Sdrive: Sorry all, I know it's been a while, but I've been suffering from a plague, this plague is called Writers Block. It all started when I realized that Mina had to duel again soon, and that I still had no deck for her. And then it all got into how I would get her into the finals with the deck she started off with. I realized it needed changing after her duel with Rai. Well, this drove me insane and I soon found myself unable to even think of a solution as to how to continue this story. My attention also got caught up when I began formulating my own personal story and became an author on Fiction Press as well. That took up some of my time.
Shi: You don't ever shut up do you?
Sdrive: No, I don't do I? Anyway, I then came back to wanting to write Masters. Yet I still couldn't figure out where to go with it. My salvation came in the form of Peace Writer. After talking to him online, and him being my best friend and all, he ended up asking if he could write the next duel for me. We had decided on who was going to duel and all but I was at a loss as to how to make it work. He then said that he needed inspiration and that writing the duel could be fun. So, the duel for this chapter is written by the one and only Peace Writer. Not the whole chapter, but the duel. But don't think I didn't help. I looked it over and spotted some mistakes, can't have that now can we? But my confession is that this duel isn't mine so when you review for this chapter thank Peace Writer in it for he wrote it.
Zenryo: Can't write your own stuff any more huh?
Sdrive: No, just had writers block and he wanted to write it for me, so I let him. But now I have figured out a new deck for Mina and have the urge to write again. And I'm going to be making up for not writing this duel by giving you all a special treat in two more chapters. But I won't spoil that just yet. So, I guess I can start now.
Disclaimer: I don't own the duel or Yugioh, -tear drop- but I DO own an English Dark Magician Girl! My precious! Oh and one final note, I'm not so cruel and sadistic that I forced him to write witty dialogue inside the duel. That was my doing, however, any references to chess that Rourke makes during the duel,that was Peace's. And I did create the special arena, hehehe. I like that arena.
Itonami and Mahado were walking back to the palace with Atem's cat in hand. When they got to the guards they noticed that they were completely frozen. "Come on out," Mahado said looking around. "And unfreeze the guards."
A young woman with brown hair popped out from behind the guards and smiled. She looked at Mahado and her smile widened, "I'm so glad you're back. Waiting here was boring and there was nothing to do here but mess with the guards."
"I know I have scolded you for this once Mana, and you had promised not to do it again," Mahado said sternly.
"Oh lighten up, it's not like any harm came to doing it," Mana said playfully, "besides, if anyone who wasn't supposed to be here came I would have unfroze them."
"Listen Mana, I warned you once not to do it. Don't disappoint me a third time."
"Alright, I'll behave," Mana said looking down at the ground. She quickly changed her expression and pulled her head up with another smile in place. "So, what happened? Why were you so late?"
"The Pharaoh's cat ran away, and I had to find it. Itonami helped me and as thanks I told him that if he needed anything, I would be happy to assist him in it."
"Well, then you have my help too," Mana said looking over at Itonami and smiling.
Itonami blushed a bit and then nodded, "Thank you, I appreciate it," he said.
"Come," Mahado said to Mana, "We should head back and see the Pharaoh now." Mana nodded and she and Itonami followed Mahado up the steps and into the palace.
Sdrive looked down at Kelly to discover that he had not left the room. "These visions, they are becoming more frequent. What should I do?" He stood up and headed towards the door. He looked back at the soulless body before walking out and shutting the door.
Yamato was waiting in the waiting room, looking over his deck when Sdrive walked over to him. Sdrive collapsed next to Yamato and just lay there, motionless. Yamato side-glanced from his deck and looked at Sdrive. "Another vision?" he asked.
"Yup," Sdrive said moving no more than his mouth. "This time I got to meet Mana."
"Who's that?" Yamato asked.
Sdrive shrugged his shoulders, "No clue, but again I feel as though I've seen her before too. From where, and how I still don't know. But I've seen her."
"Well, let's think about this logically, you said you recognized Mahado before and when you looked through your deck, you found out he was the Black Magician. Maybe if you look through your deck again you might figure out who Mana is supposed to be."
"Worth a shot," Sdrive said as he straitened himself up and pulled out his deck. He started shuffling through it but nothing really caught his eye. "Nothing is really jumping out at me. I'll look through a second time." Sdrive continued to search his deck and then he stopped and pulled out his Black Magician Girl. He stared at it for a while and then nodded. "Her hair was brown and she didn't have red specks on her face, they were a lighter tan, but Black Magician Girl fits the bill. Plus Mahado seemed to know Mana."
"So you believe Mana is the Black Magician Girl?" Yamato asked.
"Makes as much sense as anything else. I doubt its coincidence," Sdrive said.
"You are absolutely right," a woman said as she turned around a corner and revealed herself to Yamato and Sdrive.
Yamato and Sdrive stood up shocked. They were sensing great magic from this woman. Too much for her to have been there the whole time and they not feel her presence. "Who are you and what do you want?" Yamato asked.
"My name is Yuko Ichihara, and I just recently finished a duel with the Pharaoh." Yuko said.
"Pharaoh?" Sdrive said slowly. "Do you mean Yami?"
"That is correct," Yuko said smiling.
"Then what are you doing on you're feet, unless..." Yamato's pace quickened, "You defeated him in a duel and now are here to face off against us!"
"No, I assure you that the Pharaoh beat me in our duel, and in doing so won 10 cards including the Winged Dragon of Ra."
"But, if you were defeated, you should have been sent to the Shadow Realm just like everyone else who has lost in this tournament," Sdrive said to her.
Yuko smiled and turned to a window near them and walked over to it. She looked out at it and stared at the top of the Battle Tower. "Sayora is still young and inexperienced with Shadow Magic, much like yourselves, she does not poses the capability to send me to the Shadow Realm. For I have been practicing magic for far longer than she has been alive."
"So what are you doing here then?" Sdrive asked looking over at the mysterious woman.
"Like I said, I dueled the Pharaoh in order for him to win the Winged Dragon of Ra. I must say that he dueled immensely well, and I was quite pleased with the outcome of the duel, even though I lost." She turned from the window and walked over to the two boys. "You were correct in assuming that your visions are more than just coincidence. It is all Hitsuzen."
"Hitsuzen?" Yamato and Sdrive asked at the same time.
"Hitsuzen, a naturally fore-ordained event. A state in which other outcomes are impossible. A result which can only be changed by a single causality and other causalities would necessarily create different results."
"That's pretty heavy," Sdrive said.
"Well, who said that Hitsuzen had to be easy to understand? There is no coincidence in the world, only Hitsuzen, and your dreams are no different. Your dreams are visions of things that have happened in your past life. In order to understand, you just have to keep watching, before all will be revealed."
"How do you know all this?" Sdrive asked.
"I know this, because I know your name, and I mean you full name, not just Sdrive."
"That's not possible!" Sdrive said rather disturbed. "No one knows my real name."
"I have been watching you for a long time, longer than you might think. I know many things about you. Like whom you were in your past life, and what the future holds for you. Just by knowing your name, I can unfold age old secrets about you. But, I will not do so for right now is not the time. I have only come to comfort your thoughts about your dreams. Your dreams are actually visions, and they hold memories from your former life."
"My, former life?" Sdrive asked.
"Yes, and with these visions, you will uncover things about yourself that have been long forgotten. However, I sense that you have your old allies with you."
"My...allies?" Sdrive asked curiously.
"Yes, your allies," Yuko said as she held up her hand, a magic circle appeared under her feet and her hand began to glow. Suddenly bursts of energy shot from Sdrive and standing around him were 5 other people.
A teenage girl about a head shorter than Sdrive with green eyes, a red shirt, and blue jeans was standing next to Sdrive, her red hair going just barely past her shoulders.
A spiky brown haired boy the same height as Sdrive with a tie-die shirt with the Japanese symbol for insanity on the back of his shirt appeared on the other side of Sdrive. He was wearing tan pants and his brown eyes were full of energy.
A shorter girl with light pink hair that ran past her shoulders appeared next to the red haired girl. She had a smile on her face, and her green eyes looked soft and full of happiness. She was wearing a Pink Kimono.
A man about the same height as Yuko appeared behind Sdrive, a shaded green kimono wrapped around him. His dark green eyes were narrowed and staring at Yuko. His long brown hair hung down to his shoulders.
Finally another teenager with shoulder length light blue hair was standing next to the pink haired girl. He was wearing a white t-shirt and was also wearing blue jeans.
Sdrive stared in awe as he was face to face with Dokara, Fuuten, Selaya, Ricenemei, and Kyoshen. "How did you bring them out?" Sdrive demanded, "I am the only one who can bring them out."
"Now, now, you may calm down," Yuko said. "I just needed them present, so I used a bit of energy to force them out into the physical world."
"People will have heard the commotion and will come running," Yamato said crossing his arms.
"I used a sleeping spell to put everyone here to sleep. No one will come here. I just wanted emphasize that you are not alone. These people, your incarnations, your living being, have been with you in your past life as well. I doubt however that you will ever see them in any of your visions. You may, but I sincerely doubt it. But they were with you and they helped you in more than one ways."
"If we were apart of Itonami all the way back then, wouldn't we remember it as well?" The pink haired girl whom Sdrive had called Selaya asked.
"I would know for sure seeing as how I am Itonami's memory and intelligence," said the brown haired man that Sdrive had called Ricenmei. "It's faint, but I can slightly recall them."
"Your memory has been erased, just as Sdrive's has. Due to Sdrive's lack of memory, you all have no recolection." Yuko looked at Sdrive and continued to speak, "but as the time comes, you will have more revealed about you. So don't worry, all will become clear, and with your incarnations," she then turned to Yamato, "and your friends, you all will be able to get through it. I have the utmost confidence in you."
Sdrive nodded as well as Yamato while Selaya raised her hand. Yuko nodded at her, giving her the ok to speak. Selaya quickly bowed and then said, "Can we please return now? As much as I like being out, it's kind of crowded."
Yuko smiled and nodded, "Yes, you all are allowed back." In a flash of rainbow light Sdrive's incarnations disappeared. Yuko looked over at Yamato and grinned. "And you will have a very special duel coming up. I can't tell you the outcome, or who all will be involved, but be prepared, for it will take the utmost patience. It will be one of your most trying duels." She turned and started to walk away when she stopped and spoke again. "Oh, and to answer the question you had when I first arrived. The young woman in your dream, Mana, is indeed the Black Magician Girl."
With that she walked away leaving Yamato and Sdrive to consider what they had just heard. "I guess there is more to me than meets the eye," Sdrive said smiling.
"Cliché," Yamato said looking at Sdrive.
Sdrive just smiled again, "I know, but I couldn't help it. Come on, we should get going."
"You're not uneasy about what we just found out?" Yamato asked Sdrive.
"Naw not really," Sdrive said. "I have a lot more questions answered and besides, why worry about something that will affect me later, than go crazy worrying about it now? I might as well live my life and wait for the problems to start at the finals." Sdrive punched his fist into his palm and looked up grinning, "And when it comes, I'll be ready!"
Yamato chuckled and put his hand on Sdrive's shoulders. "Well congratulations. I'm glad that you are able to look at this in a much calmer way. When I first met you, this kind of thing would have bothered you greatly. As someone who has helped you, I'm glad to say that you are showing great signs of inner strength. I'll be there to help you if you need it."
"Thanks, now come one, let's go find that duel for you that Yuko was talking about." With that, Sdrive and Yamato walked out of the building.
Joey Wheeler was walking down the streets of Perth looking at his three cards. "I really need to get some more cards. If I don't hurry up, I'll never make it to the finals. I can't believe I've been fooling around so much in this tournament. I gotta get into a serious duel immediately." Suddenly due to Joey's lack of attention he fell into a giant hole, fell down a flight of stairs, and landed hard on his bottom. He got up and rubbed himself off cursing. "Where the hell did that hole come from?"
He looked around and noticed that a 5 feet away from where he landed was a small red door with a note attatched to it. Joey walked towards the door and took a look at the note. To the best duelist in the world. Enter here. Joey snickered and said to himself, "Why doesn't it just say, Joey enter here? He laughed his obnoxious laugh and then pulled the handle down. He pulled the door towards him and walked inside. Once he was inside the door slammed shut and he was thrown into complete darkness. He banged on the door, "Hey let me out of here!" he cried but nothing happened.
"Awe man. Nice one Wheeler, you're a real genius. Ah no worries, I'll just find another way out of here..." he turned around looked straight ahead into black. "...yeah, in the dark," he finished. He slowly walked forward, keeping his hands out in front of him so that he wouldn't run into the wall. He moved his hands left and right and soon came in contact with a cold object to the left of him. He turned around and felt all around it but it seemed to be much wider than he was. He tried to lift his hands up but it was also a lot larger than him as well.
Suddenly lights came on from the ceiling and he found himself looking up at a giant white horse head. "AHHHHHH!" Joey screamed as he turned to run and soon found that there was another large white object to the right of him. He turned forward only to see another giant white object. Suddenly he heard some sinister laughing and turned around looking everywhere. He saw a space between the white object in front of him and another one next to it. He stood between the space and screamed. A bunch of black objects were about 20 feet from him.
He heard another sinister laugh and saw a dark figure appearing from the side the black objects. were on, "Welcome Yugi Moto, I'm glad to see fell into my trap. Do my giant Chess pieces scare you?"
"CHESS!" Joey screamed surprised as he looked around and finally realized that he was indeed in the middle of a giant Chess Board. Then another thought occurred to him. "Hey, what do you mean Yugi Moto?"
"What?" The figure walked closer to inspect who he had caught in his trap. "I thought my note told the best duelist in the world to come in here, not an amateur like you."
"Amateur! My name is Joey Wheeler!"
"Joey Wheeler?" the figure said trying out the name. Finally his face showed that the realization of who he was talking too struck him. "I know you. You're that hack that actually thinks he can duel. You are of no use to me, I want Yugi, as instructed by my Master Marik."
"Marik!" Joey said appalled. "Alright, you made three mistakes, the first was calling me an amateur, the second is working for a crazy psycho like Marik, and the third..." Joey stared at the figure meanly and then let out his big finish, "...was not putting any warning signs in front of that hole!"
The figure fell onto the ground. He stood up screaming at Joey, "You fool! There was a sign! Any dimwit could have spotted it! Now get out of here, I want to face Yugi, not you."
"Now hold up, I think it's pretty impolite to just tell someone to leave right after they busted their butt falling down those steps. The least you could do was duel me. Besides, I promised Yugi back in Battle City that I would help him defeat Marik and his crazy buncha Rare Hunters. And I'm gonna make good with that seeing as how the only Rare Hunters I ever faced was that freaky Exodia man, that guy Odieon who was supposed to stop Malik's dark side from ever coming back, and Marik himself. Which I might add, had I not been so pooped out from all those attacks in the Shadow Realm, I woulda won that duel."
"According to what I have heard however is that if that lightning had not hit both you and Odieon, Odieon would have taken your place on in the Battle City Semi-Finals."
"WHAT!" Joey screamed shouting, surprised that anybody other than himself noticed that.
"You're not worth my time; I want the King of Games, not the King of Lame."
"Welllll, tooooo baaad! You gotta go through me if you want to face Yugi!"
The figure sighed and inserted his deck into the deck holster. "Fine, but I should warn you, I am already qualified to enter the Masters Tournament Finals holding 18 cards."
Joey was appalled. "What! 18 cards!"
"Yes, I am Rourke, the strongest Rare Hunter after Odieon and the Offus and Doffus Tag Team Duelists. I must say that you stand no chance going up against me." Rourke smiled deviously as he inserted his deck and launched the holo-projectors. Both duelists disks unfolded and they both shouted out "DUEL!" Both players drew their five cards. "White goes first," Rourke said, "So make your first turn and get it over with."
Joey nodded and looked at his hand. 'I gotta find out more about his strategy before I make any real killer moves, and I know just how to do it,' he thought as he looked at his Tiny Guardian and his Graceful Dice in his hand. 'The changes I made thanks to those booster packs got me some really nice cards, but for now it's time go old school.' "I set one monster on guard and one under the table and that's my turn."
"Hmm, I thought you said you were strong, and already you are playing defense?" Rourke laughed at Joey's pitiful move and drew his card. "I activate Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two new cards." Rourke discarded Pot of Greed and drew his two new cards. "Now I summon Shadow Knight Archfiend in attack mode (2000/1600). While opening with a knight is a bold move in the beginning of the game, it can claim many victims in the first few turns. Now Shadow Knight Archfiend, attack his face down monster!"
The Shadow Knight lunged forward slashing its claws. Joey's Tiny Guardian blew up in a pieces. "No, my Tiny Guardian!"
"That ends my turn you pathetic fool."
"I'll show you who's pathetic," Joey said as he drew his card. "I set one card under the table and summon Swordsman of Landstar on guard! (500/1200)"
"You're right, that monster is even more pathetic than you. Then again, you are the one who uses it. Makes me wonder which is actually more pathetic."
"I'll set one more card under the table and end my turn!" Joey said as the two cards appeared on his field.
Rourke drew his card and his life points dropped by 900. Rourke:7100/Joey:8000. "I lose life points during each of my standby phased due to my monsters effect. Now I summon Vilepawn Archfiend in attack mode (1200/200)."
"That's not that big of a deal," Joey said noting its low attack points.
"Maybe not now, but what happens after I equip it with the Axe of Despair?"
"What!" Joey watched Vilepawn Archfiend's attack points climb to 2200. "Oh man, this could be trouble."
"Now, Vilepawn Archfiend, attack his puny Swordsman of Landstar!" The Vilepawn ran towards the face down monster and began to slash it when Joey called out.
"You activated my trap card! Magic Arm Shield! It will take your Shadowknight Archfiend and block my monster for me!"
"It's not that easy to take a knight," Rourke said. Suddenly a die appeared on the field. "If I role a three then your trap card doesn't take effect."
"What! Awe man!"
Rourke's duel disk vibrated and then the die rolled itself. The die landed on a three and the Shadow Knight slashed its claws and destroyed the Magic Arm Shield. Vilepawn Archfiend went on to destroy the Swordsman of Landstar. "Gone, and now here goes your life points. Shadowknight Archfiend, attack this Amateur's life points directly!"
"Wrong! I activate Sleepy Sheep!" Joey called out as his Spell Card flipped up. Four different colored sheep tokens appeared on the field. The Shadowknights claws destroyed the red sheep and it blew to pieces. Rourke growls but ends his turn. Joey draws his card and smiles. "I summon Harpie's Brother! (1800/600) and now I reveal my face down Graceful Dice Spell Card!" Joey's duel disk rumbles due to the dice inside and then the die appears and a three is landed. "Alright! My Harpie's Brother is now a2100 for the rest of the turn. Harpie's Brother, attack Shadowknight Archfiend!"
"So sorry amateur, but my Vilepawn Archfiend's effect says that since he is on the field, he is the only monster that can be attacked."
"Aw man, I guess I have to wait. I end my turn." Rourke draws his card and then due to his two Archfiends, his life points drop down by 1400. Rourke: 5700/Joey: 8000. "Ya know, I think I just found the weakness to your Archfiends." Joey said with a gleam in his eyes.
"Oh, and what's that?" Rourke said smirking.
"Your Archfiends require you to pay a large amount of life points in order to keep them out. So there for, the more monsters you summon, the more life points you lose. You are in turn going to destroy yourself, all I gotta do is sit back and watch you destroy yourself."
"Heh, the only reason they require a life point sacrifice is due to the fact that they are some of the most powerful cards in the game. They can overcome any weakness and I'll prove it to you now."
"I'm waaaiting," Joey said impatiently.
"I activate the magic card Pandemonium! With this card on the field any cost of life points required to pay to keep out any Archfiend is negated.
"WHAT!" Joey shouted. 'Aw man, now I'm in trouble,' he thought to himself.
"Now I play one monster on guard and then I will lay one more card under the table. Now, my Vilepawn Archfiend will attack your Harpie's Brother!" Vilepawn slashed its sword at the Harpie's Brother destroying it and in turn lowering Joey's life points by 400. Rourke:5700/Joey:7600. "Now my Shadowknight Archfiend destroys one of those disgusting fuzz balls." The Archfiend took out a sheep and Rourke ended his turn, leaving Joey with just two Sleepy Sheep on the field defending his life points.
"Come on Heart of the Cards, show me some luv!" Joey drew his card and opened his eyes to see his Harpies Feather Duster. "Alright! I activate Harpies Feather Duster, buh bye Pandemonium."
"Not so fast you rookie, I activate my Trap Card the Spell Absorbing Life! Here's how it works. All monsters facedown are revealed, and for all effect monsters I gain 400 life points." Rourke's face down monster appeared to be a small bear. "I count three monsters giving me 1200 life points." Rourke:6900/Joey:7600.
"You're gonna need those life points now that you're gonna start losing all your life points."
"Not so, my Pandemonium Watchbears effect automatically activates, it prevents my Pandemonium from being destroyed. I only lose my Vilepawn's Axe of Despair!"
"Aw man. Well, try this on for size; I summon Alligators Sword in attack mode! (1500/1200) Now, Alligators Sword destroy his Vilepawn Archfiend!" As the Alligators Sword rushed towards the Vilepawn Joey explained that now that Axe of Despair was gone, there was nothing stopping him from destroying the Vilepawn. Alligators Sword slashed through Vilepawn Archfiend causing Rourke to lose 300 life points. Rourke:6600/Joey:7600. "And that ends my turn," Joey said proudly.
Rourke draws his card and places it into his hand. "Now I send my Shadowknight Archfiend to attack your Alligators Sword!" The knight went towards the Alligators Sword and slashed it up destroying it. "Due to my Shadowknight's effect, any damage you take is halved. So you only lose 250 life points. Rourke:6600/Joey:7350. "That ends my turn."
'If I don't do something soon, I'm toast, come on Heart of the Cards,' Joey drew his card and smiled. "Oh yeah, this is thanks to those booster packs. I activate the Sealing Swords of Light!"
"What? There is no way an amateur like you could have such a rare card."
"Well, when you have good friends, you get good cards. Now, I summon one monster on guard and then its back to you Chess Boy," Joey said as the card appeared on the field.
Rourke drew his card and placed it in his hand. "I pass this turn."
"My move," Joey said drawing. "I lay one card under the table and that ends my turn."
Rourke drew his card, "I pass again."
"Can't do much while you're stuck behind my swords huh? I'll lay one monster on guard and end my turn."
"You fool, you think that your swords are giving you an advantage, well the advantage will be mine in the end hahaha." He looked over his hand and smiled. "I'll summon Darkbishop Archfiend (300/1400)." The monster appeared snarling at Joey. "This monster will not nly protect itself from monster effects, spells, and traps, but it protects all my Archfiends. I'll then set one card under the table and end my turn. Your swords are gone." The swords disappeared and Joey began to get nervous. 'This fool won't attack,' Rourke said to himself. 'He's too worried about my Archfiends and my face down card.'
Joey drew his card and then showed it to Rourke. "I activate Pot of Greed. This card allows me to draw two new cards." Joey drew his cards. Joey looked at his Giant Trunade that he had drawn from his Pot. 'That darn Watchbear will protect his Pandemonium from the effects anyway. It's pointless to use it right now. And I can't risk attacking with his face down card. I've got to wait it out.' "That ends my turn Rourke."
"I knew it would," Rourke said laughing evilly. He drew his card and smiled. "I summon Warrior of Zera (1600/1600) in attack mode. I then Switch Darkbishop on guard, and now, prepare for your ultimate defeat. I now Sacrifice my Warrior of Zera to special summon the all powerful Mazera De Ville! (2800/2300)"
"That thing is strong!"
"And its special ability will cost you the duel! For now it can automatically force you to send three cards from your hand to the Graveyard."
"WHAT? But I only have two!"
"I know, so that means you lose your entire hand! And that's not all, Mazera will know attack your face down monster!" Mazera went towards Joey's face down card and slashed it in half. A small penguin with a shield and sword appeared and was blown to digital oblivion.
"You flipped up my Penguin Soldier, that allows me to return two monsters either players side of the field back to their hands. So now I return your Mazera De Bille and your Pandemonium Watchbear! And since they aren't Archfiends, your Bishop can't protect them. Oh yeah, who's the master?"
"Not you," Rourke said. "I end my turn from here. I must say that you fought better than I thought you would. However, now you will rely on topdecking, and that can only help you last for so long."
"Oh yeah? I activate gamble!" Joey said smiling. If I call this coin right, I can draw 6 cards, if not, I lose my next turn. Sooo now! I call it heads!" A digital coin appeared on the field. Joey pressed a button on his disk and the coin flipped in the air. The coin spun on the ground before stopping. Joey and Rourke both looked on with anticipation. The coin landed on heads and Joey cheered drawing his 6 new cards.
"You got lucky boy, don't think that your luck will hold up," Rourke said gritting his teeth.
"Actually, you coulnd't be any more wrong. Now I summon the Spear Dragon I won in one of my earlier duels and I'll equip it with Dragon Nails rasing it's attack to 2200!" A large dragon with a beak like mouth appeared on the field. It grew long metal nails and cried out as its attack rose. "Now, Spear Dragon, attack his Shadowknight Archfiend!" The dragon let out its attack destorying the Shadowknight Archfiend and lowering Rourkes life points by 300. Rourke:6300/Joey:7350. "My Spear Dragon reverts on guard since it attacked and that ends my turn."
Rourke drew his card and then his life points lowered by 500 due to Darkbiship Archfiend. Rourke: 5800/Joey: 7350. "I summon Infernalqueen Archfiend (900/1500). Now I have it attack your Spear Dragon." The Queen let out a blast of energy and the Spear Dragon was blown to pieces. "That ends my turn for now," Rourke said snickering.
Joey drew his card and then laughed, "hehehe, you're queen barely has any attack points, the only reason it beat my Spear Dragon was because Spear Dragon has 0 defense points. I set one card under the table, and then I flip my Baby Dragon to attack mode!"
The small orange dragon appeared and Rourke just laughed at it. "You fool! In chess, the queen is the mightiest piece on the board, and here's why!"
Joey looked at the Infernalqueen and noticed that it's attack power was now at 1900. "What, when did that happen?"
"During the standby phase," Rourke said laughing sinisterly. "You see, my Infernalqueen's special ability allows it to raise the attack power of any Archfined by 1000 points during the standby phase until the end of the turn."
"Aww man," Joey said. 'He knew that I would plan on attacking it, and then he told me about the effect. I can't do anything else this turn.' "I end my turn Rourke."
"Now I begin," Rourke said as he drew his card. 'Excellent,' he thought to himself, 'This card will bring him to his knee's.' "First I have to pay 1000 life points due to my two Archfiends. Rourke: 4800/Joey: 7350. "I summon Terrorking Archfiend!" Rourke cried as the he slapped the card onto the Duel Disk. A very large demon that looked a bit like the Summoned Skull appeared. It wore a purple cape and had a giant axe. "In the end of the game, the king becomes the most important piece. Now, Infernalqueen, attack the Baby Dragon!" Infernalqueen went towards the dragon and began to slash at it.
"Hey, what's going on?" Joey asked.
"Infernalqueen can use it's effect during both players standby phases. So now, destroy that baby," he said smirking with his arms across his chest.
"Not so fast, reveal Trap Card, Fairy Box!" The face down card flipped up and the box appeared. "Now all I have to do is flip a coin, and if I call it right, then your monsters attack goes down to 0, and I call Heads!" The Baby Dragon bobbed up and down out of many different holes as a coin flipped in the air. The coin landed on tails and the Baby Dragon appeared right in front of the Infernalqueen. She slashed at it and lowered Joey's life points. Rourke:4800/Joey:6650.
"Now, Terrorking Archfiend will destroy your goat!"
"I call tails!" Joey shouted. The goat bobbed up and down while the coin landed. It was a tails. Terrorking's attack fell down to 0 and it bounced off the goat. "Ha!" Joey cheered. "And, that's why I'm the man!"
"I end my turn." Rourke said smiling deviously.
"I begin, and in order to keep Fairy Box on the field, I have to pay 500 life points. So I'll pay it and continue my turn." Rourke:4800/Joey:6650. Joey looked at his card, 'Hmm, Gearfried the Iron Knight. I could use him later.' "All right Rourke, I set one monster on guard and end my turn."
"Now it's my turn," Rourke said as he drew his card. He laughed sinisterly as he looked at his card. "I lose 1800 life points due to my three Archfiends on the field," Rourke said. Rourke:3000/Joey:6150 "Enjoy the fact that I lost life points before, because now I won't lose them any longer!" Rourke shouted as he slammed the card he drew into the Magic/Trap slot. The card appeared to be yet another Pandemonium.
"What!" Joey cried out. "uh, this can't be good."
"Oh, but it is excellent for me! I only wish your friends could be here to watch you lose your soul,"
"That isn't happening you crazy freak."
"We shall see," Rourke said laughing. "I now summon an old friend, Pandemonium Watchbear!" The bear appeared on the field looking at Joey. "Since you have your Fairy Box on the field I shall end my turn."
"My move!" Joey called out, he drew his card and smiled as he saw he drew Rocket Warrior. "I lose another 500 life points due to Fairy Box, but it's worth it to keep you off balance. I summon Rocket Warrior!" The miny warrior with the body of a rocket appeared on the field. "Go Rocket Warrior, attack his Pandemonium Watch Bear!" The warrior brought it's body into a rocket and attacked the Watchbear, it was destroyed and the Rocket Warrior returned to Joey's side of the field. "Thanks to thanks to my Rocket Warrior's effect your Watchbear also lost 500 attack points" Rourke:2300/Joey:5650. "That ends my turn."
"My turn," Rourke said smiling at the card he drew. "First I will use my Infernal Queen's ability to increase Terrorking Archfiends attack by 1000.
"What, your not pumping up your Queen?" Joey asked shocked.
"I activate Spiritualism, I return your Fairy Box to your hand, and due to it's ability you can't stop it from returning." The box dissapeared and then Rourke took a card from his hand and put it on the field, " I activate Checkmate, There is always a way to target the king!" I use Checkmate to sacrifice my Darkbishop Archfiend so that Terrorking can attack dirrectly." The Darkbishop disappeared and the Terrorking picked up its giant axe and charged towards Joey slashing him across the chest. "Go my Queen, whipe out his last sheep!" The Queen rushed towards the sheep and destoryed it. It's your turn." Rourke: 2300/Joey:2650.
"Man, that Terrorking took me apart," Joey grunted pulling his card from the deck holster. "So, which is it this time?" Joey askes.
"I choose to power up my Queen herself."
Joey watched the Queen's stats go up and then he places a card on the field," I activated Question! Now you have to guess which card is on the bottom of my deck, guess right and it is removed from the game, guess wrong and it's special summoned to the field."
"I've taken so many of your pieces that I forgot which one was destroyed first!" Rourke said shocked. "Umm,"
"Time's ticking," Joey mocked.
"Swordsman of Landstar," Rourke says looking nervous.
"So close, but wrong, the question is, 'what is Tiny Guardian!'" The Tiny Guardian appeared on the field. "Hey Rourke, don't ever try out for Jeopardy. Now, I sacrfice Tiny Guardian for Jinzo!" The machine burst out of it's card and folded its arms looking down on the monsters on Rourke's side of the field. "Go Jinzo, attack Terrorking Archfiend!" Jinzo shot lasers from it's eyes and destroyed the Archfiend. Rourke: 1900/Joey:2650 "My Jinzo's EXTREEEME! Jinzo kicks butt and he's from the future, he know's martial arts and has eye lazers and stuff! Do your Archfiends have any of that?"
"Um, no?" Rourke said looking a little nervous.
"Heck yeah they don't," Joey said proudly.
"But I do have this, I discard my Desrook Archfiend in order to special summon my Terrorking back to the field. And since that happened, thanks to my Pandemonium, I can search my deck for a Archfiend with 3 stars to add to my hand, and I choose my second Darkbishop Archfiend."
"Oy, I didn't realize that your Archfiend had that kind of power. No matter, I still have Jinzo," Joey said smiling. I lay one card under the table and end my turn."
"Now it's my turn, I power up my King and he attacks Jinzo." Terrorking destroyed Jinzo and Joey's life points fell. Rourke:1900/Joey:2050
"Now that Jinzo is gone I reactivate Fairy Box," Joey said as his trap flipped up.
"I set a monster on guard and end my turn."
"My move, I lose 500 from Fairy Box, and now I play Fissure. Since it doesn't dirrectly target your archfiends they can be affected by it. Say bye bye to your Queen." A crack appeared and the Queen fell into it and the crack closed up. "That ends my turn," Joey said. Rourke:1900/Joey:1550.
"My move," Rourke announced, he placed the card he drew under the table and ended his turn.
"I draw," Joey began but was cut off by Rourke.
"To your draw phase I activate Dust Tornado, this will destory your Fairy Box." A small tornado appeared in the middle of the field and ripped the box to shreds.
"I liked that!" Joey called out. "Some manners, I set a card under the table and end my turn."
"Ahh, this is perfect," Rourke said, "I activate Rush Recklessly, giving my Terrorking an extra 700 attack points! Now, destory his on guard monster!" Terrorking slammed its axe down on the hidden monster. Gearfriend appeard for a moment before being destroyed. "I end my turn."
"Which begins mine," Joey says. He looked down to see what he drew, 'awesome, it's the Time Wizard, this guy has pulled my but out of the fryer before, I bet he can do it again.' "I summon Time Wizard!" Joey called out. "Go Time Roulette! I call heads!" The Time Wizard's roulette started spinning and a coin appeared in the middle of it, it flipped and landed on heads. The Time Wizard created a Time Warp and all of Rourke's monsters aged and turned to dust.
"I use Pandemonium's effect to take Vilepawn Archfiend Darkbishop Archfiend," Rourke growled, angered that his Archfiends were destoryed.
"Time Wizard attack the player!" The Time Wizard hit Rourke over the head with his staff. "That ends my turn," Joey said. Rourke:1400/1550
Rourke drew his card and started laughing histerically, "This is it! You are doomed! I summon my Vilepawn Archfiend and then activate Archfiend Roar! I pay 500 life points to special summon Terrorking Archfiend! And now I activate the card that will destory you, Checkmate! Go, attack the player my Archfiend!" The Vilepawn disappeared and the Terrorking rushed at Joey.
"I've got one shot at this!" Joey called out, "Go Skull Dice! If it's a two or lower, I'm gonna lose, it's gotta be high." The Demon rolled the red die and it clacked on the ground. It rolled on its side for a few seconds before settling on a 5. "YES!" Joey cried out.
"Don't celebrate too soon, you have nothing to keep you safe afterwards. I activate Soul Release, I remove your Jinzo, Gearfried, Alligator's Sword, Tiny Guardian, and Rocket Warrior. I end my turn, Terrorking is destoryed and now I search for Desrook Archfiend." Rourke:900/Joey:50
'I gotta draw something good,' Joey thought to himself. 'Heart of the Cards, show me some luv.' He drew his card and looks at the Monster Reborn. "I don't have any cards in my graveyard that can defeat him," Joey said looking down. He almost gives up when he sees his Foolish Burial Card. 'Thats it!' Joey thought. "I activate Foolish Burial! Now I place my best card from my deck and put it in your graveyard." Joey through the card over to Rourke.
"I don't know what this will do for you but whatever," he placed the card in his graveyard without even looking at it."
"Oh, you'll see, for now I play my Revive Dead! Now, I raise my best card, the supreme Red Eyes Black Dragon!"
"NO!" Rourke said realizing what was about to happen.
"It's over Rourke, Red Eyes Black Dragon, Inferno Fire Blast!" The Red Eyes let out a stream of fire, it blasted rourke and threw him into one of the large chess pieces. His life points dropped to zero and his body fell limp. "Aww man, don't tell me that THIS is happening still! Now not only am I exhausted, but I gotta carry this lug up those stairs into the hospital in this heat. Wow, being the good-guy really has it's down sides sometimes." He went over to Rourke, placed him on his back, and then began to walk out of the hidden chamber.
Sdrive: Thanks for holding for me, I got so involved with my new fic, Sky Top Duelists, for those of you who haven't read it yet, -stares at Sarri- that I sorta abused this fic. But yeah, night time, yawn, blah. Well, here ya go, also, I'm assuming that only Zenryo and Peace understand what Joey was talking about when he was talking about Jinzo, and for my own safety on this site I pray that it STAYS that way. I will not tell you where it came from, I will only tell you that it is not mine. I would like to tell you but if any of you knew where it orginally came from and had I not editted it a bit I would have to bump this rating up to R just for those few lines. Anyway, sorry for the long wait, reviewer time!
High-Elf-Swordsman: Thanks for the compliment, heck, I completly forgot about that story, crap. I've been so busy with Sky Top Duelists and homework that I haven't had much time for reading anyway. I'll try to go read the story sometime soon.
Mina: Thanks for the compliments. Computers can really suck sometimes. Oh well, yes, the past will be very interesting. Well, hope you can read this chapter too.
Silver D: Sorry for the Name Abriviation, just so tired, -yawns-, I can't write a duel for EVERYONE, I would love too, but I can't. Well...GET THAT DAMN SEQUAL UP! Talk to you later.
Zenryo: Yeah yeah, you go have fun at your tournament, I mean, its not like I exactly have that freedom for a while due to having to watch my brother grr. Well, thanks for the compliment.
Peace: I know it, now ask me if I care. If she did then he would have lost. I finally found the floppy, well, I think I did anyway. And I'm kinda lazy lol. Thanks for writing the whole thin lol.
Reaver: I'm sure he was tired of dieing. That must really suck huh? Well, thanks for the Deck Idea lol. I know, that makes no sense, I'm just too tired to really care right now. yay, Fake o meter!
Sdrive: This has got to be like my longest one duel chapter, then again it wasn't written by me, oh well. Hehehe, oh the plans for the finals, and now, a message from the very cute, very near and dear to my heart, Selaya.
Selaya: -waves to everyone- Hi everyone, remember me? Yay, you do! And if you don't then go back to the top of the chapter and read where I asked my question. Well, anyway, I have two things to say. The first thing is that if you want a bit more information about me and the other Incarnations, you can check Itonami's Bio when you are done reading this. And second, would those of you who read The Masters Tournament please also read Sky Top Duelists? Everyone has said it's really good and we think that you would have a good time reading it too. Please, for me? -waves- bye.
Sdrive: And there you go, and now here I go, I'm tired.
Power to the Hikari's