Zypher: Hi all! Welcome to Another chapter of Yami no Game and the second half of Jou vs. Keith. For all those that were fans of this battle, here's the climatic ending to it for ya! Thanks for all the responses I got for the last chapter so here ya go! Enjoy!

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Yami no Game: Dark Saga

Chapter 17

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'I can't believe that little punk got me, Bandit Keith, with a trap!' Keith thought as Jou looked across the table at him smugly. "As they always say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall." Jou grinned and Keith growled in anger. "Wow…that was a smart and quick move." Yugi whispered. "I agree, Yugi." Yami whispered. 'But his trap only shook him mentally, but if Jou can get an edge with the flow of the game, I'm sure that he'll have no problem winning.' he thought. "Now! It my turn!" he said, drawing a card and revealing Garoozis. The blonde gave a small smirk before placing one card face down and glanced up at Keith. "I'm warnin' ya now, Keith! This is another trap card waitin' ta be sprung at ya!" Keith sneered. "Little shit...think you can do mind tricks now!"

"I learn from the best." Jou chuckled before placing Axe Raider in defense then sending out Garoozis in attack mode. "Now, Garoozis! Attack Pendulum Machine!" he called as the beast-warrior rose to attack, killing the machine with one swipe of his axe. Keith's life points lowered down to 1200 and he growled. 'I'm gonna kill you for that!'

"My turn!" Keith called, drawing his card. "Now Launcher Spider! Target Garoozis and destroy it!" The mechanical spider turned towards Garoozis and prepared its launchers before letting another wave of missiles loose at the lower attack monster. The missiles collided with a large explosion and Keith chuckled as the smoke cleared and nothing was left of Garoozis...or so he thought. Jou laughed as he flipped over his trap card. "Told ya I had a trap waitin' for ya! I activate Kunai with Chain!" Keith's eyes widened behind the dark glasses he wore. 'Not the Chain Boomerang!' Garoozis was in the air as the attack collided where he last stood, throwing the boomerang at Launcher Spider, wrapping around the monster and lowering its attack down by 500, making it weak enough for Garoozis to attack it. "Now! Garoozis Axe Crush!" The monster gave a roar as he shot down, slashing Launcher Spider. The machine malfunctioned before exploding in a flutter of parts and debris. "Another one for the scrap heap!" Jou spoke, Garoozis' attack shot up to 2300 as Keith's life points lowered another 100. "Yes!" Myrrh cheered before looking to Aqua.

"Do you think he has a chance now?"

"With the odds already, looks like it will be in his favor." Aqua replied. 'Now he just has to keep up with the attack. One opening and the tide of the battle with turn against him.'

Pegasus watched intently once more, surprised that Jou was able to slide from Metalzoa's attack with a well-placed trap. 'Hmm, now what could be making up for the difference in their experience...' he thought before activating his Sennen Item to examine both their minds. 'Ah, Keith is still the same as I left him, despair and revenge. But the boy...hope...and trust!' He gave a hidden chuckle. 'Well, this is a fine battle between light and darkness! Let's see which one will prevail.' Keith's eyes narrowed beneath his shades before chuckling. Jou growled. "And what are you laughing about?" Jou demanded. "Kid...have you ever risked your life before? To be franker, have you ever seen hell?" he questioned, putting his hand up like a gun. "Bang!" he said before chuckling some more. "You just don't care who you have to kill, just saving your own skin. That's what hell is! This little tournament is the same thing!" With a grin like a knife's edge, Keith continued to speak. "And there's only one way to get out of my hell...and that's right through Pegasus himself! And I'll do anything to get there!" Jou gave a chuckle of his own. "Well, ya may want to escape your hell but I'm adamant about keepin' ya in it! Get ready, Keith cause this battle's not over!"

"Well let's just see about that! My turn!" He drew a card before taking a card from his hand. "I play one card face down on the field..." He took out another card. "And I attack with this!" He placed the card on the field and the new mechanized monster gave a roar. "Meet Revolver Dragon!" Keith cackled with glee. "Now here's the fun part! I get the chance to gamble while this power packing monster's out on the field. As you can see, Revolver Dragon has three revolvers, one for its head and both shoulders. Each is loaded with three bullets each so that gives me a 50-50 chance of success." Jou gulped silently as he looked down to the menacing monster. "And to make it more fun for me, with each attack, the cylinders spin!"

'Crud...this is like Russian Roulette...' Jou thought. "Now, let's see if Lady Luck's on my side! Revolver Dragon! Attack mode!" The mechanical dragon gave a roar as the revolvers pointed at Jou's field. The cylinders started to spin and Jou waited with bated breath of the results. From above, the group watched as well, hoping that it won't be in Keith's favor. "And let me give ya a little tip, punk. If all three roulettes go my way, I get to kill three monsters at once!" The revolvers started to slow down before they came to a stop with a click. The right shoulder and head cannon were hits while the left shoulder was a miss. "Good enough! Two out of three! Gun Cannon Shot!" Keith called and the shots were made, demolishing Garoozis and Axe Raider. With those shots alone, it took out a big chunk of Jou's life points, lowering him down to 850. "And the best thing, each one has 2600 attack points and they will reload on my next turn!"

Yami gave a snarl in anger. 'Such a dreadful card...able to destroy three monsters at once. Jou may not be able to stand up to that thing unless he draws the right card...' Jou was afraid for a moment but not for long. 'So that's how you want to play it...then so be it...' he thought as he drew his next card. "Now let's have some fun! I play Time Wizard!" he called, sending out the clockwork monster onto the field. 'Shit...not Time Wizard...' Keith thought. "A gamble for a gamble I say! I'm going to blow away your monster to the end of time!" Jou claimed. "And I don't end it there! I play Baby Dragon to go along with him!" The small dragon came onto the field with a croon. "Now, Time Roulette!" But of course, Keith wasn't worried one bit. He may have to worry about the effect on Time Wizard on his machine but he had the perfect face down card to eliminate the damaging effect. "It has to be a win. It just has to be..." Myrrh mumbled softly. Yami and Aqua continued to watch, waiting for the result of Jou's gamble for they knew that this wasn't just a small gamble but a gamble that meant the survival or fail of the duel for him. The needle started coming to a stop and Jou waited with a halt in everything, including his own heartbeat.

The needle ticked a few times and landed on the Win marker without fail. "Sweet! I did it!" he cried as Time Wizard's effect took place, making Baby Dragon grow into Thousand Dragon and Revolver Dragon becoming nothing but a huge rust bucket of its former glory, its attack decreasing to 1800. "Awright! Now go, Thousand Dragon! Thousand Nose Breath!" The dragon gave a snort before releasing a torrent of flames at the machine monster, defeating it with ease but Keith only laughed. "Don't think it's over yet, kid! I play a trap card!"

'No!'

"Time Machine!" In a wisp of smoke, the giant machine appeared on Keith's side of the field. "Now, let me explain what's going to happen. Playing this card give me quite the interesting little advantage." The door opened with a hiss and a roar emerged from it as Revolver Dragon stepped out, good as new. "No way! Revolver Dragon returned!" Jou exclaimed and he wasn't the only one thrown off by the Revolver Dragon's return. "How did this happen?" Yugi questioned in horror. "Russian Roulette!" The cylinders took a spin before stopping. "And Gun Cannon Shot!" All three revolvers shot out their bullets, all aiming for Thousand Dragon and Time Wizard, destroying them both with ease. "No way can a fucking fantasy dragon defeat one completely made of gun powder!" Keith chortled. "And to answer your clear as day question, when a monster of mine gets destroyed, Time Machine can bring back that same monster from a turn ago. And to make it even easier for you to comprehend, that worn out Revolver Dragon was only a decoy to bring back the original from the past and kick your dragon's old ass!"

'And the worse thing was that it wasn't weakened before I used Time Roulette so it will be harder to defeat as it was from the start.' Jou thought. "And let me tell ya this, kid, you're nothing but an amateur. Don't think that your little duel with Kozuka went unnoticed by me. Your deck is nothing but a pile of shit with no strategy! It's no match for my ultimate machine monster deck!" Jou groaned softly as it became his turn and he drew his card before playing Kojikocy in defense. With Keith's turn, Revolver Dragon easily blasted through Kojikocy's defense like paper. "And I'm not done yet! I'm playing another monster to add to my destructive force!" Keith played the card on the field. "Meet Slot Machine!" he introduced as the giant, slot machine-like monster appeared on the field. Keith chuckled to himself. "Well, well. Looks like the punk is speechless. Why don't you do me a big favor and surrender? You can't survive against these power packed machines!"

But Keith got a nasty thought in mind and grinned. "Or better yet, I like seeing you squirm so don't surrender! I'll kill you good when I'm ready to!" He cackled as Jou placed Tiger Axe in defense but it was easily destroyed by another of Revolver Dragon's attacks. At this point, the duel was naught but one sided with Jou placing defense monsters and Keith blowing them away with Revolver Dragon. "And let's add another machine to my army!" he said as he placed Space Megatron down in defense. Jou didn't give any emotion to show he has given up. He had a plan. The blonde took a small breath as he drew his next card, putting all his hope into it and when he looked at it, he gave a faint smile. "I play one card face down then I summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon in attack mode! Now destroy that puny piece of scrap metal!"

With a roar, Red-Eyes unleashed an Inferno fire Blast at Space Megatron, destroying it easily. Keith chuckled, not caring that his monster was destroyed. "So, at long last, your strongest monster is out on the field. It may be strong but it's no match for a few 40-ought slugs from my Revolver Dragon! Now let's end it with a clear shot!" Keith called as Revolver Dragon gave a roar, stomping forward. "Kill that Red-Eyes!" With the same process, Revolver Dragon readied its shot before letting loose the one from its head cannon, the blast streaming towards Red-Eyes. "But Jou gave a grin. "Just what I was waiting for!" he cheered as he flipped over his face down. Keith gaped when he saw what it was. 'No way! It can't be!'

"Read it and weep! I activate Copycat and copy one of your cards and I choose Metalmorph!" The card changed to become the card chosen and with a roar, Red-Eyes started to transform into a new and improved metal monster. "Meet Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon!" Jou's new card gave a screeching roar as Revolver Dragon's attack bounced off of her harmlessly with her newfound 2800 attack. "This is wonderful! He got himself out of another jam!" Myrrh cheered. "And on my turn, we'll give ya a taste of her new attack. Go, Red-Eyes! Dark Mega Flare!" Red-Eyes gave another roar, jumping into the air before unleashing a mighty flame down at Revolver Dragon, causing it to explode in a myriad of scrap parts before it faded from the field. Jou's eyes narrowed as he looked to Keith who was taking a big hit from the loss of his ultimate monster. "Keith...you're nothing but a devil so I'll make it my duty to send ya back ta hell!" Keith growled as his life points decreased down to 900. 'Fucking kid! Copying my Metalmorph to power up that shitty dragon!' he thought in anger but smirked. 'But I don't need to worry. I still have a winning strategy that will blow away that metal menace for good and give me the win. We'll see who will be sent to hell first!' Keith took his turn, drawing his card.

"I'll play one card face down and put Slot Machine into defense." he spoke before ending his turn. 'Such an amateur move. And he claims he's the best when he's cowering under the power of my Red-Eyes...I'll kill that machine in one blow.' Jou thought as he drew his card. "I'll play one card face down too and I'll attack Slot Machine! Dark Mega Flare!" Red-Eyes unleashed the attack which hit head on and Jou watched, hoping that Slot Machine is done for. But a chuckle from Keith made him worry slightly. "Not quite, brat! I use my face down card, 7 Completed!" he said. "And this little card is an interchangeable card that I'm using to increase my Slot Machine's defense!" The Slot machine defense rose up to 3000, causing Red-Eyes' attack to neutralize and Jou taking the difference in damage to his life points, now at 450. Yami sneered as he continued to watch, wishing he could rip that sly smirk from Keith's face. 'Only he would still try and keep himself in the duel anyway he could.' he thought with a hiss.

Keith chortled to himself. 'Lucky for me, Slot Machine, like any ol' slot machine in Vegas, has three slots. And with 7 Completed, it can be equipped with three of them, powering up either attack or defense by 700, giving it a whopping 2100 points.' Keith glanced over to Jou who still had a determined gleam in his eyes. 'Well, you little shit...didn't I say something about our difference in skill? Well let me show you that right now...' He raised his right arm, cleverly slipping out one of the 7 Completed card he had hiding in his wristband. 'It may be cheating but I don't give a damn! As long as I win this, nothing matters...not even rule regulations!'

"And looky here! I got another 7 Completed in my hand! This time, increasing Slot Machine's attack power!" Another 7 appeared in one of the slots, increasing the monster's attack from 2000 to 2700. "And I'm not done just yet! I play another card; Blast Sphere!" The sphere monster appeared on the field, lunging towards Red-Eyes and clamping onto her. "What the hell is that thing?!" Jou demanded. "That, my dear amateur, is a bomb! Set to explode in one turn so if you don't do something, your dragon's history!" Jou growled before reaching for another card. 'Everything's riding on this card!' Keith cackled as he gave Jou a thumb's down. "Time's up, punk!" The Blast Sphere activated, exploding when prompted and Keith waited for the smoke to clear but gaped after it was gone. Red-Eyes was still on the field, now with 3400 attack and sporting a new set of claws. "Luckily for me, I got just what I needed! That was a little too close for my likin'!" Jou gloated as he held up the Dragon Nails equip card.

'Fuck! Now his dragon has 3400 attack and the bomb recoiled against me!' he thought in anger as his life points hit 400. With another sly movement, he drew his other 7 Completed from under his left wristband. "Guess what? Another 7 Completed came into my hand! And I'll increase Slot Machine's attack again!" Slot Machine's attack rose to 3400, leaving both monsters with equal attack and would end at a stalemate if one attacks the other. Jou hissed in disdain, looking over his hand. 'All I have left are these four cards and the face down I have on the board. I have to end it on this turn.' he thought. Keith chuckled softly. "You still better not be thinking you can beat me..." he whispered. "Cause if you are, let me open your eyes with this card! Pillager!"

'Pillager! What does that do?!'

"Since you must be thinking about it with the puny mind of yours, let me tell ya what it does! Pillager lets me look at your hand and pillage one card of my choosing from it! Now show me your fucking hand!" Keith ordered and Jou gave another sound of discomfort as he showed his hand to Keith. He gazed over the cards quickly before smirking. "Too bad for you! Seems like you just want me to end this off quickly for ya! I'll be taking that Shield and Sword card from ya!" he said, reaching over to snatch the card from Jou's hand. "Now it's over for ya, kid! You should've known from the start that you wouldn't have survived!" Keith cackled. "Now, I play Shield and Sword! Attack/Defense Reverse!" The attack and defense flipped, leaving Slot Machine with 3000 attack and Red-Eyes with 2400. "Now attack! Slot Machine Plasma Laser Cannon!"

"W-wait! I play this face down card!"

"It doesn't matter, you little fucker! Die!" Slot Machine powered up its attack before unleashing it on Red-Eyes. "No! Jounouchi!" Aqua cried from the second floor, teeth clenched in anger that Keith may have won the duel. "No...please tell me he didn't lose against him..." Yugi whispered softly and he held onto Yami's arm tightly. "He couldn't have, I know he didn't lose yet." Yami murmured. The attack hit, causing Red-Eyes to be demolished and Keith laughed with glee. "There! Your dragon's dead and gone and I win!" he said, still laughing. But it slowed as he saw what was standing in the smoke, holding a very familiar card. 'Eh...?' His eyes widened behind the shades he wore. 'What?! The Graverobber! He stole my Time Machine from my graveyard...!' Jou laughed quietly. "I'm not too big on stealin' but..." The large machine appeared on Jou's side of the field. 'No...NO! H-He went back in time to his last turn...meaning...' Keith thought, now sweating profusely with the result that was sure to appear from this last second save.

"By the way you're sweatin', ya know what's 'bout to happen. My dragon's attack and defense weren't reversed last turn so..." The door opened with a hiss and a growl was heard as Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon came out from the machine. "I'm bringing her back at full strength!" Keith gaped, wishing there was something he could do but he exhausted everything he had just to prevent Jou from getting as far as he did. "Now! Dark Mega Flare!" Red-Eyes roared as she prepared the attack. "Destroy Slot Machine and end this duel!" With a screeching roar, she unleashed the attack upon Slot Machine, destroying it and perfectly finished off the last of Keith's life points. "NOOOOOO!" Keith screeched. "Yes! He did it!" Yugi, Kaiser and Myrrh cheered happily and the three supernaturals of their group smiled. Keara looked down to Red-Eyes. 'You did wonderfully, my friend. You have done your master a grand justice in proving himself greatly.' she thought and Red-Eyes gave another roar in victory as Jou bolted up from his seat, his hand of cards fluttering down to the table as he gave a loud whoop of joy that he won against Keith despite all the ridicule he faced from the other duelist throughout.

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Zypher: And there you have it! The end to a perfect duel and for those that did notice it, decided to change the gender of Red-Eyes since I find Red-Eyes being a female more suiting for her. And now, as you have all asked for, here's a duel Monster story for you. Enjoy.

-Shadow Realm: Jounouchi's Deck-

The monsters were cheering as well that after so much struggling, their master was able to win against the top-notch duelist and gain another friend among them. Akai's metallic counterpart stood beside her, smiling down to the other that came to praise her for the victory. /"It was nothing, really. I'm glad to have helped him when he needed me the most."/ Gula spoke. /"But if it wasn't for you, we would've lost!"/ Laito chirped. /"The little one is right. We are grateful for your appearance."/ Meneg spoke. Gula smiled once more and thanked them all once more. "This call for a celebration! That lousy Keith was a pain in the arse so I say we celebrate for taking down that mechanized fool of a duelist!" Fier announced and all the other warriors shouted their agreement. It didn't take long for them to prepare the sparring field as the warriors that knew a thing or two about cooking prepared the food and everything was underway. Warriors were eating and some were mock sparring. Those that were in the duel told them about what happened before they were sent to the graveyard and other started up simple conversations.

"I tell you, that Revolver Dragon was a hassle. Taking out three monsters at once! Pah! No wonder the guy was such an ass!" Garoozis muttered as he took another bite from the meat on the bone he was handling. "Gloating about the thing way too much for his own good."

"But it was a pretty powerful deck but of course, too much power would have a flaw somewhere. Especially with being nothing but machines except for that one single card. Zoa was it?" Ohtar questioned and Garoozis nodded. "But even so, he still had something to turn that thing into a mechanized pain." Then Garoozis gave a grin. "But of course, that backfired on him big time with Gula's appearance!" They all nodded in agreement and continued to eat with merriment. With the dragons, Laito was speaking animatedly to Gula and Akai only chuckled. /"Laito, calm yourself."/ Meneg spoke and Laito pouted before descending to the ground. Meneg nodded before looking up to the metal dragon. /"But we are grateful that you have come. Hopefully Jounouchi-sama will remember this victory for days to come and the help that you and Akai provided in the path toward that victory."/

/"Again, no need to thank me. If it wasn't for the capabilities and luck that Akai here could be transformed by Metalmorph, I wouldn't be here right now."/ Gula spoke. Akai nodded. /"And I'm glad for it. That would've been a big blow if I wasn't able to transform by Metalmorph and get that raise in power to defeat that lowdown Revolver Dragon."/ Laito nodded and flapped his wings eagerly. /"But you did! And we have a new friend too! Everything is going to be a-ok now that Jou made it past this round and one step closer to helping his sister."/ Meneg nodded. /"And for that, I say we all give a roar to Jounouchi-sama for his triumph over the only obstacle in his way."/ They nodded and with a chorus of roar, the dragons praised their master for his victory over Keith.

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Zypher: Yeah, another short one but it was eventful enough. Hoped you enjoyed this little Duel Monster story and I shall see you all in the next chapter! -waves- See ya later and keep reading!

Translation: Gula - Gray (only reason I chose this because the elven term for metal didn't sound all that good to me)