"Come on Yugi! You can do it!" Anzu cheered. "Show both Honda and Jonouchi who's boss!"
Since the friends both refused to let the other duel first, she suggested the pharaoh duel them both. And for the first time, perhaps two heads would actually be better than one.
The teams of duelists traded attacks for most the match, no one able to keep a monster on their side of the field for long. But the pharaoh had a few tricks up his sleeve, and he was waiting for the right moment to make his move.
"Ah yes. Just the card I was hoping for." He smiled, drawing the Dark Magician into his hand. "I sacrifice Big Shield Gardna and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, in order to play my Dark Magician!"
Honda gasped, as the dark magician let out a powerful attack, destroying his monster effortlessly.
"And that is just the first trick up my magician's sleeve." The pharaoh announced, pulling a magic card from his hand. "I also activate the spell card, Dark Magic Attack! This allows my magician to destroy all magic and trap cards on your side of the field!"
"No!" Jonouchi shouted. "There went my skull dice, and my monster reborn!"
The pharaoh ended his turn, and Honda drew a new card from his deck.
"Thankfully you're not the only one with tricks up your sleeve. I'm going to lay one card face down, and summon another monster in face down defense mode." he announced. "And I end my turn."
"Very well. I summon Gazelle, the king of mythical beasts, in attack mode." The pharaoh countered. "Dark Magician, destroy the face down monster!"
Honda cringed as his weak apprentice magician was destroyed.
"But I activate my spell card. Scapegoats." he smiled. "That will protect our life points."
"But not for long." Yugi reminded him. "It's your move, Jou!"
"In that case, I'm going to sacrifice two of Honda's scapegoats, so I can summon this!" he shouted, laying down a powerful spellcaster. "It's a Cosmo Queen!"
"Where'd you get that?" Anzu asked. "What happened to your Red Eyes Black Dragon?"
"It must be at the bottom of my deck." He added. "And Yugi's grandpa gave me this card! It's one of the new spellcasters. I thought the pharaoh needed to face off with the newest cards! Kaiba might have one in his deck!"
"You know Kaiba only plays with dragon decks." Anzu rolled her eyes.
"Then I'll just have to use it to beat his Dark Magician!" Jou exclaimed.
The pharaoh gasped. Jonouchi was right. The new monster's attack strength was 2900 attack points, a good 400 stronger than his dark magician. The card was quickly sent to the graveyard.
"Oh no… come on! Believe in the heart of the cards!"
"That's right!" the pharaoh whispered. "Then I activate Monster Reborn!" he quickly announced, pulling his magician back from the graveyard. "And I sacrifice my Gazelle, to bring forth my Catapult Turtle!"
"What does that do?" Honda asked.
"I'm glad you asked, Honda." The pharaoh smiled. "Let me explain it to you. By strapping my dark magician inside, I can launch him into your life points directly, causing damage to half his attack!"
"That won't be enough to stop us. We'll still have one hundred life points after that attack." She argued. "And on my next turn, my Cosmo Queen will destroy your turtle, leaving your life points wide open!"
"But because of my 'Heart of the Underdog' magic card, and the fact that I drew my Catapult Turtle this turn, I am able to draw one extra card. And I think it will be just what I need!"
"That never fails." Honda rolled his eyes.
"Go Yugi!" Anzu shrieked from the sidelines.
"And the card I drew is the Book of Secret Arts, giving my magician three hundred extra attack points, enough to compensate for the hundred you have left." The pharaoh smiled. It had been a challenging duel against both Honda and Jounouchi, but it was time to end it while he had the upper hand. "And now, Dark Magician, attack their life points directly!"
The magician shot across the field, bursting into a stream of purple light. Their combined life points fell to zero, and Anzu declared the pharaoh the winner of the duel. Honda and Jou tossed their hands down on the table.
"We were so close!" Jonouchi shouted. Anzu just laughed. Yugi took control over his body again, letting the spirit of the puzzle rest after the battle well fought.
"Good game, Yugi." Honda was quick to congratulate his opponent. "Even if you did beat us."
"Maybe next time you'll finally beat me!"
"Maybe." Honda mumbled.
"Of course we will. Katsuya Jonouchi is really going places!" he grinned.
"Right…" Anzu rolled her eyes.