Chapter 2: Syrus vs. Dimitri (as Seto Kaiba)

Syrus went over to see Jaden when the duel ended. "Way to play, Jay. I can't believe you beat Zane. I wonder who I have to face next." No sooner then after Syrus spoke those words, Dr. Crowler announced the next match.

"Syrus Trusedale will now face off against the one-and-only copycat duelist, Dimitri! Who is going to mimic the one-and-only, Mr. Seto Kaiba! He has every card Mr. Kaiba has, including the strongest and most feared dragon, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Right next to Dr. Crowler, was a young adult male wearing a white trench coat with the initials "KC" on the left collar of the coat. He had black boots and black jeans with a black belt with a silver buckle with the initials "KC" on it and below his open white trench coat, was a black, long-sleeved shirt. Dimitri looked almost exactly like Seto Kaiba. He even got down the ice cold stare Kaiba would give to almost everyone. On his left arm was his Duel Disk.

"I can't believe I have to waste my time with such weaklings. Let's get this over with." What Dimitri didn't know, though, was that Syrus had a deck almost copied perfectly on Yugi's Spellcaster deck. Syrus wasn't scared. He'd beaten Dimitri before and he knew he could do it again, though he was terrified about facing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

"Let's duel!" They said in unison.

"I'll go first," Stated Dimitri/Kaiba. "I summon Kaiba Man in attack mode! Now I activate his effect! I send him from my field to the graveyard to summon the monster of your destruction. The all powerful BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON!" A magnificent dragon appeared on Dimitri's field. Its wing span on each wing was at least 3ft. It had piercing ice-blue eyes and shiny dark white scales. Syrus didn't show it, but he was shaking with fear just looking at the beast. "I'll end my turn."

-Blue-Eyes White Dragon/8/Light/Dragon/3000/2500-

"Ok then. I play Emblem of Dragon Destroyer! This card allows me to add Buster Blader from my deck or graveyard to my hand! Next, I play Polymerization! So I fuse Buster Blader and 'Dark Magician' to create Dark Paladin!" Syrus now had a monster with 2900 attack points. It wore dark purple, spellcaster type armor and a scepter with an emblem in the middle of the jagged blade.

Buster Blader/7/Earth/Warrior/2600/2300/Effect: This monster gains 500 attack points for every face up Dragon-type monster on the field and in your opponent's graveyard.

'Dark Magician/7/Dark/Spellcaster/2500/2100'

Dark Paladin/8/Dark/Spellcaster/2900/2500/Fusiong (Buster Blader + Dark Magician)/Effect: This monster can only be special summon by fusion summon with the above fusion material monsters. This monster gains 500 attack points for every face up dragon on the field and in each player's graveyard.'

"You poor loser. Too bad he's not strong enough to defeat my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Exclaimed Dimitri.

"You obviously don't know his special ability! He gains 500 extra attack points for every dragon face up on the field and in the graveyard!"

"What!"

"That's right," Syrus said teasingly. "Dark Paladin, attack the Blue-Eyes White Dragon now!"

Syrus-4000/Dimitri-3600

"Then next, I'll play two cards face down to end my turn."

"I'll draw!" He smirks as he looks at the card he just drew. "I've just drawn the monster to seal your fate, but first I'll have to gain Life Points! I'll play Heavy Storm!"

"Not so fast! I activate Imperial Order! Now neither of us can use spell cards!"

'Syrus, you cur. I was hoping you'd use Dark Paladin's effect to negate the card, but he's smarter than he seems.' "I'll place one monster in defense mode to end my turn!"

"My turn! I choose not to pay life points, so Imperial order is destroyed! Next, I'll play Nobleman of Crossout! This card allows me to remove from play one face down defense monster on the field!" The monster was flipped to reveal Inter-Dimension Dragon.

Inter-Dimension Dragon/Light/Dragon/4/1000/1000/Effect: This card cannot be removed from play. If this face down card is targeted by the effect of a spellcard, flip this monster face up and negate the effect. You then gain 300 points for every dragon in the graveyard.

"Too bad for you, it won't work."

"What do you mean?"

"My dragon can't be removed from play, no matters what! So he's still flipped face up, but there's a bonus. I gain 300 life points for every dragon in the graveyard!"

Syrus-4000/Dimitri-3900

"Fine, then. I'll activate Card of Sanctity! This card allows us both to draw until we have six cards in our hands! I'll attack your monster! I end my turn."

"I play one monster in defense mode to end my turn."

"My move! I play Dark Magic Curtain! I'll pay half of my life points to special summon Dark Magician Girl! Don't forget her effect; she gains 300 extra attack points for every Dark Magician and Dark Magician of Chaos in the graveyard!"

Dark Magic Curtain/Normal Spell/Each player can pay half of their life points to special summon from their hand one level six or higher spellcaster.

Dark Magician Girl/Dark/Spellcaster/6/2000/1700/Effect: This monster gains 300 extra attack points for every Dark Magician and Dark Magician of Chaos in the graveyard.

"I end my turn."

"I summon another defense to end my turn!"

Syrus-2000/Dimitri-3900

"Ok, now I play Diffusion Wave Motion! This card allows my Dark Paladin to attack all your monsters at the cost of 1000 life points. Dark Paladin, Chaos Scepter Blast attack!"

"My monsters were Lord of Dragons and Cyber Jar!"

"Thanks to my spell, Cyber Jar's effect is negated! Then I place three cards face down and summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode to end my turn!"

"Too bad you didn't keep him in your hand! I play Monster Reborn! To bring back my Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Then I play a Wingbeat of Giant Dragon! I return Blue-Eyes to my hand to destroy all spell and trap cards on the field." Syrus' cards, Mirror Force, Negate Attack, and Magic Cylinder, were destroyed. "I'll then play Night Mare Steel Cage! Now neither of us can attack for two turns! I'll then play X-Head Cannon in attack mode to end my turn."

"I play Card of Sanctity! Then I play Polymerization! I now fuse my second Dark Magician with my second Buster Blader! To create, Dark Paladin! Then I play Monster Reborn! To bring back Dark Magician! Now I sacrifice a Dark Paladin and my Dark Magician for Sorcerer of Dark Magic! Now I play Gifted Goblin! As long as you have a total of six cards in your hand, I can draw two cards! Now I play Graceful Charity! I draw three and discard Magician of Faith and Night Assailant! Now I remove them from play to summon Chaos Sorcerer!" Everyone stared as Syrus was turning the tables on Dimitri. "Now I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior! Now I use his effect to destroy your cage! Now I remove from play your cannon using Chaos Sorcerer's effect! Now Paladin and Sorcerer of Dark Magic, attack directly for game!"

Final result: Syrus-1000/Dimitri-0000

"That's game 'Kaiba' and you lose."