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Fanfic Chapter 86: The Final Card Pt 2: United Effort
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Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! While Yugi, Kaiba, and Mokuba proceeded towards the docks where Mokuba was being held, Harold came upon a kid named Kevin who was being trounced by two Rare Hunters. Harold reset the rules so that they each started with 8000 life points instead of 4000. As it turned, out, they would need the increased life points because the Rare Hunters Joe and Mary's decks contained union monsters, monsters that could combine with each other without any sort of fusion card. Finally, after going down almost 3000 life points, Harold and Kevin got in a hit then another good hint. Can they keep it up?


Harold took a deep breath as he studied the situation. He had Sanga of the Thunder on the field and his partner, Kevin, had Slate Warrior. The Rare Hunters had no monsters on the field but Mary, the female Rare Hunter, had a face-down card. Their life points were almost even.

(H&K: 5300)
(M&J: 6700)

"Don't think you've won this yet, you're still trailing behind in life points," Joe pointed out.

"Well if you're so confident, why don't you attack?" Harold recommended.

"You bet I will! I summon Decayed Commander (1) in attack mode and activate his special ability so I can summon Zombie Tiger (2) in attack mode as well."

"I reveal my face-down card, Formation Union," Mary said. "Now they'll combine and Decayed Commander's attack and defense points are raised by 500!"

(DC: 1000-1500, 1500-2000)

"I'll activate my Pumped Up magic card which doubles my monster's attack points for this turn only!"

(DC: 1500-3000)

"Decayed Commander, attack Slate Warrior!"

"Sanga, activate your special ability, Thunder Shield!" Harold commanded. "Sanga can stop your attack and make it worth squat!" The Decayed Commander was forced back to its original spot.

"I place one card face-down and end my turn."

(DC: 3000-1500)

"Don't worry, Joe, I'll take over," Mary assured him. She drew a card. "I'll activate my own Pumped Up card."

(DC: 1500-3000)

"Decayed Commander, attack Slate Warrior," Mary commanded.

"Haven't you learned the first time? Sanga, Thunder Shield!"

"Activate trap card: Skill Drain!" Joe announced. "By giving up 1000 life points…"

(H&K: 5300)
(M&J: 5700)

"You can neutralize a monster's special ability," Harold finished. "Yeah, I know."

"That's right, including Slate Warrior's power-up ability."

(SW: 2400-1900, 900-400)

Slate Warrior was destroyed.

(H&K: 4200)
(M&J: 5700)

"Fortunately, Slate Warrior has another special ability," Kevin informed the others. "When it's destroyed, the monster that destroyed it gets its attack and defense points lowered by 500 points!"

"No it doesn't," Joe denied. "You see, Skill Drain is a permanent trap which continues working even to the effects of monsters that have been brought on the field before hand."

Oh man, as long as that Skill Drain is on the field, all monster effects are useless. We'll have to use regular monsters and magic cards. Harold drew a card. Thunder Nyan Nyan… hold on a sec, that gives me an idea! "I summon Thunder Nyan-Nyan in attack mode!"

Mary gasped.

"Relax, Mary," her partner assured her. "Thunder Nyan-Nyan can only exist on the field if there's another light monster on the same side of the field. Since the runt has Twin-Headed Behemoth, a wind attribute monster, on the same side of the field, Thunder Nyan-Nyan will automatically be destroyed."

"You sure about that?" Harold asked. "Because Thunder Nyan-Nyan is an effect monster and all effects are negated for as long as the monster remains on the field."

"You don't mean…"

"Bingo, it means Thunder Nyan-Nyan can stay on the field for a bit longer. Thunder Nyan-Nyan, attack his Decayed Commander!" As Thunder Nyan-Nyan moved in, the Decayed Commander leapt off the Zombie Tiger so that the tiger was destroyed.

"Sorry, kid, but my Decayed Commander isn't leaving the field just yet."

"Oh yes he is! Sanga, Thunder Stroke Attack!" This time, the Decayed Commander was destroyed.

(H&K: 4200)
(M&J: 4100)

"I end my turn. Go for it, Kevin!"

"Right." Kevin drew a card. "Since my Twin-Headed Behemoth's effect is negated, I'll tribute it to bring my Summoned Skull onto the field." The inside-out demon appeared. "Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike!" The Rare Hunters cried out in pain as they were pummeled with electricity.

(H&K: 4200)
(M&J: 1600)

"I end my turn."

"These whelps are better than expected," Joe commented.

"Let's bring out our best union monster yet," Mary suggested.

"Right, it's my move." Joe drew a card. "I activate Heavy Storm. This destroys all magic and trap cards on the field." All effects were valid again. Thunder Nyan-Nyan was destroyed. "Now I summon U.F.O. Turtle (3) in defense mode!"

"And I summon Mother Grizzly in defense mode," Mary threw in.

Harold and Kevin looked at each other with confused looks. They must be desperate, Harold thought. Then again, maybe not. "Sanga, attack Mother Grizzly with Thunder Stroke!" The bear was disintegrated.

"Mother Grizzly has a special ability, when it's destroyed, I can summon a water monster from my deck and I choose Koitsu (4)!" A blue humanoid-looking creature riding a blue paper airplane appeared.

"My move," Kevin said. "Summoned Skull, attack U.F.O. Turtle!" The monster was also destroyed.

"With U.F.O. Turtle, I can special summon any fire monster from my deck and I choose Aitsu (5)!" Aitsu looked like Koitsu except it was red.

"I end my turn," Kevin said.

"Yes, now behold the true power of union monsters," Joe announced. "Koitsu, Aitsu, combine!" The two paper airplanes stood on top of one another. "When equipped with Koitsu, Aitsu's attack points gets increased by 3000!"

"Three thousand!" Harold and Kevin said together.

(A: 100-3100)

"Next, I activate the magic card Immunity which protects my monster from all special effects for one turn." A faint glow appeared over its monster. "Aitsu, attack Sanga!" The monster flew right through Sanga which then exploded."

(H&K: 3700)
(M&J: 1600)

"I end my turn."

"Now it's my go," Mary said. "I activate Monster Reborn to revive my Des Dendle, next I activate Creature Swap! Normally, I switch monsters with my opponent, but here I can use it on anyone and I choose my partner!" Aitsu/Koitsu flew over to Mary's side of the field. "Aitsu, attack Summoned Skull!" Once again, the strange union monster flew right through the skull and destroyed it.

(H&K: 3100)
(M&J: 1600)

"They have an unstoppable monster on the field, how can we win?" Kevin asked.

"We can't give up," Harold said as he drew a card. "I place two cards face-down and end my turn."

"I'll set a card face-down and summon Battle Footballer in defense mode and end my turn."

"This is it; we're finally going to win!" Mary cried excitedly. "Joe, make the final attack!"

"But those two face-down cards," Joe murmured.

"Then attack the runt, all he has is that Battle Footballer and we can still deal damage to his life points."

"But he also has a face-down card!"

"It's a better bet than attacking the interloper."

"Yes, you're right, Aitsu, attack his Battle Footballer!" The Battle Footballer was destroyed.

(H&K: 2100)
(M&J: 1600)

"We're almost at the end," Joe said. "Soon you will hand over your rarest cards to us!"

"Not if I have anything to say about it," Harold said.

"You don't have a choice," Mary said. "My move, and I equip Aitsu with Megamorph doubling its attack power!"

(A: 3100-6200)

"Next I activate another Creature Swap which brings Aitsu over to my side of the field again. Now, Aitsu, attack his life points directly!"

"I don't think so! Reveal trap card: A Hero Emerges!"

"What?"

Harold held up his hand. "Right now, I have four cards in my hand. One of them is a monster card, the others are not. We're going to play a little guessing game. All you have to do is choose a card. If it's a monster card, I get to special summon it. If not, it goes straight to the graveyard. So, which will it be?"

"Uh…" Mary looked across Harold's hand then looked at her partner. "What do I do?"

"I don't know; it all depends on luck."

Here's hoping that some of Joey's luck has rubbed off on me.

"I choose… the card on your far left."

"Are you sure?"

"Uh… yeah… uh… wait a minute… yes, yes, I'm sure."

"Congratulations, it's a monster card!"

Mary winced like she was just hit with a baseball bat.

"Now I summon… Wingweaver!" Harold's monster appeared in all its glory.

"It doesn't matter, the attack still goes through," Joe argued.

"Not after I activate my other face-down card, Waboku which neutralizes all damage taken."

"I end my turn," Mary said ashamed.

"Excellent, now it's my move," Harold said as he drew a card. The problem is, nothing I have can beat anything with that… sort… of… Harold paused at one of his magic cards. "I may have spoken too soon," he said. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon which destroys your Megamorph!" Aitsu's attack power was halved.

(A: 6200-3100)

"And that's it."

"I can beat it," Kevin whispered. "I have a card that's powerful, but to do it, I'm going to need to sacrifice a monster, can I sacrifice your Wingweaver?"

"Uh… I guess so."

"Thanks." Out loud, he said, "It's my move, and I'll offer Wingweaver as a tribute to summon Great Maju Garzett (6)!"

"Is that the best you've got, runt?" Joe asked. "It doesn't have any attack points!"

"Oh yes it does, Great Maju Garzett's attack points is determined by double the number of attack points of the tributed monster."

(GMG: 5500)

"Great Maju Garzett, attack Aitsu!"

Mary gasped. "Relax," Joe said. "All Great Maju Garzett will do is destroy Koitsu, we can still switch Aitsu to defense mode."

"Oh, thanks for reminding me, I play my Dust Tornado which destroys Koitsu!" Since Koitsu was currently an equip magic card, and since Mystical Space Typhoon can destroy any kind of magic cards, it was destroyed.

(A: 3100-100)

The remaining monster was destroyed.

(H&K: 2100)
(M&J: 0)

"Success," Harold declared.

"Joe, let's get out of here," Mary suggested.

"Right." He threw a smoke bomb on the ground. By the time the smoke cleared, they were gone.

"Looks like they high tailed it," Harold guessed.

"Thank you," Kevin said. "I couldn't have won without your help. And I don't even know who you are."

"Oh, sorry, I guess I should've formally introduced myself before engaging in a desperate duel. I'm Harold Kumara."

"Nice to meet you, Harold."

"Same here, hey, look." Two decks of Duel Monster cards were on the ground.

"They left their dueling decks," Kevin said.

"Help yourself, I guess." Harold looked through Mary's deck and gasped upon seeing a magic card. This is perfect for Katy's card. They each took out two cards from a deck and a locator card. "So why were those Rare Hunters after you?"

"I don't know. I was just looking for a duel when those two cornered me. I was losing until you came along."

"Well, don't worry, it's all over. So how many locator cards do you have?"

"Well, this is my fifth one. Just one more and I qualify for the finals."

"Same here, but I have a deeper stake in this."

The two started walking away from their dueling area. "What do you mean?" Kevin asked.

"Well, a friend of mine… well, not really a friend anymore… anyway, he's in the finals too… well… I know he's going to be in the finals, he's really good! Sorry, I got off track, he's in the finals too but he's also in danger the more he remains in this tournament. And the only way I can help him is by participating in the finals."

"And eliminating him will help him?"

"That was the original thought, but now… now I don't know, I want to help Yugi but I don't know how…"

"Wait a second did you say Yugi… as in Yugi Moto?"

"Yup."

Kevin's eyes bulged out. "Holy cow, well, if it's Yugi Moto you're worried about, then you really don't have anything to worry about. My cousin says Yugi's an incredible Duelist. He can duel circles around the best Duelists and even cheaters can't stand up to him!"

I guess Kevin's cousin must've seen some of Yugi's Duelist Kingdom duels. Harold thought back to Duelist Kingdom but couldn't recall meeting anyone with the last name Hunter. Perhaps it was his cousin on his mother's side.

"Hold on, earlier you said he wasn't your friend any more, what happened?" Harold explained his first attempt to boot Yugi out of the tournament. "Well first of all, I'm not surprised that you lost, I mean you were dueling the King of Games! And second of all, there's a better way to help your friend out than to eliminate him."

"How?"

"If you really want to help him, support him. After my father died and my mother disappeared, my cousin supported me a lot. Not just financially, but she supported me by helping me through some rough times. When she left for a Duel Monsters tournament, she said that she would win enough money that we could live like royalty. When she returned, she told me that although she lost, she gained something really important. That's what you need to do for Yugi."

"I can help him by just supporting him?"

"That's right."

Harold wanted to believe him, but something was still holding him back. "Wait a minute, isn't all this substantial? I mean it'll all be for nothing if I can't get that sixth locator card."

"I can help you with that too."

"You can?"

"Yes, duel me."

"Say what?"

"We're both one locator card short of entering the finals. So how about a duel, the winner goes on to the finals. Of course, the choice is yours."

Harold smiled, that's the first time in a long while that I've been given a choice in anything. But I do want to support Yugi, and so I shall. "You're on, Kevin, we'll duel. Just promise me something."
"What is it?"

"Promise me you'll duel your hardest and come at me with everything you got. I'll do the same."

"You've got it, I give it nothing but my all."

"Then let the duel for the final card begin!"

To Be Continued


Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Decayed Commander
Level: 4
Type: Zombie/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1500

(2)
Name: Zombie Tiger
Level: 3
Type: Zombie/Union
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1600

(3)
Name: U.F.O. Turtle
Level: 4
Type: Pyro/Effect
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1200

(4)
Name: Koitsu
Level: 10
Type: Fairy/Union
Attribute: Water
ATK: 200
DEF: 100

(5)
Name: Aitsu
Level: 5
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 100
DEF: 100

(6)
Name: Great Maju Garzett
Level: 6
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 0
DEF: 0