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-------------- One Day at Home Chapter 9 ------------------
'Master Marik wants me to take down Paul for Slifer the Sky Dragon and his spirit. It won't take me long. I'm just sorry I can't prolong his suffering.'
Luap leapt from building to building, following Paul and Steven.
"Nevets," Luap said into a cell phone. "I need you to take out your double."
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"So, a competition to see who gets to the Finals first, huh? Interesting." Paul said as he and Steven prowled Battle City, looking for duels.
"How about I toughen it up? The last duels have to be with Rare Hunters."
"Fine. The ones I've dueled so far have been complete chumps, why should these ones be any different?"
"Get out of my way!" a voice said from behind them.
Steven and Paul turned and saw a Rare Hunter pushing through the crowd trying to get to them.
"Hey, Steven?"
"Yeah, Paul?"
"That guy looks like you in a Rare Hunter costume."
"I know. It's pretty creepy. I'm gonna see what's up."
"Careful."
Steven walked over to the guy who looked like him.
"What's with . . ."
Steven couldn't finish his sentence, seeing as how the Rare Hunter had just punched him in his stomach, winding him.
"If you're my double, some info for you. I don't cheap shot."
"Shut up. You're coming with me."
"I'm not going anywh. . ."
The Rare Hunter punched Steven in the face, knocking him out.
"Hey!" Paul started heading through the crowd to get to the two Stevens, but it seemed to have gotten thicker. They were gone by the time he reached the spot where they had stood moments ago.
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"Where am I" Steven asked as he awoke in darkness.
His own voice answered back "You are in a warehouse on Domino Pier."
"Who are you?"
"I am named Nevets. That's Steven backwards."
"So what does that mean? That you're my opposite?"
"Exactly. Flip on the lights."
Steven's eyes went out of focus because of the sudden brightness, but became adjusted within a few seconds. Across the room stood his mirror image.
"So you're me?"
"Wrong. You have inherited the spirit of the Winged Dragon of Ra and have mental powers the likes of which I will not be able to control unless I defeat you in a duel."
Steven tried to move his arms. No good. They were tied to the chair he was sitting in.
It figures.
As if reading his mind, Nevets said "Untie him."
"You're letting me go?" Steven asked as two Rare Hunters untied him, though he already knew the answer.
"No, Steven. I challenge you to a duel!"
Steven: 4000Nevets: 4000
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'Where could he have taken him so quickly?' Paul wondered as he searched Battle City, searching for his friend. 'I'll just have to find a Rare Hunter. I know Marik is up to this. It's the kind of thing he does!'
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Luap saw Paul wandering towards the pier.
"No! Nevets did his job so I could do mine. Steven is out of the picture. I must challenge Paul to a duel! He can't find Steven in that warehouse!"
Luap jumped off the building, headed straight for Paul.
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Paul was still walking as a Rare Hunter landed in front of him.
"Whoa!"
This Rare Hunter looked just like him.
"Hello, Paul."
"You know my name?"
"Yes, because I am your opposite. My name is Luap."
"Luap?" Paul snorted. "What kind of name is Luap?"
"Not important, because I challenge you to a duel! And with the same deck as you, I know every strategy that my deck can produce."
"Same deck?"
"Yes. With one small difference. You have Slifer the Sky Dragon and his spirit, and the only way I can have them is to defeat you!"
"Then let's go."
Paul: 4000Luap: 4000
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"I'll start this then." Steven said as they both engaged their duel disks. "I summon Armed Dragon LV3 in attack mode."
A Baby Dragon looking monster appeared and let out a spurt of flame.
"Next I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"I summon Zombyra the Dark and set three cards facedown. Zombyra, attack!"
"I activate the Trap Card 'Negate Attack'! This stops your monster right in his tracks."
Zombyra, only feet away from the dragon, stopped suddenly and went back to his master.
"I end my turn."
"I draw, and then activate Armed Dragon's special ability! Evolution!"
Both players watched as the tiny dragon grew steadily older and evolved in to an even greater dragon.
"Armed Dragon LV5!"
The dragon let out a huge snort as it looked at Zombyra.
"Then I summon my own Zombyra the Dark and equip him with the Axe of Despair!"
A giant demon axe appeared and Steven's Zombyra reached out and grasped it.
"This raises my monster's attack points by a full 1000! Zombyra, Attack!"
"Don't be so fast to attack! I activate my Zero Gravity Trap card. This will switch all of our monsters into defense mode!"
Zombyra stopped his attack and quickly went into defense position, along with the other Zombyra and the Armed Dragon.
"I can still destroy your monster. I discard my Blue Eyes White Dragon to activate my Dragon's effect. He destroys one of your monsters with less than my Blue Eyes' attack power. Goodbye, Zombyra."
"You can't have a Blue Eyes! There are only three in the world and Kaiba owns them!"
"Yes, but I come from a dimension where there are more than three. And I just happened to add it in before I got here."
Nevets could only look on as Steven's dragon, though in defense mode, attacked Zombyra the Dark.
"This duel is still far from over, Steven. You know what waits in your deck. But it now no longer serves only you!"
"If you're talking about my Masked Beast Ritual Monster, you'd need the Ritual Card, Curse of The Masked Beast. Then you'd need The Masked Beast itself, and then you'd need enough level stars to offer so you could bring him out. I doubt you have them already."
"You're right. It's very unlikely. I'll take my turn if you don't mind though. Hmm. I've drawn exactly the thing to use against you. Armed Dragon LV3!"
"No! Not now!"
"Yes now. I play Level Up! This will allow me my own Armed Dragon LV5 without the wait! Armed Dragon, attack his Zombyra the Dark!"
"You should have known better, Nevets. Activate Zero Gravity!"
"What?! You slimy scheming. . ."
"Call me what you wish, it won't stop the fact that all my monsters are in attack mode and yours is in defense mode."
"Yes, that's true. I set two more cards facedown and end my turn."
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" I'll start things off, Paul. Archfiend Soldier in Attack mode. Next I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Not very good at this are you? I'll set two of my own cards face down. Then I summon my own Archfiend Soldier. But I equip mine with the Axe of Despair. Attack!"
"I activate my Mirror Force!"
"No!"
"Yes."
Paul could only look on as the rays of near blinding light destroyed his Soldier.
"It's not going to be that easy, Luap. I activate Dark Hole, destroying your monster as well."
Paul stared down the pier at Luap, and he stared right back.
"It's far from over, Paul! I summon my Dark Blade and attack you with it!"
"Waboku! I love this card."
Three women dressed in blue rose from the ground and protected Paul from the assault.
"I swear I will defeat you and stop Marik from getting the power of the Egyptian God Cards if it's the last thing I do."
"This duel is the last thing you'll ever do. Because as soon as you're done, I'll use this Millennium Eye and send you to the Shadow Realm."
"What? The Millennium Eye? How did you get that?"
"My Master took it from Bakura's evil spirit when he least expected it. And I believe he took a piece of Bakura as well."
'Oh, no! Marik probably took Bakura's soul when he took the Millennium Eye! But that means he probably took Bakura's evil spirit too, at least.'
"This duel is the last you will ever play, Paul! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Luap yelled as Paul ended his thoughts.
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hibryd: Can Steven and Paul defeat their evil counterparts? And what the heck happened to Michael? Stay tuned to the story and find out.
MASAMUNE: Kill all. . .Kill all. . .the bunnies!
hibryd: Also, I apologize for the long Chapter, but I had to make up for lost time. Oh yeah. I gave MASAMUNE something to do. An impossible task. Kill every bunny in field of quickly reproducing bunnies! So fun to watch MASAMUNE suffer.
MASAMUNE: BUNNY, COME BACK HERE! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
