XLIII. Mind over Matter

Jounouchi and the others were walking further the Shadow Realm. Kaiba, couldn't believe that he would possess the Red Eyes Darkness Dragon but one thing that was certain, he didn't think Kristine would give it to him.

"Jounouchi, where did you get that card anyway?" Yugi asked

"Oh that? I got it as a present from my birthday, I haven't use it until now" Jounouchi replied

"I see" was Yugi's comment

"Well we already beat that fatso so they're only 2 more people to fight" Mai stated

"Hmph" Kaiba mumbled

As they went on, the place got colder and colder and some of the souls that were sent to the Shadow Realm are getting very uneasy. Still they still have to get further or else everything will be wasted.

"Guys, didn't you notice that the souls of the Shadow Realm are getting restless?" Bakura asked

"Come to think of it…. Yeah" Malik said as the wretched shadows were roaming around

"If that's the case, we should hurry and get this over with" Kaiba said. The others nodded in agreement

They went further ahead now and everyone begin to notice that they're getting a vibe from here then another temple appeared before them but this time when they opened the door, it was really dark as if someone shut off the lights

"What's with this dark show?" Jounouchi grunted then suddenly a hand was put on his shoulder

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Jounouchi screamed like a fraidy cat

"What's wrong?" Kristine asked then as Jounouchi was about to answer, a man wearing dark and robes appeared behind him. He had a sinister smile as he saw Jounouchi cower in fear

"Well, I didn't expect someone here would be afraid of the dark" said a chuckled voice. Yugi turned his head around and gave the person who scare Jounouchi a piercing stare

"Sorry, I'm not afraid of a freak like you Heishin" Yugi growled and finally the mage revealed himself

"Oh, how rude of me the darkness is truly a wonder" Heishin complimented as the souls of the Shadow Realm were still roaming around

"Let's cut the chitchat old man. I'm getting tired of all this crap" Kaiba said in a bored tone

"Oh well, if you insist boy" Heishin said and the two duelists take their places in the field of darkness then the holographic coin appeared on the field

"I choose Heads" Heishin said and the coin was flipped. It was indeed heads and now both players drew their first five cards. Since he goes first, he draws his sixth card

"I activate the field Magic Card: Yami!" Heishin declared and suddenly the entire field was enveloped with darkness that even the souls of the Shadow Realm were howling mad. Yugi, Malik, and Bakura didn't care one bit due to the fact that they're already over it. Jounouchi's eye nearly twitched as he saw the field while Kristine and Mai stayed quiet

"Next, I set a monster in defense and I set 1 card facedown. Your move" Heishin declared and now its Kaiba's turn so he draws

"This reminds me of that time when I went to the Memory World…full of darkness" kaiba mused and he picked one of his cards from his hand

"I summon Vorse Raider (1900 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode!" Kaiba declared and a beast warrior appeared wielding a massive spear ready to fight. "Attack that face down monster" he said and his monster sliced Heishin's monster only that he felt a backlash as his life points went down to 3700

"What the freakin hell?" Kaiba growled as his monster bounced back on the field

"The monster you tired to destroy was my Mystical Elf (800 ATK 2000 DEF). Her defense is good enough to repel your monster's attack and in addition, my field Magic Card gives her a power boost so she has 1000 ATK and 2200 DEF because she's a spellcaster" Heishin said calmly

"Oh well, I set a card facedown and end my turn" Kaiba said as he set a card down

"My turn, draw" Heishin declared and drew his card. "I summon Giant Orc (2200 ATK 0 DEF) in attack mode" he declared and a huge muscular orc holding a long hard bone stick and with large teeth on both side of its mouth then all of a sudden Giant Orc's attack went up to 2400 and 200 defense

"Oh crud, I knew it that field Magic Card boosts the attack and defense of all Spellcaster and Fiend type monsters by 200 points" Kaiba gritted in frustration

"Quite right, Giant Orc attack Vorse Raider with Smashing Bone" Heishin said and Giant Orc smacked Kaiba's monster in the stomach as it got smashed then his life points went down to 3200

"Dear dear boy, you haven't laid a finger on my life points How devastating and before I forget, Giant Orc is shift to defense position after it attacks but the problem is I can't changed the position until the end of my next turn" Heishin said in a mock voice

"Shut it old man" Kaiba said sternly and now it's his turn to draw. He smiles as he drew card which make Heishin curious what he could have drawn

"I summon Spear Dragon (1900 ATK 0 DEF) in attack mode" Kaiba smirked and a dragon resembled a pterodactyl appeared except that its nose was a bit longer

"Spear Dragon, attack Giant Orc with Dragon Spear Strike" he declared and Spear Dragon thrust its nose to Heishin's monster as it was destroyed. Suddenly, he felt a backlash on himself as his life points went down to 2300

"What the friggin hell is this?" Heishin burst in rage

"That was my Spear Dragon's effect: Everytime it battles the opponent's monster in defense position it can inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your life points as long as its attack is higher than the defense of your monster. It's a pity that your monster has 200 DEF due to your field Magic Card but nevertheless you still suffer anyway" Kaiba said smugly then suddenly Spear Dragon turned into its defense position

"Before I end my turn I can shift Spear Dragon to defense during the end of my Damage Step" Kaiba added

"It's my turn then draw!" Heishin said and he held 4 cards in his hand. "I still have Mystical Elf in defense… alright then "he thought

"I summon Archfiend Soldier (1900 ATK 1500 DEF0 in attack mode" Heishin said and a fiendish type soldier appeared even though its attack and defense were raised to 2100 and 1700

"Go my monster attack Spear Dragon with Claw of the Archfiends!" Heishin declared and his monster was about to smashed Kaiba's monster when suddenly….

"Activate Trap Card: Attack Guidance Armor to redirect your attack on my monster and shift it to one of your monsters instead" Kaiba countered as his face up card revealed itself. "And I choose your Mystical Elf for that" he added as suddenly Mystical Elf found herself wearing a strange silver armor on its chest

"Not on my watch, I activated the Trap Card: Trap Jammer" Heishin blurted and suddenly Kaiba's trap card began to dissolve away

"What the ..." was all Kaiba could say

"Allow me to explain, I can only activate this Trap Card when it's my Battle Phase and sine it is I can negate the activation of a Trap Card and destroy it" Heishin said dryly and so Archfiend Soldier destroyed Kaiba's monster in the process

"And that concludes my turn but what should you do now" Heishin said and now it's Kaiba's turn now

"My turn, draw!' Kaiba declared and sees his hand. "Oh drat, there's no cards in my hand that can suffice his monster oh well I'll let him get the taste of victory a little" he thought

"I set 2 cards face down and end my turn" Kaiba said grimly and now its Heishin's turn

"My turn now, draw" Heishin declared and he swiftly drew his card. "I sacrifice Mystical Elf to summon the Summoned Skull (2500 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode" Heishin said as a skeletal fiend appeared on the field and due to the field Magic Card its attack went to 2700 and its defense became 1400

"Time to say your prayers, Archfiend Soldier direct attack to the player now" Heishin said and the soldier slashed Kaiba as his life points went down to 1100

"Oh no, Kaiba" Malik shouted while Yugi stares intently at his rival

"Now Summoned Skull direct attack to the player with Magical Lightning and end this farce" Heishin said as Summoned Skull hit Kaiba's body but suddenly his life points went up to 5100 then it was reduced to 2300

"What the hell happened!" Heishin shrieked

"Not so confident now are you, I activated the Trap Card: Nutrient Z to increase my life points to 4000 before Battle damage is calculated. Looks like you fail old man" Kaiba grinned

"I swear I'll send you to goddamn hell" Heishin said angrily

"It's my turn now, draw!" Kaiba declared and smiles. "I summon Lord of D. (1200 ATK 1100 DEF) in defense mode" he said as a man wearing a dragon with a billowing cape appeared on the field

"So what?"Heishin said in an annoying way

"Lord of D. that would mean only one thing" Yugi mused at Kaiba

"Next I activate the Magic Card Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards from my deck" Kaiba added and so he drew 2 cards from his deck giving him a total of 5 cards in hand

"I activate my facedown card: The Flute of Summoning Dragon, I can only activate this when I have Lord of D. on the field, it allows me to summon up to 2 Dragon type monsters from my hand and its treated as a Special Summon and it so happens I have 1 particular card that falls into that category come out the pride and my joy of my deck Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000 ATK 2500 DEF) in attack mode" Kaiba laughed nastily as a blue dragon appeared o the field

"Oh shit" Heishin cursed himself

Stats: Kaiba and Heishin had 2300 life points each. On Kaiba's field were Lord of D. in defense position and Blue Eyes in attack position. Heishin on the other hand has the Field Magic Card: Yami and he has 2 monsters namely Archfiend Soldier and Summoned Skull all in attack position. He has no set cards and he has 3 cards in hand

"Go Blue Eyes destroy Archfiend Soldier with Burst Stream!" Kaiba declared and Blue Eyes opened its mouth and incinerated Heishin's monster and reduced his life points to 900

"Mwahahaha nothing can stop me now" Kaiba roared with laughter

spiritfire: another chappie done and crud I'm going back to school tomorrow (philippine day: Sunday)

TBC

Yami: (pulls a leash on Sméagol): This is bogus

Sméagol: …Precious… I want precious…

Yugi: Eeeeyuck, he's like the uglier version of Yami Marik

spiritfire: Okay you can tie him up there (pointing at the door Knob)

Kaiba (just came in): Hey what's the noise! Oh my freakin god what the hell is that!

Yami: You don't wanna know

Sméagol: Precious………. My dear precious

spiritfire: Mwahahahahahaha