Lu: Part 2. Don't let me keep you, and since I'm posting this on the same day as the previous chapter, I don't have any reviewers. I thought the duel was longer than this, but, oh well.
Chapter 14 – Duel: Yami Bakura vs Yami Yugi – Part 2
Yami surveyed his new hand. Salamandra, Polymerisation, Yami, Mai and another Multiply. Yami smiled once again. "I play Multiply, which will once again multiply my army of Kuriboh." The Kuriboh once again formed a wall.
"Unfortunately, I cannot play any more monsters, so I'll attack to end my turn. Dark Magician, attack Bakura's life points!"
"I play this card, which cuts the damage that your Dark Magician does to my life points into quarters," said Bakura quickly. Bakura's life points were taken down to 1000.
"Great move, Yami! You're winning!" shouted Joey, ecstatic at the fact.
Bakura drew a card, still scowling at the fact that none of Yugi's friends had been destroyed by the trap card. But the scowl was soon replaced by a grin when he saw his draw.
"I will play this magic card, which allows me to destroy any monster on the field. I will destroy your Dark Magician, because he seems like the only one with whom you are willing to attack with," said Bakura. "Although it does not take away your life points, it means that you can only attack with Wheeler over there."
The Dark Magician card disappeared. Yami gritted his teeth. Joey was his best friend. He didn't want him to get more hurt than he already was.
"I'll end my turn here," said Bakura. Yami drew a card.
"Joey, I'm equipping you with the magic card Salamandra, which raises your attack points by 700." Joey was suddenly holding a sword of flame. Yami watched his attack points raise to 3500.
/Yugi, I'm going to play myself, it's getting too risky. Are you ready to take over/ said Yami to Yugi. Yugi nodded and braced himself.
"I play Yami, in defence mode!" shouted Yami. Tea, Joey, Tristan and Mai looked at the short, innocent Yugi on the duelling platform, and then down at the tall, strong Yami on the floor.
"Well, it's always weird seeing you two in separate bodies," said Tea.
"I'll end my turn here," said Yugi.
Bakura drew a card. "I play this magic card, which allows me to retrieve any card from my graveyard. I will bring back the card which let me destroy any monster on the field. I choose to destroy Kuriboh, so they can no longer shield your Yami or his friends!" The hundreds of Kuriboh vanished, leaving the foursome exposed. "I will end my turn by placing a card face down on the field," said Bakura.
"You still do not have a monster on the field, Bakura, so you are vulnerable to attacks," shouted Yugi as he drew a card. He saw a second Salamandra card.
"I play Mai, in attack mode!" shouted Yugi and placed his last friend on the field. "Mai, your attack is 2500 and your defence is 2800, so you may be vulnerable to attacks. I'll also equip you with a magic card, which will raise your attack points by 700." Mai also appeared with a sword in hand.
"Joey, attack his life points!" shouted Yugi. Joey paused, getting his balance, still suffering from his wound. He then leapt forward with his sword and struck Bakura's points.
"Activate trap!" shouted Bakura, and Tea screamed. Joey was now in chains and, struggling against them.
"Joey!" shouted Yugi and Mai.
"You didn't pay enough attention to my last move," said Bakura. "I placed a card face down, and you've now activated it. It prevents one of your monsters from attacking and makes it act like a ransom. None of your monsters can attack while this monster is disabled or it will be sent to the graveyard."
Yugi was looking furious with himself. He had not paid attention to Bakura's last move, and now his Yami and his friends were going to pay.
"Joey," shouted Mai, running forwards, planning on helping him out.
"Stop it, girl," spat Bakura. "You will be next." Mai kept on going and reached Joey.
"Leave him," said Bakura menacingly.
"What are you going to do about it?" said Mai. "I'm not attacking you, so you can't do anything about it." Bakura scowled.
"She's right," said Yami.
Mai started pulling at the chains.
"Mai..." said Joey, dazed and not exactly knowing what was going on.
"Hey, Joey," said Mai softly.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because you guys are the only friends I've ever had," said Mai. As she talked, she was gradually freeing Joey.
"But Mai, you're risking your life... for me?" Joey said.
"Yeah, I guess I am," replied Mai, with a small smile. As she said this, the last chain was off Joey. Mai helped him to his feet and Mai acted like a crutch to Joey, helping him limp back across to Yugi's half of the playing field. Joey's leg seemed to have been crushed by the chains, and his face was still bleeding heavily.
Yami, Tea and Tristan ran over to relieve Mai of her pressure. She moved to the side, while the others rushed in to help Joey. But Joey shook them off. He then limped over to Mai.
"Thank you, Mai," he said, in a completely sincere voice.
"Don't think on it, kiddo," said Mai.
"We are in a duel," said Bakura, breaking up the reunion. Yugi glanced at Joey, who nodded.
Bakura drew a card. "I play Gaia the Fierce Knight, in attack mode, and this card face down," he announced, and the horseman appeared on the field. He had an attack power of 3600, which was strong enough to destroy any of Yugi's monsters.
"Gaia the Fierce Knight, attack Mai Valentine!" he shouted, and the knight began to gallop forwards to attack Mai. Joey watched this in horror. The knight struck a target. Once the smoke cleared from the attack, they saw...
"Mai?" said Yugi. "How can you still be here?"
Mai was crying. "Joey..." she sobbed. "Joey took the blast for me..."
Yugi, Yami, Tea and Tristan were shocked. Joey had never done anything this unselfish in all the time that they knew him. He had sacrificed his own life, in order to save Mai's, knowing that Yugi had no more cards to save him.
Mai was in hysterics, Yugi and Tea were crying. Tristan tried to comfort them, but he himself needed all the comfort he could get, having just lost his friend. Tristan helped Tea and Mai to their feet.
They still had a battle to fight...
Joey wandered the graveyard alone once more, although more cautious this time. He knew that this was to be his new home, unless Yugi could pull some amazing stunt out of his deck that could save his life.
He looked around, ever aware that he could easily be attacked again. But he was unaware that the reaper of cards could make himself invisible. Joey felt the cold breath of the reaper on his neck, and swung around just as the scythe caught his leg, causing it to break...
Yugi drew a card. "I play the Swords of Revealing Light!" he shouted. "That means you cannot do anything but draw for the next three turns."
"That may buy a little more time for your remaining friends, but nothing can save Wheeler now," grinned Bakura.
"Leave him alone," shouted Mai. "You've just banished him to death, why taunt him more?"
Bakura scowled but drew his next card.
"My turn," said Yugi, and he drew a card. Copycat! "I play copycat. It lets me copy any of your cards that you have already used. I choose to copy this card, which lets me retrieve any magic or trap card from my deck. I choose to recover Monster Reborn!" shouted Yugi, and slammed the card down on the field.
Joey reappeared, unconscious, but still alive. They all rushed to him, Mai in the lead.
"Joey!" she cried as she rushed to his side.
"He's badly hurt," said Yami.
"This is all my fault," sobbed Mai.
"No it's not," said Tea. "You could have done nothing to prevent it. It was Joey's choice to protect you. You couldn't have done anything to stop him. And he owed you a favour since you saved his life."
Mai swallowed the things that she wished to say, and simply nodded, tears still streaming down her face. "Oh, Joey, why did you do that for me?" she thought, looking into his face, which was screwed up in pain. At that moment, Joey's eyes opened. He looked into Mai's and gave her a thumbs up. She smiled slightly.
"Hey, Yami, Tea, Tristan, Joey's awake!" she shouted over her shoulder. They rushed over to Joey.
"Are you OK, Joey?" asked Yami.
"I... I'm not sure," he said. Yami took his hand and pulled him up, but as Joey put weight on his right leg, he collapsed with a cry of pain.
"Joey!" cried Tea and Yami, and caught him under the arms.
"Ouch," said Joey. "I think it's broken."
"Joey, you're bleeding," said Mai, gesturing to his shirt, which was now stained with blood.
"It's nothing," said Joey quickly, trying to cover it up with his jacket.
"Oh my god," said Mai, lifting up Joey's shirt a little, revealing a huge, deep, badly bleeding gash in his chest.
"Joey, you need to see a doctor about that," exclaimed Tea.
"No, Tea, Yuge's duelled too long for us just to surrender," said Joey.
"C'mon Yugi, you can still win this," said Yami. Yugi nodded.
Bakura drew a card. "Your turn, little Yugi," he said irritably. Yugi drew a card.
"Graverobber!" he thought. "I think I might have a strategy with which can win the match!"
"I play the Graverobber card!" shouted Yugi, and laid the card down on the field. "I can take any monster from the graveyard with this. I think I'll bring back the Dark Magician!" The Dark Magician appeared on the field.
"Too bad, little Yugi, my Fierce Knight is stronger than your Dark Magician," sneered Bakura.
"Now it is, but if I can play my cards right next turn, I will be able to win this," replied Yugi confidently. Bakura drew a card.
"Next turn, little Yugi, you and your friends will be all but destroyed," he threatened. Yugi drew a card.
"I play Polymerisation!" shouted Yugi. "Mai, I'm fusing you with my Dark Magician, to become Mai, the Magicianess!" Mai was suddenly in the Dark Magician's clothing.
"This is so unfashionable," said Mai.
"Mai! Your attack points are 4000! There are very few monsters in any deck that could defeat that," shouted Yami. "Nice move, Yugi!"
Mai looked at her sword, which was now not flaming, but glowing slightly.
"Mai, I need you to attack his Fierce Knight." said Yugi. "But be careful, he could have anything planned." Mai nodded and ran forward to strike the Knight.
"Activate trap!" shouted Bakura. Suddenly, Mai was wrapped in a chain.
"Kunai Whip Chain," smiled Bakura. "It cuts your monsters attack points by 500, therefore making my Fierce Knight stronger than the Magicianess. And, as your swords of revealing light's effect ends this turn, I am free to attack her. Before I attack, however I will play a card face down."
Tea gasped in surprise and fear. Yugi looked furious with himself again. This was the second time this duel that he had let one of his friends fall into a trap. He had let his attention slip twice. He needed to concentrate harder if he were to get Tea, Tristan, Yami, Joey and Mai out of this.
Mai was struggling against the chain that bound her. Joey tried to rush forward to help, but his leg collapsed and he fell to the ground.
"Gaia the Fierce Knight, attack Mai the Magicianess!" shouted Bakura, and the horse began its gallop towards its prey.
"No, Mai!" shouted the other four as she was struck by the knights lance. But as the dust cleared once more, they saw that, not Mai, but the knight had disappeared. Joey lay on the ground near Mai and Mai was dripping blood from her arm, where the knight seemed to have inflicted a deep knife wound.
"What happened?" shouted Yami, running over to the two wounded.
"Joey came up behind the knight and struck him with his sword just as I thrust my sword at him in defence. He still managed to hit me, but he ended up being the one in the graveyard, as the full blast of his attack never came," replied Mai.
"But how did Joey get over here?" asked Tea. "I thought his leg was broken."
"That we'll have to ask him when he comes around. I think he got knocked out by the force of the monster being sent to the graveyard," said Mai
"Wha?" said a voice behind them. They turned around and saw Joey trying to sit up. They rushed over to him, Mai in the lead.
"Are you OK, Joey?" asked Mai.
"Yeah, I'm no more damaged dan I was before de knight was destroyed." he replied quietly.
"How did you manage to get over to help me when the knight was attacking me?" she asked. "I thought your leg was broken."
"It is," said Joey, wincing in pain as he tried to stand up. "I don't really know what got me over dere. I kinda just saw you in danger and ran to help her. Just forgot about the pain, I guess."
Yami started walking over to Yugi, and beckoned Tea and Tristan to do the same. "I think they want some time alone," whispered Yami.
"Thanks, Joey," said Mai quietly, when the other three had returned to help Yugi in the duel. Then Mai helped Joey up, and helped him limp slowly over to Yugi's half of the duelling field. Then they both sat down, exhausted, against the wall of the duelling arena.
"Bakura, you have crippled two of my friends," shouted Yugi.
"And yet I still haven't managed to kill them," said Bakura in frustration.
"The friendship between me and my friends is a stronger weapon than any of your monsters will ever have." said Yugi, and he drew a card. "I'll place one card face down. And now, I'll switch Yami to attack mode. Yami, you need to attack his life points."
Yami thought for a moment, but ran forward to attack his life points.
"Activate trap!" shouted Bakura. Yami disappeared.
"No!" shouted Yugi. He had forgotten about Bakura's face down card in the mayhem in which Joey had been sent to the graveyard for the second time.
"It destroys the monster, and minimizes the damage to 200 life points," said Bakura.
"Yami!" shouted Tea, running to the spot where he had been standing. She started to cry. Yugi drew a card with trembling hands. It was Mind Control.
"I'll end my turn here," he said. Bakura drew a card.
"I play Panther Warrior in defence mode," said Bakura. Yugi drew a card.
"I play Mind Control. I can control your monster for one turn. And now I play this card, which lets me sacrifice your monsters to revive one of my monsters," said Yugi. "I choose to revive my Yami!" Yami reappeared. Tea immediately ran to him.
"Yami! Yami, are you OK?" she asked, drawing him into a hug. He was barely conscious. He had a cut on his forehead which was dripping blood down his face. His arm also seemed unable to move, like it was broken.
"I don't know," he said weakly. She helped him into a sitting position.
"Oh, Yami. You're going to be fine. Just come over here and rest," said Tea, getting him onto his feet and walking him over to Joey and Mai. "Wait, maybe over here," she said suddenly, leading him over to a corner. "I think those two might want some time alone."
"Yeah," chuckled Yami softly. She sat him down. He was exhausted, and as soon as he had sat down, he fell asleep. Tea sat down next to him, glanced around to make sure no one was watching, and then kissed him on the cheek. She put her arms around his shoulders, and his head dropped softly onto her shoulder.
"I switch Tristan to attack mode. Tristan, attack his life points!" shouted Yugi.
Tristan nodded and delivered a blow to Bakura's life points. They shot down to 300. Bakura scowled and drew a card.
"I play Ryou, in defence mode," said Bakura, sighing. Ryou appeared on the field, looking confused and tired.
"Ryou?" said Yugi. "Your Yami managed to take over?" Ryou nodded.
"Well, he's forced us into a duel in de Shadow Realm," said Joey quietly. Ryou's eyes widened as he realized that he was in a duel.
"What? How did I get in here? I thought only monsters could go on the duelling arena." he said quickly.
"Your Yami made monster cards of us, and obviously of you too," replied Yugi.
"Yami, how can you do this?" demanded Ryou. "You've been evil before now, but now my friends' lives are on the line."
"Shut up, you," spat Bakura.
"Let's continue this duel," shouted Yugi. "I agree," shouted Bakura.
Yugi drew a card. "I play Hinotama!" shouted Yugi. "This card can attack your life points directly, for 500 points of damage."
"No!" shouted Bakura in shock.
"This is the end, Bakura," said Yugi. Then balls of fire burst from the centre of the field and Bakura's life points were reduced to 0.
"Yes!" shouted the five on the field.
Then Yami vanished from the playfield, and Tea immediately stood up. Bakura also disappeared. In his place stood Ryou, their friend from school.
Lu: Whoo-ho! Finished! And things wrong: life points, monster's attack and defence points, the amount of monsters on the field, Bakura's monsters (Gaia the Fierce Knight and Panther Warrior are not his). If you see anymore, can you point them out to me?
Yami Lu: Oh, that's just peachy, isn't it? How come you have to degrade my best friend by making him lose?
Lu: 'Cause your best friend is evil! Review!