Disclaimer: Thanks to Jason Voorhees's very rude interruption while we were negotiating for the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh, we still don't own it. As such, we only own the original characters and cards in this fic.
Previously: Yugi and his friends have gathered a few clues as to the goings on of these new duelists, but they figure out to late that Celeste is one of their new found enemies! Now Yugi has been trapped in a duel with her, and Brian is making a move to trap Joey again! How's our team gonna get out of this one?
Chapter 8Prisms
As Brian's shadows loomed toward Joey they came into contact with Celeste's seal.
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Inside, Celeste spotted the wall of light around the field start to ripple and bend where the shadows touched it. Sighing, Celeste glanced toward Yami (who was doubled over in pain as red marks appeared across his body from the attack), and then closed her eyes and projected her thoughts toward Brian.
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"Do you have to do this now?" She shouted as a ball of light flashed into existence in front of Brian, "I'm in the middle of a duel here."
Brian just smiled at the small sphere as he closed his eyes to respond.
"Sorry, I'll just take this…" He trailed off.
The shadows behind him faded away as Brian looked toward the far wall of the cafeteria.
"What's this?" He thought, "I'm sensing a strong darkness from…the auditorium? But who is it?"
The shadows around Joey faded away as Brian started moving away from the seal. Suddenly, Celeste's light moved in front of Brian, shimmering and glowing in an agitated manner.
"Now you know that Needlez wouldn't be happy if you took off to do some recreational dueling! A rematch with Joey is fine because he's your target." Celeste shouted.
Brian ignored the small light and his shadow rose up around him. Without a word, the dark duelist vanished.
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Celeste shook her head in frustration.
"Men!" She muttered under her breath.
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As Joey, Tea, and Tristan breathed a collective sigh of relief though, a huge blast of fire suddenly knocked out a large section of the wall across the room!
"Now what?" Tristan shouted.
Stepping through the new hole was a young man, slightly younger than Brian, with red hair and blue eyes, wearing a red shirt and khaki pants with a wisp of fire coming off of each hand.
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Inside the seal, Yami straightened out and looked back toward Celeste.
"It felt like that monster really hit me!" He thought, "Something tells me I should be more careful…"
Then he noticed a huge ripple go across the light screen behind Celeste.
"What was that?" He asked.
Glancing over her shoulder, Celeste let out another frustrated sigh as a small ball of flame appeared in front of her and began to spark.
"Man I love doing that!" Tim's voice shouted in Celeste's head, "Hey there Celeste, how's the duel going?"
Celeste glared at ball of fire.
"You just came here to distract me didn't you?" She thought angrily.
"Actually I'm here to distract everyone else so that no one interferes with your duel. Any clue where the chem. lab is in this place?" Tim responded.
"Tim, read my flashing light: NO MESSING AROUND IN THE CHEM LAB!" Celeste ordered.
The fireball shrank a little, then went back to about the size of Celeste's fist.
"All right, I'll find it myself. See ya!" Tim shouted.
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Outside the seal, Joey and the others backed away from the new intruder as he walked toward the doors.
"Just who are you?" Tea shouted as the boy prepared to enter the hall.
Looking over his shoulder, the pyrokinetic smiled.
"I'm Tim, the Elemental Duelist of Fire and one man wrecking crew." He announced, pointing back at the large hole he had made in the wall, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a job to do."
And with that the fire duelist headed out the doors and into the hall.
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In the mean time, a human sized blob of shadows surfaced in the auditorium. Brian stepped out of the blob, which receded into the floor and merged with his shadow. Looking around, Brian saw the auditorium had several row of seats, almost making it look like a small movie theater or lecture hall. Standing on the stage up front was boy, about the same age as Joey, with white hair. He was wearing a blue school uniform, and had a cold, dark look in his eyes.
Brian's eyes narrowed at the student. He began to move toward the stage, his gaze locked on the boy in front of him.
"I recognize this one." He thought, "Yugi and the others spoke to him earlier today. But he seems much different. He didn't look quite so…evil before."
Brian stepped onto the stage and the boy smiled.
"So, you're the infamous 'Duelist of Darkness?' Hah!" He scoffed, "Do you honestly think that those wimpy shadows of yours can stand up to some true darkness?"
Brian just continued to stare at the boy.
"Who are you, and why did you want me to come here?" Brian asked, "I could feel you using the shadows for something, but what?"
"I'll answer your questions in order." The youth explained, "I'm known as Bakura by those around here. And the reason I brought you here is simple. You were chasing after Yugi Mutoh and his friends, I can only assume in an attempt to defeat Yugi, and that is something I can't allow. I require something from that boy myself."
Brian adopted a smug smile.
"Well, I hate to disappoint you, but you're after the wrong guy." He explained, "I was after Joey, and Yugi is already involved in a duel."
"What!" Bakura gasped, "I need to stop this. If Yugi loses…"
"That doesn't concern you." Brian declared.
Shadows began to rise up around the two, trapping Bakura on the stage.
"You can call up shadow games!" Bakura exclaimed/
"Not exactly, I just use shadows and darkness to prevent my foes from escaping. Now, seeing as I can't let you interfere with Celeste's mission," Brian explained, "I think a little duel is in order…"
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Celeste sighed in frustration.
"You're move Yugi." She announced.
Yami drew, and then held up one card.
"I'll play Graceful Charity allowing me to draw three cards, and then discard two!" He declared.
An angel in white robes suddenly stepped out of the light behind Yami, and raised one hand, bathing his deck in light.
Yami quickly drew three cards and looked them over. Smiling, he placed one card horizontally onto the mat.
"Since I drew it by a card's effect I'll summon my Watapon (300/200) in defense mode." He declared.
A squeak sounded across the field, as monster that looked like an oversized cotton ball with eyes and antennae fell out of the ceiling and landed in front of Yami. Yami then placed two cards onto the graveyard portion of his mat, and placed two in his spell and trap zone.
"Now then, I'll discard these two cards and play two cards face down to end my turn." Yami announced.
Two brown backed cards faded into view behind Watapon, who looked up at Celeste and squeaked again.
Celeste smiled at the tiny creature as she drew her next card.
"Awww, it's so cute." She cooed, and then a mischievous smile crossed her face, "Too bad it won't be on the field for much longer. But first, Pikeru, if you will."
The Pikeru giggled, and held up her staff. A warm light began to cover Celeste's half of the field, and beams of light came off of each of her monsters, connecting to the numbers over head, which began to change.
Celeste LP: 11300
Yugi LP: 5800
Celeste smiled at her opponent's confused expression.
"You see Yugi, for every monster that I control; Pikeru is nice enough to give me 400 LP on each of my standby phases. I have two monsters, so I gain 800 LP." Celeste explained, "Now that that's done, Pikeru would you like to attack?"
The pink haired mage nodded, causing her hat to bounce on her head, and held up her staff. A beam of light gathered, and shot toward Yami's side of the field.
The spiky haired duelist just smiled as one of his face down cards flipped over.
"Nice try Celeste, but I thought a duelist who hoped to beat me would have paid more attention to my past duels. Behold Mirror Force!"
The ray suddenly stopped as a transparent barrier shot up in front of it. It hovered in place for a moment, before turning around and heading towards Celeste's monsters!
Celeste gasped and ducked down as the beam shot past her and struck the Soul of Purity and Light, while a second beam hit Pikeru in the chest. Both monsters screamed, then shattered into pixels.
"NO!" Celeste screamed as she stood back up.
Her shocked expression only lasted for a second, before a yellow light began to shine from her right hand. Her look of terror was immediately replaced by a calm, calculating expression.
"Fine then, I'll end my turn since I can't do anything else." She said stoically.
Yami was slightly surprised, and tried to spot the source of the glow. He quickly realized that it was coming from a silver ring set with a yellow stone on Celeste's right hand.
"I wonder what that is for." He thought as he drew his next card.
Looking over his options, Yami placed another card onto the mat in front of him.
"Time to keep your monsters in check Celeste. I play the Messenger of Peace!" Yami announced
Slowly, man in a purple cape with a dove on his shoulder walked out of the light and stopped in front of his controller.
"What's he for?" Celeste asked in a monotonous voice.
"You'll see soon enough." Yami promised, "Now, I'll activate my facedown card, The Call of the Haunted, and use it to revive my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!"
The second card lifted up, and purple smoke poured out of it. The smoke gathered in the spot in front of the trap, and then parted to reveal the armored elf. Celtic Guardian smiled, and held up his sword in a battle ready position.
"And now to use the card you gave me earlier, I'll move Watapon to attack mode and equip it with the Cestus of Dagla, boosting its attack by 500 points!" Yami called out as he shifted the position of one card and placed another on the field.
Watapon squeaked in glee as it heard its name, then stared in wonder as a pair of blades shaped like the letter D faded into existence in front of it. The fuzzy fairy wrapped its antennae around the D-shaped daggers and let out another gleeful squeak.
Yami pointed toward Celeste.
"Now Watapon, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, attack her directly!" Yami ordered.
Watapon squeaked once more as it fired two beams of light from its weapons, one toward Celeste, and the other toward Yami. Yami smiled as he felt the sting of the earlier attack fade away, but Celeste crossed her arms over her chest in a defensive position, and a wall of light shot up in front of her blocking Watapon's attack!
Celeste LP: 10500
Yugi/Yami LP: 6600
Yami was confused by the wall, but upon seeing Celeste's LP drop he let out a sigh of relief.
"I guess that light screen is just so you won't be physically hurt, seeing as it didn't keep your life points from decreasing, nor did it stop me from restoring the same amount of LP you lost thanks to the Cestus of Dagla." He observed, "So my guardian can and will attack you as well!"
The elf charged forward, then jumped into the air, bringing his sword down on the wall. Celeste didn't waver however, even as the lights above her head change shape.
Celeste LP: 9100
Yugi/Yami LP: 6600
"That ends my turn." Yami announced.
Celeste said nothing as she drew her card.
"I summon Shining Angel in attack mode (1600/800)." She declared
At her command a blond youth with four golden wings, wearing a white toga descended from above, the same yellow marks appearing on his body.
"And now, my monster will attack Watapon." Celeste declared.
Shining Angel held out one hand as if to fire an energy bolt, when the man in the purple cape on Yami's side of the field stepped forward. He raised one hand, and the dove on his shoulder flew away and landed on the angel's. The angel looked at the dove, nodded, and then lowered his hand!
"What happened?" Celeste asked
"Simple," Yami explained, "My Messenger of Peace forbids any monster with 1500 attack points or more from attacking. So your angel can do me no harm."
"Then I end my turn." Celeste announced, "Your monsters can't beat mine any way."
Yami drew his card.
"You're right about that Celeste, so there's nothing that I can do." Yami admitted, "But to keep the Messenger of Peace in play I must pay 100 LP, so I will."
Yami gasped as a beam of light floated from his body, and went down to the man and his dove, both of whom looked up at Yami with a look of gratitude.
Celeste LP: 9100
Yugi/Yami LP: 6500
Celeste drew her next card without a word.
"Excellent!" She thought staring at the card she had just drawn, "I only need the other two now."
"Nothing I can do Yugi, your turn." Celeste declared
Yami drew, and looked at his new card with a smug smile.
"This turn I will not pay for Messenger of Peace," Yami told his opponent.
The man nodded, and he and his dove faded away. Yami removed their card from his field, and then remove Watapon and his Celtic Guardian as well!
"Instead I'll sacrifice both my monsters to summon my Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" Yami shouted.
Watapon and Celtic Guardian disappeared in columns of light, and a column of black energy shot out of the ground. This energy faded, revealing a familiar mage in purple robes with a large green staff, with a look of grim determination on his face.
"Now, Dark Magician, destroy her angel with dark magic attack!" Yami ordered.
The end of the sorcerer's staff glowed and purple lightning shot out and nailed the Shining Angel! The winged man groaned, and shattered into shards as Celeste's LP dropped.
Celeste LP: 8200
Yugi/Yami LP: 6500
Celeste simply nodded politely to her opponent as she slid a card out of her deck and placed it onto the field.
"Thank you Yugi. Now I can activate my angel's ability." She announced.
A single golden feather fell to the ground where Shining Angel had been, and a pool of light formed around it.
"When my angel is killed in battle, he will let me summon one light monster with less than 1500 attack to the field. I choose the Forgiving Maiden (1050/2000)." Celeste explained.
A stone sarcophagus appeared on the field and with it a beautiful young maiden in black mourning robes. The girl had tears streaming down her face as the yellow stars appeared on her body as well.
"Just one more." Celeste thought.
Yami just shook his head.
"That monster can't help you now. I'll end my turn." He declared
Celeste drew her next card, and then placed one on the field.
"You're wrong, she can help me thanks to the monster I just drew." Celeste announced, "I will play Polymerization and use the Forgiving Maiden on the field and my Marie the Fallen One from my hand!"
Next to the maiden another young girl appeared. This one however had pitch-black skin that looked like porcelain, which contrasted greatly with her chin length blond hair and light pink dress, as well as a pair of black, feathered wings.
Suddenly the two monsters merged into a ball of white light as Celeste placed the proper cards into her graveyard and slid a card from her fusion deck onto the field.
"Now meet one of the stars of my deck. Come forth to the battle field, St. Joan (3000/2000)!" Celeste commanded.
The orb of light faded, leaving behind a beautiful young woman with short, strawberry blond hair. She wore silver armor and carried a large broadsword. The yellow stars appeared on her body and armor, and she pointed her weapon, which looked as though it had been used many times before, at the Dark Magician.
Yami gasped, and Yugi's astral form projected itself next to him, a concerned expression on his face.
"Yami, I have a feeling we might be in trouble here." Yugi stated.
Yami simply nodded.
"I think that you may be right." He agreed
"I hope you aren't attached to that Dark Magician (2500/2100)." Celeste sighed, "Oh wait, I just remembered that it's your favorite monster isn't it? Oh well. St. Joan, attack with holy edged blade!"
The woman lunged forward and cut down the magician in a single stroke from her battle worn weapon! Dark Magician gasped, then shattered.
Celeste LP: 8200
Yugi/Yami LP: 6000
"That's all for now Yugi." Celeste said, still very stoically.
Yami drew his card.
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In the mean time, Tim was muttering to himself as he wandered the halls of the school. He was checking the label on every door he came to, and paying no attention to the metal lockers or beautiful view through the windows on the other side of the hall.
"Computer Lab… Computer Lab… Computer Lab. Doesn't this school have anything other than computer sciences!" He complained.
Tim let out a frustrated sigh as he turned the corner and was greeted by a slightly open door, through which he could see several students working over beakers and test tubes.
"Jackpot!" Tim said with a grin, "Now how do I get the students to clear out?"
As his gaze wandered, the pyromaniac noticed a bright red fire alarm across the hall from the door.
"Things this easy should be against the law, which I'm currently breaking soooooo… I don't care!" Tim laughed.
Tim dashed over the alarm and pulled down on the lever, filling the entire school with a loud warning buzzer. Panicked teachers and pupils came running out of their classrooms and toward the exit as the Duelist of Fire moved into the chemistry lab with a fireball in each hand.
"In case of fire please take stairs…" Tim said as he aimed toward the nearby supply cupboard.
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As Yami looked over his options the fire alarm began to sound throughout the building.
"What's going on?" He shouted.
Celeste closed her eyes as the light from her ring went out, and projected her thoughts toward Tim and Brian.
"Two things boys: 1. TIM BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT…" Celeste was cut short as a huge explosion echoed down the hall and a small orb of fire appeared in front of her.
"WOO-HOO! I FOUND THE CHEM LABS!" Tim's thoughts screamed as the light duelist sighed in frustration.
"Okay then. BRIAN! Can you do something about Tim?" Celeste requested.
A blob of shadows materialized in front of her, relaying the dark duelists thoughts.
"Love to help you out Celeste, but currently I have 4000 LP, no cards on the field, an opponent with a Dark Necrofear, limited options, and I don't plan on losing."
"Hit it." Tim thought.
Celeste shook her head.
"Did our master send me just to baby-sit the Blues Brothers?" She muttered.
"What are those?" Yami asked pointing at the spheres of shadow and fire, which quickly faded away as Celeste broke off her mental connection.
"Oh those?" Celeste asked, "Irritating above all else, but other than that a useful way for us to coordinate our attacks via telepathy."
Yami held up a card.
"You realize that it's against the rules for you to receive help in the middle of a duel?" He pointed out.
Celeste's ring began to glow once again, and all emotion drained from her face.
"Those two are no help in a duel, giving advise or otherwise, so don't worry about that." She assured Yami.
"Very well. Though I don't think I want to know what that explosion was about, it's just one more reason for me to end this quickly and I aim to with my Dark Magic Curtain!" Yami declared, placing another card onto the field.
A large red curtain appeared on the field in front of Yami, and another ray of light was puller from Yami's body. The duelist gasped and struggled to stay on his feet as the curtain began to glow.
Celeste LP: 8200
Yugi/Yami LP: 3000
"Now that I have given up half of my LP I can summon any Dark Spellcaster from my deck to the field. And I select my Dark Magician Girl (2300/1700), who gains 300 attack points thanks to the Dark Magician in my graveyard!" Yami declared.
The curtain pulled aside revealing an adorable girl in a blue magician outfit and holding a magic cane. She looked toward Joan, an angry look in her blue eyes, and pointed her staff at the armored woman.
"Shouldn't I get to summon one too?" Celeste asked.
Yami shook his head.
"From what I have seen Celeste, I doubt that you have any Dark Spellcasters." Yami pointed out.
Celeste thought for a moment, and then nodded.
"You're right. I gave my last Dark Spellcaster to Brian." She admitted, "Ah well, your monster still can't beat Joan."
The female knight swung her sword, and pointed it at the magician girl.
Yami held up two more cards and placed them on the field.
"She can with these." He declared, "I lay one card face down and activate Mage Power to raise Dark Magician Girl's attack and defense by 500 for every spell and trap I control."
The Spellcaster monster let out a joyful laugh as a facedown card materialized behind her. A pink glow floated from the card and surrounded her body giving her an aura of magical energy.
"Now my Dark Magician Girl (3300/2700), avenge your teacher, and attack with burning magic!" Yami ordered
Dark Magician Girl swung her staff forward, firing a blast of pink energy from it. The magical energy shot into, and through, Joan's stomach! The monster gasped in pain, and shattered into motes of light.
Celeste LP: 7900
Yugi/Yami LP: 3000
"You will pay for that." Celeste said with a venomous look before her ring flashed, signaling the return of her cold calculating expression.
Celeste drew her card and a bit of strange energy floated out of her graveyard and surrounded her body, causing her LP counter to increase.
Celeste LP: 8100
Yugi/Yami LP: 3000
Yami stared at the LP indicator.
"How did you restore those life points Celeste?" He asked
Celeste pointed at her graveyard pile.
"Simple. As long as Marie the Fallen One is in my graveyard, I gain 200 LP during each standby phase." She explained.
"It won't be so simple for long!" Yami shouted, "I noticed that you have quite a few cards that restore your life points so that's why I'm glad I added this card to my deck. Behold: Bad Reaction to Simochi!"
The trap flipped over, revealing the image of a sickly young woman surrounded by a toxic looking mist, and a similar shadowy mist crawled over Celeste's half of the field.
"From this point forward, any time you try to restore LP my trap will instead deduct the same amount from your life." Yami explained
Celeste shook her head and looked at her hand.
"I'll pass this turn." She said.
Yami drew his next card and smiled as he placed it onto the field.
"I'll set this face down Celeste, giving my magician another 500 attack and defense. And now Dark Magician Girl (3800/3200) will attack you directly!"
Another card appeared behind Dark Magician Girl, and the pink aura around her body increased in intensity. The Spellcaster swung her staff again, firing a beam of pink energy straight at Celeste!
Celeste crossed her arms again to block the attack, and once more the ring protected the light duelist with a wall of light. As the shield dropped, Celeste seemed to be exhausted from the effort of blocking the attack.
Celeste LP: 4300
Yugi/Yami LP: 3000
Celeste drew another card and held it up even as a small point of light was pulled from her body and into the graveyard.
"I activate the Mystical Space Typhoon to get rid of Mage Power." She declared.
A rush of wind shot forward, surrounding the sorceress. Her pink aura quickly faded away, and she looked very disappointed.
"Now I end my turn." Celeste declared.
Celeste LP: 4100
Yugi/Yami LP: 3000
Yugi looked at the cards in his partner's hand as Yami drew.
"These don't exactly help us." Yami thought
"Well" Yugi said, "At least we still have a direct shot at her LP again. She must be having terrible luck."
Yami nodded in and pointed toward Celeste.
"Now my mighty magician, strike down more of Celeste's LP!" Yami ordered.
Celeste raised her arms once more to protect herself from the wave of pink magic. As the wall of light faded away, she looked as though she had just ran a mile. Celeste was breathing hard and she was beginning to sweat.
Celeste LP: 1800
Yugi/Yami LP: 3000
Celeste drew and looked at her new card with interest as another 200 LP were subtracted from her total.
"Well Yugi, it's about time for your demise. I play Card of Sanctity." She announced
Gold coins began to rain from the ceiling as both competitors drew their extra cards. Celeste held up three of her cards, placing two on the field and one in the graveyard.
"Now I activate Prayer to the Light Mistress." She announced.
A green bordered card, showing the image of a young woman kneeling in front of an altar with a statuette of a six-winged angel.
"Now, by sacrificing a total of six stars worth of monsters from my hand, in this case Agent of Judgment Saturn, I may summon my greatest creature: LIGHT MISTRESS---CRUZ (1700/2000)!" Celeste shouted.
A glorious sphere of light materialized over the field. A blue skinned woman appeared next to the light and floated inside. Then, out of the light stepped a beautiful, purple skinned woman in white robes, with six silver colored angelic wings. She was whispering in a strange language as yellow stars materialized on her body.
Yami stared at the new creature in awe.
"I've never seen that monster before." He confessed.
"She is the ultimate creature of light." Celeste explained, "And now I'll prove it. I play White Revival Curtain, which lets me bring any Fairy type creature of light back from the graveyard, as long as I remove a monster in the graveyard from play. Any guesses as to which one?"
Yugi's eyes widened as he looked at the field.
"She's going to remove Marie to bring back Joan!" He warned his friend
In a moment, Yugi's fears were realized. The black-skinned Marie faded into view, only to have a white curtain wrap around her. The curtain parted, revealing the angelic warrior, who seemed slightly angered over being destroyed and shot a threatening glare at the Dark Magician Girl.
"Too bad she can't attack and is only back for one turn." Celeste sighed.
Yami seemed confused.
"Then neither of your monsters is a threat to my magician!" He stated, "Joan can't attack, and Cruz is too weak."
Celeste showed no emotion as she held up another card.
"You probably don't know the story of the real St. Joan." She sighed, "She heard what she believed was the voice of God, which told her to lead France in an uprising against the English invaders. She did so, and led her people well until she was captured by the English and burned at the stake. But when they killed her, the English actually strengthened the wills of the French. You see Yugi, a reason to fight is enough to give someone strength, but if your cause has a martyr, then it can be next to unstoppable."
Celste placed her card on the field, and Joan turned toward Cruz.
"And a martyr is just what I'm going to turn Joan into. I activate the spell card, Gift of the Martyr." Celeste explained, "It will let me sacrifice Joan to add her attack points to Cruz's for this turn."
The warrior saint held out her sword, which the angel took. Cruz and Joan nodded to each other, before Joan vanished in a flash of flames. Cruz (4500/2000) held up the blade, and glared at the Dark Magician Girl.
"Now Cruz, attack with Starlight Sonata." Celeste ordered.
Cruz pointed the blade toward Dark Magician Girl and several beams of light shot from it, forming a beautiful pattern. The girl screamed as the lights slammed into her, causing her to shatter into pixels, and then the lights kept going until they hit Yami! Yami gasped in pain as a series of red marks and cuts appeared where the lights struck him.
Celeste LP: 1600
Yugi/Yami LP: 600
Yugi and Yami were both shocked, not only over the loss of one of their favorite monsters and the injuries they had sustained, but also at the cold demeanor Celeste showed at sacrificing one of her monsters. Cruz (1900/2000) lowered the sword, which vanished, and returned to her chant as a barely visible yellow aura appeared around her.
"As you're beginning to guess my light mistress has a special ability." Celeste said, "She gains 200 attack points for every monster she destroys that isn't a creature of light. Now I'll lay this card face down and end my turn."
A new card appeared behind Cruz, who continued her whispered prayer.
Yami drew and looked over his cards before he placed two down.
"I'll lay this card on the field." He announced.
Then he placed another card down next to them.
"Next, I activate Emergency Provisions!" Yami shouted reaching for the cards he had just played, "So I shall…"
"Wait!" Yugi shouted, "Leave that one alone!"
Yami turned toward Yugi.
"But why?" He asked, "We need the LP, and…"
A look of relization crossed his face.
"Of course." Yami thought, "She's a LIGHT duelist."
"I'll only sacrifice this face down Dedication through Light and Darkness I just placed on the field. So I gain 1000 LP!" Yami announced.
One of the facedown cards shattered, and glowing sparks of light floated over Yami, causing his LP counter to jump and some of the more serious cuts to heal.
Celeste LP: 1600
Yugi/Yami LP: 1600
"You think that will save you Yugi?" Celeste asked as she drew a card.
"No, but this will." Yami stated as one of his cards turned over and a huge beast appeared in front of him, "I activate Threatening Roar during your standby phase, so now you must skip your battle phase!"
The creature let out a ferocious snarl, causing Cruz to cringe in fear.
"Too little, too late." Celeste commented, "I activate Scapegoats from my hand to bring in four new monsters, which automatically become creatures of light thanks to my seal."
Four fluffy goats (200/0) with stars on their backs began to skip around Cruz.
"And now this is end game." Celeste declared, "I don't need to attack to damage your LP. I'll activate my face down Solar Ray and now you lose 600 LP for every creature of light I control, and I count five including the Scapegoats."
Celeste's facedown card turned over, and Cruz raised her arms. White light began to flow from the goats and Cruz, forming into an orb of white light over Celeste's head. The orb continued to grow until it was bigger than Yami, and then launched forward.
"I should have expected something like this..." Yami lamented, as the attack bore down on him.
Celeste began to laugh as maniacally as her stoic personality would allow, when suddenly the last card in front of her opponent turned over and the attack halted.
"Oh wait, I did!" Yami smirked, "I don't live in a game shop for nothing! Celeste, you just fell victim to my trap, Barrel Behind the Door. It stops the effects of your trap and redirects the damage to your LP!"
The light orb was now loaded into a golden gun, which pointed directly at the duelist of light, whose ring stopped glowing and emotion flooded her expression.
"Drat! How could I not have seen that coming?" She shouted.
Yami pointed straight at her as the gun went off.
"This is truly the end game!" He yelled as the deflected attack struck Celeste.
Celeste screamed as the blast of light struck her in the chest and knocked her flat on her back as her LP dropped to nothing.
Celeste LP: 0
Yugi/Yami LP: 1600
Whew! That was close. Looks like Yami and Yugi managed to win, but what happened to Tim and Brian? Well, you're probably wondering just who this "Lord Needlez" is as well. Here's some good news and bad news. Good news: next week, we finally see the leader of these new enemies. Bad news, no dueling (Sorry, but we need to have some room for plot!). Hope you all come back for our next chapter
Recoup and Regroup
See ya then!
Original Cards
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Prayer to the Light Mistress
Spell Card
Ritual
This spell may be used to summon "Light Mistress-Cruz" by sacrificing monsters from your hand or field whose total level stars equal six or more.
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Light Mistress-Cruz
Monster
LIGHT
Fairy
Ritual/Effect
1500/2000
This monster can only be summoned by using "Prayer to the Light Mistress" and by sacrificing monsters from your hand or field whose total level stars equal six or more. This monster gains 200 attack points for every non-LIGHT monster it destroys as a result of battle.
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White Revival Curtain
Spell Card
Remove one monster in your graveyard from play. You may then special summon one LIGHT attribute, Fairy type monster from your graveyard. The summoned monster may not attack this turn, and is destroyed at the end of the turn in which it is summoned.
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Dark Magic Curtain
Spell Card
Both players may pay one-half of their life points to special summon one DARK attribute, Spellcaster type monster from their deck to the field.
Dark Magic Curtain was first used by Arkana, in the anime episode "Master of Magicians (pt. 3)." All creative credit goes to the writers of that episode.