Sdrive: Alrighty, the next duel is about to begin, but before hand, I have something to say…
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A/N: First, if you are all confused, checkout the site to see why this was updated instead of Ra Yellow. Second, I am going to apologize right now for twist to this duel. It came right off the top of my head and I thought it would be cool considering the game play. In trying to figure out a Shadow Game I in turn thought of this twist. So, I apologize now. By the way, When Kokuro talks about the twist that's me putting in my opinion through his mouth since I don't want to put it in parentheses. Please don't flame me, it's a one-chapter thing.
Kokuro, Yamato, and Yami were walking towards the coliseum; the next duel was just about to begin. The whole time Kokuro was thinking to himself.
'Apparently, I let out a load of magic I've never been able to do before, yet I don't remember anything. Yamato and Yami both said I also erased everyone's mind. Well, everyone without an item or talisman anyway. This whole tournament has been so strange, who could have ever thought I'd have this much stuff happen to me? Why is it happening to me?'
"Hey guys, I'm gonna go use the bathroom," Kokuro said as he started to separate from the others.
"Are you sure you need to go now?" Yami asked. "If you're late and it's your turn to duel then you'll be disqualified."
"Won't really matter if I am next to duel and I have to use the bathroom throughout the whole duel," he said as he continued down the hallway.
"He's got a point," Yamato said as they left Kokuro.
He began to walk through the halls again after they were out of sight. He didn't need to use the bathroom; he just didn't want to be around them at the moment. He wanted to be able to think, whether he got disqualified or not was something he was just going to risk. He stopped when he came to Ryou's room. He looked at it and then sighed, he was about to walk off when the door opened. He was startled when he saw Sayora coming out of it.
"You!" he said with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, hello Kokuro," she said smiling. "Can I help you?"
"I knew you knew," Kokuro said growling. "Why? Why are you throwing this whole tournament to begin with?"
Sayora just smiled, "Can't tell ya," she said. "It was just some kind of whim I had one day and figured, why not? I have money."
"Why do I have problems believing that?" Kokuro asked.
"Who knows," she said smirking.
It was just then that a flash of gold caught Kokuro's eyes. He saw one of the Prongs from the Sennen Ring sticking out of her kimono. "What are you doing with that?" he asked.
She looked down and smiled, "Oh this?" she asked pulling it out. "I thought it would be too much trouble if Ryou kept it, it might hurt his neck, so I was relieving him of it."
Kokuro snatched it out of her hands, "Nice try," he said smirking. He waited a moment while she got over her shock. "What's the matter? Not going to try some crazy spell to get it back? Oh right, that would blow your whole 'nice-girl' cover wouldn't it?" he said still smirking.
Sayora got an annoyed look on her face but then just shrugged, "It's not like either of us can use it anyway," she said walking away. "The only one who could would be Donovan at this point."
"Because he beat Bakura in a Shadow Game right?" Kokuro asked.
"Correct," she said. "Now if you excuse me, I must go, I have a tournament to host."
"How are you even able to be over here? Won't people notice you're not in the coliseum?"
She shook her head, "come now Kokuro. Do you really think I would leave myself so obviously out of the arena?" 'It's especially easy to do when I have the whole coliseum locked in time,' she thought to herself. 'It will be like I was never even gone,' she chuckled. She then stopped, and stood there for a moment. She then spoke again, "By the way, it's nothing personal." She then began moving on.
Kokuro stood there shocked, "Nothing personal," he said to himself. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" He looked over at the door to notice it hadn't shut all the way. He looked down at the Sennen Ring in his hand and headed towards the door opening it. He went inside and saw Ryou lying on the bed, whether he was just asleep or unconscious Kokuro couldn't tell. He walked over and sat next to Ryou and then looked between him and the Sennen Ring.
"For all the things this thing has put you through…" Kokuro began half to himself, and half to Ryou, "…for all the pain this thing has caused you, somehow, it just doesn't seem right if it isn't with you." He looked down at the ring again and sighed. "However, Sayora will just come after it again. I guess I can hold onto it for a while," he said looking at it. "It's not like Bakura can take me over anyway."
He put the Sennen Ring over his neck and tucked it into his shirt. He put on his jacket and zippered it as well to keep the rope from the ring hidden away. He sat back and closed his eyes.
Suddenly, Images came to Kokuro's mind. One was of the silver haired Itonami from the previous visions. In front of him was a large, thin, silver dragon. Behind the dragon was a man with a black cloak around himself. Behind Itonami was the Winged Dragon of Ra. The two monsters seemed to be doing battle. The vision switched to Itonami letting out a blast of energy from what seemed to be from inside a throne room. A figure was struck by the energy and the Sennen Harp behind him began to glow. The figure slowly disappeared as the Harp glowed. Once the figure was completely gone the Harp stopped glowing. Kokuro recognized the figure to be Shi.
The visions ended and Kokuro opened his eyes, nervous sweat trickling down his forehead. He looked around and thought he was hallucinating when he saw a kind looking girl standing in the middle of the room. The girl was wearing a purple kimono, and had long black hair that went almost all the way down her back. She had a blue sash around her Kimono and had hazel colored eyes. Kokuro closed his eyes and rubbed them before opening them again and the girl was still there, only this time he realized she didn't have a real body. It was then that he realized who the girl was.
"Seirei!" he exclaimed.
Seirei nodded, "Yes Kokuro Samé, it is I."
"What are you doing here? I thought you were taken by Sayora, and how do you know my name?"
She smiled at him, but her smile was sad, "It is true, I was taken by Sayora, but I have strong spiritual powers and am able to use them to make brief contact with you. As for how I know who you are, I've been watching over you from the shadows. I was concerned. I've been watching you this entire tournament. Even since the beginning." She stopped and looked down for a moment. She then looked back at him and continued, "My sister Kouken and I were assigned to eliminate both you and the Pharaoh in a Tag Duel if you should ever get that far. Though I never realized it were you. When Sayora told us who our targets were, she only told us your names, well, your aliases anyway. I didn't know what you looked like, so I couldn't have known it was you. I sensed your powers, and I knew they were strong. I guess deep down I always knew, but I denied it. After all, Denial isn't just the name of a river in Egypt."
Kokuro chuckled, "yeah, I guess not," he said quietly.
"I didn't want to risk Sayora realizing I was keeping watch over you, so I never contacted you, but I want to ease to your mind. If it means getting caught by her and being completely sealed, then so be it. You're visions, they are a part of you. I can't say that even I know how, but they are. That much I'm sure of."
"How did you know about the visions?" Kokuro asked stunned.
"Like I said, I'm very spiritual, why do you think I used Spirit Monsters in our duel?" She said smiling. "But I needed you to realize that you need to pay attention to your visions. They may hold the key to defeating Sayora."
"You really liked me didn't you?" he asked.
She looked down, "yes," she said slowly and quietly. She then looked up again, "which is why I wanted to contact you. Kokuro, this whole tournament is not what it seems. There are people pretending to be people they aren't, and there are motives here that aren't entirely clear. Sayora is…" suddenly Seirei cried out in pain and fell to her knees. "I'm being pulled back," she said. "Sayora has realized that I've contacted you."
Kokuro ran over to her and tried to help her up but his hands went right through her. "Are you going to be alright?"
"I don't know," she said painfully. "Kokuro, although it's not as bad as it seems, you still have to beat Sayora to fix all the damage that has been caused!" With that she pushed her legs up and landed a kiss on his lips. Although she was only a spirit and he didn't feel anything, Kokuro began to blush. She cried out in pain once more and then her spirit disappeared.
Kokuro stood up growling, "Sayora!" he called out. He ran out of Ryou's room closing the door on his way out. He ran through the halls until he got to the large doors that led to the coliseum. He swiped his card through and they began to open. He noticed a light dieing down inside and everyone looked over to see him running inside.
"It looks like Kokuro just made it," Yami said.
Kokuro ran past them and went straight towards Sayora, "What did you do with Seirei!" he yelled at her.
"Seirei!" Yami said shocked.
Sayora looked thoughtful for a moment and then just shrugged, "I don't know anyone named Seirei," she said with a sincere look on her face.
"Liar!" he called out as Yami ran over to him.
"Do you mean that girl we dueled who used the Oricalchos?" Yami asked Kokuro.
"Yeah," he said. "She contacted me in Ryou's room, and then Sayora did something to seal her so she couldn't talk any longer."
Yami turned to Sayora and with anger in his voice he said, "How dare you!"
"I don't know what he's talking about," Sayora said. "Perhaps he was just hallucinating." She then walked towards the computer that would reveal the next match up. "View match up," she said.
Kokuro went to go stand next to Yamato and Yami. He was a little shocked when suddenly he felt the ring move from inside his shirt. He could feel one of the prongs had moved and he turned to the direction that the prong had moved. He guessed that it was pointing at Yami's Puzzle. "This might get annoying." The gray screens began to fade away showing pictures of the contestants.
Yami, Kokuro, and Yamato were all shocked when they saw the next match. Kokuro turned to Peace, "You have to face Marik!"
Marik walked over to the group, "Well, it appears I didn't have to wait long to duel." He then turned to Peace, "I told you we would duel. And once we are done, you will become my obedient servant."
"Get a life you psycho," Peace said going towards the arena.
"Peace wait!" Kokuro called out.
"Yeah?" he asked as Kokuro flung a card at him. He caught it and looked down at it a little surprised. "Are you sure about this?" Peace asked him.
"Positive," Kokuro said. "Since I can't use it to take him out, I want you to."
Peace nodded at him and began to shuffle the card into his deck. He continued on up to the arena where he inserted his deck and the Duel Disk folded out. He waited for Marik to come up but Marik was speaking to Sayora.
Sayora nodded and smiled, "I don't think that's such a bad idea at all," she said. "Attention duelists, due to this mans suggestion, I am changing the rules for this duel."
"What do you mean?" Peace asked.
"Changing the rules?" Yami asked. "You can't do that!"
"I think she can," Marik said walking up to the arena. "She is the host after all."
"Just what are these new rules?" Kokuro asked annoyed.
"It is just for this duel," Sayora said. "But Mr. Ishtar wants to use a version of the rules called the Deck Master System."
"The deck master system!" Yami said shocked.
"Oh come on," Kaiba said. "Those rules are so stupid."
"I kind of have to agree with Kaiba," Kokuro said. "I've heard about the Deck Master Rules. Each player takes a monster from his or her deck to use as a deck master. These monsters stand next to the duelist out of play and each have a special effect. The deck master can be summoned and if it's ever destroyed the player automatically loses the duel. The rules are interesting but after what happened in the Battle City tournament and watching other people use them when they learned about them, they just got old."
"Well, it is only this duel," Sayora said. "Mr. Ishtar said that he was upset that he never go to use them so he asked if he could use them now." Up on the arena Marik was smirking. Sayora looked at him and just grinned at him, 'Although I know the real reason,' she thought. 'He knows he can't beat Peace's intelligence so he's going to use a broken Deck Master Ability to win. Hate to break it to you Marik, but because of the card Kokuro just gave to Peace, in the end your Deck Master's ability will be your downfall.'
Peace had already begun looking through his deck for a monster to use as his Deck Master. 'this might actually be a good idea,' he thought to himself. 'Marik's strategy probably changed since Battle City and with a strong deck master, I bet I could have a better chance at winning.' Peace finally selected a card he thought would be good.
"My Deck Master will be Tsukuyomi!" he announced as the purple haired spirit woman appeared onto the field next to him. He then shuffled his deck again and inserted it.
"An interesting choice," Yami said. "If it's Deck Master Ability is anything like it's normal ability then it will be interesting to see where this duel goes."
"I think that's what Peace was hoping for," Yamato said.
Kokuro just stared up at the spirit monster with a clenched fist, "Seirei…"
"So, what exactly can you do?" Peace asked Tsukuyomi. Tsukuyomi telepathically told him what her ability was. "Wow, I guess it would need that kind of cost for an effect like that," he said to her.
"Well then," Marik said getting the attention of everyone. He had just found the card he was going to use as his Deck Master. "If there is anything my Hikari ever did right was that he reproduced one specific card."
Yami gasped, "Could he be talking about…"
"My Deck Master is The Winged Dragon of Ra!" Marik called out as suddenly the card began to glow and a large metal sphere appeared in the sky. Suddenly all the Sennen Items began to react as well as Kokuro's, Yami's, Yamato's, and Kaiba's decks all began to glow.
"Marik!" Yami called out, as the Sennen Symbol appeared on his forehead, "You know what happened the last time a counterfit God Card was used! Stop this before we all get hurt!"
"I'm quite well aware Pharaoh," Marik called out. "But also remember that the fool Rashid was using it! He has no real connections to the ancient scriptures so he could never successfully use the power of an Egyptian God Card! Where as I will be completely unharmed!"
"You have angered the Gods!" Yami called out. "I know you sense it."
"Relax Pharaoh," Marik called out. "What's the harm with living on the dangerous side?" he asked as he laughed sticking his tongue out at Yami. "Besides, thanks to Ra's Deck Master ability, this duel will be over in a flash."
"This is bad, we are all going to be in danger," Yami said.
"Shall we?" Yamato asked.
"I suppose so," Kokuro said.
"You up for it?" Yamato asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," he said as they each took a card out of their decks. They raised the cards into the air and they began to glow. Suddenly a large barrier of light appeared separating Peace and Marik from everyone else.
Sayora turned to see the two friends with their Wall of Revealing Light cards in their hands. 'Not bad,' she thought. 'But will it be enough to protect everyone?'
"Umm…are you sure that will be able to protect us?" Joey asked worriedly.
"Well, the initial making of the wall is where most of the energy goes, now we just have to concentrate to keep it up, if it cracks though we will need to use more energy to fix it," Yamato explained.
"And if the counterfeit goes through it…" Joey asked worriedly
"Well," Kokuro began, "You lived a good life right?"
"I'm only 15!" Joey screamed.
"He said good not long," Yamato said.
"See that," Marik said to Peace, "Now your friends are safe. However you are far from it." It was then that Marik began to chant in ancient Heratic. The orb slowly began to open and soon the Winged Dragon of Ra was on the field roaring loudly.
"Aren't you going to disqualify him?" Yami asked Sayora. "If you really did keep track of us this whole tournament you would know that I have the true Ra."
Sayora shrugged, "I've never heard of this card, how do I know or not if there are more than one of this card?" she asked smiling sinisterly.
"He just said it was a counterfeit," Yami yelled.
"Please," she said chuckling. "Do you honestly have so little faith in your friend that he won't be able to beat Marik whether Marik cheats or not?"
"She's got a point," Yamato said. "Peace is much stronger than Marik."
"You're friends seem to think that you are stronger than me, however the Pharaoh doesn't believe in you," Marik said to Peace.
"That's not true!" Yami yelled. "But it's not right if you are cheating!"
"One might say using an ancient Pharaoh to duel for you is cheating as well," Marik sneered. "In any case Peace is still in horrible trouble," Marik said as he finished shuffling his deck and placed it into his deck holster.
"Whatever, lets just duel," Peace said as they each drew their opening hands.
"I'll begin," Marik said drawing his card. "I'll start off with everyone's favorite monster Gil Gars," he said as suddenly a tall monster with large armor appeared on the field growling. (1800/1200)
Kokuro gave out a small hmph, "Not my favorite."
"No one asked you," Marik sneered. "Next I'll set two cards under the table and end my turn," he said as his two cards appeared on the field.
Peace drew his 6th card and frowned. None of his monsters could get past his Gil Gars. "I guess I only have one choice then," Peace said. "I activate Pot of Greed," he announced as the Pot appeared on the field. He drew his two cards and then the pot blew up. "Well, this will work nicely," he said out loud but not loud enough for anyone else to hear. "I summon Mataza the Zapper," Peace said as suddenly an armored Samurai appeared on the field wielding a long thin Katana. (1300/800)
"You must be so frightened of me that you can't think straight, my Gil Gars has more attack points than your worthless samurai," Marik taunted.
"Don't be so sure," Peace said. "I'm about to use my Deck Masters ability," he called out. "In order to activate it I have to discard two cards from my hand," he said as he showed Marik his Inaba the White Rabbit and his Sinister Serpent. He slid them into the graveyard slot. "Now I can put any monster on the field I choose into face down Defense Position, and I know just the one I want," he said. Tsukuyomi began to chant and glow before Gil Gars disappeared and a horizontal card appeared where Gil Gars once stood. "Your Gil Gars only has a toughness of 1200," Peace pointed out. "Which means my Mataza can easily take it out now. And also Mataza can attack twice, so go Mataza, Assassin Slash!"
"Are you forgetting about my Deck Master?" Marik asked laughing maniacally.
Peace gasped as Mataza tried to slash the card. Gil Gars appeared on the field again and brought its sword up to meet Mataza's. (1800/1300) It pushed Mataza back and Mataza stayed where it was. "What just happened?" he asked.
"The Winged Dragon of Ra's ability allows me to offer up my own life points to give to my creatures. How I disperse my Life Points is up to me, I can either add toughness or attack. So I offered up 100 Life Points to give Gil Gars extra toughness." (L.P. 7900)
"But you'll just be wasting your own Life Points!" Peace said.
"Maybe so, but then it gives me the perfect chance to keep my monsters on the field for sacrifices," he laughed. "And I have the perfect monster planned for you," he sneered.
"I set one card under the table," Peace said as his card appeared on the field. "That ends my turn," Peace said.
"It's my move then," Marik said drawing his card. "Now, its time, I offer up my Gil Gars to summon Legendary Fiend!" he announced as a black winged, blue skinned, sinister looking demon appeared on the field. (1500/1800) "Next I play Raise Dead to re-summon Gil Gars!" he announced as his Gil Gars reappeared on the field (1800/1200).
"Something is bothering me," Joey said. "Why hasn't Marik started a Shadow Game yet?"
Marik looked at Joey, "Well little Joey, that's a good question. The answer is because if I were to actually duel in the Shadow Realm, the gods would become more than just spirits, they would be real, and most likely there wouldn't be anything left of me due to their sheer power. So to prevent that I am not making a Shadow Game, however, the same rules still apply, if he loses, he goes to the Shadow Realm, by my own hands mind you."
"How wonderful," Peace said. "Will you hurry up and just get on with your turn?"
"If you insist boy!" he called out. "I reverse one of my set cards, Coffin Seller, now every time your monsters are set to the graveyard, you lose 300 extra Life Points."
"Oh joy," Peace said sarcastically.
"Gil Gars, wipe out his Mataza!" Marik announced as Gil Gars ran forward and slashed Mataza.
Peace growled as his Life Points fell. (L.P. 7200) "Only 7200, that's not too bad," Peace said.
"It's about to get worse," Marik said, "Legendary Fiend, attack the player!" The fiend charged towards Peace when he called out.
"Reverse Sleepy Sheep!" Four colorful sheep appeared on the field, one of which the Legendary Fiend blew to pieces. "My Sheep protected me, and since they get removed from play I don't lose the extra 300 Life Points."
"Clever boy," Marik said. "That ends my turn."
"Then it's my turn," Peace said drawing his card. "During my standby phase I get to bring Sinister Serpent back to my hand if it's in the graveyard," he said as Sinister Serpent came back to his hand. He looked at the monsters in his hand, 'There is so much more I could do, but if he continuously uses his Deck Masters effect then my plans won't work. The one thing I need to do most would be to knock out as many of his Life Points as possible,' he thought. "I summon Cannon Soldier," Peace said as the large mechanical monster with the cannon on its back appeared on the field. (1400/1300) "Now, I fire two of my remaining Sheep Tokens at you using Cannon Soldiers effect!" Peace declared.
Two of the sheep vanished and Cannon Solider shot two rounds off of its cannon. Both hits blasted into Marik who let out a growl, (L.P. 6900) "Not bad boy."
"I'm done with my turn," Peace said.
"My move," Marik said drawing his card. "First off, my Legendary Fiend gains 700 Attack Points for being on the field for one turn," Marik explained as his fiend grew stronger. (2200/1800) "Next I set one card under the table," Marik announced as his face down card appeared. "Finally I summon Newdoria," he called out as an orange monster with large claws and a spike necklace appeared on the field (1200/800)
"Marik is a lot stronger than he used to be," Yami said.
"It's not that," Kokuro said. "It's that Deck Master of his that's allowing him to do this."
"Too true," Yamato agreed.
"Now, where was I?" Marik asked. "Oh yes, Gil Gars, attack Cannon Soldier!" he announced as Gil Gars slashed Cannon Soldier across the chest and blew it up.
"Don't even think I'm close to being done," Peace said growling. (L.P. 6800) Suddenly a dark fog came out and started to choke Peace as his Life Points fell again. (L.P. 6500)
"I hope you didn't forget about my Coffin Seller Trap Card," Marik said. "Go Newdoria, wipe out his last goat!" he announced as the Newdoria slashed the Sleepy Sheep destroying it. "Now, Legendary Fiend, attack the player."
"I hate to do this but I have to," Peace said. "I discard my second Mataza and my Sinister Serpent from my hand to activate Tsukuyomi's ability!" he announced as he slid the two cards into the graveyard. 'This is really bad for my hand,' he thought to himself as Legendary Fiend disappeared from the field. Suddenly the fog began to choke Peace. (L.P. 5900) 'Damn, I forgot that I'll even take Life Points if I discard from my hand."
"I switch Legendary Fiend back to the field in attack mode," Marik announced as his demon reappeared on the field. (1500/1800) "And just so that you don't think you got off easy changing it's score, I'll offer up 700 Life Points to grant my Legendary Fiend more attack points," Marik said cackling as his Life Points fell and his monsters attack power rose. (L.P. 6200) (Legendary Fiend: 2200/1800) "That ends my turn."
Peace drew his card and took Sinister Serpent back to his hand. "I think it's time I took control of this duel," Peace announced. "I summon Sinister Serpent," he announced as his small reptile appeared on the field. (300/200) "Now I activate Metamorphosis," he said as his Sinister Serpent began to change shape. "I transform Sinister Serpent into Thousand Eyes Restrict!" Peace called out as the large purple monster with a Thousand Eyes appeared on the field. (0/0)
Sayora seemed to let out a growl but no one really paid it much attention. Marik began cackling thought. "You think a monster with zero attack points scares me? Here is something you should be scared of," Marik announced as one of his set cards was reversed. "My Hidden Soldier Trap Card allows me to summon a monster from my hand as long as it has 4 stars or less, so meet Revival Slime!" he called out as a monster made of Slime appeared from behind the Hidden Soldier card on guard. (1500/500)
"How nice," Peace said sarcastically once more.
"And don't forget that you lost 300 Life Points due to Coffin Seller," Marik said snickering.
The fog choked Peace once more, "It won't matter. (L.P. 5600) Thousand Eyes Restrict allows me to take any monster on your side of the field. Also, no monster other than Thousand Eyes can attack and only it can switch battle positions. So, I choose to take your Gil Gars," Peace announced as the Gil Gars was assimilated into the Thousand Eyes Restrict and became a part of its body. "Oh yeah, Thousand Eyes Restrict also takes on the attack and defense of the monster it assimilated," Peace explained as Thousand Eyes stats changed. (1800/1200) "I'll send my Thousand Eyes to attack your Revival Slime!" Peace said.
"I'll offer up 300 of my Life Points to increase Revival Jam's toughness," Marik said laughing as his Life Points fell slightly. (L.P. 5900) (Revival Jam: 500/1800) The attack bounced back and Peace growled but inside he was smiling.
'As long as I keep doing things like that I can get him to waste his Life Points, and sooner or later he won't be able to use his monsters ability.' "I end my turn," Peace said.
Marik looked over at Peace's hand, he only had one card. 'He can no longer use his Deck Masters ability,' Marik thought to himself. Marik drew his card and smiled when he saw it. "First off my Legendary Fiend gains another 700 attack points," he said as his monster got even stronger. (2900/1800) "Next I activate Card of Demise. This card lets me draw five cards, and on the fifth turn after activation I have to discard my entire hand."
'He just got a huge hand advantage,' Peace thought worriedly.
Marik took 5 cards from his deck and looked them over. The last card he drew made him smile, a truly terrible smile. 'I have the final card I need for my plans, however, even if I summon it now it will still be bound by his monster. So I shall wait.' "I set one card under the table," Marik announced. He looked over his field at his Newdoria, and Legendary Fiend. "I summon Dark Jeroid," he announced as a bluish demon with multiple legs and two arms appeared on the field. (1200/1500) "This great demon allows me to subtract 800 attack points from any monster on the field, and I think I'll take them from your Thousand Eyes Restrict," he said laughing.
Peace watched as his Thousand Eyes lost its attack strength. (1000/1200) "Good thing you still can't attack," he said.
"So it would seem," Marik said. "My turn is over."
Peace drew his card and once again took Sinister Serpent from his graveyard and put it in his hand. 'I have enough cards to activate Tsukuyomi's effect again,' Peace thought. "I could switch my Thousand Eyes face down, then flip it up again, and take his Legendary Fiend…it would be a good plan if his Legendary Fiend wouldn't go back to being a 1500 point monster. Plus I'll take another 600 Life Points from his damn Coffin Seller Trap Card.'
"Scared?" Marik taunted.
"You wish," Peace said. He looked over his hand, 'I need to wait and save my cards,' he decided. "I set one monster on guard and end my turn," Peace announced as his monster appeared on the field.
"Not quite," Marik said. "I chain my face down Nightmare Wheel to your setting," he said as a large demonic version of the "Price is Right" wheel with spikes all around it appeared on the field. Thousand Eyes Restrict was chained to it. "Now none of our monsters can attack," he laughed. "And during each of my standby phases, not only will my Legendary Fiend gain 700 attack points, but you will lose 500 Life Points."
"Fine, I end my turn," Peace grumbled.
"Then it is my turn," Marik laughed as he drew. His Legendary Fiend gained another 700 Attack Points and the wheel did one rotation causing the Thousand Eyes to let out some kind of horrible sounding scream. (Legendary Fiend: 3600/1800) (Peace's L.P. 5100) "And this will be the turn that will be the turn that leads to your ultimate destruction!" he announced. "First off, I sacrifice your Thousand Eyes and your face down monster so that I can summon Lava Golem on your side of the field in attack mode!"
Suddenly both of Peace's monsters vanished and a large cage appeared around him. A giant monster made of lava appeared behind him and began melting down on the cage. Peace stepped back a bit so that the Lava didn't hit him. (3000/2500) "Oh damn it," Peace said.
"Don't forget, since you two of your monsters went to the Graveyard you lose an extra 300 Life Points!" Marik cackled.
Peace began to cough again as the fog choked him. (L.P. 4500) Now that your Thousand Eyes is off the field, I am free to attack once more," he said laughing evilly. And I'll start with my Legendary Fiend!" he called out.
The fiend charged towards the Lava Golem to attack. Most of his friends called out his name, as the fiend got closer. "I have no choice," he said discarding his Sinister Serpent and his Magician of Faith to the graveyard. Tsukuyomi began to glow and chanted her spell as Legendary Fiend disappeared and a horizontal card appeared in front of Marik.
"You may have saved yourself for now," Marik said. "however you still take 600 Life Points boy," he taunted.
Peace fell to his knees as his Life Points fell. (L.P. 3900) "I'll find a way past you. You don't have any other way of attacking."
"Wrong! Have you truly forgotten about my Deck Master? The invincible Winged Dragon of RA!" Marik called out emphasizing the "Ra" part. Ra began to glow and Marik's Life Points began to fall. (L.P. 4000) Dark Jeroid began to grow and it got much stronger. (3100/1500) "Dark Jeroid, attack Lava Golem!" The demon let out purple energy that smashed into the golem toppling it causing it to cool. The fog came over Peace and his Life Points lowered further. (L.P. 3500) "Newdoria, attack the player!" Marik called out as Newdoria rushed over to Peace and slashed him across the chest with his claws. Peace cried out in pain as his Life Points fell again. (L.P. 2300)
"Marik's strategy is almost flawless!" Yami pointed out. "I don't even think he could have planned it any better!"
"Peace will still make it out of this," Kokuro said. 'At least I hope he does.'
"It's your turn," Marik taunted Peace.
Peace slowly stood up and looked drew his card. "I set one card under the table," Peace said as his face down card appeared. "I end my turn."
Marik drew his card and began to laugh evilly, "It's time for you to suffer for all eternity in the Shadow Realm. I'm about to take out any chance you had of winning this duel!"
"I don't like the sound of that!" Kokuro said.
"Watch and learn," Marik called out. "First I play Pot of Greed to gain two cards," he said as he drew two cards. "Finally I sacrifice my face down Legendary Fiend, my Newdoria, and my Dark Jeroid!"
"Could he have been using more than one Ra Copy!" Yami asked appalled.
"No!" Yamato said watching as a form started to rise, "It's something else."
A large Demon began to rise up from the ground. It had skeleton bones all around it's body and greenish, bluish skin. It had large demonic wings also with skeleton bones around the perimeter. The right arm, unlike the rest though, was black along with its lower torso. Its attack points were shown once it was fully formed. (4000/4000) "Meet Devils Dread Roots!" Marik called out.
Yami: Oh no! Marik seems to have summoned a giant monster called Devils Dread Roots. It has 4000 attack points with a terrifying effect. Peace has no cards in his hand, meaning he can't use Tsukuyomi's Deck Master ability. The only thing that can save Peace this time is his great friendship with Kokuro. Be sure to stay tuned for the amazing conclusion of this two-part event. Peace's Last Resort, Part 2. Be sure not to miss it.