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Previously
Yugi managed to defeat Celeste in their rematch, even after she tried to use Slifer against him! Now just one match remains to be seen, as we turn back the clock a few moments. It's time to see how Ishizu fares in a match against the Elemental Duelist of Earth, with nobody around to support her…
Chapter 13
Fighting the Mountain
It had been quite some time since she had left Kaiba's office, but Ishizu was still standing patiently next to Mr. Gold on the pillar of rock and soil that he had used as a makeshift elevator.
"So, Mr. Gold, why is it that you and your companions are doing this?" Ishizu asked.
"World peace." Gold stated.
"Really?" Ishizu queried, "And how exactly does attacking innocent people help attain world peace?"
"Look, it ain't like we've seriously injured anybody." Gold pointed out.
"What about Odion!" Ishizu exclaimed, a little louder than she had intended.
"Yeah…I'm sorry about that okay? I needed you to agree to a duel and nothin' else was working." Gold apologized.
Ishizu calmed down, and cast her gaze toward the ground.
"You seem to be a good man Mr. Gold, why would you commit vile acts such as this?" Ishizu asked.
"I already told you, world peace." Gold grumbled, "These days the world is full of greed and corruption, but no one does anything about it. When Needlez told us his plan, it seemed a little...farfetched to me. But I could see that he was right, the only way to bring peace into this world...is to use force to do it."
"But why attack us?" Ishizu asked.
"We need the talent of strong duelists to complete our plans." Gold sighed, "Needlez sent us after you guys because he thought you'd try and stop him..."
"So he wanted Yugi, and all other strong duelists out of the way." Ishizu concluded.
"Right." Gold confirmed.
The pillar finally reached the ground, both Gold and Ishizu now stood out on the front lawn of Kaiba Corp.
"Now then, let's do this!" Gold shouted as his disk activated, "Once I beat you, this world will be on the path to salvation!"
"You obviously fail to realize that this path you follow is wrong." Ishizu said calmly as she turned on her own disk, "So I shall show you."
Mr. Gold was grinning from ear-to-ear as he and Ishizu drew their opening hands.
"I think I'll be a gentleman and let you go first." He said.
Ishizu LP: 8000
Gold LP: 8000
Ishizu was a touch uneasy, Gold's last assault on her still fresh in her mind, as she drew a sixth card.
"I believe I'll open with Graceful Charity." Ishizu stated as she placed a card into her disk.
Her deck glowed, and the Egyptian duelist swiftly drew three cards and placed two into her graveyard.
Gold snickered a little.
"It hasn't even been one turn and you're already putting cards in your grave. Don't tell me you've already given up!" Gold started laughing until Ishizu held up another card.
"I'm not done with my turn yet." She said, "I will continue by summoning Mudora (1900/1800) in attack mode and end my turn."
A man wearing a golden mask and carrying a large sword jumped onto the field. Gold frowned as he noticed the monster's attack score.
"Hey!" The earth duelist yelled, "I thought Mudora only had 1500 attack!"
"Normally, yes." Ishizu explained, "But the two cards I sent to the graveyard with Graceful Charity were both Fairy type monsters. Mudora gains 200 attack for every Fairy in my grave, and since I have two, he gained 400 attack!"
"Pretty clever there…" Gold mused as he drew.
Looking over his hand, Gold frowned.
"Absolutely nothing I can use!" He thought, "I don't even have somethin' to bluff with!"
"Is something wrong?" Ishizu asked.
Gold nervously cleared his throat.
"Tell you what Miss Ishtar. I'll let you have one free shot at me with your monster." Gold offered.
Ishizu looked puzzled as Gold tapped the end turn button on his disk.
"Think of this as paying me back for trying to kill you the other day." Gold explained.
Ishizu drew, and looked over her cards.
"Very well then, Mr. Gold." Ishizu shouted, "Mudora, attack him directly!"
The masked fairy lunged forward, swinging his weapon across Gold's chest. Gold grunted with surprise, but didn't so much as flinch.
Ishizu: 8000
Gold: 6100
"That's my turn." Ishizu declared.
"Then I draw!" Gold stated as he pulled a card off his disk, "And would you look at that, I drew Reload!"
Gold slid the card he just drew into his disk, then slid his deck out of its slot.
"What are you doing?" Ishizu queried.
"Reload lets me shuffle my entire hand into my deck, then draw a new hand equal to the number of cards I just put in." Gold explained.
He quickly placed his cards on top of the deck, then carefully shuffled it. He pulled six new cards off the top, and returned his deck to its proper place.
"Now this is more like it! I activate The Elemental Seal of Earth!" Gold shouted.
The ground between the two duelists began to glow with the light of a series of jagged, brown lines. The same pattern appeared on Gold's arms and face. At the same time, walls of stone and mud rose up around the two duelists, obscuring their view of all but the top few floors of the building they were near.
"Now then," Gold said, "I play one monster in defense mode and one card face down. Your move."
Two cards appeared in front of Gold, perpendicular to one another.
As Ishizu drew her card, however, Gold's face down card turned over.
"And now I'll activate Drop Off!" He shouted, "So send that card you just drew to the graveyard!"
Ishizu frowned as she slid her card into the grave.
"That was a foolish mistake Gold!" She said, "The card I drew was Zolga, and it was a fairy type! So that means Mudora gains more attack points."
Mudora's (2100/1800) sword glowed as the energy from the fallen monster flowed through it.
"Now Mudora, attack his face down monster with defender's slash!" Ishizu ordered.
The masked warrior lunged forward, swinging his sword once more, this time through the face down monster. The monster that was attacked however, revealed itself to be a pink worm with a series of small spikes jutting out of its body.
"Ooh, bad move!" Gold taunted, "You just flipped over my Needle Worm, which means that the top five cards of your deck get sent to the graveyard!"
The worm fired a string of silk right at Ishizu's deck, pulling five cards off of it and flinging them into the grave slot.
Ishizu looked at Gold, puzzled.
"Any reason you felt the need to make my monster even stronger?" She asked as three more spirits flew into Mudora's (2700/1800) sword, "Or did you simply forget that I have more fairies in my deck?"
"Let me worry about that." Gold assured her.
"'Cause you'll never guess what I'm really up to until it's too late!" He thought.
Ishizu sighed.
"I'll lay two cards face down and end my turn." She stated as she placed the cards into her disk.
Two cards flashed into existence behind Mudora.
Gold smiled as he drew his next card.
"Well look here! I just drew the card that almost won it for me in our first match!" Gold grinned, "Let's take it out for another spin, shall we?"
Gold slid the card into his disk, and the sky above them lit up with a flash of red light!
"I activate Final Countdown!" Gold shouted, "I pay 2000 life points now, and I'll win in twenty turns!"
Gold's body began to twitch and convulse as his LP decreased, and twenty fires began to float around the field.
Ishizu LP: 8000
Gold LP: 4100
20 turns left
Gold got to his feet, a wicked smile plastered to his face, his bracelet shimmering slightly.
"You aren't gonna beat me this time. I can't lose with the cards Needlez gave me! Now I set one monster in defense mode and two more cards face down. Then I end my turn." He announced, as the backs of several cards appeared in front of him.
Ishizu drew, watching as the first of the fires was extinguished.
"You're being overconfident Gold." She said. "I can defeat you!"
"I don't see how you can when the game is going to end on my turn, thanks to Pyro Clock of Destiny!" Gold yelled as his face down card turned over.
A large clock appeared over Gold's head. It's hands began to spin, and another of the fires went out!
"This simple trap sends the turn count ahead by one." Gold explained, "So now you only get eighteen turns to get out of this, and nine of them are mine!"
Ishizu winced as she placed two more cards on her disk.
"I summon Zolga (1700/1000) and then activate my Card of Sanctity!" She shouted.
A strange creature in purple robes materialized on the field, then a flash of golden light lit up the area. Both duelists swiftly drew their hands to six cards.
"And now Mudora will attack your face down card!" Ishizu announced.
Mudora lunged forward again, but this time was stopped by a shell of rocks that rose up over the facedown monster.
"Did you forget about the affects of my seal?" Gold asked, "I can negate any attack or effect that would hurt me or my monsters by discarding one monster from my hand!"
Ishizu looked over her cards.
"Very well, I end my turn." She sighed.
Gold smiled as he drew his next card.
"Excellent. Now then, I activate the Swords of Concealing Light!" He yelled.
A series of black swords shot down from the sky, Mudora and Zolga both began to shake, and suddenly they flipped face down!
"What!" Ishizu exclaimed.
"You like it?" Gold snickered, "My little spell here forces all of your monsters into face down defense position, until two of my standby phases pass, and you can't change their battle positions either. Which, come to think of it, is just perfect for my next move. I sacrifice my facedown monster, to summon Granmarg the Rock Monarch (2600/1500)!"
The facedown card shuddered, and revealed a large, green Stone Statue of the Aztecs before it vanished. In its place appeared a golden armored man with huge arms.
"Now then, whenever Granmarg is tribute summoned, I can choose any facedown card I want…and destroy it!" Gold declared, "So I choose your facedown Mudora!"
The golden creature lifted up his arms, and a series of rocks fell down on top of the face down card, shattering it!
Ishizu watched in horror as her monster was obliterated.
"Don't panic." She coached herself, "You have other ways to handle him."
Suddenly, Gold's other face down card flipped, and a series of red fireballs surrounded Granmarg.
"Did I mention that I'm activating my trap card, Meteorain?" Gold taunted, "Since he hasn't attacked yet, it lets Granmarg do damage, even if your monster is in defense mode! At least for this turn."
Ishizu drew back, staring up at the behemoth.
"Granmarg, attack her facedown monster with stone slammer!" Gold ordered.
The giant laughed as he fired the rocks towards the face down Zolga, the shockwaves of the attack knocking Ishizu flat on her back!
"Your move." Gold snickered.
Ishizu LP: 6600
Gold LP: 4100
16 turns left
Ishizu got back to her feet and drew her next card.
"I need to think of something fast." She thought.
Looking over her cards, Ishizu nodded as she held two of them up.
"I'm going to lay one card face down, and set this monster in defense mode. That will end my turn." She stated as she placed the cards onto her disk.
The two cards, perpendicular to one another, materialized in front of her.
Gold burst out laughing again as he drew.
"You think that two puny cards can help you now!" He laughed, "I summon my Gemini Elf (2100/800) in attack mode!"
Two women, one in a blue dress with blond hair and the other in a purple dress with red hair, materialized on the field. They stood back to back, and Gold smiled.
"I think that I'll have my lovely ladies here take care of your face down monster!" He shouted.
The elf in the blue dress jumped forward and drop kicked Ishizu's monster…
Which turned over, revealing a strange looking creature with one eye and a series of golden spines. The monster screeched, then shattered into fragments.
"You just attacked my Kelbek(1500/1800), Mr. Gold." Ishizu stated calmly as her monster was blown to pieces, "And any monster that attacks him is automatically returned to its owner's hand after the battle!"
The two elves screamed as a blast of energy flew from the area Kelbek once occupied, sending them straight back to Gold's hand as promised.
"That don't matter, 'cause I still have Granmarg!" Gold shouted, "And now, he can attack you directly!"
Granmarg lifted a fist up to smash Ishizu. Suddenly, her face down card turned over, and an aura of red energy surrounded Granmarg.
"You should have taken my trap card into account." Ishizu said, "It is known as Blast Held by a Tribute, and I can use it to destroy a tribute summoned monster that tries to attack me. What's more, you'll now lose 1000 LP!"
Granmarg screamed as the red energy condensed around him and blasted outward! Gold reached for a card in his hand, then stopped.
"Wait a minute, I don't have many monsters left in my hand." He realized, "This is only 1000 damage, if she summons a monster next turn, it could be way worse!"
Gold moved his hand away from the monster he was about to discard and instead quickly raised his arms and a shield of rocks flew in front of him. The energy pushed them back however, and Gold screamed as his own defensive wall slammed into him!
Ishizu LP: 6600
Gold LP: 3100
16 turns left
As the rocks fell away, Gold's face was revealed to be contorted in a look of pure rage.
"I will not lose again!" He growled.
"We shall see about that." Ishizu smirked.
"Oh, you bet we will!" Gold retorted, "But until then, I lay one card face down and now it's your turn."
A new card appeared in Gold's magic and trap zone.
Ishizu drew her sixth card and glanced over her options. As she did however she looked at her deck.
"This would be a good time to use my Exchange of Spirit card." She thought, "But I haven't drawn it yet! It must have hit the bottom of my deck this time…"
Ishizu held up another card, and placed it on her disk.
"I summon Three Headed Geedo (1200/1400) in attack mode." She declared.
The coral bodied beast with three masked faces appeared, pointing a fist toward Gold.
"And now my monster will attack you directly!" She shouted.
"And I'll use the power of my seal!" Gold responded.
Geedo lunged forward, swinging its fist, when Gold shoved a card into his graveyard. A shield of stones flew up, this one forcing Geedo away.
"I end my turn by playing these two cards face down." Ishizu sighed.
Gold drew his next card and began to laugh. His crystal began to shine with a bright, brown colored light.
"This is just too perfect!" He laughed. "I'll start by playing Pot of Greed!"
The green pot appeared, and Gold snapped two cards off his deck. The jar then shattered as he slid a card into his disk.
"Now I activate Call to the Earth Master, and discard Metal Armored Bug in my hand to bring in Earth Master-Geos (200/13000)!" Gold announced
The spell showing the image of a man praying to a giant statue appeared, followed by a large insect in steel armor. The bug glowed, and was absorbed by the spell. The ground began to tremble…
"Get ready, 'cause thanks to everything that has been discarded, Geos's defense points are out of this world!" Gold yelled.
The monster that appeared on the field appeared to be nothing less than a statue made of solid diamond! But rather than taking one knee, the monster was standing up in a battle ready position.
"You summoned him in attack mode?" Ishizu noticed.
"Yeah, so I can do this!" Gold shouted.
He swiftly plugged one more card into his disk.
"I use Shield and Sword, swapping the base attack and defense of every monster on the field!" Gold declared.
Ishizu gasped as Geos (13200/13000) was covered in sharp spikes made of diamond! At the same time, Geedo (1400/1200) seemed virtually unchanged.
"But I thought Geos had no base defense! Its new attack score should be nothing!" Ishizu protested.
"Wrong Ishizu, his original defense is represented by question marks. His base defense is what his effect gives him, in this case, 13000!" Gold explained, "Plus, the monsters in our graveyards are still helping me, because Geos's effect is still active. Even if you force him into defense mode again he'll still have 13000 defense points for this turn, and you're still through!"
"So that's why you've dumped so many of my monsters into the graveyard!" Ishizu shouted, "You knew that most of my monsters were creatures of earth!"
"That's right!" Gold exclaimed, "And the best part is: I've limited your options without having to get rid of a bunch of my own creatures to power up Geos! You're finished!"
"I don't think so." Ishizu retorted as one of her facedown cards lifted, "I play Mystic Wok and sacrifice Geedo to increase my LP by its attack points!"
A bolt of energy flew from the card, and the Geedo burst into a cloud of mist, which settled over Ishizu for a second before fading away.
Ishizu: 8000
Gold: 3100
"You stupid broad! Now Geos can attack you directly!" Gold shouted as his crystal's light increased in intensity, "Go Geos, attack with Requiem of Rocks!"
Geos raised his fist, and slammed it into the ground. A huge boulder shot into the air, and soared gracefully toward Ishizu! She didn't seem afraid however. On the contrary, she kept her eye on the boulder, and then tapped a button her disk just before it hit her.
"YOU SEE! I DID IT! I WON!" Gold roared, not noticing Ishizu's card turning over.
Ishizu LP: 2800
Gold LP: 3800
14 Turns left
Gold was laughing maniacally when he noticed something.
The seal was still glowing around the field!
"Hey what the..." He started.
Then he noticed the dust clearing from Ishizu's side of the field, and the LP 2800 glowing on her duel disk.
"NO WAY!" Gold shouted, "HOW...WHAT...WHO?"
Ishizu calmly pointed to her now face up card, depicting a man holding up a bottle of juice.
"It's quite simple," she said, "I activated my trap card, Hyper Refresh. I can only use it if I'm about to be attacked directly, and the amount of damage I'm about to receive is greater than my current LP total. So long as those requirements are met, my LP will double before the attack hits!"
Gold was simply seething with hatred now.
"You haven't won yet! I activate the spell card Weapon Change and end my turn!" He spat as he forced a card into his disk.
A new card, showing a man in armor shifting his sword and shield between his hands, appeared in front of Gold.
Ishizu calmly drew her next card. As she looked over her three cards however, a terrible rumble began to shake the ground. Looking toward the sky, Ishizu gasped as she saw it turn black with storm clouds and a huge red serpent began to descend from them!
"It can't be...Slifer!" She exclaimed, "But I thought that the great Pharaoh..."
Ishizu's voice trailed of as a pattern of yellow stars was etched across the skin of the Egyptian God.
"Looks like it ain't your boy Yugi that summoned it." Gold laughed, "I had a feeling Celeste might try this. Your hero doesn't stand a chance, and come to think of it, neither do you!"
Ishizu's body trembled as she slid one card horizontally onto her disk.
"I set this monster in defense mode and end my turn." She stated.
"Before you end your turn, I activate the trap card DNA Surgery." Gold declared, "This lets me change the type of every monster on the field, and I choose for them to be Warriors."
Geos shuddered, and a shield appeared in its diamond hands.
"By the way, you missed a great chance to clobber Geos. Shield And Sword only works for one turn!" Gold taunted, "But don't worry, I'm sure that anyone would panic if they saw something like that!"
Gold gestured up toward Slifer.
"No!" Ishizu thought, "I must hang on…"
Gold drew and smiled as his Weapon Change card started to glow.
"Now things get interestin'. During my standby phase, I can pay 700 life points to let Weapon Change swap the current attack and defense of one Warrior or Machine type monster. And this effect lasts until your next turn ends!" Gold shouted.
Geos looked at the weapon it was holding, and the shield suddenly transformed into a giant sword!
Ishizu: 2800
Gold: 2400
12 turns left
Gold grinned from ear to ear as he saw what he had drawn.
"Well would you look at this, Card of Sanctity!" He exclaimed.
He slid the card into his disk, and a second flash of golden light filled the area as he and Ishizu drew their cards.
"Now then I play Dian Keto the Cure Master, to give my self an extra 1000 LP." Gold announced as he placed another card into his disk.
Silver light surrounded the earth duelist, who smiled as his LP increased.
Ishizu LP: 2800
Gold LP: 3400
12 Turns left
"Now then," Gold said happily, "I play two more cards face down and activate Time Warp! And in case you forgot, this card lets me move the turn count forward up to ten turns by paying 700 LP per turn. So I'll move the turn count ahead by four."
Two facedown cards materialized in front of Gold, followed by a giant clock which began to spin rapidly. He smiled, but then looked weak, and fell to the ground coughing up blood as four more flames were extinguished.
Ishizu LP: 2800
Gold LP: 600
8 Turns left
Gold back stood up, grinning maniacally as he pointed straight ahead.
"And now Geos will wipe out your face down monster!" He shouted.
Ishizu winced as her second Geedo was blasted into her graveyard by another boulder.
"That's my turn." Gold laughed.
Ishizu drew her next card, looking at what was left and then to her hand.
"There must be something I can do." She thought.
"I activate another Pyroclock of Destiny!" Gold shouted as one of his facedown cards turned over.
A third clock appeared, and another flame was immediately extinguished.
Ishizu glanced over her cards, struggling to come up with a plan. Suddenly, a huge roar filled the air above them!
Looking up, Ishizu and Gold both gasped as they saw a blast of light strike Slifer! The huge monster roared, and then shattered into fragments!
"I don't believe it." Gold muttered, "Something actually destroyed an Egyptian God? But they're supposed to be unbeatable!"
Ishizu's eyes sparkled as she turned her gaze on her opponent.
"No monster is unbeatable." She said, "And just as the pharaoh has defeated Slifer, so shall I defeat your earth master!"
Looking over her hand and then at the field, Ishizu smiled as she calculated a plan.
"I shall play Mystical Space Typhoon, and use it to destroy your Weapon Change card!" She shouted
Gold could do noting but let out a scream of rage as a blast of wind shot across the field, destroying the spell. Geos (200/13000) stared at his weapon again, which turned back into a shield!
"I thought so! Destroying your spell returned Geos's stats to their normal levels." Ishizu shouted triumphantly, "Now I'll set one card facedown, and I end my turn."
A single card appeared in front of Ishizu.
Gold calmed a little, and looked suspiciously at his foe.
"That's all? No monsters? No big flashy spell to beat up my monster?" He asked.
Ishizu shook her head no.
"Then this will be too easy!" Gold shouted as he drew his next card.
Suddenly, one of Ishizu's flipped over.
"Not as easy as you think!" Ishizu stated, "I activate Call of the Haunted, and return my Mudora (3100/1700) to the field!"
A purple mist emerged from the card, and the man in the golden masked stepped out of the fog. He brandished his sword, pointing it at Gold.
Gold grinned.
"That doesn't matter. I move Geos to defense mode, and lay one card face down and end my turn." Gold declared.
Geos moved to one knee, holding his shield in front of his massive body. A new card appeared behind the diamond monolith.
Ishizu drew another card and smiled.
"This is where your strategy comes to a halt Gold." She said, "I've found a way to beat you!"
"Oh yeah?" Gold snarled, "Well it isn't gonna work! And it will all be thanks to my facedown card!"
Gold's face down card turned over, revealing a Marauding Captain standing in front of a humongous shadowy figure.
"It's called Staunch Defender." Gold explained, "And now every monster on your half of the field will have to attack my Earth Master Geos! And you can't skip your battle phase either thanks to the effect of my trap, so there's no way for you to survive!"
His other card turned over.
"I also activate my third and final Pyro Clock of Destiny!" He shouted, "Just in case you have some sneaky way to avoid the damage."
Another clock appeared, and another flame burned out.
"No problem, I was going to attack Geos anyway." Ishizu said as she slid a card into her disk, "But first, I activate Stop Defense, and I use it to force Geos into attack mode!"
Geos slowly got to his feet, and looked down at Mudora.
"NO!" Gold screamed.
"Yes!" Ishizu said, "Geos is defenseless, and because of the effect of Mudora, I have more than enough to finish you here and now! So go Mudora, strike down his monster with ultimate grave defender slash!"
Gold let out a final scream of rage as Mudora slammed his sword against Geos. The giant groaned, then shattered into a flurry of crystal shards! The shards flew at Gold, knocking him to the ground before he could raise a shield!
Ishizu LP: 2800
Gold LP: 0
2 turns left
Ishizu winced as Gold fell flat on his back.
The wall of stone around the two fell away, and the brown circle began to shrink, passing harmlessly over Ishizu and surrounding Gold. Ishizu gasped in horror as Geos appeared behind the Elemental Duelist of Earth, and raised both his arms to the sky. A small point of brown light floated from Gold's body, and shimmered for a minute before planting itself inside the crystal on his bracelet!
Geos and the seal faded, and Gold got to his feet, taking deep, ragged breaths as he glared at Ishizu.
The Egyptian duelist took a step back, as Gold let out a furious roar…
And slammed his fist into the ground! A circle of ground, about the same radius as the seal had been before vanishing, immediately cracked and indented about three feet straight down!
Gold took another deep breath, and looked up at his opponent.
"I'm sorry…for attacking you before." He said simply.
"Mr. Gold…" Ishizu began.
But she was cut off as water seeped out of the cracks in front of Gold, and formed into Mako!
The water duelist was holding his head, and glaring at his teammate.
"You know, I already had a headache from my duel with Mai. That mini quake of yours didn't help any!" Mako shouted.
"What do you want?" Gold sighed.
"We have to go. Now." Mako explained.
"Right then." Gold agreed.
Before Ishizu could say a word, Mako turned back into water and disappeared into the cracks. A cocoon of dirt folded up over Gold, and then slid into the ground.
Ishizu was left, staring at the miniature crater. She finally sighed and turned back toward the building, and looked up to where Kaiba's office was.
"I pray that the elevator still works." She muttered as she walked inside.
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Needlez was muttering to himself as the image of the earth crystal was extinguished.
"Well, that didn't go quite as expected." He grumbled.
Suddenly, five pillars jumped up in the chamber! Out of the pillars stepped Tim, Celeste, Zeffie, Gold, and Mako (who was now wearing a hat made from ice).
"What happened to you?" Tim asked Mako.
"Don't ask…" The water duelist grumbled.
"Hi Lordy Needlez!" Zeffie exclaimed, "Did ya miss us?"
Needlez cracked a smile.
"Of course I did lass!" He said, "But right now, we have matters to attend to."
"Can it wait until my head stops throbbing?" Mako asked, "Getting hit by Slifer's tail can take a lot out of a guy!"
"But controlling Slifer is a major rush!" Celeste exclaimed happily.
"Yeh liked that, didn't ye Celeste?" Needlez asked.
"Of course! It's always fun to try a new monster!" She shouted.
"Of course it is." Needlez agreed, "Unfortunately, it would appear that you three lost yer talent…"
"So besides me and Celeste, the drip got dropped too?" Gold joked.
Mako shot an angry look at Gold as Zeffie giggled, and Needlez ignored them as he continued.
"…What's worse, those who would stop our plans still have theirs!"
"Don't worry, Zeffie is ready to duel!" Zeffie cheered as saluted Needlez.
"Aye, but it seems that one of our number isn't." Needlez pointed out.
The others looked around, and Celeste was first to notice.
"Hey, where's Brian? Didn't he get the message to return?" Celeste asked.
"No." Needlez stated.
Tim stepped forward, completely solemn, and held the two halves of the dark crystal out to Needlez.
"He has betrayed us…" Needlez stated.
The others (except for Tim) gasped.
"And we have some loose ends to tie up." Needlez finished.
Uh-Oh, looks like trouble is brewing! Next chapter, prepare to tie up a few more loose ends as Brian reveals just where the Elemental Duelists came from, and how they came to work for Needlez! We call it
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See ya then!
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Original Cards
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Hyper Refresh
Trap
Image of a man holding up a bottle of juice
You can only activate this trap if you have no monsters on the field, and the total attack points of all monsters on your opponent's side of the field is greater than your life points. Double your current life point total
This card was first used in the anime by Joey in the episode "Down in Flames (Part 2)." All creative credit goes to the writers of that episode.
A/N: Sorry if this chapter is a bit shorter than the others, the next one will be a lot longer. Promise!