Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!

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DarkEradicator67

Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!

Story Arc 1

The Shadow Games

Battle 02:

It Has Come! The Strongest Monster

At the Kame Shop, Yugi, Joey, and Tea were inside watching Solomon as he held up a few cards in his hands.

"This card game is such a hit in America…" he began. "Magic & Wizards!"

"It's becoming more popular in Japan too!" Yugi said as he looked at some of the cards. "They're different from normal playing cards. See…they have all sorts of pictures on them. There are thousands of different monster, spell, and trap cards."

"So, do you gamble with them or something?" Joey asked, looking at a card.

"It's a trading card game, you know, a game where you trade cards." Yugi explained. "You play with two people. You each stake one card, and the winner gets both."

"I kind of get it." Tea said as Yugi went on explaining.

"The game is set up so the players are both wizards. They use their cards to cast spells or to summon monsters to fight." Yugi said. "The cards have different attack and defense strengths. The person who loses all of their life points first loses the game."

"Of course there are strong cards and weak cards." Solomon said as he took out a container. "In fact, here is my most treasured card." Solomon opened it to reveal a card with a big white dragon with light blue eyes. "It's called the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. It's so overpowered that they stopped production. Collectors would pay through their nose to get an Ultra-Rare card like this!"

"Put it that way and it sounds really serious." Tea said as Joey nodded.

"Yugi, let's play Magic & Wizards at school tomorrow!" Joey exclaimed.

"Okay!" Yugi replied. The entrance door opened to reveal a tall man, who had light brown hair and an evil look in his eye.

"So, this store is your family's, Yugi?" the boy asked.

"Ah, you're Kaiba from our class." Yugi smiled.

"So, you play Magic & Wizards?" the boy named 'Kaiba' asked.

"You play too, Kaiba?" Joey asked. "Maybe we can all play together tomorrow and you can join our group!"

"Join your group…" Kaiba said in a slightly harsh tone. "You think you're in my league?" Kaiba then snatched the cards Joey held and looked at them. A few seconds later, he threw them in the air. "You could never beat me, so it's pointless to duel you."

Man, he pisses me off…Joey thought as his hand started to ball up into a fist.

"Calm down Joey, I'll play with you." Yugi reassured. Kaiba then looked at the card table and saw what he thought he'd never see…a Blue-Eyes White Dragon!

It can't be… Kaiba gasped. The legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon! If I owned this card…I'd be invincible! Kaiba then slammed his suitcase on the table to reveal hundreds of rare Magic & Wizards cards. "I will give you any card you want and any price you name, just give me that card!"

"I'm sorry son, but this card is special to me." Solomon said as he picked it up and placed it back into his container. "You see, cards have more than just attack strength and power, they have heart! It is also required for the person controlling the card to have the heart of duelist, or they will never truly win."

Angrily, Kaiba grabbed his suitcase and stormed out of the Game Shop.

"Good riddance." Joey said as he picked up all of his cards.

At Domino High, Tea was watching Yugi and Joey play Magic & Wizards. Yugi kept winning and winning again and again and Joey wasn't getting any better.

"Yay! I won again!" Yugi cried, throwing his arms up in victory.

"Damn!" Joey cursed. "I ran out of life again!"

Unknown to them, Kaiba passed by and stared at the two.

"They're such weak duelists…" he muttered. Yugi turned around and saw Kaiba watching them.

"Oh, hello Kaiba." He greeted.

"Ah, Yugi." Kaiba smiled. "Would you happen to have that Blue-Eyes White Dragon card with you?" Yugi looked at him in disbelief. "What your grandfather said yesterday really got to me!" he lied. "I finally know what it means to love cards!"

"Okay, then." Yugi grinned as he took out the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card from his pocket and gave it to Kaiba, who was reaching for his pocket.

Heh, I'll switch this card with this color-copy I made from the catalog! Kaiba thought as he gave Yugi the color-copy.

"Thanks, Yugi!" he said with a fake smile. "Just holding the card makes me love the game even more!" Yugi took the card and looked at it, perplexingly.

I did it, my plan worked perfectly! Kaiba thought. That fool Yugi didn't even know the difference! Kaiba then began to leave as Yugi watched him doubtedly.

Kaiba was walking to his locker after school as he passed Yugi, who had a sad look on his face.

"Kaiba, please give back the card." Yugi said as Kaiba gasped.

"WHAT?" Kaiba astonishingly asked.

"I didn't say anything about you switching the cards because everyone was watching…" Yugi revealed.

"S-So…you think I stole the card? I gave it back to you!" Kaiba lied.

"Even I can tell the difference between a copy and the real thing…" Yugi said as Kaiba just stared at him. "Just give me back the card."

"I know nothing about it!" Kaiba shouted.

"You must know!" Yugi begged. "You have to know how important that card is to my grandfather! If I don't keep my promise and give that card back, I'll break his heart! I can't do that to him, he's my grandpa! I can't betray him!"

"I really don't know anything about the card," Kaiba lied again. "Before you go complaining about your grandfather, try to trust me as a friend."

"But Kaiba…" Yugi began, but was cut off when Kaiba slammed his suitcase into Yugi's face, knocking him to the ground.

"I don't care about loving cards or anything stupid like that!" he hollered. "Tell the old man this: it's not how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose!"

A bright flash came from the Millennium Puzzle as Kaiba was blinded by the light. When the light faded, Kaiba opened his eyes to see Yugi with his "different" appearance.

Kaiba…it seems I'll have to teach you a lesson with a Shadow Game! He thought. And when I'm done…I'll take Grandpa's card, his heart back!

Kaiba and the "Other Yugi" appeared in a dark room with only one light, which was placed on the table. Yugi sat on one side of the table as Kaiba sat on the other side.

"Yugi…I can't believe you challenged ME to a game of Magic & Wizards." Kaiba chuckled.

"The rules of this Magic and Wizards game will be different from what you've seen before!" Yugi bellowed. "You'll see once we start."

If I get into a pinch, I can just summon Blue Eyes White Dragon. Kaiba said to himself. I'll just tell him I got it from someplace else.

"Our life points start at 2000, first one to 0 loses." Kaiba explained. "Each deck has 40 cards and I'll go first." Kaiba then drew a card from his deck and chuckled a bit. "Yes! The Ryu-Kishin Gargoyle!" (1000/500) Surprisingly, mist came from the card as the Ryu-Kishin Gargoyle appeared out of the card. "W-what?" Kaiba panted. "The card came to life!"

"I told you this game were different…" Yugi laughed. "Now the card I choose to stand up against your gargoyle is…The Blackland Fire Dragon!" (1500/800) The Blackland Fire Dragon appeared across from Kaiba and his Ryu-Kishin Gargoyle.

"Those are the rules in the Shadow Game version of Magic & Wizards!" Yugi began. "The Dragon's Flame defeats the gargoyle!" Blackland Fire Dragon's flame engulfed Ryu-Kishin Gargoyle, destroying it.

"T-the card that lost…disappeared." Kaiba said astonishingly as his LP went down to 1500.

"The monsters from the cards become real," Yugi began. "And a penalty game awaits the loser. Now, it's your turn to draw a card."

Okay," Kaiba said as he drew a card from his deck. "All right! The Minotaur the Battle Ox! With 1700 attack and 1000 defense, this rare card is one of the strongest beast warriors!" The Battle Ox then took form on Kaiba's side of the field. Yugi gasped as it sliced his Blackland Fire Dragon, dropping Yugi's LP to 1800. "Yugi, it won't be easy to defeat my monster!"

"Hm…" Yugi muttered as he drew a card. "My next card is the Mystical Elf!" (800/2000) The Mystical Elf has a good defense, but her attack won't stand against Battle Ox.

"Very smart," Kaiba commented. "If I attack, I'll just hurt myself, so I'll go to defense as well." Kaiba turned his Battle Ox card horizontal. Kaiba then drew a card, and played it face down. "I'll save this for next turn…"

What kind of card did he draw? Yugi asked himself. If his Battle Ox gets any stronger, I won't be able to stop it! Yugi drew a card from his deck and saw that it was Skull Servant (300/200). No good. Such a weak undead like this can't do anything!

"Are you done?" Kaiba asked. "I'm playing a Spell Card on my Battle Ox! And the card is…Giant's Might! Battle Ox's points go up by 20!"

(Battle Ox: 2040/1200)

"Now my attack is higher than your elf's!" Kaiba shouted as his Battle Ox sliced off Mystical Elf's head, destroying her.

Turn after turn, the Battle Ox destroyed one of Yugi's cards after another one. Pretty soon, Yugi was down to 500 LP while Kaiba still had 1500 LP.

If the next card I draw isn't stronger than Battle Ox, it's over! Yugi thought as he drew his card and played it. "The strongest card in my deck is here! Behold the almighty Summoned Skull! Say goodbye to your Battle Ox!" Summoned Skull's Lighting Strike electrocuted Battle Ox all the way to death.

Turn after turn, Yugi's Summoned Skull crushed every card Kaiba drew and soon, Kaiba had 800 LP and Yugi still had 500 LP.

The game's rules went out the window when the cards came to life. Kaiba whispered to himself. If I pull my trump card…I'll win! Secretly, Kaiba took a card out of his pocket and placed it on the top of the deck. He drew it again and played it on the field.

"I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon: The Rarest Card on Earth!" Kaiba shouted as Yugi gasped in fear. (3000/2500) The Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field, facing Yugi's Summoned Skull.

That's my Grandpa's card! Yugi realized.

"Now Blue-Eyes end this duel with your Burst Stream of Destruction!" Kaiba ordered, but it didn't respond. "W…what! Why don't you attack?"

"Kaiba…you still don't understand the true meaning of the game." Yugi said. "The card won't attack me…because your soul isn't in that Blue-Eyes White Dragon! The soul of my grandpa is in that card." The blue-Eyes White Dragon then began to fade away.

"I-it's d-disappearing?" Kaiba asked as it was reduced to nothingness.

"To my grandpa, that card was more than a collectible. The dragon was torn between its fate and destroying its loyalty to grandpa's soul." Yugi clarified. "It chose to destroy itself as the only way to fulfill its duty."

"That's impossible!" Kaiba yelled. "There's no way cards can think!"

"Now, it's my turn." Yugi said. "As you can see, I've been keeping this Spell Card face down and I think I'll activate it!"

W-when did he…what is that card? Kaiba thought as Yugi flipped his card over.

"I play Monster Reborn!" Yugi smiled. "And of course, the monster I choose to revive is the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" (3000/2500)

"How could YOU have that card…?" Kaiba asked.

"Blue-Eyes, attack with Burst Stream of Destruction!" Yugi ordered as the Blue-Eyes destroyed Kaiba's Battle Ox, dropping his LP to 0.

"I-I l-lost." Kaiba realized as the Eye of Horus appeared on Yugi's forehead.

"Here's your penalty game!" Yugi shouted as he pointed his finger at Kaiba' who was then driven insane.

In his mind, he was about to be blasted to bits by three Blue-Eyes White Dragons.

"Noooo!" he screamed as his fate came.

At the Kame Shop, Yugi walked in to see that nobody was there. He took the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card from his pocket and placed it back into his grandfather's container.

"Now it will be safe." Yugi said as the Millennium Puzzle glowed and he returned to normal. "Huh? What am I doing here?" He then looked at the container to see the real Blue-Eyes White Dragon and he smiled. "K-Kaiba must've given it back after all!" He then ran up the stairs to go tell his grandpa the great news, unaware of the Shadow Game that went on minutes before.

At KaibaCorp, Kaiba was staring at his window, in shame of his defeat against Yugi.

"Mark my words Yugi Muto," he said. "I will defeat you in my new project!"

TO BE CONTINUED…

Coming Soon…

Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!

Story Arc 1

The Shadow Games

Battle 03:

The Secret of Yugi is Revealing!