Chapter 9-

Marik vs. Kaiba

"I'll start this show," exclaimed Kaiba. He drew, and pulled the card to elbow's length, than added the card to his hand.

"I summon Vorse Raider (Atk: 1900/Def: 1200) in attack mode, and put two cards face down. It's your turn."

"I activate Mecha- Forbidden One Assembly Line."

A square mechanical device about six feet high appeared on Marik's side of the field. A conveyer belt was protruding out of its side.

"And I special summon a Mecha- Forbidden One token (Atk: 400/Def: 600), and end my turn."

The machine started rumbling, and what looked like The Left Leg of the Forbidden One came out of the machine, being carried out on the conveyer belt. Only it looked chrome, and mechanical.

Kaiba drew.

"I end my turn," said Kaiba without summoning a monster, or setting a card.

"I activate another Mecha- Forbidden One Assembly line, and special summon two more Mecha Forbidden One tokens, and summon Alien Mummy (Atk: 1000/Def: 1400)."

A metal Left Arm and Head appeared, followed by a grey, large headed extraterrestrial mummy.

"So far, I have no idea how metal Exodia game pieces and a mummified Martian are going to improve your chances of winning, so I'll spare myself of some of the confusion. I summon Lord of Dragons, and attack Alien Mummy (Atk: 1200 vs. 1000 Atk)!"

After damage calculation, Marik had 7800 life points left.

"And with Vorse Raider, attack the Head (Atk: 1900 vs. 1000 Atk)!"

When Vorse Raider's axe slashed through the mechanical Exodia head, not only did it bring Marik's life points to 6300, but the machine started whirring, and a new Mecha- Forbidden One token was produced, along with a metal Right Arm.

Marik smiled.

"When you destroy one Mecha- Forbidden One token, it comes back with another one. And now," said Marik, "I special summon the final token. And now, combine to form Mecha Exodia (Atk: 3100/Def: 2600)!"

The parts joined together to form a new type of monster, a machine/spellcaster type monster.

"This new being is more powerful than your measly Vorse Raider. And, to add to my defense, I use Alien Mummy's effect, which allows it to be special summoned, at the cost of 1000 life points, to my side of the field, this time with twice the stats (Atk: 2000/Def: 2800). And, just to let you know, if you try to destroy it again, it will be brought back with twice the attack and defense again."

"And with Mecha Exodia, attack with Mechanized Obliviate (Atk: 3100 vs. Atk: 1900)!"

With a thrust of the arm, Mecha Exodia sent a silver blast towards Vorse Raider.

"Activate trap, Warrior's Battle Cry. If an attack is declared to a monster with warrior in its type, the attack is negated."

Vorse Raider took in a full breath of air, and released it in the form of a deafening roar, which cancelled out Exodia's attack.

"My turn. I sacrifice Vorse Raider and Lord of Dragons to summon the Dragon of Fire (Atk: 2200/Def: 1800)."

Dragon of Fire was a winged dragon, only it was a combination of yellow, red, and orange, and it had flaming plates running from the top of its long neck to the tip of its tale.

"And I attack…Grrrr…I end my turn."

Kaiba was upset because he was about to attack Alien Mummy, but realized it would just come back stronger.

"I equip Alien Mummy with Cosmic Scepter, a card that can only be equipped to Alien Mummy. Its attack rises by 300 points for every passing turn, up to five turns. And I attack, with Scepter Beam!"

Alien Mummy grasped the Cosmic Scepter in both hands, raised it high above his head, and swung it down level to its waste. The tip began to glow black, and a dark blast was fired towards Dragon of Fire.

"I activate my Dragon's special ability; I send only half the damage I would have received straight to my life points."

Kaiba has 7950 life points, Marik has 5300 life points.

"To end my turn, I set two cards face down."

"I activate my trap card, Des Counterblow. If one of us tries to attack each others life points, that monster is destroyed. And I summon Dragon of Water (Atk: 1600/Def: 1400)."

A sky blue dragon with a fin tipped tail and gills appeared on Kiaba's side of the field.

And I activate two Dragon Treasures, and I equip one to each dragon. And I attack your Alien Mummy with my Dragon of Fire! Volcanic Flame!"

Dragon of Fire opened up its mouth, and sent a torrent of scorching flame at Alien Mummy.

"I activate two traps, Astral Barrier and Enchanted Javelin! Astral Barrier sends the blast to my life points, and Enchanted Javelin increases my life points by the attack. So basically your attack goes to my life points, and I lose nothing!"

"So?" asked Kaiba.

"So your monster is destroyed because of your own trap card, Des Counterblow!"

"And I end my turn."

Nice strategy, thought Kaiba. But this duel isn't over yet!

"I activate Monster Reborn, and bring back my Dragon of Fire. I sacrifice it and Dragon of Water to summon Gairnan the Sword Wielder (Atk: 2550/Def 1600)!"

A man wearing a suit of armor dissolved into form on Kaiba's field. It was not wearing a helmet, though it was holding a sword with two blades coming out of either end of a bronze handle.

And I activate Bargain Hunt. This card allows me to search my deck for a monster, and then summon it, as long as I offer life points equal to the attack strength of the monster I choose. I offer 3000 life points; therefore I can summon a dragon type monster with 3000 attack points or less. And I choose the Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

Marik stared at the Blue Eyes, unknowing of what else was to happen.

"And, I fuse all these monsters with Polymerization, to form the Blue Eyes White Warrior (Atk: 4700/Def: 3600)!"

This new monster was the Sword Wielder, though it was wearing a silver-white suit of armor, and had glaring, royal blue eyes.

"And I activate his effect, of destroying one of your monsters and taking its attack out of your life points! Spinning Blade Slash!"

The Blue Eyes White Warrior took a running start, twirled the double sided sword in a helicopter like motion, and sliced Alien Mummy right down the middle.

Marik has 2700 life points, Kaiba has 4950.

"And to end my turn I set a card face down."

"I activate Swords of Illuminating Light. This is a newer version of Swords of Revealing Light, only it prevents you from doing anything for three turns. No setting, no attacking, no drawing, no nothing!"

"I also equip Mecha Exodia with Mace of Power. This allows me to sacrifice any number of my life points, I choose 1500, and decrease your monster's attack by that amount."

"And I activate Red Banner of Courage, so now my monster's attack is one attack point more than your monsters attack points. And I end my turn, just to give you a chance."

"No one treats me like I need help!

I activate the Time Keeper's Clock, which makes the three turns I'm supposed to be restricted from pass.

A giant grand father clock appeared on Kaiba's side, of the field. The numbers were titled 1-3, and the minute hand traveled around the three numbers one time.

"I equip the Blue Eyes White Warrior with Call of the Dragon, increasing its attack by 500 points for every dragon in my graveyard. There are three, so now it's back to 4700 attack points. But, I activate Spell Missile."

A torpedo was created, and it launched itself at Mecha Exodia, but destroyed Mace of Power.

"Now my monster gets the 1500 points you took from it. And I attack, winning me the duel!"

Blue Eyes White Warrior spun his sword, and leaped on top of Mecha Exodia, spinning blade first.

"Nooooooooo," yelled Marik as his life point's counter dwindled down to zero.