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Chapter 3: The Shadows Call
Bakura was walking through the back alleys of Domino trying to avoid the other duelists for a while, trying to come up with a strategy. When a voice called out to him from the shadows.
"Hey you, I challenge you to a duel." Said a mysterious voice through the veil of shadow.
"I'm not in the mood for a duel at the moment please not right now." Bakura said a little nervous.
"That wasn't a request, It was a demand." The voice said aggravated, "Your not leaving until I get my duel! So get ready!"
Suddenly Bakura's Millennium Ring phased through his shirt and a bright light, lit up the alley for a few seconds.
"I said not now" Barked the cruel voice of the spirit of the ring.
"I said your not leaving, and what happened to your voice" The voice said a little irritated.
"This is growing tiresome. You want a duel fine I'll give you a duel, but with a twist." Yami Bakura said with a vicious grin. "Step out of the shadows."
A figure emerged from the shadows, it was a teenage boy with black hair and brown eyes.
he was wearing a long black coat and a pair of black jeans with a chain belt. He looked at the spirit and wondered.
"What did you mean by "twist"?" The boy asked looking at Yami Bakura with caution.
"What is your name?" Yami Bakura said without much interest, "I want to know who I'll be condemning to the shadow today." He said with another grin that seem joyful yet disturbing.
"Give me your name, and I shall give you mine." The boy said arrogantly. " And what did you mean "condemn to the shadows"?"
"I don't have introduce myself to filth like you but i guess I will. My name is Bakura."
"Well, my name is Drake, and I don't plan on losing to you." Drake arrogantly replied as he slid his deck into place and powered up his duel disk, the LED readout clicked 4000 Life Points.
"You have no idea what your getting yourself into, Shadow Game begin." Yami Bakura said sliding his own deck into place and powering up his own duel disk, the LED readout clicked 4000 Life Points as well.
"Shadow Game?" Drake replied slightly stunned as the alley seemed to fade to black and was replaced by an odd otherworldly atmosphere.
"Yes, in a Shadow Game, your cards aren't the only thing at stake. Should you lose your mind will be lost to the shadows but you seem to like the shadows, so you'll feel right at home." Yami Bakura said with another evil grin.
They both glared at each other as they drew their first five cards.
'This hand doesn't help me.' Bakura thought as he looked at his cards, he had Solemn Wishes,
Spirit Message L, Morphing Jar #2, and two Bottomless Trap Hole cards in his hand.
"I set one monster in defense mode and set two cards and end my turn." Bakura said promptly, performing his actions as if he had better things to do.
'I'm worried about those two cards but I'll have to take a chance.' Drake thought as he drew a card, 'Lets see what I have.' he thought as he examined his cards. He had a Bistro Butcher,
Graceful Charity, Mask of Weakness, Cyber Jar, Magician Of Faith, and he had just drawn an Enchanted Javelin. 'Whoa, I got a pretty good hand.'
"I play Graceful Charity, to draw 3 cards, and discard 2." He said as he drew 2 more cards. 'Hmm, I drew Prohibition, Jar of Greed, and Baby Dragon, now I have to discard.'
"Sometime this century would be nice." Yami Bakura said irritated.
"I discard Prohibition and Baby Dragon, and summon Bistro Butcher in attack mode. Bistro Butcher attack his face down monster now!" Drake commanded.
"That was foolish." Bakura said, "You activated my Morphing Jar #2's effect."
"What?" Drake said.
"Now we both must return all monsters on the field to the top of our decks, but as you can see I have none, then you must shuffle your deck and continue to pick up cards until you pick up a monster. Then if that monster is level 4 or lower it is Special Summoned face down in defense mode if not it is sent to the Graveyard, all Magic and Trap cards are sent to the Graveyard." Yami Bakura said with a smile. "So let's see how many card go into the Graveyard."
Drake growled as he began to shuffle his deck and then drew the first card, no luck, it was another Jar Of Greed, as he discarded it he heard Bakura bark out a laugh before he drew again, still no luck, this time he drew Black Pendant and discarded it, another bark of laughter.
"Having fun discarding?" Yami Bakura laughed wickedly.
"Shut up." Drake said drawing another card, finally, this time it was Penguin Soldier. "I special summon a monster facedown in defense mode. Next I'll set two cards and end my turn."
"Well, its about time." Bakura said drawing a card, "I'll summon Goblin Attack Force, and activate my Trap card, Solemn Wishes." Bakura said with triumph, "Now Goblin Attack Force wipe out his defenses."
"I activate my trap Enchanted Javelin. I gain 2300 Life Points." Drake said, as the Goblins struck his monster, Drake's Life Points clicked up to 6300.
There was a crash and Bakura smiled as he saw the Penguin Soldier shatter, then he realized he would be defenseless as well.
"You also activate my Penguin Soldier's effect, so I'll send Goblin Attack Force back to your hand then I'll activate my other Trap, Jar Of Greed, I draw 1 card."
"Shut up and draw then." Bakura was irritated again.
Drake looked at the card he drew, It was Painful Choice.
"I set 1 card and end my turn." Bakura said sourly.
Drake smiled as he drew, "I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode, and play Painful Choice." He said as the monster appeared. "Now I must select 5 cards from my Deck." He said searching trough his deck, "I pick The Fiend Megacyber, Dark Hole, Monster Reborn, Heavy Storm, and Battle Ox." "Now you pick 1 card that card is added to my hand the rest are discarded."
"Very well, I pick Dark Hole, I saw no point in that." Bakura said as Drake put Dark Hole in his hand and discarded the rest.
"Seeing as you have no monsters I'm free to attack your Life Points directly, so I will, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian attack his Life Points directly."
Bakura staggered as the blow was struck and his Life Points dropped to 2600, he had remembered that it was a Shadow Game, then watched as his left arm began to vanish from the wrist up.
"What the hell happened to your arm?" Drake screamed after Bakura's arm had vanished.
"I said this was a Shadow Game, the more Life Points you lose the more your body is consumed by the shadow." Yami Bakura stated.
"Damn. I'll have to be careful then. I end my turn." Drake said.
"I draw. And because of my Solemn Wishes I gain 500 Life Points." His Life Points went up to 3100. Bakura looked at the new addition to his hand which now contained, a Goblin Attack Force, Bottomless Trap Hole, Spirit Message L, and now a Spirit Message N. Aggravated he looked up.
"I summon Goblin Attack Force in attack mode, set one card, and end my turn." He stated placing one card into the slot in his duel disk.
"It seems like you made the mistake of dueling me." Drake said tauntingly.
"No, you made the mistake of aggravating me!" Bakura snapped as Drake drew.
He drew Aqua Madoor.
"I play Dark Hole." Drake declared.
Bakura only growled as he sent Goblin Attack Force to the Graveyard.
"Next I'll set one monster in defense, one card facedown and end my turn." Drake moved quickly, anxious to end this duel quickly, while he was still in the lead.
"I draw, and gain 500 more Life Points." Bakura laughed as his Life Points went up to 3600 and most of his arm reappeared.
"Next I play Exchange." The spirit said with an evil grin, "Oh looky here, A Cyber Jar, I'll take that"
Drake had taken Bakura's Spirit Message L, it was either Spirit Message L or Spirit Message N.
"Now I'll set a monster in defense and end my turn." Said the spirit.
'There's something wrong with this picture but I can't tell what it is.' Drake thought as he drew, "I set one card face down and flip my Magician of Faith, and use its effect to retrieve my Monster Reborn."
'Hmm now he can get his Fiend Megacyber.' He thought, but Bakura wasn't worried.
"Now Magician of Faith attack his monster." Drake commanded the magician.
"What!" said Bakura, 'I wasn't expecting that.' He thought.
The magician made an attempt to destroy the monster, but the attack was unsuccessful.
"You activated Cyber Jar's effect, all monsters on the field are destroyed." Bakura grumbled,
as Cyber Jar and Magician of Faith were destroyed, "Now we both pick up 5 cards and reveal them to each other." Bakura said drawing his cards.
"I drew Witty Phantom, Nobleman of Crossout, La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, Spirit Message L, and Whiptail Crow" Bakura announced.
"I drew Graceful Dice, Graceful Charity, Magician of Faith, Morphing Jar, and Mystical Space Typhoon" Drake Replied.
"Now we special summon any level 4 or lower monsters in from those five cards"
"I summon Magician of Faith and Morphing Jar facedown in defense mode." Drake said as he set the two cards.
"And I summon Witty Phantom, La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, and Whiptail Crow in attack mode." Yami Bakura replied.
"Now I'll set one card and end my turn." Drake said after setting the card.
"I draw and I gain another 500 Life Points." The spirit said smiling, as his Life Points went up to 4100. "I set one card and end my turn.
"I activate my Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy the facedown card of the left." Drake said after drawing.
"No, my Bottomless Trap Hole is gone." Bakura said as the card was destroyed.
"I'll flip my Magician of Faith and use its effect to retrieve my Dark Hole. Next I'll sacrifice my monsters to summon Launcher Spider." Drake said with a smile.
"I activate my Trap card Bottomless Trap Hole, this card destroys any monster summoned, flip summoned, or special summoned with an attack of 1500 points or more and removes it from the game.
"No, not my Launcher Spider."
"Now I'll active my other Trap card, Destiny Board!" Bakura interrupted Drake.
"What! What does that do?" Drake asked angrily.
"It's simple, at the end f your turn I select one Spirit Message card from my deck and put it on the field. When Spirit Message I, Spirit Message N, Spirit Message A, and Spirit Message L are on the field with Destiny Board, I win the Duel." Bakura said explaining the card's effect.
"I should have gotten back my Mystical Space Typhoon." Drake grumbled at his mistake.
"I guess i have no choice but to end my turn."
"Ha, now I place Spirit Message I on the field." The spirit barked as he placed the card on the field. "Now I draw, and gain more Life Points." Bakura's Life Points went up yet again, now his Life Points were up to 4600. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy my Solemn Wishes." Bakura said surprising Drake.
"Why did you destroy your own card?" Drake asked, confused.
"Its very simple, I wouldn't be able play all the Spirit Message cards, with my Solemn Wishes on the field." Bakura explained it in a way that made Drake seem like a complete idiot. "Now I attack you Life Points directly, with Whiptail Crow, Witty Phantom, and La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp." Bakura laughed as all three of his monsters struck Drake with a fierce assault.
Drake screamed as most of his Life Points disappeared along with most of his body, he only had 1450 Life Points left, the duel had been completely turned around by his own Cyber Jar, and Bakura's Bottomless Trap Hole.
"I end my turn.., Just wait 1 last turn and I'll end this pathetic duel." Bakura said coldly as Drake struggled to draw a card, maybe his last card.
"I won't lose." Drake said drawing. "I play Dark Hole." Drake said with triumph as all Bakura's monster were destroyed.
"You'll pay for that." Bakura growled.
"Now I'll play Monster Reborn, and summon The Fiend Megacyber, and attack your Life Points directly." Drake said with a smile as The Fiend Megacyber knocked Bakura to the ground with a forceful blow, reducing his Life Points to 2400. "I end my turn."
"And I play Spirit Message N" Bakura said.
"You'll be sorry you did that Drake." Bakura said drawing a card, "I set one monster and end my turn."
"I do believe your getting desperate." Drake said drawing, a Skull Dice. 'I have no need for this'
"Fiend Megacyber attack his monster."
"HA! Big mistake, you activated my Man Eater Bug's effect, I destroy your Fiend Megacyber"
Bakura said in a cruel tone.
"I guess I'll end my turn." Drake said irritated at Bakura's attempt to buy some time.
"And I'll play Spirit Message A, one more to go." Bakura said while drawing a card, he glanced at it and froze for a second.
"What's wrong didn't get a monster?" Drake said tauntingly.
"No, that's not it, I just won the duel." Bakura said as he flashed a malevolent grin, the worst one Drake had seen yet. "I remove La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp, Bistro Butcher, and Whiptail Crow from my Graveyard, in order to special summon, Dark Necrofear!"
"What, I can't lose!" Drake said panicing.
"You see I had to remove three Fiend-Type monster from my Graveyard from play, to summon my monster." Bakura said, "Now Dark Necrofear attack his Life Points directly and end this pathetic duel."
"Nooo!" Drake said, freaking out, as his Life Points dropped to 0.
Drake screamed as he was consumed by the shadows.
"You fool, I told you not to bother me, and you wouldn't listen." Yami Bakura spoke to the boy's motionless body which had fallen into the shadows of the alley. "I'll just take your Locator card and your Fiend Megacyber."
He slowly walked out of the alley, away from the foolish boy who had been consumed by the Shadow Realm.
A/N: Well that chapter was a lot longer than the first two. Please review. I am not updating until I get 10 more reviews.
Bakura: Poor boy.
Avatar: He was knid of an ass at first.
Yami Bakura: Ass is an understatement.
Avatar: Yeah, I guess so.
Yami Bakura: By the way, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT! I COULD HAVE LOST WITH THE WAY YOU WROTE THE STORY!
Avatar: But you didn't, besides your never going to lose a shadow game...At least I think you won't...Oh well.
Avatar leaves the room.
Yami Bakura says "I better watch out for him..." as he left the room.
Bakura: Helloooo? Where did everyone go?