XLVII. Hope over Death

Stormclouds began to gather around Domino City and Egypt. People are wondering what's going on when a lot of children noticed that the Duel monster's image began to disappear. Meanwhile in the Afterlife Past, Atemu sensed something eerie but suddenly his whole body begun to float

"Uh…okay…what's going on?"Atemu asked himself as his soul was dragged away. His father, Aknamkanon watched as his son left the palace.

"Be careful, my son" the ex-pharaoh said

Back at the duel, Kaiba and Kristine didn't believe it. Dark Nite is a weary old man when they saw him at first. The others looked in dismay as they witness it. Yugi on the other hand was not pleased and felt that his strength has been drained

"Doesn't he look like an old man just a while ago?" Kristine asked, frowning

"Well I like to end the reincarnated pharaoh's turn so I end my turn for now" Dark Nite chuclked and now its Yugi's turn to draw and thus he did

"Damn, I was able to destroy Uria but now Hammon is here. I have to destroy it before he summons Raviel" Yugi said as he looked at his one and only card. "No matter what postion my monster is... I get 1000 worth direct damage to my life points if so..."

"I set one card facedown... and end my turn" Yugi said grimly. The others were surprised at his move. Kaiba wonders if his set card would be able to destroy Dark Nite's monster.

"Not able to do anything? Too bad, my turn draw" Dark Nite announced and draws. "Activate Magic Card: Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards from my deck" he declares and draws 2 cards giving him a total of 3 cards in hand.

"Now I declare a direct attack to the pharaoh! You're finished" Dark Nite Laughed nastily. Everyone was worried what would happen but Yugi begun to laughed.Dark Nite wonders what he was laughing about.

"Activate Trap Card: Nutrient Z to increase my life points by 4000 as long as the attacking monster's attack is at least 2000 or more" Yugi countered and his card flipped face up increasing his life points to 6700. Hammon's attack struck Yugi as his life points decrease to his original score. He felt a devasting pain all over his body as the blast pushed him backward

"Yugi!" Jounouchi yelled. The others were worried as well.

"Damn, that blast really took a toll in me!" Yugi siad as he gets up. Everyone sighed in relief but suddenly Yugi coughed blood from his mouth

"YUGI!" Kaiba said frantically, worrying that he might die because they haven't settled their rivalry yet

"I'm fine, Kaiba" Yugi said as he wiped the blood from his mouth. Dark Nite wasn't pleased at all so he ends his turn so Yugi draws his card

"Activate Magic Card: Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards from my deck" Yugi declares and draws 2 cards from his deck. "Activate Magic Card: Swords of Revealing Light to stop your monsters from attacking in 3 turns" he announced and 3 swords appeared at Dark Nite's field then he ended his turn

"Yugi better do something fast before this guy creams you!" Jounouchi said and Yugi nods

"My turn, draw!" Dark Nite declared and draws giving him a total of 4 cards. "Hmmm... activate Magic Card: Card of Safe Return, As long as this card is on the field, when a monster is Special Summon to the field from my graveyard, I can draw 1 card from my deck and I end my turn" he said and the first turn of Yugi's swords disappeared

"My turn, draw" Yugi declared and draws giving him a total of 2 cards but decides to pass. Dark Nite draws but decides to pass as well so the second swords disappeared as well.

"So now it becomes a waiting game...Yugi you better get a good card or else this guy will cream you bad..." Kaiba said

Yugi draws again giving him 3 cards but he passes again. Dark Nite draws and this time he sets a card facedown then the last of the 3 swords disappears

"This is getting bad" Mai said, surveying the field

"If Yugi could draw a card from this tight situation, well he would be able to smash the opponent's monster" Malik said

"...It's my turn now ,draw!" Yugi declares and swiftly he draws his card giving him a total of 4 cards in hand. He analyze the situation first thinking what he should do then he picks one of his cards in his hand

"This is the first time I'm using this card. Activate Magic Card: Pot of Avarice!" he announced and a white pot appeared sticking its tongue out

"Pot of Avarice? I never seen such a card before" Jounouchi said

"Hmmm... I wonder" Kaiba said, contemplating his thoughts

"What is he planning?" Dark Nite asked himself

"This magic card allows me to bring 5 cards from my graveyard back to my deck. In additon I get to draw 2 cards from my deck and my deck is shuffled" Yugi explained and so he pressed a button in his Duel Disk revealing that he has9 cards in his graveyard so he takes Swords of Revealing Light, Dark Magician, Mage Power, Pot of Greed, and Mirror Force!

"Mirror Force? when did it send to the graveyard?" Jounouchi asked

"It must be when the time when Dark Nite destroyed it with Uria's ability" Kristine answered

"I see" Kaiba mumbled

Due to Pot of Avarice's effect, Yugi puts back the selected cards back to his deck and draws 2 cards from his deck then he shuffles it. Yugi smiles at the 2 cards in hand now he has a total of 5 cards

"I don't have a card yet to destroy your monster but... I can still stall time. Activate Magic Card: Swords of Revealing Light" Yugi declares and the 3 swords came back again."And I summon Silent Magicican LV 4 (1000 ATK 1000 DEF) and end my turn" he added summoning a white mage on the field

"My turn, draw!" Dark Nite declares as he drew his card giving him a total of 4 cards again.

"Wait I activate Silent Magician's effect! Each time you draw a card, she gets a magic counter. For each magic counter she had, it gains 500 attack points" Yugi announced as a magic counter appears on Silent Magician raising his attack to 1500

"You may have paralyze my monster but I can still summon...like my Archfiend Soldier (1900 ATK 1500 DEF) in defense" Dark Nite said callously. "And I activate the Magic Card: Tremendous Fire, it costs 500 of my life points but I'll be able to give you 1000 direct damage to your life points" he added as his life points went down to 3000

"Not good" Yugi mumbled as a fire burned his body reducing his life points to 1700

"Well I end my turn" Dark Nite shrugged and now its Yugi's turn to draw, giving him 4 cards in hand.

"...Not yet..." Yugi mumbled. "I set 1 card facedown and end my turn"

It's Dark Nite's turn and he draws a card. "Activate Magic Card: Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards from my deck and discard 2 from my hand" he declares but due to Yugi's Silent Magician on the field, its attack increase to 3500 but Dark Nite's Magic Card still resolves so he draws 3 cards then discards 2 from his hand giving him a total of 5 cards in hand. "I summon another Archfiend Soldier in defense mode and end my turn" he said as the second swords disappeared

"My turn, draw!" Yugi declared, drawing his card giving him a total of 4 cards again. "I'll end my turn" he announced. "In my next Standby Phase, I can sacrifice this card and all of its counters to summon another one"

"It's my turn, now draw" Dark Nite declared and draws giving him a total of 6 cards in hand. "I summon another Archfiend Soldier in defense again" he said then he ended his turn

"It's my turn now, draw" Yugi declares . "During my next Stanby Phase, when Silent Magician has 5 counters on the field, I can tribute summon this one to summon my ultimate magician... Summon Silent Magician LV 8 (3500 ATK 1000 DEF) in attack mode" he added as his monster evolved into a more powerful spellcaster.

"Next I set a card facedown and activate the facedown card I had earlier, Mage Power! I don't need to tell you how it works but it'll able to make a dent out of your life points" Yugi smirked as Silent Magician's attack rose to 4500.

"Now for my battle phase, Silent Magician attack Hammon with Silent Magic!" he declared and Silent Magician leap up in the air and fired its magic at Dark Nite's monster reducing his life points to 2500

"I end my turn" Yugi said grimly

"Looks like you were able to destroy Hammon but not this little monster I had" Dark Nite chuckles and he drew his card giving him a total of 5 cards in hand. "I sacrificed my 3 Fiend type monsters to summon Raviel, Lord of Phantasms (4000 ATK 4000 DEF)!" he said, laughing as 3 of his monsters disappeared and instead it was replaced with an Obelisk lookalike

"Man, can get things any worse!" Kaiba groaned

"I'm not finished yet...Activate my facedown card: Call of the Haunted to reviveHammon, Lord of Striking Thunder" he said nastily as a pile of gravestones appeared and suddenly his monster revived. "Last but not the least I activate the Magic Card: Monster Reborn to revive Uria, Lord of Searing Flames!" he added and suddenly his monster revived with only 3000 attack and defense points.

"Next I activate the Magic Card: Mystical Space Thyphoon to destroy Swords of Revealing Light!" Dark Nite said nastily as a cyclone hit Yugi's only defense

"Time to get crackin' Hammon attack and destroy Silent Magician with Flaming Thunder!" he declared and Hammon fired its powerful energy at Yugi's monster reducing his life points to 1200. Suddenly, he felt a backlash as his life popints reduced further to a mere 200 points.

"I forgot to tell you that when Hammon destroys a monster on the opponent's side of the field, you get 1000 direct damage to your life points" Dark Nite smirked." And since the three of them are here, I suggest you look at your monsters" he added with a smirk

Everyone looks at their decks and they cried in surprise. "Blue Eyes is reduced to skeleton" Kaiba said angrily

"Hahahaha" Dark Nite exults as a faint blue glow surrounds him

"Now I understand now, Dark Nite is stealing the energy of Duel Monsters and using it to make himself younger" Malik said

"That's not all when I added the reincarnated pharaoh's ability to harness the spirits to my own, I can drain the spirits of every Duel monster that can grant me eternal life and power." Dark Nite explained and suddenly Yugi felt weak that he could barely stand up

"This would mean the end of Duel Monsters and the spirit creatures in it" Bakura said in dismay

"Well, this is your last chance reincarnated pharaoh so I suggest you use it. End turn" Dark Nite said and now its Yugi's turn to draw his card but he's too weak to stand up.

"Shoot, my strength is been drained...I don't know if I can... I might be able to smash Uria but his other two monsters will destroy my monster and my life points. What should I do?" Yugi gritted and was about to faint when suddenly a yellow glow came by

"Aibou...aibou" said a familiar voice

"! Atemu?" Yugi wondered and the ball took shaped of a body. He was still wearing his Egyptian clothes so nothing has changed that much.

"Yugi, remember what I said about not giving up?" Atemu asked but Yugi gave him a puzzling look

"Remember to have faith and hope...I'll help you draw the card you need..now stand up" Atemu said, extending his hand ang Yugi grabs it as the pharaoh pulls him up.

"Yugi you can do it" Jounouchi cheered as Yugi gets on his feet.

"It's my turn now, draw!" Yugi declares and slowly he drew his card. To his surprise, he drew the card he need

"I summon Winged Kuriboh (300 ATK 200 DEF) in attack mode!" Yugi declares and a cute furry creature appeared with wings on its back. Everyone was dumbfounded at Yugi's move even Dark Nite himself

"What the hell are you doing? Are you subjecting the Legendary Demons!" Dark Nite roared angrily but Yugi just chuckled

"You'll find out as this monster will be the instrument of your defeat. I end my turn" Yugi said, assuring it

"It's my turn now!" Dark Nite said angrily."Hammon attack Winged Kuriboh and finished it now" he roared as Hammon fired its energy at Yugi's monster.

"Sorry but too late, I activate my Quick-Play Magic Card: Transcendent Wings, By offering Winged Kuriboh as a tribute on my side of the field and 2 cards from my hand, I can Special Summon Winged Kuriboh from my hand or my deck and this time he's coming from my hand!" Yugi countered as he sends Winged Kuriboh to the graveyard plus 2 cards from his hand leaving him only 1 card which is Winged Kuriboh LV10 (300 ATK 200 DEF). Suddenly, Winged Kuriboh began to glow and large white wings began to emerged on its back. It has some yellow metallic creature on top of it.

"But its attack has no changed at all" Dark Nite countered but Yugi wagged his finger

"Wrong and now I activate its devastating effect: I can only activate this during your battle phase, by offering this card as a tribute...I can destroy all face-up attack position monsters on your side of the field and inflict damage to your life points equal to the combined original attack of the destroyed monster!" Yugi smirked as Winged Kuriboh began to glow with whit light and suddenly KA-BOOM. Kaiba and the others have to hold on with all their might

"That was some explosion" Jounouchi yelled

"You're telling me" Mai yelled back and the smoke began to clear revealing that all of Dark Nite's monsters were destroyed plus his life points went down and down to zero

"I win" Yugi said crossly. "Thanks, Atemu" he added as the pharaoh gives him thumbs up

"Noooooo" Dark Nite wailed as his power begun to drain. Everyone looked at their cards and it seems thattheir monsters were back to normal.

"It's not over..." he said and grabbed Yugi's neck chocking him but suddenly the crown that then pharaoh gave him tried to create a shield.

"Insolent object!" Dark Nite roared and suddenly Yugi howled in pain as the crown began to shatter and everyone was blinded with a white light as Yugi's body fell way way down. As for the others, they were sucked in

"Hahahahaha...I don't need the legendary demons now that I had the reincarnated pharaoh's soul!" Dark Nite roared and suddenly his physical body began to alter and the Shadow Realm begun to shake violently filling the whole Egypt and Domino with darkness.

"I'm in my true form...my name is now Nite Mare" he said


spiritfire: I'm not planning to end the story yet so there's still a few chappies left before I wrap up and to those who are unaware I alreadyhad a new story called Parallel World( except for Angel Nocturne) please read it if you have time

TBC

spiritfire: Boku no turn, draw!...I'll pass

Nightmare Steel Cage disappeares

Yugi: Guys have you noticed something odd

Yami: Like what

Yugi: The 3rd deck of the authoress'

Joey just came in and saw the black fog so he went in

Joey: Hey what's going on?

Kaiba: The authoress' is dueling with Bakura

Joey: What deck did he choose?

Yami: The third one...why?

Joey: That is bad

Yugi: Uhhhh...why

Joey: Because this is her true deck that contains 5 dreadful cards believe me it's horrible

Bakura: Ore-sama no turn draw! I set a monster in defense. Turn endo. You know you could have sacrificed Dark Magician to dent my life points but I guess its because your d..y..s..l...e...x..i..a.. Yeah it was on your transcript I peek

Joey: Oh shiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttt

spiritfire: ORE NO TURN DRAW! Character Kado Hasudou Maximillion Pegasus!

Bakura: What the hell

Joey: This is gonna hurt! that card is one of the 5 dreadful cards in her deck

Kaiba: And why?

Joey: Character cards are very powerful and considered as Ultimate Rare not even the America has it. No magic, Trap or monster effects can destroy it plus you can summon them anytime you wish

spiritfire: By paying 100 of my life points, I can select 1 card from my deck and add it to my hand...Next I activate my face down card Pyramid of Light. (Authoress' LP is 1900)

Yami, Yugi, and Kaiba: IS SHE NUTS !

Joey: Oh yeah, this is one of them too

spiritfire: I'm gonna beat you up so bad that you look upon death itself...