, and I choose my Terrorking Archfiend."
Terrorking Archfiend – ATK: 3500/DEF: 1500"Now that he's so powerful, I'm going to attack Sakura's Aqua Spirit!"
"Not so fast, Kari," Sakura shouted. "Reveal trap card! Spellbinding Circle! This trap locks your Terrorking in place so he can't attack and you can't change his battle position!"
"Very well," Kari shrugged. "That will end my turn."
Yugi drew his next card. "Okay, I'll set Big Shield Gardna in Defense mode."
Big Shield Gardna – ATK: 100/DEF: 2600"Since I still cannot attack Kari, I'll have my Magician attack Mystic Tomato!"
"I'll activate Magical Hats to counter your assault," the Dark Magician countered. "You'll have to find my tomato, but if you attack the wrong trap, some other surprise may be in store for you."
'That's my usual trick!' Yugi thought angrily. 'I fell into the trap I usually play to stall against my opponents!'
"How could Clow Reed have created such a powerful card?" Sakura muttered. "The Game Card has the ability to think on its own, manipulate luck, and put people under mind control! None of the other Clow Cards could come up with separate abilities like that!"
"You are curious as to how the Game Card came into existence?" asked Kari. "I suppose I have some time to explain the origin of the Game Card."
Flashback
"You have traveled far," a young man in a red cape was facing an older man. The scene was in a large stone room, where several Egyptian priests were facing a man from the Far East. He was clad in a black cloak.
"That I have," he answered. "I come to see if the tales of a mighty ruler of the desert are true. I come to see these rumored 'Shadow Games' that travelers have told about while I was in Asia."
"What makes you so interested?"
"I, too, am a magician. I wish to witness what sort of magic you use to summon these truly horrifying beasts that so many weary travelers struggled to escape from."
"You are a magician as well? Well, I would be honored if you would demonstrate some of your abilities after you witness our Shadow Games." Just then, the doors to the chamber burst open, and in came another priest and several guards armed with swords.
"There's the intruder! Restrain him!" he commanded. The guards began to advance on him. The man in the black cloak simply turned around and pulled out a deck of cards. He threw one on the floor and backed away slowly. The card began to slow and out came a young woman, clad in blue Asian clothing and two pig tails. (A/N: I don't know how to describe it!) "Fight Card, demonstrate to the pharaoh what sort of magic I possess."
The Fight Card leapt and kicked one of the guards, knocking the wind out of him, and then grabbed his arm and threw him into two other guards. She dodged one of the guards' sword, and uppercut his jaw. She then proceeded to punch another guard while kicking the last one. All six guards were left clutching their stomachs as the Fight reverted back into her card form. The cloaked magician slowly walked over to his card and picked it up.
"Your magic is quite powerful," the pharaoh commented. "Tell me, magician from the east, what is your name?" The man pulled the hood of his cloak back, revealing a handsome young Asian man.
"Clow Reed," he answered.
Soon after, the pharaoh showed Clow Reed to the temple where two young priests were summoning monsters. Clow Reed sat next to the pharaoh, watching intently as one priest finally defeated the other with a fierce dragon attack.
"These games live up to their legend, pharaoh," chuckled Clow. "I'm very impressed." The pharaoh smiled.
"I see we have impressed each other."
End Flashback"Clow Reed met the pharaoh?" asked Sakura. Kari nodded.
"It was a fated meeting. Clow Reed and the Pharaoh became friends and soon after the Eastern Magician created a card to honor the Shadow Games he witnessed. That card was the Game Card, but when Clow returned to Asia, the card grew out of control and began challenging everyone to games they could not win, so he hid it away from the other Clow Cards, and for thousands of years lay dormant. That is, until the pharoah's power was once again released. After Yugi solved the Millenium Puzzle, the card awakened. Soon, when it regained its former strength, the Game Card escaped into a deck of Duel Monsters cards, which was part of the test deck that the Big Five of Kaiba Corporation wanted to try out their game program with."
"Incredible," whispered Yugi. "Who thought all of us would have such closely knitted fates?"
"The reason why we want the Millenium Puzzle is so that the Game Card's ability becomes infinite," the Dark Magician continued for Kari. "If Clow Reed's and the pharoah's power was combined, there would be nothing that could stop us."
"That means we'll just have to stop you then," said TK. Sakura drew her next card.
"Fire Princess in Attack Mode!" Sakura announced.
Fire Princess – ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500"I'll now play one card face down and end my turn."
The Dark Magician drew his next card. "I summon Baby Dragon in Defense Mode."
Baby Dragon – ATK: 1200/DEF: 700"Now I play the Magic Card Stop Defense on Yugi's Big Shield Gardna!" Big Shield Gardna switched itself into Attack Mode.
"Mystic Tomato, reveal yourself and attack Big Shield Gardna!" commanded the Dark Magician. The tomato leapt out of its hat and attacked.
Yugi: 1200"Yugi's almost lower on Life than the Game Program," TK whispered to himself.
"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." TK drew his next card.
"I sacrifice Dunames Dark Witch and Shining Angel to summon Wingweaver!"
Wingweaver – ATK: 2750/DEF: 2400"My Shining Angel's special ability is that when it gets sent to the graveyard as a tribute or in battle, I can summon a Light Monster with 1500 Attack Points or less from my deck, and I choose to summon Hoshiningen!"
Hoshiningen – ATK: 500/DEF: 700"This monster the monster that will be the key to defeating you! Not only does it raise my Light monster's attack by 500, but also lowers your Dark Monster's attack by 400!"
Hoshiningen – ATK: 1000/DEF: 700Wingweaver – ATK: 3250/DEF: 2400
Maha Vailo – ATK: 2950/DEF: 1200
Mystic Tomato – ATK: 1500/DEF: 1100
Terrorking Archfiend – ATK: 3100/DEF: 1500
Dark Magician – ATK: 2600/DEF: 1700
"This next attack will wipe out the rest of your Life Points, Magician! So brace yourself! Wingweaver, Attack that Mystic Tomato!" The six-winged angel flew into to attack the evil little plant, when the Dark Magician shouted:
"Spell of Pain!"
Everyone gasped. "That redirects the damage dealt to you to anyone you want…" gasped TK.
Sakura thought to herself. 'That means all that damage will go to the one he wants out most…'
Yugi stared wide-eyed as his Life Points went to 0. "I've been beaten?"
Yugi: 0
Okay, I read over this chapter again and realized there were some mistakes in the duel, so I went back and changed some stuff. It was just some little things, so the gist of the duel remained the same. Yugi still lost. Keep those reviews coming!