Yu-Gi-Oh! Avatar
Fanfic Chapter 100: The Ring Pt 2: Dark Destiny
Episode Basis: The Dark Spirit Revealed: Yugi vs. Bakura Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Yugi's first Battle City final duel was against Bakura, or rather Yami-Bakura. The Dark Spirit of the Millennium Ring had once again possessed Bakura and now he's on a quest to obtain Yugi's Egyptian God Card for Marik in exchange for Marik's Millennium Rod. It looked like Yugi had this duel already won by bringing Yami-Bakura's life points down to only 450. But that was part of Yami-Bakura's plan, to summon Dark Necrofear… which Yugi destroyed with his powered up Dark Magician Girl. But that was also part of Yami-Bakura's plan in that destroying Dark Necrofear allowed him to play Dark Sanctuary. What does it do?
"What have you done?" Yami-Yugi demanded to know. The sky around the dueling field had turned into some child's nightmare, with mouths and eyes all over the place. A phantasm flew around screaming.
"I've activated Dark Sanctuary, a magic card with such terrifying power that it will keep you in a constant state of fear until it destroys you."
"You're the one who should be afraid," Yami-Yugi countered. "You have only 150 life points while I still have all of mine…"
(Y: 4000)
(B: 150)
"But I have the evil spirit of Dark Sanctuary protecting me," Yami-Bakura returned. "I'm confident that your attack will fail."
"We'll see. Attack him now, Gamma!"
But instead of attacking, the phantasm that was flying around the Dark Sanctuary popped out from Gamma's back and struck Yami-Yugi.
(Y: 3250)
(B: 900)
"Wh… what happened?" Yami-Yugi staggered.
"Gamma has been possessed by the Spirit of Dark Sanctuary. When you declared the attack, the dark spirit took the attack and turned it back on you. Now every time you attack with a possessed monster, half of its strength will be taken from your life points and added to my own."
"You'll just have to attack and find out."
"Great, Yugi's entire deck could turn against him," Joey groaned. "How can he get out of this?"
"Just have faith, Joey," Tea said. "Yugi has never given up before and I know he's not about to quit now." Especially with the Pharaoh aiding him.
"It's my turn," Yami-Bakura announced. "And I play the trap card Destiny Board!" An Ouija Board appeared above Yami-Bakura's head.
"What does that do?" Yami-Yugi asked.
"Destiny Board allows me to receive messages from spirits trapped in the Shadow Realm," Yami-Bakura explained. "And spell a message out for you." The magnifier hovered over the letter F and it appeared above the Ouija board.
"Hey, I saw something like this at a haunted house," Duke informed everyone.
"Great, more ghosts," Joey complained.
"But this is just a game, right?" Serenity asked. "I mean they aren't real ghosts."
"I hope so," Harold grumbled.
"Each turn, the Destiny Board will spell out a letter. And after five turns, the duel will end and you will lose!"
"I'm not afraid," Yami-Yugi declared. "I'll finish you off before those turns are up!"
"It doesn't look good for Yugi," Mokuba commented to Kaiba.
It certainly doesn't, Kaiba mentally agreed. But there's one way that Yugi can win and that's by summoning his Egyptian God Card.
"Next I'll play the magic card Dark Door. Now we both can only attack once per turn. Before I end my turn, I'll place a card face-down and summon Earthbound Spirit (1) in attack mode. Since Dark Sanctuary requires me to make a sacrifice to keep it in play, I'll sacrifice it. That ends my turn."
Yami-Yugi drew Kuriboh on his turn. With that Dark Door in play, I have to make every attack count. But I can't use my Magnet Warrior because it's possessed. But if I attack with Dark Magician Girl, I can still win the duel… unless he counters it with that face-down card of his.
"You could just surrender now and save your self some excruciating pain," Yami-Bakura recommended.
"Never! I summon Kuriboh in defense mode!"
"What do you plan on doing with that fuzz ball?" Kuriboh scoffed at the comment.
"Nothing, Dark Magician Girl, attack!"
But the phantasm came out of the Dark Magician Girl and struck Yami-Yugi again.
(Y: 2000)
(B: 2150)
"They're almost even now," Harold said with a furious glance.
"Did I forget to mention that I choose which monster the spirit can infect? Silly me, now I think I'll play another letter of the Destiny Board." Yami-Bakura slid a magic card into the proper slot.
The letter was 'I.'
"Only three more letters to go before your ultimate doom, Yugi!"
"You seem to have forgotten one thing, that you can only have five magic or trap cards on the field at a time. And with your Dark Door in play, you can't play all five letters of the Destiny Board."
"Wrong, you fool, for with Dark Sanctuary in play, I can play as many magic cards as I want. The three turns still apply."
"Yugi better think of something quick," Harold said.
"If Yugi could figure out which of his monsters is possessed, he could launch an effective strategy," Mai theorized.
"Maybe he's just over-thinking it," Duke said. "Maybe he shouldn't think at all, like Tristan."
"Not funny, Duke!"
"Yugi will win this, right, Big Brother?" Serenity asked.
"Don't worry, Sis, I know Yugi, and he would never allow himself to be taken down this easily. He'll send that spirit back to the grave where it belongs!"
"I sacrifice Sangan to maintain Dark Sanctuary. Sangan's effect allows me to move a monster card into my hand." As Yugi started his turn, the phantasm came out and hovered around the field. Which monster should I possess now? Yami-Bakura wondered. He first looked at Kuriboh. That pitiful little chew toy is in defense mode so possessing it would be pointless. He eyed Yugi's remaining monsters. Ah, perfect, he'll never expect me to take possession of his Dark Magician Girl again.
I don't see that phantasm, Yami-Yugi thought. He must've possessed a monster, but which one? I know it can't be my Kuriboh, he's in defense mode anyway, so that only leaves my Dark Magician Girl and my Gamma the Magnet Warrior. And I know that the monster card I just drew, Big-Shield Gardna, isn't possessed either. But it's also too weak to attack and make any difference, especially with over 2000 life points… hmmm… I know, I'll attack with my Magnet Warrior so that if he turns out to be the possessed monster, I won't lose as many life points. "First I summon Big-Shield Gardna in defense mode. Now, Gamma, attack his life points!"
"You may have chosen the monster that isn't possessed, but it will do you no good," Yami-Bakura declared. "Reveal trap card: Dark Spirit of the Silent!" Gamma was forced back to his original spot as another phantasm came out. "This lets me choose which monster I want attacking and I want your Dark Magician Girl to attack!"
"No, she's possessed!" Dark Magician raised her staff to attack. The phantasm came out and hit Yugi.
(Y: 750)
(B: 3400)
"Yugi's a goner," Duke concluded.
"Oh no, don't tell me Yugi's going to lose," Serenity said worriedly.
Tristan grabbed Duke by the collar of his vest and shook him, "You better start thinking positive, Duke, or else you're the first to go overboard!"
"Go, Yugi," Duke said weakly.
"Don't worry, Serenity," Harold said giving her an assuring smile. "Yugi would never let him self go out like this. He'll come through, just you wait."
"Are you sure?" Serenity asked.
"I've seen him do it numerous times in the past. Trust me; he's going to pull a big upset at the last minute. The only thing I regret is that I can only give him my moral support."
"Then I want to give him my moral support too," Serenity said.
"Nobody's stopping you."
Tristan's jaw dropped. Is everyone hitting on Serenity tonight? What am I, chopped liver?
"Man, all these ghosts are freaking me out," Mokuba commented.
"Nonsense," Kaiba spat. "There's no such thing as ghosts. The only thing Yugi should be afraid of is losing the duel." Not that it will matter, because in the end, I will win it all.
If I make one more attack with a possessed monster, I'll lose! But how can I get rid of his phantasm? How do I destroy something that you can't see… wait a second, Kuriboh could be my key, but I just need to hold on for a few more turns. "I place two cards face-down and end my turn."
"It's time for another letter of the Destiny Board!" The Ouija Board moved to the letter 'N.' Then I'll sacrifice Souls of the Forgotten (2) to maintain Dark Sanctuary."
"It's my turn now and I have a plan to get rid of your Dark Sanctuary spirit. I reveal my face-down card, Collected Power! This lets me move the power of all magic and trap cards." Kuriboh looked befuddled as the Magic Formula book moved to it.
(DMG: 2500-2000)
(K: 300-800)
"What's Yugi doing?" Kaiba wondered.
"That still won't save you from Dark Sanctuary!" Yami-Bakura argued.
"Will it? Remember what I said, Collected Power absorbs ALL magic AND trap cards."
"What?" The phantasm moved from Dark Magician Girl to Kuriboh.
"Now the phantasm is in my Kuriboh," Yami-Yugi announced. "But I won't attack with him. In fact, I'll destroy Kuriboh with Exile of the Wicked! And as my Kuriboh was destroyed, so is your dark spirit!"
The gang cheered, "That's what I'm talking about," Harold said. "Yugi's making a come back!"
I think it's time to have a little talk with my 'friend,' Marik thought as he entered Yami-Bakura's mind.
"You lost control of this duel, you know?"
"Go away!"
"If you still want the Millennium Items, you would listen to what I have to say. Your precious deck has one weakness: Dark Sanctuary."
"What are you talking about?"
"Dark Sanctuary can only remain on the field if Dark Necrofear is in your graveyard. So that means…"
"Yugi's planning on reviving my Dark Necrofear! His other face-down card is probably Monster Reborn."
"Correct."
"It's still my turn," Yami-Yugi said. "And I activate Monster Reborn to revive Dark Necrofear!" Yami-Bakura scowled as his monster appeared on the other side of the field. The sky of eyes and mouths vanished revealing a dark blue night sky. "Dark Necrofear, attack him directly!" Black tendrils of energy slashed Yami-Bakura and almost opened up his wound.
(Y: 750)
(B: 1200)
"It's time for another Destiny Board letter!"
The letter that appeared was 'A'.
"I see now, your message is 'Final.' But you can't have more than five magic or trap cards on your side of the field so you can't finish your Destiny Board message without discarding your Dark Door magic card and when you do, I'll attack you with all my monsters at once winning the game!"
His friends cheered.
Something's not right, Kaiba thought. Bakura seems a little too calm. He probably has a strategy waiting should Dark Necrofear be brought back on his opponent's side of the field. It's what I would do.
"Should I take over?" Marik asked.
"Scram, I know what I'm doing," Yami-Bakura snapped. He drew a card and smirked, "The card I now hold in my hand is the key to annihilating you, Yugi!"
Yami-Yugi scowled. Oh no, if he's right, I could be in serious trouble. But the fate of the whole world relies on my victory!
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Earthbound Spirit
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 500
DEF: 2000
(2)
Name: Souls of the Forgotten
Level: 2
Type: Fiend
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 900
DEF: 200
