---------- Chapter 6 Spirit of a Duelist
Part B: Duel of the Brothers – Winged Kuriboh vs. Kuriboh
CLONK
Judai awoke with a start and a surge of pain in his head threatened to overwhelm him. He almost fell back onto his bed but managed to stay sitting up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Manjome standing beside him with a pan raised in him right arm.
"Well, it's about time you woke up. I just thought I'd let you know that I've already dueled Yugi and I think you're on deck. Some kid from obelisk blue is dueling right now and when I left he had 750 LP's left," said Manjome. Judai, still drowsy, listened without too much interest. "Oh, and Kronos also said that if you aren't present when your duel begins you will automatically lose your chance to duel Yugi."
At this Judai suddenly jumped out of bed. "WHAT? Oh no, I hope I'm not too late!" he yelled as he leapt out the door. "Oh no oh no oh no, I'm going to miss it." Soon Judai was able to hear the applause of a large crowd just ahead.
Kronos's voice erupted throughout the island from a megaphone. "Next up, Yuki Judai!"
Upon hearing this, Judai put on an extra burst of speed, now desperately trying to reach the duel site in time.
"No Judai? Okay, ne –"
"Wait, I'm here!" panted Judai as he came into the clearing.
Kronos threw him an annoyed look of disappointment, and reluctantly pointed towards the steps leading up to the dueling grounds. Just over his shoulder, Judai could see the King of Games. His tall figure stood, arms crossed in an amused manner, patiently waiting for Judai. The large, spiked hair formed shadows that clung to the King's face, making it difficult to fully distinguish his facial features. He gazed at Judai in a peculiar and curious way, as if plunging through his memory searching for recognition.
Once Judai was in the duel box, he called out, "Hello Mr. Yugi sir! Wow, this is going to be great! I can't believe I'm actually going to get to duel the King of Games!"
"Yes, now I remember you. You were the boy to whom I gave my Winged Kuriboh. Yes, I am most curious to see how you have grown as a boy and as a duelist. I wonder if you have discovered the secret of the duel monsters…" said Yugi in a deep voice. Then, quietly to himself, muttered, "Being the chosen one, I hope you have because if you haven't you are going to meet a lot of trouble and not be able to get out of it."
"Ready? Judai will go first. Okay, Duel!" cried Kronos.
Judai: This is going to be great! I'll start by playing 3 face-downs. Then I will activate Quick Strike. This spell card allows me to attack on my first turn as long as I discard a card from my hand. Now I summon Bubbleman (800/1200)! Since he is the only monster on the field, his special ability lets me draw two more cards. Also, since he was the last card in my hand, his other special activates and lets me summon another monster. I summon E Hero Avion (1000/1000)! Now, go Bubbleman and Avion, attack Yugi directly!
Judai: 4000
Yugi: 2200
Judai: Sweet, I might actually win this!
Yugi: I'm impressed Judai, but don't get overconfident. I will start by playing the card Reign of Doom. This card can be activated when I lose LPs during my first turn and causes our LPs to be switched.
Judai: 2200
Yugi: 4000
Judai: Darn it!
Yugi: Next I will summon Celtic Guardian (1400/1000) in attack mode. I will play a card face down and then attack Bubbleman.
Judai: I activate my trap card Hero Illusion! This negates the effect of your attack as long as I have an elemental hero on the field, and as you can see I have two! Now it is my turn and I will activate pot of greed which lets me draw two more cards. Then I will activate Skyscraper which raises the attack of my Elemental Heroes by 1000! Now, Avion (2000/1000) attack Celtic Guardian!
Yugi: I activate my face down Mirror Force! This reflects the attack right back at you and destroys all of your monsters.
Judai: Ah, no. I play A Hero Returns, which is a spell card that lets me bring a warrior monster from the graveyard back to the field and I choose Avion. I will now end my turn.
Yugi: First I will play two face-downs. Next I will play Mystical Space Typhoon which lets me destroy any magic or trap card you have on the field. I choose Skyscraper! Next I will use polymerization to summon Chimera the Mythical Beast (2200/1800). Go Chimera, attack Avion!
Judai: I activate my face-down Emergency Defense which lets me switch a monster that is currently in attack mode immediately to defense mode. Avion, switch to defense mode!
Yugi: Well played Judai, you have saved yourself from losing a vast amount of lifepoints. It seems he has adequate dueling skills, however doesn't know the secret yet. I will need to keep testing his abilities to be sure though. I'd best not defeat him that quickly. However, you will still lose some. I activate my face-down Vengeful Pike. This card activates whenever you activate a trap card and it forces you to lose LPs equal to half of your strongest monster's attack points plus 100 for every monster on the field. Thus, you lose 700 LPs.
Judai: 1500
Yugi: 4000
Judai: Okay, I've got to get my game on! Come on, I need a good card! Draws a card. Sweet! I play polymerization gate which allows fusions without a polymerization card. First I will fuse Avion with Burstinatrix to form Flame Wingman! Then I will fuse Sparkman as well to make Shining Flare Wingman (2800/2500)! Now I will attack Chimera the Mythical Beast!
Yugi: I will activate my face-down Defusion to split Chimera back into its two original forms!
Judai: In that case I will activate my last face-down card Triggered Destruction! This activates only when you use a spell card during my battle phase and destroys all monsters that you have on the field. Now I end my turn.
Yugi: You have become a strong duelist Judai, but seem to still be missing a key component.
Judai: Really? What is it?
Yugi: I'm afraid you will have to discover it for yourself. If I help it will mean nothing, but if you figure it out on your own it will unlock a new level of dueling and allow limitless potential.
Judai: Well it's all good with me!
Yugi: I will start by playing Card Rejuvination. This causes us to dump our hands into the graveyard and then allows both of us to draw until we have 5 cards in our hands.
The two duelists draw their cards.
Yugi: Now I will activate Monster Reborn to reborn Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2100)! Then, using your polymerization gate I will fuse him with the Curse of Dragon in my hand to form Gaia the Dragon Champion (2600/2400)! I will put him in defense mode and then activate Horn of Light. This equip card raises his defense by 800 points to give him 3200 defense points.
Judai: Sweet, my turn! I will play the card Hero's Sidekick. This card raises the attack power of an Elemental Hero by 500 points, giving my Shining Flare Wingman 3300 attack points! Now go kill Gaia the Dragon Champion!
Yugi: You have triggered my trap Spell-Binding Circle! It stops your monster from either attacking or switching positions. His attack power is also reduced by half!
Judai: No, my wingman has been trapped! I have no choice but to activate my Defusion card to recreate Sparkman, Avion, and Burstinatrix. Next I will summon Wroughtweiler to the field in defense mode and end my turn.
Yugi: First I will switch my Gaia into attack mode. Then I will summon Mammoth Graveyard (1200/1000) in attack mode. Mammoth, attack Wroughtweiler!
Judai: Excellent, now I can bring back an Elemental Hero back from the grave to my hand and I choose Bubbleman.
Yugi: Don't think I'm done yet. Gaia attack his Sparkman!
Judai: I activate my face-down card, Hero Illusion. I'm sure you remember what it does.
Yugi: Yes, I do. I will play one face down card and end my turn.
Judai: Ok, let's see what I get. Draws a card. I play the card Time Machine. It lets me pick any card that has been used in this duel and return it to my hand, and I pick Skyscraper. I will then activate Skyscraper, and then refuse my Avion, Burstinatrix, and Sparkman to bring back my Shining Flare Wingman. Now I will destroy Gaia the Dragon Champion with Shining Flare Wingman.
Yugi: So you've finally managed to bring him down have you?
Judai: And that isn't all either. My Wingman's special ability causes you to take additional LP damage equal to your destroyed monster's attack points! I'll throw down a face-down and call it a turn.
Judai: 1500
Yugi: 1200
Yugi: Impressive Judai, but now it is my turn. I will start by playing the spell card Graceful Elf, which lets me draw four cards. However, I must discard two. Now I will play Instrumental Tribute. This spell card allows me to lower the number of tributes required to summon a monster by 1 as long as I discard a monster card from my hand. However, it is still a little more complicated. You see, if the monster I am summoning requires two tributes, the number of stars of the discarded monster plus the number of stars of the tributed monster must be greater than the number of stars of the summoned monster. I will be sacrificing my Mammoth Graveyard and discarding another Curse of Dragon in my hand so that I can summon the almighty Dark Magician (2500/2100)!
Judai: So that is the legendary and rare Dark Magician! I was hoping to see him in this duel! By the way, will you trade something for him?
Yugi: Laughs. No, sorry Judai, but I will never trade for Dark Magician. There is nothing in the universe I would trade Dark Magician for. He has been my companion through countless duels and is my most trusted monster.
Judai: Awww, bummer. No problem though I guess. Let's just get back to the duel, I'm really eager to see what he can do.
Yugi: Don't worry, you will. But first I will play the equip spell card Rage of the Mage and equip Dark Magician. This raises his attack points by 500 points per spellcaster in the graveyard. I have one so far, Ancient Elf, so it raises my D Magician's attack by 500! I will now attack your Shining Flare Wingman!
Judai: Not so fast, I activate my face-down card Hallucination. This activates whenever you try to attack one of my monsters and stops the monster from being destroyed. However, I lose double the amount of LPs.
Judai: 1100
Yugi: 1200
Yugi: I will lay one card face down and end my turn.
Judai: My turn now, and I choose to summon E Hero Wildman (1500/1000) in attack mode. Then I'll activate Suicidal Savior. This spell card doubles my Wildman's attack points and lets him attack your LPs directly, but only his original attack points are done to you as damage and playing this card forces me to end my turn immediately. Unfortunately, Wildman (3000/1000) is also destroyed as soon as I decide to attack with him. But this won't matter because next turn I can attack and you will lose this duel!
Yugi: I see, it is an interesting predicament. However, I will destroy your Wildman before he even has a chance to attack. I will start by summoning Silverfang (1200/1000) in attack mode. Now I will activate the card Black Chaos Ritual! Now prepare yourself, for I will first offer Silverfang as a sacrifice. Then my Dark Magician will be sacrificed to unleash the powers of chaos magic! Meet the king of all spellcasters, Chaos Magician (3200/3000)! Also, the equip card on Dark Magician, Rage of Mage, has an additional effect. Whenever the monster it was equipped to is sacrificed for another monster, if the new monster is a spellcaster Rage of Mage automatically equips to the new monster. Also, since now another spellcaster is in the graveyard, its effect is increased to 1000 points, thereby giving Chaos Magician a total of 4200 attack points!
Judai: 4200! That is insane! I've only got one monster than can top to that… and I am just one card away from being able to create him.
Yugi: Now prepare yourself; Chaos Magician attack E Hero Wildman!
Judai: I activate my trap card Woboku! This negates all LP damage done to me during this turn.
Wildman is destroyed
Yugi: You have saved yourself a turn I see… Well then this will just get more interesting. Unless you draw something to save your Shining Wingman, you will lose next turn.
Judai: Okay, it all comes down to this… I have got to get the card I need… Draws a card. And it is a …Graceful Elf! So I will play it and draw four cards and then discard two. Sweet! I will start by activating Defusion to split my Shining Flare Wingman back into Avion, Burstinatrix, and Sparkman. Then I will summon my E Hero Bubbleman back to the field. Now here's the sweet part. I will fuse all of them together to form E. Hero Elementrix (3100/2500)!
Yugi: It seems that he does not know his own power, but instinctively calls on it… However his dueling ability is still not comparable to what it will be once he controls his power…
Judai: Now I will equip him with Elemental Reaper! This card only works on Elementrix and it doubles his attack points! Elementrix, destroy Chaos Magician with Elemental Slash!
Yugi: It seems that you have been able to do what only one other person was able to do long ago… you have bested the Chaos Magician! However, he will not go down without a fight. I activate my trap card Self-Destruct. This card will double the attack points of the targeted monster and cause it to self-destruct. Any monster on the field whose attack is lower than his is instantly destroyed. Also, you lose LPs just as if I attacked you.
Judai: I activate Emergency Provisions and discard a card from my hand. Now I gain 1000 LPs.
Yugi: That was very quick thinking Judai, and as a result you have yet again been able to save yourself a turn.
Judai: 900
Yugi: 1200
Judai: Yes but just barely. I'm now wide open for attack!
Yugi: draws a card Ah, it is my friend and comrade. I must say, there is one card that perhaps means more and is closer to me than my Dark Magician. I summon Kuriboh (300/200) to the field! Attack Judai directly!
Judai: 600
Yugi: 1100
Judai: Its my turn! draws a card Well it seems like we both have something in common! It happens that my comrade is Kuriboh's brother. I'm sure you remember this card very well, as it is you who gave it to me! I summon Winged Kuriboh (300/200)! I will play one face down card. It seems we are both out of cards in our hands!
Yugi: laughs yes, it does. This has become a fight between the brothers. Kuriboh versus Winged Kuriboh. This duel is now dependant completely on who trusts their monster more.
Judai: What does that mean?
Yugi: You will see soon enough. draws a card I will activate Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. smiles Now, Judai, watch closely as I create the ultimate defense which can withstand any attack. I will first activate Multiply! This causes 5 Kuribohs to form. Next I will activate Endless Life! This card can only be used when Multiply is activated. From now on, every time a Kuriboh is destroyed, two will be born to replace it and Kuribohs no longer count towards the 5 monster cap limit! Now I will send my first Kuriboh to attack Winged Kuriboh!
Judai: I activate Mirror Force to destroy all of your Kuribohs!
Yugi: You have saved your Winged Kuriboh, but now I have 10 Kuribohs!
Judai: draws a card and smiles Well it seems that I have drawn Winged Kuriboh's favorite card, Godly Angel Wings! By equipping it to Winged Kuriboh, his attack is raised to 600 and defense to 500. Also, he can automatically destroy all of your monsters!
Yugi: Wow, you have destroyed all 10, but merely spawned 20 now!
Judai: I'm not finished yet. Lastly I will use the wings' last ability. Winged Kuriboh attack your LPs directly every time I destroy all of your monsters, so you lose 600 LPs!
Judai: 600
Yugi: 600
Yugi: Impressive, but now I will show you the true potential of the Kuriboh. There is a secret to the Kuriboh monster that few people know about. When 20 are out on the field, they can be fused together to form King Kuriboh (3000/2900)!
Judai: What the heck! That giant Kuriboh has 3000 attack points!
Yugi: chuckles But that is not all. Since 20 Kuriboh were just destroyed in the fusion process, 40 are created. Now I will fuse 2 sets of 20 to form 2 more Kuriboh Kings. This of course spawns 80 Kuriboh! Since I may only have 5 monsters other than Kuriboh, I can only create 3 more Kuriboh Kings.
Judai: starts gaping at the massive blob of puff balls in front of him
Yugi: Now I will show you the second secret of the Kuriboh. 5 Kuriboh Kings can fuse into the almighty Dragon Kuriboh (10000/9500)! Of course, I just opened up 4 slots, so I think I will fuse my remaining 20 Kuriboh into Kuriboh King. Then since 40 more just spawned, I will fuse them as well. Now 80 are created and 20 of those will go to forming the last Kuriboh King. This is the full power of the Kuriboh!
Judai: …. looking completely dumbfounded and in awe
Yugi: I gave you Winged Kuriboh for a reason. You alone have the power and potential to unlock his secret. The only hint I can offer you is that it will greatly compliment your Hero deck… For now, I will let you feel the wrath of the Dragon Kuriboh, 4 Kuriboh Kings, and 60 Kuriboh. Kuribohs ATTACK!
Huge puffball swarm masses around Judai and completely obliterates every thing around him.
As the holograms disappeared, Judai's ears nearly fell off when he heard the roar of applause. He quickly looked around him to find the source when he noticed the large crowd of students that were sitting in the stands. He had been so caught up in the duel that he forgot that there was an audience.
"End Duel! The victor is Mr. Yugi Moto, the King of Games!" announced Kronos.
Judai turned towards Yugi and caught his eye for a brief moment before yelling out, "WOW! That was an awesome duel Mr. Yugi Sir!"
"It was my pleasure Judai. Just remember what I taught you," replied Yugi.
As Judai stepped off the duel podium he was greeted by Misawa, Asuka, and Shou.
"Hey guys, save your compliments and or criticism because I'm going to eat. I just remembered that I skipped breakfast!"
"So as soon as your not dueling, the first thing that your mind comes to is food?" chucked Asuka.
"What can I say? I gotta eat don't I?"
Everyone laughed at this and followed Judai out of the stadium. As he ran out, he glanced back towards Yugi, already reshuffling his deck for the next student dueler and saw him meet his eye and smile.