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Fanfic Chapter 103: Demigod Pt 1: Joey vs. The Trap Deck
Episode Basis: Awakening of Evil Pt 1
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Kaiba Craft 3 received yet ANOTHER unexpected visit. This time, Shadi, the guardian of the Millennium Items, arrived where he revealed to Yugi how Pegasus created the Egyptian God Cards and just how powerful they REALLY are. He also helped Duke and Tristan who were literally over the edge. For some reason, he also appeared to the tenth Duelist. Why do you think that?
As the gang was heading to the main concourse to find out who will duel who, Amara saw something out of the corner of her eye. "Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Yugi asked.
"I thought I saw somebody."
"Do you think it could be an intruder?" Harold asked.
I wonder if Shadi is still here, he might be what Amara saw, Yugi thought.
"You guys go on ahead," Harold instructed. "Amara and I will track down this mystery intruder."
"Go right ahead, we don't need ya now, anyway."
"He means that since you two already dueled, there's no need for you guys to stick around," Yugi translated.
"Okay, let's go, Amara!" The two took off. "Are you sure you saw someone head this way?" Harold asked as they entered a dark hallway.
Amara hushed him and listened. Footsteps could be heard on a metal catwalk. The thing is neither of them was moving.
"That way!" Amara and Harold ran down one hallway and turned a corner only to run smacked into a guard.
"Hey, you two aren't supposed to be here," the guard said.
"There's an intruder on this ship and we're trying to find whoever it is," Amara argued. "Now you can come with us, sunshine, or we can tell Kaiba about how you were negligent in your duty!"
The guard cringed. Apparently, appearing incompetent in front of Seto Kaiba was less pleasant than supervising two kids as they look for an intruder. "Fine, let's see if we can find him." The three set off again.
They were probably down their fifth corridor when suddenly a figure darted across a T-intersection. "There he is!" Harold cried. Harold, Amara, and the guard trailed their prey into the very depths of the blimp. Finally, they lost the person they were trailing.
"He's gone," Amara said.
"You two have to go back above deck," the guard instructed. "I will start a search party and find the intruder."
"But…" Amara began.
"Go!"
"Okay, okay."
"So who do you think that intruder was?" Amara asked as they headed back the way they came.
"Beats me," Harold said. "Do you think we should tell Kaiba?"
"Nah, that rubber band's wound up as it is. I think he might snap if someone were to crack a smile."
"Yeah, that guy needs to get a social life. Wait a second…" Harold stopped at the lounge where the bingo machine was. "I want to see whose dueling."
The two balls were 3 and 7.
"Oh great," Harold moaned. "Joey's dueling Marik!"
"I thought Joey was good," Amara commented.
"He is, but Marik's in a league all his own. He has an Egyptian God Card."
"This I have to see," Amara said. The two ran to join the others on the observation platform.
Up above, Marik (really Odion) and Joey had already taken their places. Odion's hood was down revealing his head to be bald except for a single braid in the back. He had some weird tattoo on the right side of his face.
"Is everything all right?" Yugi asked as they exited the elevator.
"Don't worry about it," Harold said before Amara could reply. "What'd we miss?"
"Not much, just a lot of muscle flexing on Joey's part," Tristan said.
"Good, so no attempted mind control," Harold said.
"Huh?" Amara asked.
"Long story," the others said.
"Remind me not to ask," Amara retorted.
The Kaiba Brothers were having their own conversation. "Marik's the leader of the Rare Hunters," Mokuba commented. "He must have all kinds of rare cards."
"I only care about one card: his Egyptian God Card," Kaiba commented. Here's hoping that Wheeler is less of a hack than he looks. Marik won't use his God Card against useless whelps.
"If you can't beat this moron, then you won't stand a chance against the Pharaoh. You better win, Odion."
"I will, Master Marik."
"See that you do, don't make me send you to the Shadow Realm."
"Let's duel!" Odion and Joey shouted.
A/N: Even though Odion is pretending to be Marik, I'm going to use his actual name when referring to his life points.
(J: 4000)
(O: 4000)
"Did Joey ever take back his Red-Eyes Black Dragon?" Duke asked.
Yugi shook his head, "He told me he doesn't think he deserves it."
"But how can he win without his trump card?" Tea asked.
"Don't forget, Joey won a few duels without his Red-Eyes," Harold reminded him. "With a little luck, he can win this duel before Marik unleashes the Egyptian God Card on him."
Joey and Odion drew their initial hand. Okay, Joey, stay focused, Joey thought. All I have to do is beat Marik before he gets that Egyptian God Card of his out. If I can knock him out, I'll have a God Card and save the world! I'll… Joey's train of thought was disrupted as a large gust of wind almost blew his cards, and him, over the edge. Fortunately, Joey caught them.
The gang breathed a sigh of relief. "Nice catch," Serenity commented.
Amara was about to open her mouth but Mai stopped her, "Serenity holds her brother on a high horse," Mai whispered. "Best not to bring him off of it; at least not in front of her." Amara shut her mouth.
Stay focused, Yugi thought.
"I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in attack mode," Joey announced playing the card. "That's it."
"Then I'll play a field magic card called Temple of the Kings!" Odion countered. A large Mayan pyramid burst from the ground.
"That thing's huge!" Joey commented.
"And powerful," Odion added. "Temple of the Kings limits the number of magic and trap cards we can play in a turn! Now I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn. Attack me if you dare!"
"Go for it, man, attack him!" Tristan encouraged.
"It's too risky, Marik has trap cards on the field," Duke pointed out. "Right, Yugi?"
"I'm more worried about his temple than his traps," Yugi commented. Marik's not stupid, he wouldn't have played that Temple of the Kings if he knew it would simply limit the number of magic and trap cards on the field. It must have some sort of hidden advantage, that's Marik's style.
No matter what, I can't let him smell my fear, Joey thought.
"You okay, Joey?" Serenity asked.
"Yeah, your face looks a little red," Tristan observed.
"Just peachy," Joey said hiding behind his cards. Wait a minute, what do I have to lose? I have everything I need. I just need some sort of strategy. Hmmm… okay, first I'll summon a couple of monsters and build up my attack force. Marik will probably lay a few more trap cards. When that happens, I'll play Giant Trunade. That'll send all magic and trap cards back to his hand. Then I'll attack him with all my monsters at once. I'll win the game! "I summon Little-Winguard in attack mode! That ends my turn."
"Then I'll place two more cards face-down and end my turn."
"I summon Hayabusa Knight (1) in attack mode! There, now I have all the monsters I need to wipe you out! I play Giant Trunade!" A whirlwind appeared and moved towards Odion's face-down cards.
The others cheered. "Joey did it!" Yugi cried.
"Wow, nice strategy," Amara commented.
But suddenly, the twister died down and Odion's face-down cards remained where they were.
"No way, they're still there?" Harold asked.
"Yugi, what's going on?" Tea asked.
"I'm not exactly sure, Tea."
Joey was just as confused. "I don't get it, what happened to my magic card?"
"Your magic card triggered my trap card," Odion explained. "It's called Judgment of Anubis! Not only does it dissipate your Giant Trunade, but it also destroys all of your monsters and deducts half of their attack points away from your life points!" All of Joey's monsters exploded.
(J: 1900)
(O: 4000)
"Joey walked right into that one," Amara commented.
"Not even I saw that one coming," Yugi admitted.
"Can Joey still win?" Serenity asked worriedly.
"Of course he can," Tristan said like it was the stupidest question in the world.
"Yeah, all he needs is a little encouragement," Yugi added.
"Come on, Joey, you can do it!" Serenity cheered.
"Do you realize that you can't win, Mister Wheeler?" Odion asked harshly.
"I knew it might not seem like it, but I fell for your trap on purpose." Odion's eyes narrowed. "That's right, I wanted to see what your game was like, now I know what I'm up against, I'll crank up my game a notch and really give you something to worry about!"
"Wow, my brother is so smart," Serenity commented.
Amara was about to open her mouth again but was stopped, this time by Duke, "It's not worth it," he said. Amara closed her mouth.
"You've got to give Joey credit for not giving up," Mokuba said.
"Only because he's too stupid to recognize fear when it's right in front of him," Kaiba cracked.
"I place two cards face-down and end my turn," Odion said.
Joey was getting irritated. He hadn't seen his opponent play a single monster card. "Hey, last I checked, this game was called Duel Monsters," he pointed out. "You're supposed to attack with monster cards, not hide behind trap cards like a coward!"
"If you can find the rule that forbids me for playing trap cards, Mister Wheeler, I'll stop," Odion countered.
"I never heard of anyone having nothing but trap cards in his deck," Amara said. "It's pretty… weird."
"Yeah, but not illegal," Yugi pointed out. "And that's what makes Marik such a dangerous Duelist, his ability to use every card effectively, even the most insignificant ones." He thought back to how Marik sacrificed three slime tokens to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon.
Joey drew a card. "I summon Alligator Sword in attack mode!" I could attack but he'd probably just counter it with one of those trap cards of his. What should I do? "I'll place a card face-down and end my turn."
That was a good move for now, but sooner or later Joey will have to attack and then Marik will spring his trap cards, Yugi thought.
Odion drew a card. "I'll not make any move on this turn so I'll end it."
Joey drew a card, "I'll pass on my turn too."
Odion passed his next turn as well. This was getting Joey pretty frustrated.
Mokuba was too, "This is insane! If neither of them plays a card, this duel could go on all night!"
"It's a stand off," Kaiba explained. "Each of them is waiting for the other to make a mistake so they could exploit it. The moment a player gets upset, his opponent will use that to his advantage. From the looks of things, Wheeler will crack long before Marik."
Kaiba's prediction was right on the money. Joey was tired of waiting. "I summon Rocket Warrior! Attack now!"
"Joey, wait," Mai protested but it was too late.
"You triggered my trap card," Odion announced. "Eye of Wdjat which takes control of your Rocket Warrior and turns it right back on your Alligator Sword."
"Hah, I've laid a trap too, remember? Go, Fairy Box!" Alligator Sword ducked into the box and Rocket Warrior missed. "I figured out the weakness to your trap strategy. I don't think you have one single monster card. Once I clear the field of your traps, you'll be wide open for an attack!"
"Your strategy's worthless, Mister Wheeler," Odion said. "You've already fallen into another of my traps."
"What the heck are you talking about?" Joey asked.
"I possess a rare and powerful card called a trap monster and it was activated the moment you declared an attack."
"No way! It can't be true!"
"It is, now I activate all three of my trap monsters: Embodiment of Apophis (2)!" Three snakes appeared.
"This doesn't look good," Joey commented. "Am I really done for?"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Hayabusa Knight
Level: 3
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1000
DEF: 700
(2)
Name: Embodiment of Apophis
Type: Trap-Monster
ATK: 1600
DEF: 0 (probably)
