King Yomi turned to the awestruck crew as he explained, "I might as well explain. Koujou here is one of my royal guards. He's very kind and friendly, but he's always been jealous of the fact that his family no longer rules the kingdom. See, his family used to be the royal family and he was destined to one day be king, but my family came and took over Yomi Kingdom. Now he often tries to steal from us to spite us."
Mako didn't really think of this as a good reason to steal. Of course, he was a pirate, and he stole gold from other pirates. But he would never steal from someone who's innocent. Koujou straightened himself up and said, "Sorry for that little scene back there. I didn't realize we had guests. Anyway, pleased to meet you… uh…" "Mako." Finished the captain. Koujou could not believe that he was face to face with one of the world's most famous pirates.
He opened his mouth to say something, but he could not think of how to address someone of his caliber. Koujou turned around and walked off.
Everyone decided to ignore this and continue the tour.
King Yomi showed the Fortress Pirates many wonderful places. He showed them the Hot Springs, the tanning area, miniature golf and he ended the tour in his most favorite room of all.
"This, my friends, is the dueling room. It is here that we duel like crazy and manage to have a good time. Mako, I have heard that you are not just a great pirate but rather a smashing duelist! I would like it so much if I can duel you just this once."
Mako didn't know what to say. The only duels he ever had nowadays were with his crewmates. He had just found a new opponent. His surprised look turned into a grin as he pulled out his deck and announced, "King Yomi, I accept your challenge!"
It was time. Each duelist grabbed a duel disk as they inserted the cards into the empty drawing slot. Then, each one pulled out a card and announced, "Let's duel!"
The others watched in anticipation. They had merely come for a tour, but now they had been given a whole new treat. They were going to watch their captain duel.
The duel began with Mako drawing a card. It was obviously a good card as a smirk covered his face when he saw it. "I will start by summoning my powerful Giant Jellyfish!" he announced as a jellyfish appeared on the field. Yomi smiled at this and said, "That was an interesting starting move, but you'll have to do better than that if you wish to defeat my Rainbow Fish!"
A fish with an attack of 1800 and a defense of 800 emerged onto the battlefield. The fish went in and took down Mako's jellyfish as Mako lost 600 lifepoints. Ichigo got up and barked, "Mako, I know you can do this! Believe in yourself!" In fact, Mako's next card was more than enough to pull a fast one on King Yomi. Mako breathed a sigh of relief and thought, 'Thank you for giving this back to me, Joey.'
It was time for the play that would defeat King Yomi for good. Mako grinned and announced, "I now activate Monster Reborn! This allows me to bring back my Giant Jellyfish! Now I'll sacrifice my jellyfish in order to summon the might Legendary Fisherman!" Mako's Legendary Fisherman emerged onto the field. He picked up his big spear and stuck it straight through the Rainbow Fish causing 50 lifepoints in damage. "Now I activate Yumi! This turns the whole playing field into a water field so all ocean-type creatures that I play will gain and additional 200 attack points." Explained Mako. Yomi was impressed. Even though Mako had only dealt 50 damage to his lifepoints, no one had ever dealt damage to him that quickly before.
"I must say, I'm very impressed. But you forgot something!" King Yomi explained. Mako was dumbfounded until Yomi stated, "You're fisherman gains no attack points from the field power boost! That means that my second Rainbow Fish should be more than enough!" In fact, thanks to Yumi's effects, the Rainbow Fish now had 2000 attack points. It went in to strike the Legendary Fisherman but, for some reason, a wall showed up and stopped it in its tracks.
"That's right. My Legendary Fisherman is immune to all attacks as long as Yumi is in play." Said Mako. Yomi was impressed. Genkotsu shook and belted, "Cut the chit-chat! Beat him already!" The other crewmembers rose their weapons and used them to shut Genkotsu up.
"Now I activate my Fortress Whale Ritual!" announced Mako. "At the cost of two monsters from my hand, I can summon the mighty Fortress Whale!" A huge whale with a huge cannon supply showed up out of nowhere. The whale unleashed his cannon upon the Rainbow Fish causing 500 points of damage. After that, he used his Legendary Fisherman to deplete 1850 of Yomi's lifepoints. Yomi smiled and said, "Congratulations, Mako. No one has ever put up such an amazing duel. There is no way I can possibly win. Congratulations. I forfeit."
Mako could not believe his ears. He had actually beaten the king of Yomi Kingdom in a duel.
Mako's friends all rushed up to him and hugged him. As they embraced him, Yomi walked up to Mako and said, "This ends my tour. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Do feel free to duel me again some day." Mako shook his hand and responded, "I'd like that a lot.