XXXVI. Life is Just a Game

As the others were walking at the Shadow Realm, Bakura wonders how will he duel because he hasn't duelled before due to his darker half. Despite of this, he felt perplexed from that point of view. Yugi noticed that Bakura is in deep thought.

"Bakura is something wrong?" Yugi asked

"Um…it's nothing" Bakura answered solemnly

"You know better than that" Yugi said grinning at his friend

Bakura breathes and sighs then said: "I guess every time I talk to you, I really have nothing to hide"

"Hey, you guys, what are you doing we're going to leave leave you guys behind?" Jounouchi shouted at them

"Don't worry about us we'll catch up with you guys" Yugi shouted back at his best friend

"You're too loud bonkotsu (underdog)!" Kaiba grunted

"What did you say?" Jounouchi asked angrily at Kaiba but he shrugs it off

"Maa Maa (Now Now) this isn't the---"Bakura said when they didn't noticed that they arrived at the temple

"Uh never mind" Jounouchi gulped as the gang went in

"I've been waiting for you now before you say anything let me introduce yourself my name is Anubiusius and I choose the white spiky haired guy to duel with me" the mages said wearing a lot of bandages around him

"Bakura…" Yugi said in a worried tone

"I'll be fine" Bakura said as he walked forward

"Before we begin, I need to know more about you…" Anubiusius said and suddenly there was a bright light shone around him. It struck Bakura's mind as images of his past reoccurred to him

"I see… you had a persistent and nasty darker half the king of thieves himself my how intriguing" Anubiusius said and he sets up his Duel Disk

"Shut the hell up" Bakura growled as he sets up his Duel Disk as well. A familiar coin appeared and Bakura declared tails. The coin was flipped and it was indeed tails.

"If you try to fight, I'll shatter your delusions grandeur" Bakura quoted

"Whatever I'm a very impatient man so let's get this over with" Anubiusius said menacingly and both players draw their first five cards and Bakura draws his sixth card

"I set a monster in defense and set 2 cards down End turn" Bakura declared

"Alright, my turn draw!" Anubiusius said

"Wait! I activate my trap card: Destiny Board" Bakura countered and a ghost creature appeared holding the letter F

"What's that?" Anubiusius asked

"At the end of each of my opponent's turns, I can place 1 'Spirit Message' card from my hand or my deck face-up on the field. If one of the Spirit Message is in my deck, I can shuffle my deck then…" Bakura said icily

"I'll finish this duel in 5 turns" he added

"Oh crud! Well then I activate the field Magic Card: Forest!" Anubiusius declared and suddenly the entire field is filled with many trees

"As long as this card is on the field, all Insect, Plant, Beast-Warrior and Beast type monsters will increase their attack and defense by 200 points" he added but Bakura ignores him

"I summon Beaver Warrior (1200 ATK 1500 DEF) in attack mode and due to my field magic card its attack and defense will become 1400 ATK and 1700 DEF" Anubiusius said as his monster got powered up

"Beaver Warrior attack the face down monster Beaver Slash!" he declared but all of a sudden Bakura's face up monster was an insect as well and it destroyed Beaver Warrior in the process.

"What the?" Anubiusius growled

"The monster you destroyed is Man-Eater Bug (450 ATK 600 DEF) and once it's flipped I can destroy 1 monster on the field regardless of the position namely your Beaver Warrior" Bakura chuckled nastily

"I guess being with the king of thieves has finally paid off" he added as his eyes became malice

"Wow, I never knew Bakura can do that" Jounouchi said in awe

"Neither do I" Malik added

"Grrr… I set a card face down and end my turn" Anubiusius growled

"Did you say 'end turn' then I placed the Magic Card; Spirit Message 'I' from my hand" Bakura chuckled as another letter appeared on the field

"My turn then, draw!" Bakura declared and draws

"I set a monster in defense and end my turn" Bakura yawned

"Don't look down on me!" Anubiusius growled and draws. "Oh shit, with Destiny Board on the field, I can actually lose the duel. Actually, there's another way so…"

"I activate the Magic Card: De Spell to destroy the magic of Spirit Message 'I'" he smirked broadly

"I knew you would do that so I activate the Trap Card: Magic Jammer, by discarding 1 card from my hand and sending it to the graveyard, I can negate the activation of a magic card and destroy it" Bakura countered and so he discarded 1 card from his hand and Anubiusius' De Spell card was negated and destroyed

"Crap" Anubiusius retorted but Bakura just ignored him

"Grrr… I summon a monster in defense and end my turn" Anubiusius growled and so Bakura activated the 3rd letter: Spirit Message 'N' this time from his deck

"Since one of the Spirit Message is in my deck, I can shuffle them" Bakura said the he took his cards form the Duel Disk and shuffle them then he put it back on the slot

"My turn draw! Activate Magic Card: Nightmare Steel Cage to prevent you from attacking in 2 turns but the good part for you is I can't attack your monsters either so I Flip Summon my defense monster: Sonic Jammer ( 350 ATK 650 DEF)" Bakura said as a mechanical insect appeared on the field and sending electronic waves at Anubiusius Magic/ Trap slot

"What the hell!" Anubiusius gasped

"Because I Flip summon this monster you can't activate any Magic Cards until the end of the End Phase of the next turn" Bakura added

"Hmph… he's not a strong opponent to begin with" Kaiba mumbled

"End turn" Bakura said his eyes still in malice

"My turn draw" Anubiusius declared and sees his card. "Time to finish this fast"

"Boy you have no idea who you're dealing with" Anubiusius said. Suddenly, he has shone with a golden aura and hit Bakura on the chest

"Bakura!" Yugi panicked as the impact hit him

"Ugh! That really hurt" Bakura growled

"Now I activate the Magic Card: Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard 2 from my hand" Anubiusius said as he draw 2 cards then he picked one of the cards from his hand

"Activate Magic Card Monster Reborn to Special Summon my Ultimate Creature! Come out, Sengenjin (2750 ATK 2500 DEF)" Anubiusius declared as a bluish monster appeared on the field. Also its attack and defense became 2950 ATK 2700 DEF respectively

"You're lucky that your Magic Card is still in effect so I end my turn" Anubiusius said menacingly and the 4th letter appeared: Spirit Message 'A'

Stats: Both players have untouched 8000 life points. On the Bakura's field were Sonic Jammer in attack mode and the 4 letters of Destiny Board plus the Magic Card Nightmare Steel Cage and has 2 cards in hand while Anubiusius has the field Magic card: Forest, a monster in defense, Sengenjin in attack mode and 4 cards in hand

"I'll put Sonic Jammer in defense and end my turn" Bakura yawned. "By the way, you shouldn't ended your previous turn but oh well" he shrugged

"I admit I lose this round but all your efforts will be in vain. I pass" Anubiusius laughed as the effect of Nightmare Steel Cage disappeared and at the same time the final letter appeared the Spirit Message 'L'. Suddenly Anubiusius felt the power of Bakura's Destiny Board as he automatically lost the duel

"Master Heishin Forgive Me!" Anubiusius aid as the shadows took him away

"Let's get out of here" Bakura said and they left the temple when suddenly a path was opened to them

"What was that?" Kristine asked

"Come to my temple, I'll be waiting" said a voice

"The faster we can finish this, the faster we can get this over with" Kaiba said and they all went to the path to the next temple

spiritfire: Sorry it was short I have to finish this a bit because I'm making a draft of my new story it should be coming soon Just look forward to it and I swore to myself NO MORE DUELS