Yami no Game: Dark Saga

Chapter 41

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"I will kill you! Ya ruined my deck!"

"Tsk, tsk, Jounouchi. It's your fault for not double checking it before getting into a battle with me." Haga said with glee. "Now both of our fields are filled with insects! Isn't it wonderful?!" Jou sneered at the younger duelist and knew he had to think up something quick despite his disadvantage. "That bug-eyed runt gets on my last nerve! If this goes on, Jou will have nothing but insects on his field!" Kaiser grumbled but what Kaiser said made Sugoroku think and he gritted his teeth. 'Can it be...that Haga has the rare card that increases its attack based on the number of insects on the field?! Jounouchi won't be able to win easily if this goes on.' he thought. "Yer really startin' ta piss me off, bug boy! My turn!" Jou called as he drew his card and looked to the field. 'Even though they're been turned to insects, their attack and defense stayed the same so that's one side effect I don't have ta worry about.' he thought to himself. 'So I can still summon a high level monster ta take care of him.'

"Alright, ya ready!? I sacrifice these two ta brin' out Jinzo!" he called but nothing happened and he was baffled. 'Why didn't it work?'

"Oh, did I forget to mention that as long as they're infected, you can't sacrifice? Silly me but now you know so say goodbye to ever summoning a high level monster!" Haga said with a cackle and Jou gasped before giving a growl. "Oh don't growl at me. You can still normal attack you know~" he pointed out. "Fine then. Ya brought this on yourself. Panther Warrior an' Little Winguard! Double attack!" The two monsters flew in and Haga smirked. "Ah yes, but even so, I can't let you attack me so easily. I want to draw this out as long as possible. Activate face down card, Insect Barrier!" The repelling web appeared to protect Haga and Jou's monsters hit the barrier hard, giving a cry before falling back and Jou cursed. "Get it yet? Parasitic insects makes up 50 percent of your monsters' body mass now so whatever can affect an insect will affect them too! They're not warriors anymore but pure insects!" Haga jeered. "And I can't forget to mention Insect Barrier is permanent so nothing you can do will get past it!" The spectators could only look in horror as Haga's sneaky strategy completely locked Jou's deck down. "Jou! You have to do something!" Kaiser called. "But what can he do? Changing his monsters into insects and putting up Insect Barrier. Unless he can get rid of that barrier, he's locked." Ryou murmured. Jou clenched his fist as he looked down in shame. 'I can't believe this, is it all over already?' he thought.

Keara's eyes narrowed as she looked to him. "Jounouchi! You close your eyes now then you have given up on everything you've done!" she called. Jou's head snapped up and the image of Shizuka came to mind and he was filled with determination. 'She's right! I can't let this bastard get the best of me! He's nothin' but underhanded scum who will do anythin' ta win!' He looked back to Keara and gave her a wink. "Thanks for the heads up! I won't let this lockdown get me down! I've been through worse an' this is just kid's play!" he said before facing Haga again. 'I can never show Shizuka the future if I close my eyes now. I will fight my hardest and not let him get away with this.' She smiled and nodded. 'Show me you're worthy to fight the king.'

"Go on then! It's your turn, bug breath!" Haga continued to smirk and tsked softly. "You should give up when you know you can't win." he murmured before drawing his card. "Now, I'm going to play a spell card, Insecticide! This will kill any insect, no matter how strong! I could use it on one of your monsters but that would be a waste for the plan I really have in mind and will instead destroy Pinch Hopper instead!" he said as the can of bug killer appeared on the field and sprayed Pinch Hopper down, killing it and removing it from the field. "And Pinch Hopper's ability is when it's sent to the graveyard, I can special summon any insect I want~" he said, grinning.

"So I will play the highest level monster in my hand!" he said as he pulled out the card. "And that is..."

"The legendary card!" Sugoroku exclaimed as the card appeared on the field before a piercing cry echoed out as the large insect appeared on the field. "Insect Queen!"

'Insect Queen?!' Jou thought in horror. "And she has a lovely ability suiting to her place, she gets a power boost for every insect monster on the field, including your infected ones!" Haga said as the monster's attack increased to 3400. 'So it's just as I thought. He insectified the entire field just for this one card and now, with nothing but insects ruling the field, it will become invincible.' Sugoroku thought while Jou grit his teeth at the challenge that presented itself. "Now, my queen, attack with Queen's Hell Breath!" he called and she gave a hiss as she gathered her attack before unleashing it onto the defenseless Little Winguard. "And that's not all, there's still more surprises for you! For each monster she destroys, she'll lay an egg which will hatch into another insect to continue giving her power." Haga explained as she laid her egg which began to hatch the moment it landed on the field. 'Great...now every time he beats my monsters, he'll just add another insect to beef up his queen even more.'

"It may not have much defense or offense but it doesn't matter for the queen is the ultimate ruler of the field!" Haga announced with a cackle and Jou only cursed under his breath at the new situation that presented itself. He drew his card since it was his turn now and looked out to the field. 'I can't attack cause of that barrier an' with this thing on my field, I can't summon a monster or else it'll just turn into another insect.' he thought before giving a sigh. "I play a face down and end my turn!" he said as the face down card appeared on the field but Sugoroku realized the other mistake he made. "Jounouchi! You forgot to switch your monster into defense!" he called and Jou's breath hitched. "He did indeed but he already ended his turn so it's too late for him!" Haga said. "No callbacks for you!" Jou groaned as he looked down. 'That's the dumbest move I ever made! Ra, how does Seto see somethin' in me if I still act like an idiot on the battlefield?!' he wondered to himself before looking up as Haga spoke again. "As duelists go...you're just like one of my newly hatched baby worms. So, are you ready for complete defeat?" Jou gave a glare as he looked to him. 'If Haga attack Paracide, Jounouchi will take a whopping 2900 in damage and lose the duel!' Sugoroku thought but Haga had a different plan in mind. 'First, I'll have my queen destroy that stupid Panther Warrior and knock him out of 1400 life points then I'll finish off my Paracide which would be another 700 and finish him off completely. He's nothing and I aim to prove that now.' The insect duelist thought before gearing up for the finisher. "Queen of Arthropods! Slaughter that Panther Warrior!" he called and Insect Queen gave a screech as she prepared another attack but Jou could only grin.

"Gotcha!"

"What?!"

"Well since Paracide is yer own card, I knew ya wouldn't wanna kill it so soon so I set a trap on my Panther Warrior!" he spoke with a grin. "W-what?! So you left him attack mode to lure me in!" Haga gaped. "You got it, bug boy. Now, activating trap, Magic Arm Shield!" The card flipped up and the shield appeared on Panther Warrior's arm, reaching out to grab one of the larvae from behind the queen and dragged it up front, much to Haga's horror. "Y-you took my Insect Larvae! And now she's attacking her own young!" Haga cried as Insect Queen unleashed her attack on the defenseless larvae, destroying it and knocking Haga down to 2300 life points. "Now, ya wouldn't mind if I use one of yer bad guy lines, will ya? Admit it, yer weak!" he said. "You're not so tough after all if you have to resort to tricks to win." Haga growled angrily as he pointed threateningly at the other. "I still have my queen! The ultimate terror is just beginning!"

'He does have a point...how will I get out of this one with next to nothing.'

"Smooth one, Jounouchi!" Myrrh called.

"A very good use of a trap in such a bind." Sugoroku murmured.

"Now the question is how will he beat Insect Queen?" Ryou murmured softly. "Ready yet! It's my turn!" Jou spoke as he drew his card. 'Even if I summon something else, it will only be turned into an insect and strengthen that damn queen. I can't allow that thing to get any stronger.' he thought. 'And I can't attack as long as he has Insect Barrier up.' Haga grinned and laughed. "I remember your deck has nothing but Beast-Warriors and Warriors, doesn't it! My parasite will feed of anything humanoid or animal! You're out of luck, Jounouchi!" he exclaimed with glee. 'But there is only one monster that can't be affected by such effects...but did Jounouchi place it into his deck.' Sugoroku thought. "Well since I can't do anythin', I'll place both my monsters into defense an' end my turn." he murmured. "That's right...there's nothing you can do and it will stay that way!" Haga jeered as he took his turn. "I summon Soldier Ant! Now attack, your chitinous majesty! Queen's Hell Breath!" The insect queen screeched as she gathered another blast and destroyed Panther Warrior with another mighty blow. "And Panther Warrior is dead!" Jou growled, seeing that the other wasn't going to plan to attack Parasite Paracide anytime soon. 'The little bastard, he's gonna milk the insect field for as long as he can until I make a mistake.' he thought, growling as Haga announced another egg being laid onto the field by the queen, hatching into another Insect Larvae and increased her attack once more. 'I'll die for sure on Haga's next turn!'

"I've got you now, Jounouchi! Make your last turn a good one!"

'I can't believe my future is gonna be stopped by some damn bug...' The blonde could hear the others cheering valiantly for him and grew confident. 'I hear ya...I can't lose here! I will find a way past his insect wall!' He took his turn and drew his next card and realization hit him as he looked to the card in hand. "Tough luck! Too bad you can't summon another monster for it will only turn into an insect! And as long as I have Insect Barrier, you can't attack me!" Haga sneered. "But I can. I found one weakness in yer little combo." Jou spoke and Haga gaped once more. Myrrh began to whisper to Kaiser about what Jou could possibly have and he shrugged, nothing coming to mind at that very moment. "I can think of only one card that could cripple Haga's strategy, could it be the same one I'm thinking of right now?" Sugoroku murmured. "I'm sure it is. Jou does have Lady Luck on his side after all." Keara commented with a soft smile. "Now, I set one card face down and summon..." He set the face down card on the field before placing the monster onto the field.

"Gearfried the Iron Knight!"

"You idiot! He's just another warrior and fodder for my parasite!" The monster moved in, trying to infect the warrior but was soon repelled and it slunk off back to its place on the field, getting a squawk from the insect duelist. "It didn't work! Why didn't it work?!" he cried. "Gearfried is an iron knight, something like a robot. Even your parasite can't live in a suit of armor unless it wants to die off." he explained and Haga screeched in anger. "I'm impressed, you did manage to find a weakness in Haga's ploy." The elder spoke and Jou grinned. "I know. I'm glad he showed up right on time. And since he isn't a bug, he can attack yer scrawny hide! Go Gearfried, attack the larvae!" The warrior charged forward, easily passing through the barrier and aimed for one of the larvae, destroying it with ease and knocking Haga down to 1700. 'Jounouchi is a smart lad, to be able to figure out the insect combo's greatest weakness...lies directly in the queen's ability to lay eggs. She lays an egg whenever she destroys an enemy and the larvae aren't really cards to begin with. They are born in attack and can't defend and with only 1200 attack, Jounouchi can easily wither down Haga little by little. But Haga knew of this and therefore had the plan to change all of his cards to insects and then deter him with that barrier so he couldn't get at his only weakness.' Sugoroku thought. Haga growled in anger that his plan was foiled by one monster but knew that he still had the upper hand over him with his queen. "Jounouchi, are you ready to pay the consequences for angering the queen? I will show you my deck's deadliest weapon, the queen's impact!" he said as he drew his next card. "I play Multiplication of Ants!" Jou gasped as Haga's side of the field became covered in ants. 'No, he made them into army ants...' Sugoroku thought in horror. "Now, I have ten army ants...do you know what that means, Jounouchi?" Haga questioned as he watched the other. 'Wait...his Insect Queen increases by 400 attack fer each insect...an' with ten army ants...'

"That's right. In other words...my queen has attack points that not even a Blue-Eyes Ultimate can handle!" he said with glee as Insect Queen's attack rose to a frightening 6600. "Now time for your demise! Insect Queen, attack!" The queen readied for her next attack and Sugoroku knew with that much power and Jou's Gearfried still in attack, he will lose 4800 life points which is more than enough to wipe him out of the tournament. But Jou only had another grin on his face as he looked to Haga. "Like ya said...ya fool!" he snapped and Haga gulped.

"No...you can't stop her...not my queen..." he simpered.

"Ah but I can. Activatin' trap! Graverobber!" The little Graverobber appeared onto the field as the card activated, holding Insecticide from Haga's graveyard which made him wail in fright. "I just hate bugs...so take that!" The card activated itself and the aerosol can of bug spray appeared and sprayed down the queen who screeched and writhed in pain as she was destroyed. "Now yer precious queen is dead, bug boy!" Jou hissed as he glared at the other. "Game over. Get 'im, Gearfried!" Gearfried charged forward and slashed at Haga directly, finishing off the last of his life points and the other wailed at his defeat, thinking that he had the game won only to be foiled by the iron knight. "Yes, you did it!" Kaiser cheered. "I thought you were a goner for a second! I knew you wouldn't let this twerp beat you!" Diamond added. Keara smiled as she watched the field be wiped and Jou walking over to Haga for his prize cards. 'You grew into a very fine duelist. As long as you have that luck and that confidence, no one can stop you.' she thought, "You-you were supposed to be an amateur..." Haga whimpered as Jou took his two puzzle cards and his Insect Queen. "Let me tell ya something, bug breath..." he began as he left to move back over to the others.

"I'm not that strong...you're just a weak little wimp!"

Haga deflated and Jou along with the other left the park, Jou now sporting four puzzle cards and a nasty new card that could prove worthwhile with the right strategy.

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-Shadow Realm: Jounouchi's deck-

Ritoru shivered as he itched at various places on him after he returned back to the shadow realm. "Ugh, that was not a good feeling. Darn that boy and his parasite." he murmured. "Don't worry, it wasn't a pleasant walk for me either." Morcath growled as he stepped up to where Little Winguard stood. "But he pulled through thanks to the master's new addition to the deck and we can all be grateful he came through in the end." he said as he looked over to where Gearfried sat, sharpening the blade that doubled as his arm, readying himself for the next battle. "I just hope master remembers to remove that parasite card. I don't want that thing lurking in the shadows and infecting people as it wishes cause it has the free reign to do so." Ritoru murmured. "It won't. I won't allow it." Gearfried spoke from his spot as he stood and moved over to the two. "It can't affect me and therefore I can deal with it whenever it decides to show itself but I'm sure Master Jounouchi will remove it promptly." he spoke. "Yeah true, I mean unless he was really utilize its abilities with the new card he got, there's no reason for him to keep it." Morcath spoke as they nodded. /"Do I hear someone speak ill of a child of mine?"/ A voice boomed, making Ritoru jump a little as the large arthropod walked towards them, having taken the time to explore her new surroundings that were filled with nothing but beast-warriors and warriors.

"Well, nothing ill, just that we don't know what Master Jounouchi will do with the Parasite Paracide card. We know it would be of some use to you after the demonstration of power you showed on the field today but there is also the fact that it once belonged to Haga and we all didn't have a pleasant experience with him previously." Morcath said. /"Mmm, that is true. I mean this deck isn't like my home in Haga's deck but I think I can get used to warriors."/ she spoke as she walked over them. Ritoru watched her before shivering a bit. "You...won't be laying any eggs around here, will you?" he questioned. /"Of course not. This isn't a home for baby insects, while I wouldn't mind a couple little soldiers to help me make myself at home."/ she said. Ritoru groaned before following, assuming the giant queen insect wanted a guide to introduce her to the others. Gearfried chuckled as he stood beside Morcath.

"Seems like Ritoru just made himself into the queen's new guide." he said. "Looks like he did. Probably a bad idea but it would be interesting to see her reaction when she meets Laito for the first time." Morcath spoke as they followed. "The little energetic dragon? If she doesn't find him annoying first, she may find him adorable." The iron knight replied and the two continued to chuckle softly as they walked.