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Fanfic Chapter 134: The Alliance Pt 4: Slay the Dragon
Episode Basis: Merger of The Big-5 Pt 3
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! It was touch and go for a while, but by thinking strategically and with a little luck, the Duelists were able to survive round after round from powerful monsters like Machine King and Injection Fairy Lily. Kimo, in his turn, played Alter of Mists which, after three turns, allows him to gain any ritual magic card. And from the way Lector was laughing, the monster that he's going to summon will be an incredible one. Can the Duelists survive this or has the Council of Six finally succeeded in their hostile takeover of the kids' bodies?
"This isn't good," Amara said watching Lector laugh joyously. "We should've destroyed that Alter of Mists magic card when we had the chance."
"It wouldn't do any good, Amara," Yami-Yugi explained. "Alter of Mists can't be destroyed by monster effects, magic cards, or trap cards."
"It's time to do what my associates could not," Lector was saying. "Defeat you so we can escape!"
(Y: 900)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1400)
(A: 500)
(6: 1100)
"Thanks to Alter of Mists, I can play the Dragon Revival Ritual. Now I can summon my Five-God Dragon."
"That's not true," Yami-Yugi said.
"You're right," Lector agreed. "I must also sacrifice five monsters, each with a different attribute."
"But you have only one monster on the field, your Deck Master."
"Have you forgotten us?" Gemini Archfiend, Nightmare Penguin, Deepsea Warrior, Robotic Knight, and Judge Man appeared.
"That's right," Lector confirmed. "I'm going to sacrifice all of my comrades' Deck Masters (A). That way, I still have a Deck Master left over. So go my five Deck Masters!" The Deck Masters landed in a circle around Lector. "Now I activate Dragon Revival Ritual!" A pentagram was traced underneath the Council of 6. A large shaft of energy burst from the ground. A five-headed dragon, each head a different color and texture, rose from the ground.
"Oh man," Tristan gasped at seeing the large beast. "I think I just wet myself." The others just absentmindedly nodded their heads.
"No monster in the game that I know of is capable of defeating the Five-God Dragon!" Amara gasped.
"Joey and I have faced this beast once before."
"Yeah, and if memory serves me correctly, it cleaned our clocks."
"Very perceptive, Joseph," Lector said. "Last time, Yugi and Kaiba won by summoning Master of Dragon Soldier but this time you don't have Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to use to summon it."
"It is strong," Yami-Yugi agreed. "But fortunately, it can not attack the turn it's summoned so we have one turn to stop it."
"Good luck in trying," Lector said as he set a card face-down. "My dragon's special ability destroys every card on my opponent's side of the field!" A large explosion threw the Duelists into their Deck Masters. All the monsters and face-down cards disappeared. "One more thing: my dragon can not be destroyed by monsters of earth, fire, wind, water, or darkness."
"That means there is only one type of creature that can defeat it," Duke realized. "A creatures of light."
Yami-Yugi, Joey, and Amara all turned to look at Harold. "Huh, who, me?" He asked.
"Harold, you are master of the light attribute monsters," Yami-Yugi pointed out. "If anybody can defeat it, you can."
"Hold on a second, the three of you all have much better monsters than I do," Harold argued. "You guys can do just fine with me playing back-up."
"But Harold, none of us have powerful light monsters at our disposal, you do," Yami-Yugi argued.
"Please, Yugi, I don't want such a responsibility. Besides…" He looked at Wingweaver. "Wingweaver's my most powerful light monster and she barely has half the attack points of that dragon."
"Hello, have you forgotten?" Amara asked knocking on the head. "I seem to remember a monster you care about a lot that was able to wipe the floor with my Soldier Lady."
"That's right," Harold muttered. "The card my friend Katy gave to me…"
"Congratulations, Harold, you won, you beat the Four Horsemen," Katy said with a sad smile. "Unfortunately, I don't have a locator card to give you, but I do have a rare card to give you." She threw a card to Harold. "This card was given to me by my mother; she said that it often reminds her of me. I don't think the picture looks a thing like me but I'm thinking it would really help out your Wingweaver."
"Don't worry, bud, we got your back," Joey said giving him a thumb up.
Yami-Yugi nodded. "We'll lay things out for you, but I promise it'll be your monster that will triumph over their dragon."
"You guys… really think I can do it?"
"That last attack must've shorted your short-term memory, Harold, if anybody can do it, you can."
Harold smiled. "Thanks, guys, I promise I won't let you down."
"Poor pathetic fools," Lector said. "Our dragon has over 5000 attack points and an equal amount of defense points. There are no light monsters strong enough to counter it!"
"You don't know how many of my opponents have said that and have been proven wrong," Harold said. "Guys, I won't let you down."
"Same goes for us, bud," Joey said.
"Okay, then, let's slay the Dragon! Joey, I believe it's your turn."
"Yup." Joey drew a card and looked at his hand. "I set two cards face-down and call my Deck Master to the field in attack mode!"
"That's the spirit, Joey," Yami-Yugi cheered. "Trust your Deck Master."
"If your Deck Master is destroyed, you automatically lose the duel," Lector reminded him. "But if you want to go and commit suicide, go right ahead."
"Zip it, you schizophrenic psycho," Joey said. "I end my turn."
"Then I'll go," Yami-Yugi said. "I'll play a card that seems to have been played a lot in this duel, Cure Master raising my life points by 1000."
(Y: 1900)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1400)
(A: 500)
(6: 1100)
"I also call my Deck Master to the field." Dark Magician flipped over his Duelist and landed next to Flame Swordsman. "Next I play Magical Hats to hide my Dark Magician and I'll also pay 1000 life points to hide Joey's Flame Swordsman as well." A second row of magical hats covered Joey's Deck Master.
(Y: 900)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1400)
(A: 500)
(6: 1100)
"Okay, Harold, it's all up to you now."
"Right." Please, Katy, if you can hear me, guide my hand. Smoothly, Harold's hand drew a card. He calmly looked at it and nodded to his friends. "I think it's time to activate a ritual magic card of my own. The ritual magic card Heavenly Light!"
"Wait a second," Serenity said. "Doesn't Heavenly Light require Harold to sacrifice his Wingweaver?"
"If his Wingweaver's sent to the graveyard, he loses!" Duke cried.
"Harold, no, don't do it!" Tristan called out but any further shouting was drowned out by monkey chatter.
"Next I call on Wingweaver to activate her Deck Master Ability." Wingweaver's wings started to glow. Light particles fell around Harold. "Thanks to Wingweaver's Deck Master Ability, I only need to remove light monsters with ten level stars all together and I can bypass the rule that requires me to sacrifice my Wingweaver."
The spectators breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now I remove Gyakutenno Megami and Guardian of the Throne Room (1) from the game to call forth my guardian angel… I summon Serapheem (2)!" Another shaft of light appeared but this time it was in front of Harold. A beautiful angel descended from the heavens. She had long flowing blonde hair and green eyes. She wore a dress that looked like it was made of light particles. She had two wings that seemed to stretch longer than she was tall. "Serapheem's special ability allows me to increase her attack points for every normal light monster in my graveyard! In case you guys weren't keeping track, that's four."
(S: 3250-4050)
"All that just to raise it by 800 life points?" Lector asked. "You've got to be kidding me."
"Remember, Harold, trust yourself, trust your cards, and trust your Deck Master. The Heart of the Cards will show you the way."
"Somehow, I understand, Yugi," Harold said. "Serapheem, attack his dragon with Ultra Luminosity!" Serapheem formed a sphere of light in her hand.
"It won't work, you'll just destroy yourself!" Lector shouted.
"Activate Mistress of the Trap Circle's (3) special ability!" Amara shouted.
"What?"
"I'll explain, when Yugi made us discard the cards in our hands due to Card Destruction, one of the cards I discarded was Mistress of the Trap Circle. Her special ability allows me to play any trap card that's in my graveyard."
"You idiot," Lector jabbed. "Have you forgotten I still have Jinzo on the field? He prevents all trap cards from being activated."
"All trap cards on the field, maybe, but not trap cards that are in my graveyard. You see, another card I discarded due to Yugi's magic card is Rising Energy which I now activate to raise Serapheem's attack power by 1500 points for this turn!"
(S: 4050-5550)
Serapheem's ball of energy grew twice its size. She thrust it at the dragon. The dragon let out a roar of pain as it slowly dissolved.
(Y: 900)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1400)
(A: 1100)
(6: 550)
"I end my turn." Harold breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yami-Yugi. "How was that?"
"That was great, Harold," Yami-Yugi congratulated.
"Yeah, I haven't seen such great dueling since… well… me," Joey said grinning stupidly. Amara patted his back.
Harold grinned back at his friends. Then he wobbled and dropped to both knees. "Oh man… I think I'm going to be sick." He looked at the others and smiled embarrassingly. "Looks like I almost worried myself sick." He let out another embarrassing laugh.
"Take it easy, Harold, you've earned it," Yami-Yugi said with a smile. "We'll take it from here."
A loud roar came from Lector's side of the field. The Duelists turned to see a large skeletal dragon rise from the ashes of the Five-God Dragon. "Where did that thing come from?"
"How was Lector able to summon it when it wasn't his turn?" Joey asked.
"Simple, you fool," said Lector's voice. "I activated my face-down magic card A Deal with Dark Ruler. When you destroyed our dragon, you triggered its activation allowing me to summon Berserk Dragon (4)."
Berserk Dragon had 3500 attack points. And Serapheem's attack points had dropped back to their original number.
(S: 5050-3250)
"That's right, Harold Kumara, our new dragon is now more powerful than your Serapheem and as soon as our turn comes, we will unleash it against you! And you will lose the duel!"
Harold stared at the dragon fearfully.
"Don't let him rattle you, Harold," Yami-Yugi advised. "You already played a big part in destroying their Five-God Dragon. We'll help you out now."
"How?"
"By this," Amara said drawing a card. "I play the magic card Block Attack and I'll use it to switch Harold's Serapheem to defense mode." Serapheem's wings folded around her. "There, now even if Serapheem was destroyed, Harold's life points will be unaffected."
"Thanks, Amara."
"No problem, and as for you, Mister Schizo, I play the magic card Double Snare."
"Not Double Snare!" Lector gasped.
"Oh yeah, Double Snare can destroy any card that negates trap cards including your Jinzo!" Jinzo was bounded by a giant mouth. "If Jinzo's destroyed, you automatically lose the duel."
Lector just growled and held up his hand. His life points decreased by half.
(Y: 900)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1400)
(A: 1100)
(6: 275)
Jinzo remained on the field.
"Wait, why wasn't Jinzo sent to the graveyard?"
"Your magic card only works on monsters that can negate trap cards," Lector explained. "So I deactivated Jinzo's trap negating ability."
"No way! How could you do something like that?"
"One of the advance Deck Master Rules, if your Deck Master is in danger of being destroyed, you can pay half your life points to have it remained on the field. However, all of its Deck Master abilities are void."
"Did I mention that I hate this Deck Master system," Joey complained.
"Tell me about it," Harold agreed.
"Well that's just peachy," Amara said sarcastically. "I summon The Unhappy Maiden (5) in defense mode and set one card face-down. That ends my turn."
"Yes and now it ends for all of you," Lector announced. "I activate Berserk Dragon's special ability. It can attack every monster on the field even those that are hidden!"
"Oh no, they're going to lose," Serenity cried cuddling Tristan again.
"Berserk Dragon, start by destroying Yugi's Dark Magician!"
"Yugi, no!" Tea cried. "You can't lose."
"He won't lose, not if I have anything to say about it," Joey said. "Go, Flame Swordsman, shield Yugi's Magician from that attack!"
Not again, Harold thought. Joey's about to sacrifice himself for Yugi the same way Tristan did for Serenity.
The Berserk Dragon launched an intense energy beam as Flame Swordsman leapt from the hat that hid him and moved in front of Yami-Yugi.
"JOEY!" Everyone cried as the entire dueling field was engulfed in light.
Serenity dropped to her knees. "No, not Joey, please not my Big Brother."
"Joey," Tristan muttered.
"Yugi," Tea said in the same tone.
"And Harold and Amara," Duke added.
"At last, I won!" Lector cried. "The Council of 6 have finally triumphed!" Lector launched into a demonic laughter.
"What you laughing about, Chuckles?" Lector gasped. Joey was still standing. Not only that, but his life points remained untouched.
"But… how…? You should've been vaporized along with your Deck Master!"
"Should've, would've, but didn't," Joey returned. "Just take a look."
The energy blast was being blocked by a simple coin.
"What did you do?"
"I activated a trap card, that's what," Joey said. "My Silver Dollar trap card prevents all weak monsters from being destroyed. I should thank you for stopping Jinzo's Deck Master Ability; it allowed me to activate it."
"I get it now," Amara said. "When Joey used his Deck Master's power-up ability to super charge his Rocket Warrior, he also made Flame Swordsman a candidate for his trap card. Way to go, Joey."
"Hey, it may not seem like it, but I'm just full of great ideas."
"Well your comeback ends now," Lector said. "Let's see how well you fare at protecting yourself. Berserk Dragon, turn your attack on Joey's Flame Swordsman!"
"Now it's my turn to do some saving," Amara said. "Reveal trap card: Staunch Defender! I'll use it to redirect the attack of Berserk Dragon to my Unhappy Maiden." The red-haired girl in a blue dress was destroyed. "When my Unhappy Maiden is destroyed, your battle phase ends immediately!"
"Thanks, Amara."
"Yes and thank you, Joey, you saved me," Yami-Yugi pointed out.
"I'm sure you would've done the same."
"It's so good seeing everyone work together like this," Tea said, relieved that Yugi and the others were still alive.
"Well I thought I was going to have a heart attack," Tristan commented.
"You're a robot, you don't have a heart," Duke pointed out.
"Okay, then, I thought I was going to blow a circuit," Tristan amended scratching the side of his head.
Lector scowled, "I end my turn."
(BD: 3500-3000)
"Hey guys, is it just me or did his dragon just get weaker?" Joey asked.
"Every time my turn ends, my dragon loses 500 attack points," Lector explained. "Not that it matters, now go!"
I could just pass and let Harold waste it with Serapheem, Joey thought. He looked at Harold who was panting heavily. But I don't think Serapheem is strong enough to wipe out the rest of Lector's life points. We need to finish it off now. And Yugi and me will be the ones to do it. Joey and Yami-Yugi shared a glance and both nodded. "I set a card face-down. All right, Yug, it's all up to you now."
"You got it, Joey. You're about to see the true power of teamwork. I play Polymerization fusing my Dark Magician with Joey's Flame Swordsman." The two Deck Masters leapt into the air and fused into one being. "Behold, the Dark Flare Knight (6)!" The new monster was dressed in black and red armor and carrying a large golden sword.
"Is that all? Your creature only has 2200 attack points. Plus Berserk Dragon retains one of the advantages of my Five-God Dragon. It can only be destroyed by a creature of light."
Harold sighed. Looks like it's up to me again.
Amara must've sensed what Harold was thinking because she said, "Don't worry, they'll be just fine."
"We'll see," Yami-Yugi said in response to Lector's comment. "Dark Flare Knight, attack his Berserk Dragon with Dante Sword!" The warrior leapt up. Berserk Dragon fired an energy blast. As much as Dark Flare Knight tried to avoid it, it was destroyed.
But Yami-Yugi's life points didn't decrease.
"How… you must've cheated somehow!"
"That's nice coming from you, Lector," Yami-Yugi said. "A true Duelist doesn't need to cheat to win. Dark Flare Knight's special ability prevents me from receiving damage when it's destroyed. Plus it enables me to summon Mirage Knight (7)!" The warrior was now dressed in gold and blue armor. It had a face like the Dark Magician's but carried a much larger sword. Yami-Yugi smirked. "Oh by the way, it's a light monster."
"It's still not powerful enough to defeat my Berserk Dragon!"
"That's where you're wrong," Yami-Yugi rebuked. "Mirage Knight gains the attack points of whatever monster it attacks."
(MK: 2800-5800)
"And I activate the magic card Quick Attack allowing Mirage Knight to attack immediately," Joey explained activating his face-down card. "Yugi, care to do the honors?"
"Thanks, Joey. Mirage Knight, destroy his Berserk Dragon and the rest of his life points! Golden Saber Strike!" The Mirage Knight's sword shone profusely. It flew into the air and cut a line right down Berserk Dragon's center. The monster exploded with bright light.
Lector's scream was almost inhuman.
(Y: 900)
(J: 2000)
(H: 1400)
(A: 500)
(6: 0)
"It's over," Yami-Yugi announced. "We win!"
"They did it!" Serenity cried.
"I have to admit I was a little nervous," Duke said. "It was touch and go for a while but they did it."
"I knew they could do it," Tea said staring at Yami-Yugi.
"Great job, Yugi, you did it," Harold congratulated.
Yami-Yugi shook his head, "We all did it together." The four Duelists slapped their palms together in a high-five.
"You lost the duel!" Johnson told Lector.
"Well you're the one who told us they would be weakened if Yugi and the girl were attacked!" Lector argued back.
"Well yours was the only Deck Master attacked," Gansley pointed out.
"I didn't see you doing anything helpful," Crump said to Gansley.
"Oh really, Mister Master-Of-The-Numbers, apparently the number 0 is the only number you don't understand!"
"All of you shut up!" Kimo snapped. "There's still a chance for us to succeed."
"Since we won, now you must return Tristan to normal," Yami-Yugi demanded.
"And what makes you think we're going to do that?" Kimo asked. All the Deck Masters appeared. "Not only are we keeping Tristan's body but we're gaining yours now as well!"
"But we won the game!" Amara argued.
"This is a new game, called Pick the Body." The monsters started to charge the teens.
"Everyone, stand back," Harold said stepping between his friends and their certain doom. "These meat heads are about to taste the power of the Avatar Armlet!"
But as the Council of 6 approached Harold, they were all suddenly sucked back into Tristan's body.
"What's going on?" Lector wondered. "We can't escape."
Noah's voice came from the sky. "I warned you fools what would happen if you broke my rules now suffer the consequences!" The six Deck Masters and Tristan's body were sucked away into a giant vortex.
"No!" Tristan cried. "Now I'm going to be stuck as a monkey for the rest of my life."
Serenity picked him up and cuddled him. "It'll be all right, Tristan," she comforted him.
Tristan sighed, Maybe… I can learn to live with it.
"All of you are worthless," Noah said. He cast a side-glance at Mokuba, "Right, Mokuba?"
"Please, Master Noah, give us another chance," Gansley pleaded.
"I've given you plenty of chances and you all failed," Noah said. "Now it's time for you to be punished for your failures!" The six men disappeared. Now it's time for me to challenge Seto personally, and prove once and for all that I deserve to be the head of the Kaiba Empire!
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Guardian of the Throne Room
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1650
DEF: 1600
(2)
Name: Serapheem
Level: 10
Type: Fairy/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3250
DEF: 2800
This monster can only be ritual summoned with the ritual magic card Heavenly Light. When this monster enters a battle, special summon up to 4 normal light monsters from the graveyard. These cards are treated as equip spell cards. Raise its ATK by 200 points for each card. This ability can only be used once. Afterwards, the monsters return to the graveyard. From the turn after this monster has attacked, you may resurrect 1 normal light monster from the graveyard (Wingweaver is excluded)
2a:
Name: Heavenly Light
Type: Ritual spell card
This card is used to ritual summon Serapheem. You must also offer 1 Wingweaver whose attack points have risen above 3200 as a tribute.
(3)
Name: Mistress of the Trap Circle
Level: 2
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 500
DEF: 800
If this monster is sent to the graveyard by a magic, trap, or monster effect, you may activate 1 trap card that is in your graveyard. You can use this effect only once during either player's turn.
(4)
Name: Berserk Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Zombie/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 3500
DEF: 0
(5)
Name: The Unhappy Maiden
Level: 1
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 0
DEF: 100
(6)
Name: Dark Flare Knight
Level: 6
Type: Warrior/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2200
DEF: 800
(7)
Name: Mirage Knight
Level: 8
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2000