Ancient Tournament Chapter two: Tai vs.Yugi

The card he had drawn was Kuriboh, which wouldn't help him whatsoever. He sighed then took his turn,"I summon Gemini Elf in attack mode", two twin elves appeared in front of Yugi.

ATK/1900 DEF/900

Tai acted scared, knowing what he'd do after Yugi's attack.

"Now Gemini Elf attack the Nin-Ken Dog!"

The two elves leapt across the field and slashed the Nin-Ken Dog with furious strikes taking down a mere 100 life points, once he was gone Tai activated a magic card.

"Now Yugi watch and be amazed, I've just activated this quick play magic card, Revenge of the ninja. When my monster is destroyed I automatically get to destroy the monster that blew him away", Gemini Elf blew up in the flash

of a second, "And then you loose the amount life points equal to half the attack of my destroyed monster!"

Tai: 3400 Yugi: 2400

"I've got to think of something soon or he might win this", Yugi thought.

Tai drew a card, "Now I summon Giant Orc!"

ATK/2200 DEF/0

"After my attack this monster turns to defense mode till my next turn, but it doesn't matter anymore because I switch my Spirit Reaper into attack mode, ha it's over Yugi. Giant Orc attack", the giant beast slung its weapon back

and charged at Yugi.

Yugi smiled, grabbing Kuriboh from his hand and discarding it to the grave yard right as the Giant Orc hit him. When the smoke cleared Yugi still stood tall, Tai was extremely confused.

"You see right before your attack hit me I discarded Kuriboh which means I take zero damage for that attack."

Tai switched Giant Orc into defense mode, "Anyways all attack with Spirit Reaper!"

ATK/300 DEF/200

Yugi took the damage then drew his card, "Now I activate Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two cards!"

Yugi smiled when he saw that they were Dark Magician and Monster Reborn. He then activated Monster Reborn and brought back his Gemini Elf.

"I then attack your Giant Orc, rapid slash attack! Then I'll set two cards face down and end my turn", Tai's monster was gone but not his confidence in winning the duel.

He drew his card and switched his monster to defense mode then ended his turn.

"My move, I draw then activate the magic card Magical Dimension. This card allows me to tribute my monster to summon one spellcaster from my hand, and I pick the Dark Magician", Yugi exchanged the elves for the magician,

"Then I get to destroy one monster on your side of the field, say goodbye to Spirit Reaper! Now my Dark Magician attack his life points directly!"

Tai: 900 Yugi: 2100

Tai drew his card and was relieved, "Now I'll start by summoning Drillago."

ATK/1600 DEF/1100

"Drillago can attack your life points directly if there are monsters present on the field with a lower attack, now attack Drillago!"

"Ahh", Yugi yelled as his life points were decreased.

Joey stood by on the side lines worried for Yugi, he'd personaly experienced the power of Tai's deck and hoped to God that he'd not summon the card Tai had used to defeat him. Then Tai activated the magic card Premature

Barriel which allowed him to bring back a monster for the price of 800 life points, and he picked Spirit Reaper. He switched it to defense mode and ended his turn.

Tai: 900 Yugi: 500

Yugi drew then took his turn, "This duel is over, attack his Drillago my Dark Magician!"

"No I activate my trap card Mirror Force!"

"Then I counter it with my trap card Seven Tools of the Bandit which negates the activation of a trap card at the cost of 1000 life points, now my attack goes through!"

Tai: 0 Yugi: 0

The trap card depleted all of Yugi's life points, but the attack depleted all of Tai's life points.

"It's a tie", Joey shouted loudly.

Yugi and Tai approached each other, then shook hands.

"That was a good duel Tai, got my mind off of recent events."

"What kind of events?"

Yugi looked at Joey wondering if he should tell him or not, Joey nodded his head.

"My grandpa had his soul taken away by this strange man who wanted me to duel him in a shadow game."

Tai was solemn for a moment then started, "Shadow game, I haven't heard that in awhile... so it isn't over, they're back just as they promised."

"Who's back Tai?"

"The shadow duelist", he explained.

He told them that the shadow duelist were a group of dark people, beginning at the end of the Ancient Egyptian age; that's why very few have heard of them. They worked to seal the pharaohs soul, then take his body and allow

th spirit of the five tablets take his body for it's own use. They tried but failed horribly, they were all lost to the shadows and the five great tablets were spread throughout the land. Six years ago another group formed with the

same name, I fought against them and lost. They didn't take my soul then but they did promise to come back for it, they only had one tablet then but who knows now.

"The two tablets in the center have to be protected at all cost. You must defeat this shadow duelist to protect the tablet's", Yugi cut him off.

"And the location of the pharaohs tomb, so that's why he wanted to know. Yeah your right, you and Joey should keep watch around the center while I'm dueling, we'll meet up at the center at nine-thirty okay. Right now I gotta

think of a strategy for dueling this guy", Yugi grabbed his bike and headed back to the shop, Joey and Tai had a rematch.

When he got home he ran to his room and planned a strategy, for hours he devised a strategy. Then went to sleep around seven.

Miles away in an office on the top floor of a tall building several people in black conversed.

One man sat in a large throne, two were beside him, one bowing in front, one to the side, and three behind him.

The man sitting in the throne spoke, "So where is the tomb of the pharaoh my servant Dazix?"

The man in the center spoke, "After I defeat him in a duel tonight the boy will tell me."

"He better or else this'll be the last straw Dazix, you've failed us too many times", the man beside the man in the throne said.

"Don't worry he will!"

Yugi woke up to the sound of his alarm clock, it was nine o' clock. He got up and grabbed his shoes, put them on, grabbed his cards, and then left for the center. As he walked out of the shop the shadow duelist headed to the

park, shuffling his deck along the way.

"Yugi you better get ready!"