Yu-Gi-Oh! Avatar

Fanfic Chapter 63: Avatar's Secret Pt 1: The Attribute
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Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Arkana was able to pull out ANOTHER Dark Magician. So was Yugi, but a Dark Magician of a different variety. A Dark Magician Girl! It was a battle of the sexes, of which the girl triumphed. The Dark Magician Girl delivered the deathblow to Arkana. Suddenly Marik took over Arkana's body and told Little Yugi that he needed the Millennium Puzzle so that along with the three Egyptian God Cards, he would achieve the power of the Pharaoh. Can Yugi keep a hand on his Millennium Puzzle? And what do you think Marik has in store for Yugi's friends?


On a rooftop, a Battle City duel was about to end. One of the players knew he was about to lose, and to tell the truth, he wasn't that surprised. After all, his opponent was one of the Duelist Kingdom finalists.

"Now, Harpie's Pet Dragon (1), attack his Amazon Archer (2) with Fearsome Fire Blast!" The large orange dragon breathed fire on the dark-skinned woman and destroyed her. "It looks like this round goes to me, kiddo."

The kid reluctantly handed her his last locator card and his Amazon Archer card. "I'm sorry."

"Don't take it too personally, kid, I'm an old pro at this. Well, see ya around." And she turned and walked towards the door.

As soon as she was out of sight, the kid kicked the fence that encompassed the roof. "Stupid, stupid, stupid, what was I thinking of challenging an expert like this." The kid removed his duel disk and got ready to throw it on the ground.

"Why waste a good piece of equipment when there can be more productive uses for it." The kid turned as a new presence entered the roof. It appeared to be a man, dressed in a red shirt with a white diamond on the center, blue pants, white boots, a red cloak and hood. His face was shrouded in darkness.

"You… want my Duel Disk?" The kid asked reluctantly.

"If you're not going to use it…"

The kid ejected his deck and handed over the Duel Disk. The masked figure took it and left.


Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Yugi's Grandpa, and Mokuba Kaiba exited the building where Arkana's dueling ring was. Yugi had decided to take the trap card Dark Renewal rather than Arkana's Dark Magician.

"So these Rare Hunters are targeting you too?" Mokuba asked.

Yugi nodded, "That's right, apparently they want this…" he held up his Millennium Puzzle.

"Seto and I figured that these Rare Hunters entered themselves illegally, but how they were able to achieve Duel Disks without a background check is beyond me. I…"

Mokuba's radio clicked on. "Mokuba, can you hear me?"

Mokuba took it out. "I read you, Seto."

"Did you find Yugi?"

"Yeah, I did. It's just as you said, it was the Rare Hunters."

"Okay, come on back, we're shutting down in fifteen minutes."

"Shutting down?" Tea questioned.

"Yeah, duels end after sundown. That way, everyone can get some rest before the next day."

"Yeah, it's been a big day for us," Tristan agreed.

"Thanks for your help, Mokuba," Solomon said.

"My pleasure."

But as the gang turned to part, a shadow appeared against the setting sun. It was Avatar.

"Yugi Moto," Avatar addressed. "I'm sorry, but you can not continue in this tournament."

"What do you mean?" Yugi asked. "Who are you?"

"I am Avatar, and you are in danger. The longer you remain in this tournament, the more you risk your life."

Could this be the Quiet One that Marik warned me about? Yugi wondered. "Do you work for Marik?"

"I work alone."

"Come on, Yug, you don't have to obey what Red Riding Hood here says," Tristan urged him.

"Yeah, let's go," Tea agreed. They turned to head in another direction.

Avatar held out his hand and a ring of archaic symbols appeared in front of Yugi and his friends. Tristan was ahead of Yugi and slammed into it.

He has magical powers! Yugi realized. "Yami!" Yugi and Yami joined their spirits. "I don't know what your problem is, but I must participate in this tournament. It is my destiny!"

"Then your destiny is doom!"

"Let us pass!" Yami-Yugi commanded.

"Never, I will eliminate you from the tournament one way or another!" He held out his Duel Disk. "You and I will have an all or nothing duel. If I win, you will be eliminated from this tournament."

"You okay, Tristan?" Tea asked.

"Uh… yeah, I just tripped." Tristan got up, dusted himself off, and turned to walk down the street but ran into the invisible wall again.

Tea turned to Avatar. "How are you doing this?"

Avatar held out a strange gold-colored arm band. "My armlet, like your puzzle, enables me to have the ability to generate a shield of any size. I can also manipulate other magical artifacts. Observe." The ring of archaic symbols enclosed Yami-Yugi and he reverted back to normal.

"Oh no. Yami?"

"I'm okay, Yugi, it seems like his armlet deactivated the Millennium Puzzle."

"But how can I duel without you?"

"Don't worry, this won't be like when Bandit Keith took the puzzle. Our link is strong; I'll aid you from here."

"Okay. Looks like Avatar isn't giving us any chance." "Fine, Avatar, you want a duel, you got it. Eject holo-emitters!"

"Duel Tray, transform!"

"Scan deck!"

"Life points set!"

"Let's duel!"

(Y: 4000)
(A: 4000)


Meanwhile, Mokuba was on his radio with his brother. "Seto, I hope you're watching this, Big Brother, because we have a situation."

"I hear you, Mokuba," Kaiba replied from the control room. He turned to one of his Bridge Bunnies. "Bring up a visual of the duel."

"Yes, sir." An overhead image of the duel appeared.

Kaiba gasped, Yugi's opponent looked like the guy he saw when Ishizu hypnotized him.


"Where is the Pharaoh?" The priest demanded. Looking around, he saw the throne and stormed towards it. Suddenly a cloaked figure stepped between the priest and the throne. "Out of the way, Avatar, my battle is with the Pharaoh, not with you!"

"Never, traitor!" Avatar declared. "I will stop your tyrannical campaign right here and now!"

"Stand aside!" The priest commanded and raised his gold scepter. Avatar did likewise. Something around his wrist started to glow too.

The priest lowered his scepter. "Apparently, this shall not be decided by magic artifacts, but by our own Spirit Guardians!"

"Agreed," Avatar said. Both combatants held out their hands and five large stone tablets, each bigger than a person appeared face-down in front of them.

"Attack," the priest commanded. A creature appeared before him.

"Arise, my Spirit Guardian," Avatar commanded and he summoned a monster as well: Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1. The dragon obliterated the priest's creature with a fireball.

"One way or another, you will be stopped," Avatar decreed.


Ishizu claims that the priest killed Avatar in that very same duel. Something about Avatar's death made the Pharaoh pretty upset. What is going on here? Is Ishizu's vision somehow true? No, impossible, it's a fantasy tale. But I bet one of my Blue-Eyes that the two of them are connected somehow. "Mokuba, observe the duel, if the duel's still continuing by sundown, disqualify Yugi's opponent."

"Right, Seto."


"I'll go first," Avatar volunteered. He drew his sixth card. "I summon Bio-Mage (3) in attack mode!" A colorful-robbed priest with a yellow face appeared.

Bio-Mage? But he's a really weak monster. Avatar didn't even put him in defense mode. Yami?

"I see," Yami replied emerging besides Yugi. "He must want us to attack his monster to see what type of cards we have. He must have a stronger card waiting in his hand."

"Well, let's not disappoint him, shall we?" "I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior (4) in attack mode! Gamma, attack Bio-Mage with magna punch!" Gamma flew forward and slugged Bio-Mage destroying him.

(Y: 4000)
(A: 3650)

"I end my turn."

Avatar didn't seem too upset that his Bio-Mage was destroyed which only proved Yami's theory to be correct.

Avatar drew a card. "I see now. I summon Guardian of the Throne Room (5) in attack mode!" A yellow robot with missiles on his back appeared. "Attack his Magnet Warrior with Missile Barrage!" The robot fired its missiles and destroyed Gamma.

(Y: 3850)
(A: 3650)

"He's moderately skilled," Yami said. "But he really doesn't have the experience that we do."

Yugi nodded and drew a card. Dark Renewal! This could come in handy later on. But I don't have Dark Magician in my graveyard so I can't use it yet. "I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode! Beta, attack his Guardian!" Beta head-butted the robot and destroyed it.

(Y: 3850)
(A: 3600)

I better be careful, Yugi is a very skilled Duelist, he's probably thinking up a strategy right now. "I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman (6) in attack mode and end my turn." Beta and Neo both have the same number of attack points so I should be safe for now.

Avatar's deck doesn't seem to have any purpose, Yugi thought. There must be some sort of purpose or theme, like how Weevil uses insect cards and Rex Raptor uses dinosaur cards. Let's see the monsters he's played so far are Bio-Mage, Guardian of the Throne Room, and Neo the Magic Swordsman. Bio-Mage, Guardian of the Throne Room, Neo the Magic Swordsman, Bio-Mage, Guardian of the Throne Room, Neo the Magic Swordsman, Bio-Mage… that's it! "I see now, you're deck is based around light attribute monsters!"

"A deck based on a single attribute?" Solomon questioned. "That's highly unorthodox."

"That's right," Avatar confirmed. "My deck's theme is light-based monsters."

"You obviously don't know the first thing about setting up a Duel Monster deck," Yugi scolded. "A true Duelist bases his deck around cards that can help him or her win a duel, whether it's summoning strong monsters, keeping your life points high or depleting your opponent's deck. Basing your deck on a single attribute puts you at a severe handicap."

"Don't underestimate light monsters, Yugi, they're stronger than you realize. And I have a light monster in my deck stronger than your Dark Magician!"

Yugi gasped. How is that possible? True, light monsters are good when you want to draw cards or return monsters to the graveyard, but as far as raw attack power is concerned, they're really weak. And the only light monster I know of with enough power to challenge my Dark Magician is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and there's no way he can have one of those in his deck. What could he be thinking?

"Mister Moto, is there a light monster that's more powerful than Yugi's Dark Magician?" Tea asked.

"There are a few, but they're very rare," Solomon explained. "The chance of him having such a monster is extremely unlikely."

"You'll soon regret those words," Avatar said. "It's your move, Yugi."

"Fine," Yugi said drawing a card. "I set one card face-down and end my turn. Give it your best shot!"

"Your funeral," Avatar said drawing a card. "I play Messenger of Peace. This magic card makes it so that neither of us can attack with monsters over 1500 life points."

"Sounds like a magic card version of my brother's Crush Card."

"Yes, but it doesn't destroy the monsters, just prevent them from attacking," Solomon said.

"I can't win without attacking," Yugi said. "So I have to get rid of that magic card. Reveal trap card: Dust Tornado!" A strong wind picked up. "I'll use it to destroy your Messenger of Peace magic card." Avatar held his ground as the tornado came towards him. His magic card was destroyed. But the wind persisted. In fact, it was so strong that that Avatar's hood and cloak flew off.

Everyone gasped. The face behind the hood belonged to Harold!

"Harold?" Everyone gasped.

"Oh great, my cover's blown," Harold grumbled. "This just made things a whole lot more complicated."

To Be Continued


Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Harpie's Pet Dragon
Level: 7
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 2000
DEF: 2500

(2)
Name: Amazon Archer
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1000

(3)
Name: Bio-Mage
Level: 3
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1150
DEF: 1000

(4)
Name: Gamma the Magnet Warrior
Level: 4
Type: Rock
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1800

(5)
Name: Guardian of the Throne Room
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1650
DEF: 1600

(6)
Name: Neo the Magic Swordsman
Level: 4
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1000