Chapter 4

Kaiba gave a quick glance towards Joey. 'That punk Wheeler had better not screw this up for me. If he does, he'll be as sorry as these three nut jobs.' Then he focused his attention to the duel. 'I need to wipe out Reginald's Raregold and Metalsilver Armor, otherwise all I can do is attack Exodia Necross.' He looked at his deck. 'I have one card that can do it; I just need to draw it now.' For what seemed like an eternity, Kaiba drew his card, and boy was he happy. "You three punks are going to be sorry. I activate my De-Fusion magic card, splitting my Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon back into the two Thunder Dragons that formed it." The dragon with the two heads separated into the two green Thunder Dragons which had been fused together. "Now I sacrifice all three of my monsters so I can bring out Moisture Creature, in attack mode." The three dragons shattered, and a huge drop of water with yellow circles for eyes and 2800 attack points appeared.

"I fail to see why." Reginald replied. "Don't forget, your monster can only attack my Exodia Necross thanks to the Raregold Armor I have equipped to it."

Kaiba grinned. "Had would be the better word."

"What do you mean?"

"When I successfully summon my Moisture Creature, all magic and trap cards on my opponent's side of the field are destroyed."

"So now you can attack our monsters again," cried Horris.

"Not only that, but since Jackal's Autonymous Action Unit is about to be destroyed, he loses his Dark Magician as well."

Jackal groaned as all the magic and trap cards on his, Horris' and Reginald's sides of the field were destroyed.

"Now, Moisture Creature, attack Horris' lifepoints directly!"

Water gushed from the Moisture Creature like a tsunami towards Horris and crashed into him hard. Horris groaned, feeling the moisture and the pain from the flood's impact. Once he recovered, Horris' lifepoints reduced to 5900.

"With that, I'll place one monster in face down defense position and then end my turn."

Horris drew. 'I didn't think they would destroy those equip magic cards so quickly. I need to strengthen my forces again in order to avoid another direct attack to my lifepoints.' "I summon my Mystical Elf in defense mode." A beautiful blue woman in a green cloak appeared. Immediately afterward, she sang in a beautiful voice. "Next, I'll increase her defense by activating the magic card Horn of Light. This increases her defense points by 800 points." Her defense points rose to 2800. "Looks like my elf and your Moisture Creature are even Kaiba."

Kaiba smirked. "Not for long."

"We'll see. I end my turn."

"Good," Jackal sneered. "Now it's my turn." He drew. "I activate Graceful Charity. I get to draw three cards from my deck, but I must discard two to the graveyard." Jackal drew his three cards, analyzed the cards in his hand, and discarded two. "This brings my Enraged Muka Muka's attack points to 3200. So now, Enraged Muka Muka, destroy Kaiba's Moisture Creature!"

The Enraged Muka Muka unleashed an orange blast from its mouth like it did earlier, and it aimed towards Kaiba's Moisture Creature.

"I hate to disappoint you," Kaiba said. "But that attack won't do you any good. See for yourself."

Jackal watched, as the Moisture Creature just vanished, with the orange blast hitting nothing. "What happened?"

"I activated my trap card, Anti-Matter Transporter. This card removes my monster from play until the end of this turn, sparing me from your attack."

Then he noticed it, a thin and tall metal transporting device. Jackal groaned with disappointment.

Watching from where he had dueled not long ago, Yami said. "And don't forget about my Dark Door magic card. You just used your only attack Jackal."

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

Joey smiled. "My turn then." He drew. 'Oh yeah baby, I just drew Jinzo. If I can summon him to the field, all trap cards on the field will be destroyed. Not to mention that they won't be able to use any trap cards for as long as he's on the field. Unfortunately though, that applies to us also. I better not play him yet.' "I summon Alligator Sword, in defense mode." A thin, green alligator with a sword in its hands knelt in front of him next to Rocket Warrior. "Next, I'll switch Rocket Warrior into defense mode as well." Rocket Warrior knelt like the Alligator Sword next to him. "Now; Axe Raider, attack Muka Muka."

The Axe Raider lunged at Muka Muka. Once Axe Raider was upon Muka Muka, it slashed its axe at the monster. Muka Muka roared, then shattered. Jackal's lifepoints reduced from 8300 to 8100.

"That ends my turn." Joey reached out his hand to Reginald, as if urging him to attack. "Make your move tough guy."

Reginald drew, a smirk on his face. "Whatever you say. Since I entered another standby phase, Exodia Necross gets another 500 attack points. This raises its attack strength to 2800. Now, Exodia Necross, destroy Axe Raider!"

Exodia Necross pulled back its mighty arm, and then let loose.

"Sorry pal," Joey said. "Since you don't have your Metalsilver Armor attached to your monster anymore, I activate the trap, Magic Arm Shield! This lets me take one monster on your opponents' side of the field and use it to block your attack. And I'll choose, Enraged Muka Muka."

A pink shield appeared. Then an accordion designed arm with two grabbers aimed at Jackal's Enraged Muka Muka. It squeezed and returned back to Joey's side of the field, dropping the monster directly in front of Exodia Necross' punch. The punch hit. The Enraged Muka Muka bent back with the punch, but wasn't destroyed.

"Now it appears you're finally the one losing lifepoints." Joey said.

Reginald seemed unphased, despite the fact that his lifepoints reduced to 11,600. "Doesn't matter to me Wheeler. Kaiba may have destroyed my Raregold and Metalsilver armors, but unfortunately for you, I have one of them in my hand, again! So, I'll activate another Raremetal Gold Armor." Reginald gave a short laugh as the card activated, then said. "It appears you're both limited to attacking Exodia Necross again." He turned to Kaiba. "Make your move, though it's not like you'll be able to do anything."

Kaiba drew. "Don't be too sure of that Reginald. Don't forget, I may not be able to attack any other monster on the field, but magic cards are still fair game. Plus, should you have no monsters on the field, your armor doesn't restrict us from attacking your lifepoints directly."

Yami looked at Kaiba. "Yes Kaiba, but the gods could come upon them at any time." He then returned his gaze to the duel.

Kaiba looked at Yami with full bewilderment. 'What does he mean by that?'

Then it hit him. He grinned. "I flip my Magician of Faith face up. This allows me to bring one magic card back from my graveyard."

Jackal looked at him as if he were crazy. "Lot of good that'll do ya."

"You're not kidding. The magic card I choose... Monster Reborn, and I'll use it to resurrect a monster from my teammates' graveyard, the Winged Dragon of Ra, in its Ancient Phoenix mode!" A fiery, huge dragon with 0 attack points appeared; its wings spread almost the length of the room.

"Impossible," Horris exclaimed. "We never sent your God card to the graveyard!"

"Yes we did," Reginald figured it out. "When I played Card Destruction, I must have forced Yugi to discard Ra."

"Correct Reginald," Yami returned his attention to Kaiba. "Now, show these three the power of an Egyptian God card!"

Kaiba's grin grew to a smile. "With pleasure. Now, I activate my dragon's special ability. At the cost of 1000 lifepoints, my dragon can destroy all my opponents' monsters on the field. Now, Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy all the monsters on their side of the field!"

Like a tsunami, the Winged Dragon of Ra careened towards Exodia Necross. It impacted, and a massive force diverged, aiming for the Mystical Elf, and the Enraged Muka Muka. When the forces hit the two monsters, they each screamed in pain, and then shattered.

"Fortunately for you three, you don't lose any lifepoints since Ra has 0 attack strength." Kaiba explained. "And Ra is sent back to the card graveyard at the end of the turn it was resurrected. I place one card face down, then I end my turn. So, make your move Horris."

The Winged Dragon of Ra disappeared through the ground.

Horris drew. 'This has gone on long enough. It's about time I ended Kaiba's misery, and after this turn, my Pharaoh's Treasure trap card should do it.' "I place one card face down and end my turn."

Jackal drew. "I summon another Enraged Muka Muka in attack mode," another Enraged Muka Muka appeared. "Since I have four cards in my hand, my monster's attack strength goes from 1200, to 2800. Now, destroy Wheeler's Axe Raider."

The orange blast emerged from its huge mouth, and aimed for Axe Raider. It hit, and Axe Raider withered away along with the blast. Joey put his arm in front of his face to keep the blast away from his face, while his lifepoints reduced from 10,500 to 10,300.

"That ends my turn."

Joey was about to draw, but Horris stopped him. "Hold it Wheeler; I activate my trap card Pharaoh's Treasure. Upon activation, I put this card face up in my deck and shuffle it." Horris did. "Then when I draw it, I can bring any card I choose back from my graveyard." Horris then turned his face towards Joey. "Your move runt."

Joey drew. 'Well, it's time for me to summon Jinzo. I just hope Kaiba's face down card isn't a trap, otherwise he's in trouble.' "I sacrifice my Alligator Sword, so I can summon Jinzo to the field." The Alligator Sword glowed white, and in its place a monster with an orange face looking as if it were burned, and wearing a turquoise robe appeared. "As long as Jinzo is on the field, all trap cards are completely useless."

Joey took a quick glance at Kaiba. He wanted to see his reaction to Jinzo's arrival. He had expected a grimace for what Kaiba would see as another 'dumb move' on his part. But instead, Kaiba was grinning. 'Good, Kaiba must not have a trap card on the field.' "Next, I'll increase my Jinzo's attack strength with the magic card, United We Stand, which raises his attack strength by 800 attack points per every face up monster on my side of the field."

"So your monster gains 1600 attack points." Horris actually sounded impressed.

Jinzo's attack points rose from 2400 to 4000.

Joey pointed towards Horris. "Jinzo, attack Horris' lifepoints directly!"

Orange blasts shot from Jinzo's eyes, hitting Horris in the chest. Horris moaned as the blast impacted. In seconds, the blast stopped, and Horris' lifepoints dropped from 5900 to 1900.

"I end my turn." said Joey.

Reginald drew. 'That little runt made a good move. Now all trap cards are useless. But since Exodia Necross is unstoppable, I'm not worried. But Horris only has 1900 lifepoints remaining, and should Kaiba attack on his next turn, he'll lose the duel. I need to destroy Kaiba's Moisture Creature, and protect Horris. Luckily, the card in my hand can save him, should he need it. "Since I've started another turn, Exodia Necross gains 500 more attack points, giving it 3300 attack points.

"Next, I'll summon my Giant Orc, in defense mode." A huge, white ferocious orc appeared, kneeling down in front of Reginald.

"Exodia Necross, destroy Kaiba's Moisture Creature!"

Exodia Necross pulled back its arm for the punch, and then swung it towards Kaiba's Moisture Creature. The punch hit the Moisture Creature, causing it to split into liquid droplets, each drop hitting the floor. Once all the water hit the floor, it evaporated, and Kaiba's lifepoints reduced from 5500 to 5000.

"My turn's over Kaiba."

Kaiba drew. 'The time has come for me to annihilate Horris from this duel once and for all.' "I summon my Vorse Raider to the field, in attack mode." A darkish brown steer with an axe and 1900 attack points appeared. "Now Vorse Raider, wipe out the rest of Horris' lifepoints!"

The Vorse Raider ran towards Horris, its axe ready to strike.

"Giant Orc, block his attack."

Kaiba was surprised to hear Reginald say that. "What?"

The Giant Orc stepped in front of Horris.

"And since a monster's blocking Horris," Reginald said. "I'll bet you can guess what happens next."

Kaiba's grin disappeared. "Now Vorse Raider will attack Exodia Necross."

"Precisely."

Vorse Raider's attack shifted from the Giant Orc to Exodia Necross. It swung its axe at the huge black monster, but it did no good. Then Exodia Necross pulled back his arm and punched Vorse Raider smack in the stomach. It groaned and shattered. Kaiba put his arm in front of his face to prevent the shattered pieces from reaching him, as his lifepoints reduced from 5000 to 3100.

"Have enough Kaiba?" Reginald asked, tauntingly.

Kaiba was mad. "You're just lucky my turn's over. Make your move Horris."

Horris drew and analyzed the card. 'Just what I needed.' "I activate my Swords of Revealing Light!"

About ten electric swords for each monster fell down from the ceiling and covered every one of Kaiba's and Joey's monsters.

Yami, Kaiba and Joey's eyes went wide. 'Now Joey and Kaiba can't attack any opponent for three whole turns!' Yami thought.

"This isn't good," Joey exclaimed.

Horris grinned. "You're just fortunate I can't do anything else this turn." He turned to Jackal. "Show them your stuff brother."

"You got it." Jackal drew. "Enraged Muka Muka, destroy Wheeler's Rocket Warrior!"

The blast hit the Rocket Warrior, causing it to wither away as the blast impacted and moved onward.

"I end my turn."

Joey drew his card. 'I need to place another monster face up; otherwise Reginald's Exodia Necross will be able to destroy Jinzo.' "I place one card face down and summon my Swordsman of Landstar in defense mode." A cute warrior with a brown hat and wearing an outfit of the same color like a warrior, along with goggles like a pilot appeared, holding a shield with its face without a hat on it. "Your move Reg."

Reginald drew his card. "Since Exodia Necross gains 500 attack points every turn, it now has 3800 attack points, each of them aimed at you Wheeler. Now, Exodia Necross, destroy the Swordsman of Landstar!"

Exodia Necross attacked, sending the Swordsman of Landstar flying and shattering in midair.

"On my next turn, I'll finally be able to rid the field of your Jinzo Wheeler, no matter what you do." Reginald explained.

Joey gave a short nod. "We'll see about that." He turned to Kaiba. "Your move."

Kaiba drew. 'Good card.' "I activate the magic card, Heart of Clear Water. If the monster this card is equipped to has 1300 attack points or more, it's automatically destroyed. If not, it enables the equipped monster to survive attacks from opposing monsters."

"So you're going to make your Magician of Faith invulnerable," Horris explained.

"Wrong!"

Horris was bewildered. "Then, what-?"

Horris didn't need to finish. He knew Kaiba's plan.

"I'll equip the Heart of Clear Water to Jackal's Enraged Muka Muka."

Jackal groaned. 'Great, now my second Enraged Muka Muka is going to be destroyed.'

Drops of water hit the Enraged Muka Muka. It roared when the first drops hit, and then it shattered.

"With that, I end my turn."

Horris drew, and smiled. 'Excellent, my Pharaoh's Treasure is my next card, all I need to do is draw my next card, and I can bring one card back from the graveyard to my hand.' "I activate my magic card, Pot of Greed. This allows me to draw two new cards," he continued as he drew the two cards, "one of which being my Pharaoh's Treasure. Now I'll bring my Monster Reborn from my graveyard back to my hand."

Reginald smiled at Horris' move. 'It seems that my activating my Card Destruction was the most generous move of the game.'

"Now it's time for you to have a taste of your own medicine Kaiba, for I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Yugi's Egyptian God Card, the Winged Dragon of Ra, in its Ancient Pheonix mode!"

'Ra?' Kaiba thought, trying to keep from laughing. 'This is going to be good.'

Ra ascended from the floor, but not the way Horris had expected. Instead of the fiery dragon, a humungous yellow cocoon appeared. Horris was bewildered. "What the-? What is this… thing?"

Yami answered. "Only a select few people can wield an Egyptian God card. Fortunately for us, you aren't one of them."

Joey continued. "And Ra will only come out of the cocoon if you can prove you're worthy, by saying the ancient chant."

Kaiba grinned. "Can't do it, can you?"

The anger was burning inside Horris. 'How dare they mock me like that! Well; I may not be able to use Ra in battle, but I can still summon another monster to help me.' "I summon my Mysterious Puppeteer, in defense mode." A man wearing a purple robe and veil, yellow eyes, an orange puppet in its arms and 1500 defense points appeared. "Your turn Jackal." Ra descended through the floor.

Jackal drew. "I summon my Prevent Rat, in defense mode." A monstrous, blue and green rat with 2000 defense points appeared. "This should help, right Horris."

Horris smiled. "Sure thing," his lifepoints increased to 2400.

"Wait a minute," Joey cried. "How did your lifepoints increase?"

"Simple, my Mysterious Puppeteer allows me to gain 500 extra lifepoints for each new monster normal summoned or flip summoned onto the field."

'Not good,'

"I end my turn." Jackal finally said.

Joey drew. 'Oh yeah, I can definitely use this.' "I activate my Amplifier magic card. This increases Jinzo's attack points by 800, giving it a grand total of 4000. Next, I play Gearfried the Iron Knight, in defense mode." A warrior covered with black iron armor, helmet and 1600 defense points knelt before Joey. This increased Horris' lifepoints to 2900 and increased Jinzo's attack points to 4800. "That ends my turn."

It didn't take long for Reginald to move. As before, Exodia Necross' attack strength increased 500 points, becoming 4300. "Like Horris, I summon my own Mysterious Puppeteer, in defense mode." A Mysterious Puppeteer knelt before Reginald. In seconds, Horris' lifepoints rose to 3400. 'I could weaken Jinzo, allowing it to be destroyed on my next turn, but Kaiba only has the Magician of Faith on the field.' Reginald hesitated, trying to figure out who to attack. Finally, he made up his mind. "Exodia Necross, destroy Gearfried the Iron Knight!"

In seconds, Gearfried was destroyed, and Jinzo's attack reduced to 4000.

"I end my turn."

Kaiba drew his card. "I activate my Card of Sanctity, forcing us to draw until we have six cards."

Everyone did.

"I summon my Lord of Dragons, in defense mode," A warrior with a white costume shaped like a dragon, a dark blue cape and 1200 defense points appeared. This raised Horris' lifepoints to 3900 and Reginald's to 12,100. "Then I'll activate my Flute of Summoning Dragon, which allows me to special summon two dragons from my hand to the field. So now, I bring forth my other two Blue-Eyes White Dragons, in defense mode." Two Blue-Eyes White Dragons appeared on the field.

Joey gave a short grin. "I'll also special summon two dragons to the field; My Baby Dragon and my Red-Eyes Black Dragon, in defense mode." First, a small and cute orange dragon with 700 defense points appeared in front of Joey, and then a big black dragon with red eyes and 2000 defense points appeared next to it.

Horris put his hand out as if saying 'stop.' "I also special summon a dragon to the field, my Twin-Headed Fire Dragon, in defense mode." A red dragon with two heads and 1700 defense points appeared in front of him.

"I'll also summon my Rare Metal Dragon, in defense mode." Jackal explained. A silver metal dragon with 1200 defense points appeared. It had a white horn on its face, and its toes were the same color.

Everyone looked to Reginald, expecting him to special summon a dragon as well. However, he shook his head. "I'm good."

Kaiba had a mischievous grin on his face. "You won't be saying that for long."

Reginald wasn't convinced, and actually laughed outright at Kaiba. "Oh really? What makes you think that?"

"My magic card, Soul Release."

All three brothers knew what that meant, but Reginald was the one who made that clear. "No. Now you can remove up to five cards from play in your opponents' graveyard!"

"That's right, and the cards I choose are the five Exodia cards in your graveyard Reginald."

Reginald reluctantly removed the five Exodia cards from his graveyard.

Kaiba continued. "Without your Exodia cards in your graveyard Reginald, not only is Exodia Necross destroyed, but your Raregold Armor magic card will be destroyed as well."

Reginald groaned with anger as Exodia Necross turned into the golden brown color that the original Exodia was, and then both it and Reginald's Raregold Armor magic card shattered.

"With that, I'll end my turn."

Horris drew. 'That move was impressive. However, the only thing protecting me and my brothers is my Swords of Revealing Light, and that'll expire once Kaiba finishes his next turn. Once it's gone, Wheeler and Kaiba can attack whatever they want.' He gazed at Jinzo. 'I need to remove Jinzo from the field; otherwise our traps will be useless. And I've got just the cards for the job.' "I activate the magic card, After Genocide, and then I'll equip my Dragon Treasure to my Twin Headed Fire Dragon. This raises its attack strength from 2200 to 2700. Now that my dragon is even stronger, I'll use it to attack Jinzo."

'This guy's nuts,' Joey thought. 'That dragon won't even put a dent on Jinzo.'

The dragon attacked Jinzo with red blasts coming from both its mouths from each head. Jinzo bent backwards due to the impact, and then came back upright. After that, Jinzo's eyes lit up, and then blasts came from its eyes and hit the dragon; causing it to shatter on impact, and reduce Horris' lifepoints from 3900 to 1000.

"What was the point of that?" Joey asked Horris as if he were crazy. "You just destroyed your own monster for nothing."

"I beg to differ Wheeler," Horris countered. "You've forgotten about my After Genocide magic card. Any monster that is involved with damage calculation is destroyed at the end phase of this turn."

Joey finally realized what had happened. "So you sacrificed your own monster so you could destroy Jinzo when your turn ended."

"Exactly; and now, my turn is over."

An orange light appeared in front of Jinzo's stomach. Jinzo looked down as the ball of light grew, until it exploded. Jinzo groaned in pain and then shattered.

Jackal drew. "Well, I think I might as well join my brothers and summon a Mysterious Puppeteer of my own."

"You've got to be kidding me," Joey said.

"You wish. Come forth, Mysterious Puppeteer!" Another Mysterious Puppeteer appeared, but this time in front of Jackal. This in turn caused Horris' lifepoints to increase from 1000 to 1500, and Reginald's lifepoints to increase from 12,100 to 12,600. "Since I'm in a generous mood, I'll play one card face down, and end my turn."

Joey drew. 'Oh man, now that Jinzo's destroyed, they can use traps again.' He analyzed his hand. 'But then again, so can we; and I know the perfect trap to play.' "I play one card face down, and end my turn." Once Joey spoke, the Swords of Revealing Light vanished. "Looks like next turn, me and Kaiba can finally attack you three again."

Reginald drew. "We'll see."

Reginald was about to make his move, when Jackal interrupted. "Before you go brother, I'm going to activate a trap card that I'm sure Wheeler and Kaiba will remember quite well." Jackal looked at Kaiba and Joey. "In fact, I think you two will find it to be a real blast."

Both Joey and Kaiba had an idea as to what Jackal was about to activate.

"Is that what I think it is?" Kaiba asked, even though he thought the answer was yes.

Jackal sneered. "I activate my Implosion in the Cemetary."

"Oh no," cried Joey. "Now Kaiba and I lose 1000 lifepoints for each card in our graveyard..." He trailed off and looked at Kaiba, realizing what this meant. "That means Kaiba's going to lose the rest of his lifepoints."

Kaiba groaned, a groan much angrier than the ones he had given before as his lifepoints reduced from 3100 to 0. At the same time, Joey's lifepoints reduced from 10,300 to 2300.

Now, Yami was extremely frightened. 'Oh no, now Joey is alone against all three opponents.'

Kaiba was still groaning as Reginald said in a mocking and condescending tone. "What better way to get our revenge on you than to put the fate of all you care about, into the runt who you despise the most?"

Kaiba stopped groaning, but he was burning up. 'Those rotten snakes, I'm the one their after, they should be facing me, not some punk!'

Reginald laughed. "Well; it looks like it's just you against us three, Wheeler."

Anxiety filled Joey. 'Oh man, now it's all up to me. But how can I beat all three of these punks alone? I just better hope I can, otherwise Yugi, Kaiba, Mokuba and me are going to be in big trouble.'