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Fanfic Chapter 132: The Alliance Pt 2: Target: Yugi and Amara
Episode Basis: Merger of the Big-5 Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Nesbitt showed up in Tristan's body and challenged Yugi to a duel. But this time, he wasn't alone: Kimo and the other members of the Big-5 have joined him forming the Council of 6. With so many strong opponents, Yugi would definitely need some support on this one. Joey, Harold, and Amara joined in and together they squared off. Gansley went first and then Crump took over. But using cleverness and a card belonging to an old friend, they were able to beat back Crump's assaults. But with 8000 life points, they still have a long way to go.
"Give it up, Crump," Nesbitt said. "You're bumbling cost us almost 2000 life points!"
"No, this can't be happening," Crump complained. "My calculations were perfect."
"It's obvious that this is something mere numbers alone can not solve," Johnson said straightening his tie. "I believe it's time I take the stand and turn the trial in my favor."
"And just how do you plan to do that, wise guy?" Kimo asked.
"By attacking Mister Wheeler."
"Hah, that's a joke, you couldn't beat Wheeler last time, what makes you think this time will be any different?"
"Because this time I won't be attacking Joseph." The other men stared at him oddly. "Young Joseph considers his friendship with the others very important. So if I concentrate my attacks on them, Mister Wheeler's dueling prowess will decrease enabling him to be plucked off by even the most weakest of Duelists."
"Do it," Kimo ordered.
"Greetings, my friends," Johnson greeted.
"Oh no," Joey moaned. "It's Johnson."
"Correct, and I am now going to take over for my less civilized companion."
"I heard that!"
"Those business geeks are sharing my body like it's a corporate condo," Tristan complained.
"I'll switch Nightmare Penguin for a more capable Deck Master: my own Deck Master Judge Man." The Deck Masters were switched. "First I play Card of Sanctity which lets all draw from our decks until we're holding six cards! Next I play Cure Master raising my life points by 1000!"
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 3000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 7700)
"Next I activate my Deck Master's special ability." Joey groaned. "That's right, Mister Wheeler, you should be afraid. By giving up 1000 life points…"
(Y: 4000)
(J: 4000)
(H: 3000)
(A: 4000)
(6: 6700)
"I can activate Clear the Courtroom!" All the monsters exploded. "Not only does Clear the Courtroom destroy all your monsters but it deducts 500 life points per monster!"
(Y: 3500)
(J: 3000)
(H: 1500)
(A: 3000)
(6: 6700)
"Next I set one monster card face-down and one other card face-down. That ends my turn. Whether in the courtroom, boardroom, or on the dueling field, I am the master."
This guy is really ticking me off. I have to attack this guy now, Joey thought as he drew Little-Winguard. "I summon Little-Winguard in attack mode. Attack his monster!"
"Joey, wait," Yami-Yugi called. But it was too late, as Johnson's face-down monster was revealed, Magician of Faith (1).
"By turning over my Magician of Faith, you let me retrieve a magic card from my graveyard and I'll take A Legendary Ocean." On my next turn, I'll play A Legendary Ocean and then I'll summon Catapult Turtle again and finish these fools off!
"Sorry, Yugi, I goofed," Joey apologized.
"Don't worry, Joey," Yami-Yugi assured his friend. "It's all right. We're still in this duel. And it's my move!" He drew a card. "I summon Kuriboh in defense mode and activate the magic card Card Destruction. Now we all must deposit our hands into the graveyard and draw from our decks the same number of cards." I need to get some strong monsters on the field, but to do so I need to sacrifice weak ones. I just hope Johnson doesn't decide to go after Joey before I can protect him.
I need to get my life points up if I'm going to stay in this game, Harold thought as he drew a card. "I play the magic card Cure Master which raises my life points by 1000."
(Y: 3500)
(J: 3000)
(H: 2500)
(A: 3000)
(6: 6700)
"I summon Spirit of the Harp in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Don't worry guys, I've got this covered," Amara said. "I summon Penumbral Soldier Lady (2) in attack mode!"
"Wait a second, that's a six star monster," Johnson argued.
"Very observant, but D.D. Warrior Lady's Deck Master Ability lowers the stars of all corresponding monsters in my hand by two levels. Therefore, I can summon level 6 monsters normally. You thought you were the only ones with level lowering cards? Well think again! Penumbral Soldier Lady, attack him directly!"
"Reveal trap card: Draining Shield," Johnson commanded. "Draining Shield not only cancels your attack but it raises my life points by an amount equal to your monster's attack points."
(Y: 3500)
(J: 3000)
(H: 2500)
(A: 3000)
(6: 8800)
"Now he's more powerful than when he started off," Harold said. "I don't like this."
"If you don't like this, Mister Kumara, you're going to hate what happens next. Because it's my move!" Johnson drew a card. "I play the magic card Premature Burial to bring back Catapult Turtle!"
(Y: 3500)
(J: 3000)
(H: 2500)
(A: 3000)
(6: 8000)
"And before I forget, I activate Clear the Courtroom again!"
(Y: 3000)
(J: 2500)
(H: 2000)
(A: 2500)
(6: 7000)
"Next I summon Hysteric Fairy in attack mode. Hysteric Fairy, attack the young lady directly." The Hysteric Fairy fired eye beams at Amara which hit her in the chest.
(Y: 3000)
(J: 2500)
(H: 2000)
(A: 700)
(6: 7000)
"Then I'll use Catapult Turtle's effect to launch Hysteric Fairy right at Yugi Moto!" Hysteric Fairy was launched from Catapult Turtle and collided directly into Yami-Yugi.
(Y: 2100)
(J: 2500)
(H: 2000)
(A: 700)
(6: 7000)
"Now you see what my plan is, Joseph? I intend to eliminate your friends one at a time until you're all alone. With nobody to back you up, you will have no choice but to declare a mistrial… excuse me, a forfeit."
"As if."
Johnson chuckled. "Now I set one card face-down and end my turn."
I can't let him keep attacking Yugi and Amara like that. Joey drew a card, "I summon Rocket Warrior in attack mode and next I'll use my Deck Master's special ability to transfer 1000 attack points to Rocket Warrior."
(FS: 1800-800)
(RW: 1500-2500)
"Rocket Warrior, destroy his turtle!" Rocket Warrior transformed into its invincible mode and struck Catapult Turtle destroying it.
(Y: 2100)
(J: 2500)
(H: 2000)
(A: 700)
(6: 7000)
"I reveal my face-down card, Revenge Sacrifice. Revenge Sacrifice lets me destroy the monster that just attacked and summon a monster from my hand. And I summon Machine King!"
"We're in trouble, guys," Harold said. "Machine King gets stronger with every machine monster on the field including itself!"
(MK: 2200-2300)
"Yugi, looks like it's up to you, bud."
"I'll try my best," Yami-Yugi said. My monster Des Voltsgalf (3) is able to destroy Machine King but he's a six-star monster so I need to sacrifice to summon it. The problem is I don't have any monsters to sacrifice. Yami-Yugi drew the monster card Rock Spirit (4). Rock Spirit can be special summoned which means I can use it as a sacrifice monster but I need to remove an earth-based monster from my graveyard. Since Buster Blader was destroyed a few turns ago, I can remove it. And with my Mirror Force trap card, I think I can lure him into a trap. "First I remove my Buster Blader from the game so I can summon The Rock Spirit in attack mode and then I'll sacrifice the Rock Spirit in order to summon Des Voltsgalf!" A large red and black dragon appeared. "Finally I set one card face-down and end my turn."
What's Yugi thinking? Joey wondered. His monster has only 2200 attack points, 100 points weaker than Machine King. He must want Johnson to attack. But Johnson's not stupid, he can see that from a mile away. Yugi must want to spring his trap but if I can see that, then so can Johnson. Joey desperately (and not at all discreetly) tried to tell Yugi that his move was a bad one.
"What's with Joey?" Serenity asked. "Did something crawl into his pants?"
"Wouldn't be the first time," Tristan cracked.
"He must be trying to warn Yugi," Duke figured. "Look, see Yugi's face-down card? That's obviously a trap card and Yugi wants Johnson to attack him in hopes of setting it off. But if I could see that strategy, then so could Johnson and he could easily counter it if he wanted to."
"That doesn't sound like Yugi," Tea commented. "He's usually more cunning in his dueling strategies than that."
Little-Yugi must want me to attack so he can spring his trap, a foolish and costly mistake. "It has been my observation that children are unequipped to deal with strategies in a duel. You can only think one step at a time while I, with my superior intellect, am always two moves ahead of all four of you. Go ahead and make your move, Mister Kumara, not that it'll do any good."
"My move," Harold said. But as he moved to draw a card, he realized that his arm was visibly shaking and he knew why.
And so did Johnson.
"It appears that Mister Kumara is already failing in his testimony," Johnson noted. "It looks like he is about to be the first of you four to be dismissed. Perhaps it's just as better, everyone knows you're not a Duelist, you're only making things harder for your friends."
Johnson's right, Amara is only 700 life points away from losing and Yugi and Joey are not fairing any better. These are real professional Duelists, not guys who were just in the right place at the right time like me. What hope do I have? Maybe they'll be better off if they don't have to look after me. I was fairing much better as a cheerleader than a Duelist. "Yugi… I don't know if I can do this, I've never been in a duel of this magnitude before. Maybe… maybe I should…"
"Don't you dare quit on me now, Harold," Yami-Yugi said firmly. "Remember, you're not in this alone. I'm with you, and so are Joey and Amara. Plus don't forget if we lose, what hope do they have." Yami-Yugi gestured to Tea, Serenity, and Duke on the mesa. "If we lose, they lose. Do you care about them, Harold?" Harold nodded. "Then stay in this duel. And if you're still not sure, remember what I said during my Dungeon Dice Monsters game with Duke…"
"Thank you, thank you both, I have forgotten how I became Duelist Kingdom Champion in the first place and that was by believing in my heart, and just as I put my heart into my dueling deck, so do I put my heart, and the hearts of everyone I have come across, into my dice."
"Your heart is your strongest source of power, Harold, use it, call upon it, and don't be afraid to rely on it. The hearts of your friends are in your heart, Harold, so it will decide your fate, not the lies of an underhanded lawyer."
"I'm simply pointing out an observation," Johnson commented. "Next to Wheeler, he's the weakest Duelist of the four of you! In fact, he hasn't shown any evidence that he's worthy to call himself a Duelist!"
But Yami-Yugi's words struck a chord in Harold's heart. He could feel the confidence emanating from his friend just like Yugi did in his Dungeon Dice Monsters game. He nodded. Just like Yugi, I must put my heart into the cards! Harold drew a card. "I'll show you who's not worthy! I summon Shining Angel (4) in attack mode. I end my turn."
"Then it's my move," Amara said. Perfect, I need to get my life points out of the red. "I set a card face-down. Don't worry about me, Harold, you just concentrate on winning. Your time will come."
"Thanks, Amara."
"Your time is up," Johnson said as he drew a card.
"Move it, Johnson, it's my turn to duel."
"No, Nesbitt, wait, we need strategy, not brute force!"
"Save it, Johnson, I'm dueling and that's that!"
"I'll be dueling now!" Nesbitt announced.
"Nesbitt," Harold said seething.
"Yes, and now it's time to add a little mechanical mayhem courtesy of me and Robotic Knight." The Deck Masters were switched.
"What's that Deck Master Ability?" Amara asked.
"Bad news," Harold replied.
"Bad for you, good for me, for by discarding machine monsters from my hand, I'm able to activate Final Artillery." The four machine monsters, Cyber Falcon (5), Amphibious Bugroth Mk. 3 (6), Helping Robo for Combat (7), and Roboyarou (8), appeared and shot blasts of energy at all of them dealing 500 points of direct damage.
(Y: 1600)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1500)
(A: 200)
(6: 7000)
"First I play the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon which can destroy one magic or trap card on the field and I choose Yugi's face-down card." Yami-Yugi's face-down Mirror Force trap card was destroyed. "Now, Machine King, attack Yugi's monster now."
"No, Nesbitt, don't do it," Lector warned.
But it was too late. As Machine King launched an attack, Yami-Yugi chuckled, "You fell for my trap!"
"But I destroyed your trap card."
"Which I wanted you to do, because by using a magic card, you activated Des Voltsgalf's special power, raising its attack points by 200!"
(DV: 2200-2400)
"Des Voltsgalf, counter attack with Circle Flame!" The dragon blew a stream of fire which surrounded Machine King and destroyed it.
(Y: 1600)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1500)
(A: 200)
(6: 6900)
"Not only that; but Des Voltsgalf deals 500 points of direct damage whenever it destroys a monster."
(Y: 1600)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1500)
(A: 200)
(6: 6400)
"It's no big deal," Nesbitt said. "I still have plenty of life points."
"You idiot, you fell for Yugi's trap,"Lector berated.
"How was I supposed to know his monster had a special ability?" Nesbitt rebuked.
"It's not that, you only attacked Yugi when you should've been attacking the girl."
"Huh?"
"That's it!" Duke realized.
"What's it?" Tea asked.
"It was all a rouse. Yugi set that face-down card knowing the Council of 6 would use a magic card to destroy it and trigger his dragon's power. But what's more, Yugi deliberately made himself the target so that Amara would stay in the game. She has only 200 life points left and would've lost the duel if Yugi hadn't given Nesbitt a more tempting target."
"Is that true, Yugi?" Amara asked. Yami-Yugi nodded, "Thanks, I owe you big time."
"The one you should be thanking is Joey." Yami-Yugi told him. "It was your acting that helped fooled him. He would've figured out it was a trap otherwise."
"Wow, my Big Brother is so smart," Serenity gushed. "I would've never been able to figure it out."
"Way to go, Joey," Tea called.
Joey blushed, "Uh… well… just glad I could help." He mentally breathed a sigh of relief. I'm just glad nobody's singling me out. "Okay, my move," he said. He drew Panther Warrior. Panther Warrior is good, but he can't attack unless I sacrifice another monster and I don't have any so I can only play him in defense mode. "I summon Panther Warrior in defense mode, you're up, Yug."
"Okay," Yami-Yugi said as he drew a card. He looked up at Tristan. "I'm sorry, Tristan, but in order to win this duel, I'm going to have to attack!"
"I understand, Yug, do what you have to do, just don't aim for the hair!" Tristan hid his face in Serenity's shirt.
"Des Voltsgalf, attack his life points directly with Circle Flame!" This time, it was Nesbitt who was hit.
(Y: 1600)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1500)
(A: 200)
(6: 4200)
"Finally I summon Big-Shield Gardna (9) in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Then I guess it's my move," Harold said. "I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"Then I'll start my turn out by playing Lady in Waiting (10) in defense mode and one other card face-down. That ends my turn."
"Nesbitt, if you know what's good for you, you would attack the girl now," Kimo ordered.
"Shut up, Kimo, you're not my boss!"
"Master Noah says I am."
Nesbitt cursed.
"I play Gemini Elf in attack mode along with the magic card Big Bang Shot increasing its power by 400 points!"
(GE: 1900-2300)
"Gemini Elf, attack her right now!"
"She's going to lose," Tea cried as the two elves rushed straight at her, hands charged with energy.
To Be Continued.
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Magician of Faith
Level: 1
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 400
(2)
Name: Penumbral Soldier Lady
Level: 6
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute; Dark
ATK: 2100
DEF: 1400
(3)
Name: Des Voltsgalf
Level: 6
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2200
DEF: 1500
(4)
Name: Shining Angel
Level: 4
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1400
DEF: 800
(5)
Name: Cyber Falcon
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1200
(6)
Name: Amphibious Bugroth Mk. 3
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1300
(7)
Name: Helping Robo for Combat
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 0
(8)
Name: Roboyarou
Level: 3
Type: Machine
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 900
DEF: 450
(9)
Name: Big-Shield Gardna
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 100
DEF: 2600
(10)
Name: Lady in Waiting
Level: 2
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1000
DEF: 800
This monster can not be destroyed by any monster with more than 2000 attack points. Once it is sent to the Graveyard, it is removed from play.