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Fanfic Chapter 60: Duel of the Dark Magicians Pt 1: Arkana the Illusionist
Episode Basis: The Master of Magicians Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Even without his brothers feeding him information, Espa still kept up the psychic routine, and with two powerful monsters on the field, Jinzo and Reflect Bounder, Joey was becoming discouraged. That is until Tea arrived with a message: Serenity was watching the duel and she was rooting her Big Brother on. Filled with hope, Joey activated the dangerous Roulette Spider which spun Jinzo around and made him attack whoever he set eyes on. It turned out to be Reflect Bounder and they both were destroyed making Joey the victor.
In an alley, a Battle City duel had just ended. And while most Battle City duels ended with the players parting on good terms, this one however was not.
"What, this is your rarest card?" The winner shoved his opponent on the ground. "Dark Ruler Ha Des (1) isn't rare at all, I have two of him!"
"But it's the rarest card I have," his opponent protested.
"Well now I demand two rare cards!"
"But those aren't the Battle City rules!"
"Too bad, you plebe, you're going to give me two rare cards one way or another!"
A loud whistle interrupted the bully winner as he was about to slam his opponent against a brick wall. The bully turned to see a small kid with long shaggy dark hair and a green shirt under a vest. "I'm calling a dueling foul," the kid declared.
"And just who do you think you are, shrimp?" The bully asked.
"Mokuba, Commissioner of Battle City."
"Well scram, Junior, this doesn't concern you."
"Oh yes it does! I enforce the rules around here and if you want to stay in this tournament, you'll do what I say or else!"
"Or else what?"
"Or else you'll have to deal with me."
"Kaiba!" The bully dropped his opponent who quickly crawled to the side. The bully was now officially cowed.
"I demand respect in my tournament," Kaiba said forcefully. "Especially respect towards my brother."
That little kid is Kaiba's BROTHER? Right now, the bully was wishing he had a rock to crawl into. "Uh… I'm sorry, Mister Kaiba, I had no idea…"
"Not good enough. I think it's time to teach you something about respect." The bully backed up. Kaiba opened his brief case of cards and showed the bully. "However, I'm willing to give you a fair chance. Use these cards to modify your deck." Not that it'll do you any good, I have one card that can beat you in one shot.
The bully was like a kid in a candy store as he restructured his deck. "Okay, I'm ready."
"Fine, eject holo-emitters! Duel Tray transform! Scan deck! Life points set! Let's duel!"
(B: 4000)
(K: 4000)
"I'll go first," Kaiba volunteered as he drew a card. "I activate the magic card Monster Gate. Using this, I'm able to special-summon the top monster card from my deck."
A/N: Yes, I know that's not how Monster Gate works, but it's just for this one duel that I'm changing it.
"And the monster I summon is Lord of Dragons!" A man wearing dragon-scale armor appeared. "Next, I activate the Flute of Summoning Dragon. Now, I can summon two dragon monsters from my deck and now I special summon two of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons!"
"Whoa," the bully gasped upon seeing the dragon. "The Blue-Eyes White Dragons!"
"Don't flatter yourself, kid, I wouldn't use them on the likes of you. Now I shall tribute all three of my monsters so I can summon Obelisk the Tormentor!" The ground shook as the blue giant rose from below. "And finally, I activate Quick Attack allowing my monster to attack right now! Obelisk, attack him directly with Fist of Fury!" Obelisk wound up and slugged the bully directly sending him flying about twenty feet.
(B: 0)
(K: 4000)
"Come on, Mokuba," Kaiba said. "Let's find a real opponent… Yugi."
"You got it," Mokuba said picking up Kaiba's briefcase.
Kaiba passed by the kid that the bully beat in a duel. The kid quickly bowed his head not wanting to risk Kaiba's wraith. "Thank you, Mister Kaiba."
Kaiba just threw the kid his Dark Ruler Ha Des. "Whatever, just get out of here."
"Yes, sir, thank you, sir!" And the kid ran off.
Kaiba looked down affectionately at Mokuba. Nobody picks on my little brother and gets away with it. And if I can finish off a kid in the first turn with just one God card, with the other two, I'll be unbeatable. Yugi will have no choice but to acknowledge me as the Number One Duelist in the land!
"Master Marik, just now in Battle City, Obelisk the Tormentor was played."
"I see, and who was the player?"
"Seto Kaiba."
"I knew it, Ishizu conspires against me. She always was against me."
(A year ago)
"Open the chest, my mind slave," he ordered. The two brain-washed servants removed the heavy lid to reveal the second Egyptian God Card. "Excellent, I already have two, and soon I'll have one more and then my plan will be half-way complete."
But as Marik turned to leave the cave, he came across an obstacle: Ishizu.
"My Millennium Necklace warned me that I would be betrayed from within, I never would have expected it to be you."
"I am claiming what is rightfully mine," he said as he raised his Millennium Rod.
"You would attempt to use your Millennium Item against your own flesh and blood?"
"If need be."
"You'll never find the third Egyptian God Card, I have already seen to it that it was hidden, and your Millennium Rod will reveal nothing from me because I do not know where he has hidden it."
"Perhaps I can not force the information out of you," he said as he used the rod to put her into a trance. "But at least I can move you so that I can continue to search for it." He left her there unconscious and departed the cave.
"So, Ishizu gave Obelisk the Tormentor to Kaiba in order to tempt him to hold the Battle City tournament. But the power of the God Cards is something not even Kaiba can fathom. Once I have all three God Cards, the power of the Pharaoh will be mine! But in the mean time, I will soften the Pharaoh up a bit. Dispatch Arkana to take down Yugi Moto!"
"I'm about to leave to head out to Battle City," Tristan told Serenity. "I'll leave the laptop here so you can keep tabs on Joey. See 'ya later."
"Tristan, will you…"
"Yes?"
"Will you take me to Battle City on the day when my bandages come off? I want the first sight I see to be my brother dueling in the tournament."
"Sure thing, Serenity, later." And he left.
"Joey, that was an impressive duel," Tea commented as she, Joey, and Yugi's Grandpa walked down the street.
"Yes, I must say, you have gotten stronger since before Pegasus's tournament," Solomon added.
"Thanks, guys," Joey said as he looked up at the sky. "But I still have a lot to learn about the soul of the Duelist."
"Well we're off to look for Yugi now," Tea said.
"All right, catch 'ya later," Joey said.
"You must be proud of Joey, Mister Moto," Tea commented. "He's really grown."
"I'm proud of both those boys," Solomon said. "They've really grown up."
"Mister Moto," Tea said solemnly. "I'm… worried about Yugi."
"How so?"
"Well, he just seemed to have a lot on his mind. I'm thinking he might be kicking himself when he allowed that zombie Bandit Keith to steal his Millennium Puzzle."
"I doubt it, when I saw him this morning, he was normal, well, as normal as that boy will ever get."
Despite herself, Tea laughed.
Yami-Yugi was staring at Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon. I'm glad Joey allowed us to hang on to his Red-Eyes. Now it's like a piece of him is in our deck.
"Joey has gotten to be a strong Duelist," Little-Yugi commented. "But do you think he can survive without his Red-Eyes Black Dragon?"
"Like you said, Joey's has gotten to be a strong Duelist. And I think Joey's right in saying that we're going to need it if we're going to beat Marik and his Rare Hunters."
"Yeah, I mean we don't even know what this guy Marik looks like. We don't even know where he'll strike next."
Suddenly a harlequin came out and waved to Yami-Yugi. Yami-Yugi stared at him suspiciously. The harlequin pointed in a direction towards the park.
"This might be a trap," Yugi commented casually.
"Yup," Yami agreed. Yami-Yugi walked in the direction the harlequin pointed.
Tea and Yugi's Grandpa were passing by at that moment when they saw Yami-Yugi walk across the street and into the park.
"Hey, there he is," Tea pointed out. "Hey Yugi!"
But Yugi didn't hear her; instead, he headed towards the harlequin who was peeking out of a tent.
"Can't he hear us?" Tea wondered. "Hey, Yugi!"
Yami-Yugi entered the circus tent. The Harlequin was standing in front of a box that looked like the Mystic Box. He gestured for Yami-Yugi to enter.
"Okay," Yami-Yugi said. "I'll play your game."
Tea and Yugi's Grandpa entered just in time to see Yami-Yugi enter the box. They started to run towards him but the door shut. There was a loud pop and the box literally fell apart leaving no sign of Yugi.
"Yugi!"
"Seto," Mokuba called. "Our Duelist tracking system has just lost track of Yugi Moto! Somehow, his Duel Disk is being blocked."
Kaiba whipped around to his brother. "Come on, we're going back." It's the Rare Hunters, I just know it.
Yami-Yugi exited the box into a windowless room. A computer was set up on a table.
"Hacking into Kaiba-Corp. Battle City Tournament database, accessing profile. Name: Yugi Moto. Dueling Level: 5. Rarest card: Dark Magician."
Suddenly the Dark Magician card on the computer came alive. But this wasn't the same Dark Magician that Yugi had, his outfit was red, his skin dark, his hair white, and his mouth was turned upward in a sinister evil smile.
The new Dark Magician pointed his staff at Yami-Yugi. "You are a disgrace and not worthy of having me in your deck! It's time you met the true master of the Dark Magician! He is a better master than you'll ever be!"
"I shall always be by your side, my friend."
"Please, my Pharaoh, look out for Mana."
Inward, Yami-Yugi gasped. It was a memory, one of Yami's memories. Ishizu had been right in saying that he would recover his memories if he entered this tournament.
"Prepare to meet your end!" The evil Dark Magician announced.
Yami-Yugi smiled. "All right, enough of these tricks," he said.
A sinister laugh came from the side. A light flicked on and the evil Dark Magician image disappeared. A man appeared, dressed like the harlequin except he was wearing a top hat and a white mask covered the top half of his face. He had two Dark Magician cards. One of them was in defense mode on his activated Duel Disk and he held the other in his hand. Both of them had the picture of the evil-looking Dark Magician. "Welcome, Yugi Moto, I am the illusionist known as Arkana! And soon, your Dark Magician will belong to me!"
"What is it you want?"
"Isn't it obvious? I want a duel of course and the winner shall take the loser's Dark Magician."
"Fine, I accept your challenge," Yami-Yugi said taking out his deck. He shuffled it rapidly. "Every Duelist chooses cards for his or her deck from many types of cards, but sometimes a card can choose a Duelist." He drew the top card from his shuffled deck which turned out to be the Dark Magician. "And the Dark Magician has chosen me."
"We shall see."
"Yes we will, it's time for us to duel, Arkana!"
"As you wish, but don't you think this space is a little small. Follow me; my superiors have set up a real spectacle just for us."
"And who is your superior?" Yami-Yugi questioned as he followed Arkana down a flight of stairs.
"No need to worry about whom's working behind the scenes, Yugi. Just worry about yourself and your opponent."
They came to the dueling arena which was set up like a carnival stage. There was a table at the center of a circular area. They each put their decks on the table. "Now, let's shuffle each other's decks."
"You better not try any slight-of-hand tricks, Arkana," Yami-Yugi warned.
"Those are for amateurs, Yugi, I am a professional."
"Just to be sure, I'll cut your deck."
"As you wish." As soon as Yami-Yugi finished cutting the deck, Arkana took it. "You'll find that this show will have more twists than you might expect, Yugi." The table slid into the floor and a tram moved the Duelists to opposite sides of the ring. Shackles came out and latched onto their feet. "Get ready, the show… I mean duel, is about to begin!" A blade saw came out, but it was glowing.
"What is that?"
"It's a dark energy disk, one touch and your mind's banished to the Shadow Realm forever! The numbers on your left represent life points and when your life points reach 0, that dark energy disk will send you on a one way trip to the Shadow Realm!"
"It's a Shadow Game!"
"Correct, now look below you." Yami-Yugi looked down between his feet and noticed a gold box with numbers on it. "Those boxes contain the key you need to remove the shackles. But the box counters correspond to the opponent's life points. Win and you'll get to go free, lose and you're sent on a one-way trip to oblivion forever!"
"What kind of a demented madman are you?"
"The undefeated kind, now let's get this show on the road! Eject holo-emitters!"
"Duel Tray transform!"
"Scan deck!"
"Life points set."
"Let's duel!"
(Y: 4000)
(A: 4000)
"We've been over every inch of this place and no clue as to where Yugi went," Solomon said. "My back's killing me for bending over that stage."
"Oh no." Yugi, where are you? Could the force that's been trying to steal your Millennium Puzzle finally succeeded? I don't know what else to do.
"Have faith, Tea," Solomon assured her. "Perhaps that box transported him somewhere else, let's look around."
"All right." And the two ran out of the tent.
As Arkana drew his top five cards, he was pleased to see his Dark Magician among them. Ah, perfect, I drew my Dark Magician right off the bat. But of course, I knew that would happen. All I had to do was trim the edge a little bit to make it smaller than the others so when Yugi cut my deck, he immediately placed it towards the top.
"I'll start by placing one card face-down and summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in defense mode!"
"Then I'll summon Legion of the Fiend Jester (2) in defense mode as well!" On my next turn, I'll summon another monster and then I'll have enough monsters to sacrifice to summon my Dark Magician.
"Since I don't trust your hand, let's get rid of it, shall we?" Yami-Yugi played a magic card. "I play Card Destruction!"
"No!" Arkana cried.
"I suspected that you fixed your hand, so I decided to play Card Destruction which requires us to discard our entire hand and start over with a clean slate. Next I'll activate my face-down card Brain Control to take control of your Fiend Jester!" The monster was transferred from Arkana's side of the field to Yugi's. And now that I have two monsters, I'll tribute them to summon Dark Magician!" The original Dark Magician appeared. "You're about to pay for trying to cheat with your life points! Dark Magician, attack his life points directly now! Dark Magic Attack!" Arkana screamed as the Dark Magician pummeled him with energy.
(Y: 4000)
(A: 1500)
The dark energy disk started to move closer to Arkana. "Don't think this is over, Yugi, this is only the opening act. Soon, your mind will be banished to the Shadow Realm forever!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Dark Ruler Ha Des
Level: 6
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2450
DEF: 1600
(2)
Name: Legion of Fiend Jester
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1100
