Disclaimer: I do not own YGO 5ds.
A/N: I forgot Jack took Yusei's Stardust Dragon... So I had to rewrite a whole new duel for Crow instead. Sorry about that, if you're rereading this, I tweaked the earlier parts and added the duel with Crow.
I reluctantly trudged towards the stairs and was met by the Magicians half way.
"Just let Hogan go, it'll get rid of Fudo." Vincent advised as I walked as slowly as I could towards the inevitable, "the Enforcers are just too good."
"Back in their prime, they were unbeatable. They were like gods. You're good Yuki, but we mortals just don't stand a chance." Felice added, presumably to comfort me.
She's right. Ever since the original YGO series, mortals never stood a chance against the magically-gifted. No mortal has ever won against somebody with magic, not even once! And the Signers have the Crimson Dragon on their side, which pretty much represents the most powerful magical entity in this dimension. Then again, my eyes lit up like a light bulb, maybe I could get a god on my side!
I can't possibly tell them anything revealing for fear of either Goodwins overhearing. But I was of course, thinking of an Exodia deck. According to the original (okay, second) series, Exodia is supposedly an Egyptian God. I would have preferred the actual Egyptian gods cards, but then I have to rob Yami Yugi's grave first.
"Get Yusei inside," I instructed Vincent, "Stall. I don't care what you do, just keep him busy. There's something I need to try first."
Vincent shook his head firmly, "Sorry Yuki, but it's Yusei Fudo," Vincent said as though it was an explanation, 'the Yusei Fudo."
"We've all been completely destroyed by their duel gang at one time or another," Felice admitted reluctantly. And now I've joined their ranks, perfect.
"I'll go meet Yusei!" Teddy offered, "I'm not scared of him! You guys shouldn't be either. We don't have to duel him, we'll just beat him up, there's more of us!" He said energetically, his brown bangs bouncing up and down as he spoke with a wide-eyed innocence. This kid really needs better role models, hopefully Greiger had higher moral standards than the Magicians.
"I'll go meet him," I grumbled, I wanted to duel Crow again to test out my theory. No, I needed to test out my theory before all else. If Fate in this world is indeed predetermined by a non-human, non-physical entity from another dimension, I might as well roll over and give up now, or at least adjust my plans significantly. Yusei didn't get his Stardust Dragon back yet (as was pointed out to me), so he might not be an accurate representation of the effect of Exodia against the Crimson Dragon.
"What?" Was the collective response.
"You'll lose! Fudo is even stronger than Crow" Cyril was too surprised to pull back any punches.
"I'm not going to duel him, I'm testing something out," I explained dismissively, "namely what kind of gods could change the outcomes of our little card games." They looked at me like I was crazy. Such was the burden of knowledge.
"Um…" My eyes searched the room, and failed to find anybody who could help me stall Yusei Fudo while I built my deck. I can't really let Teddy do it, Yusei would get whatever secrets we had out out of him and walk out the front door. "Let's go meet the legendary Yusei Fudo."
"And that was the Legendary Jack Atlas ladies and gentlemen!" The MC's voice rang out in the stadium to the thunderous applause of thousands of cheering fans as Jack exited the duel arena, leaving behind yet another opponent in the dust.
"That was amazing Atlas-sama," His chatty little assistant Mina circled him like a mother hen, fluttering about babbling nonsense he never listened to. Of course he was amazing, he was Jack Atlas.
"Hmph," Jack responded as he sidestepped Mina like she was a particularly unsightly plant he had forgotten to move to the basement.
"Wait, Atlas-sama, where are you going? You have an 11:30 appointment with Angela Raines from Daily Duels, she's waiting for you by the arena right now." Mina protested weakly as she struggled to follow Jack's long strides, "You can't just leave? Atlas-sama!"
"I go where I want," Jack replied coolly as he made his way back to the car to get to Rex Goodwin's office, "and I'm not going to do a stupid interview. All the public needs to know is that I'm the King, and will always be the King." Why did they need to know his favorite color or what kind of girls he liked anyways?
"Atlas-sama!" Mina protested in vain as she followed Jack back towards the car.
"Please Jack," Lazar had been waiting at the exit and blocked the way of the tall blond, gesturing for Jack to go back to the stadium, "it is hardly becoming of the great Jack Atlas to abandon an appointment like this."
Jack scowled but did condescend to provide the Vice Director a response, "I have better ways to spend my time, I'm going to talk to Goodwin about stop sending me those pathetic excuses for a duelist as my opponents. They're an insult to the game and to me personally."
"You don't need to trouble yourself with such trivial matters Jack, allow me to take care of that for you" Lazar smiled thinly and continued even as Jack relented to his request and was beginning to walk back, "Now please, tend to your responsibilities like an adult, even Yusei Fudo is acting more mature than this." It was a weak ploy, Lazar knew, but it's more than enough. The words 'Yusei Fudo' was like catnip for Atlas.
"What do you know about Yusei?" Jack whirled around and demanded angrily, the spin on his trench coat would have made Seto Kaiba proud.
"Ah," Lazar hid his superior smirk under a cheesy smile, "Yusei Fudo is building his own duel runner, our sources in the Satellite tell us he had just finished."
"Yusei built another duel runner?" The question escaped Jack before he could stop himself, he always knew Yusei was good, but he didn't know his previous companion was this good.
"Just a couple of days ago in fact," Lazar replied lazily. The honorable Rex Goodwin had tasked his Vice Director with the inane job of stirring up animosity between Jack Atlas and Yusei Fudo again, preferably such that Jack would make a move against the Satellite teenager. How tension between the Domino city King of Duels and a Satellite street punk would affect anything, Lazar couldn't imagine, but a job is a job, and this doesn't even make it to top 100 of the weirdest things he's done for Goodwin.
"That's just like Yusei..." Jack replied vaguely, his eyes lost their usual steely focus, and glazed over in remembrance.
"Yes," Lazar answered, drawing Jack closer to his web, "Director Goodwin is concerned that Yusei Fudo might be planning something against you, so he sent me to check up on you just in case."
Of course Yusei would want to find him, Jack reflected, for his Stardust Dragon and his rematch. But that's no problem, Jack beat him once, Jack will beat him again.
"Just between you and me, Jack," Getting no response, Lazar leaned in a little closer, "I say we fix this before it becomes a problem. Why should we let this minor pest manifest? Dueling you isn't a right, it's a privilege. Yusei doesn't deserve to duel the King anymore."
"I'll listen to what you have to say," Jack tried to hide his interest. He wasn't sure why he was interested, he had certainly never planned on doing Yusei any harm. But even the thought of Yusei coming to find him, Yusei revealing the truth about his past, Yusei dragging him back into that hellhole, it was too much for Jack to stand.
"Well, if we just offer the right bait," Lazar smiled again. Hook, line and sinker, just as he expected. Jack Atlas was an open book. No wonder he had to hand pick the 'King's' opponents.
The strongest duelist in this dimension stood at my front door.
I walked forward while the rest of the crew flanked me. Or more precisely, while the rest of those cowards tried to huddle behind me. Making my way once again to the production floor, which was now completely silent, as our underage workers stood in awe of the intruder.
The teen standing at the door had wild black-hair somehow dyed yellow despite the lack of hair dye in the Satellite, the single person who made my entire business cower. The name that inspired endless hope and fear in the Satellite.
"Yusei Fudo," I said with a broad smile, opening my arms welcomingly. I had debated how I was to greet the Star of the Satellite. Goodwill might anger Rex Goodwin, the man whom, as I constantly reminded myself, could lock me up permanently; hostility risks losing the possible friendship and favor of the protagonist, the Chosen One, especially considering he's probably pissed enough as it is. I finally decided I'd take my chances with Rex Goodwin, surely as the Director of Neo Dominos, he wouldn't have that much time to spare on a small Satellite start-up. "Welcome to my humble abode."
"I want my friend, Tono, and I want him now!" Yusei demanded, staring directly at me and ignoring everybody behind me.
"Crow Hogan I presume," I said smoothly, "of course. I kept him a little longer because I had some questions about dueling I wanted resolved, that's all."
"Then let him go now!" Yusei repeated his request loudly. Smart kid. Instead of debating the merits of my keeping Crow against his will (I still don't like to call it kidnapping), he focused on what he wanted to avoid an argument he couldn't win.
"Well, com'on in, he's right this way." I gestured towards the back of the factory and walked in. Realizing I was going to pass him, therefore leaving him the closest to Yusei, Cyril raced towards the backdoor. The rest of my entirely-reliable, totally-won't-desert-me gang followed Cyril's example. Instead of leading the way, I was now bringing up the rear.
I didn't need to look back to see Yusei hesitating at the entrance. He could still leave now, but he might not get another chance to leave if he entered the building, my building. Of course, everybody who worked for me were a part of a duel gang and therefore terrified of him, except maybe for Nervin, who might have been able to prevent this scene had he been here, but he's off on some personal business, for real this time. After a brief pause, Yusei entered the building as I knew he would. In several long strides, he caught up to me, walking close enough to grab me as a hostage if necessary. Vincent was the only person who stayed within the 2 meter vacuum Yusei formed around us, the redhead felt obligated to protect me, as the strongest of the group.
"I'm afraid I'll need to keep you and Crow here for a while," I started, Yusei grew a little stiffer, but didn't make a move. "there's an experiment I need to finish with Crow, and I couldn't just leave you at the door."
"I'll duel you then," Yusei said simply, "if I win, you let Crow go." I could feel the heat of his gaze on me. I kept looking straight.
"And if you lose?" I teased. Of course I'd let them go, what was I supposed to do with two teenagers destined to save the world?
"Then I'll stay here for him," Yusei answered, taking my question so seriously it was beginning to sound really tempting. And without his Stardust Dragon, I might actually have a chance. To keep (coughimprisoncough) Yusei indefinitely... Those blue eyes, the uncomfortably tight pants, at the prime of his youth as evidenced by that mouth-watering physique. Of course, the most attractive quality about Yusei is his loyalty. I've always thought he was a little like a German Sheppard, I've always wanted a German Sheppard.
No, keeping people is wrong. I reprimanded myself firmly. I must not let greed get in the way of bigger plans.
Breath in, breath out. Now repeat after me, I have no interest in dueling Yusei, I have no interest in dueling Yusei, I have no interest in dueling Yusei.
If I lose, I end up, well, being the loser. Even if I win, I end up antagonizing the protagonist, and it serves nothing to further my current goal of 'Find Out How the F* A Supernatural Force is Messing With My Life'. It's called priorities, so Yusei would just have to wait. More specifically, I would be unable to differentiate Yusei's loss from me using Exodia or the absence of his Stardust Dragon.
For now, I need to duel Crow again.
"We'll see," I replied instead. I walked into the same hallway and opened the door opposite Crow's room. "Stay here, I'll be back."
"Where are you going?" Yusei stood just outside the room blocking my exit. The Magicians retreated to the far end of the hallway, except for Vincent who stood directly behind me, I could smell the sweat on his body. We distributed most of the Murray WGs we produced, so we don't yet have enough on hand to ensure everybody can shower daily.
"I need to fix up my deck," I replied, gesturing towards the room. "I shouldn't be too long."
"Where's Crow?" Yusei stood his ground stoically.
"You'll see him when our duel finishes," I assured him, technically, I was telling the truth, but I was referring to my duel with Crow instead of Yusei, "relax, why else would I want either one of you here?"
Yusei gave me a hard look, but seeing Vincent, who could easily overpower him, standing behind me, Yusei brushed past me and entered the second 'duel arena' in the building, slamming the door behind him.
The rest of the Magicians rushed up wide-eyed.
"I can't believe that's really Yusei!" Felice exclaimed in a hushed tone while Vincent tried to direct us away from the two doors that held either members of the Enforcers.
"You think he recognized us?" Teddy asked cautiously, Vincent had been hiding him so well I didn't even realize he was there.
"I can't tell," Cyril answered pensively, "I could never read Fudo or Kessler."
Ignoring the Magicians, I turned to the only person seemingly functional right now. "Galen, could you guard the doors for now?" The pink-haired teen nodded silently, only a slight quiver of his hands betrayed his fear and excitement. Yusei could probably knock him out with one punch, I can only hope he'd make enough noise to alert the others in the process.
I left to fix an Exodia deck, dragging Vincent behind me so he would oversee the factory floor. I was truly grateful that Greiger, the only one unaware of Yusei's conquests, was taking care of the younger kids. I had enough on my plate, if there were kids crying and running about, I'd just lose it. Maybe I'll save Greiger from being a Dark Signer as a sign of gratitude.
In order to fix up an Exodia deck, I raided (the still unconscious) Kalin's side decks to borrow what cards I could. All of my best cards are still at the Domino City impound. I ended up with a pseudo Shadoll-Exodia deck, I say pseudo because I had maybe 10 Shadoll monster cards, and while Shadoll decks are known for fusion summoning, I (Kalin) had no Shadoll extra deck monsters.
Exodia is one of those decks I never actually used, but contemplated numerous times for sentimental values. I kept on thinking that, being the first deck ever to be used in the series, it should be quite competitive if done correctly, and I'm disappointed every time. But now at least I have an idea what the build should be. It took a good hour and a half to test out a decent deck and have Felice set up a monitoring system behind Crow again. Not to look at his hand during the duel, but to assess the effects, if any, an Exodia deck has when facing a Signer. The goal is never victory, the goal is to test the of the powers of the Crimson Dragon, to find out how free a mortal really is, and how much of our fate is decided by the supernatural.
I went into the opposite door where Crow is kept (kept! :D), nudging the orange ball of hair that had just fallen asleep from our all-nighter.
"You again?" Crow mumbled, still groggy, "what do you want now?"
"I want a rematch." I said as though it was a legitimate demand after having lost 20 such rematches already. If my brain hadn't completely froze over the terror from the very plausible idea of a supernatural force dictating our lives, I might have stopped at duel # 10.
"Are you kidding me?" Crow asked incredulously, "again? At least let me sleep first."
"This is the last time I'll wake you up," I said half-sincerely. Half sincerely as in it would be the last time unless there's another idea I need to try.
"Fine, let's duel then. I can beat you when I'm asleep, and I can sleep when I beat you" Crow relented, seeing I wasn't going to leave him alone until he dueled me. "I'll crush you like every other duel we've had. Make your move," he said, yawning,"so I can go back to sleep."
Turn 1: Yuki's turn, Yuki: 4000, Crow : 4000
I drew. Yay, monsters! This is a good start.
I had a reasonable distribution of monster and spell cards, no trap cards yet since I didn't add a lot of trap cards to increase the speed of the deck. Quite a few cards actually looked useful, very different from the hands I got in my previous duels. I breathed out a sigh of relief, it's great to be free from a magical force you can't even understand, if only temporarily. As long as there are no magical interference with my duels, how to win is my problem. Kalin had added quite a few decent anti-meta cards into his side decks, which are now in my deck. Without the Crimson Dragon's influence, I might actually have a chance, even when I'm using Exodia against a Blackwing deck.
"I play, Toon Table of Contents, which lets me select a 'Toon' card from my deck and add it to my hand, and I select another copy of Toon Table of Contents." For the first time since I dueled Crow, I could honestly say I had a pretty decent opening hand. I repeated the move two more times until I had a Toon Masked Sorcerer (lv4, 900/1400) in my hand.
"I place one card face down and activate the spell, Card Destruction." I already had one piece of Exodia in my hand and had discarded it to the graveyard, but hopefully, Crow wouldn't notice.
"When Shadoll Squamata (lv4, 1800/1000) is sent to the graveyard because of a card effect, I can send one more Shadoll monster from my deck to the grave, and I chose Shadoll Beast (lv5, 2200/1700). And when he goes to the grave, I can draw one more card from my deck. Next, I'll play Upstart Goblin, allowing me to draw one more card, even though you gain 1000LP."
"Wow, you must be planning something big if you're gonna let me get 1000LP," Crow commented, "no problem, I'll just beat you before then."
That's... I counted off my fingers, 10 cards in the graveyard. I still had 5 in my hand and 1 on the field, leaving only 24 cards in my deck, not bad for a first turn. For an Exodia deck though, the last piece is always, and I mean always, at the very bottom of the deck. If your deck isn't empty, you're not going to win.
"I'll place one monster face-down and end my turn."I announced with confidence.
Turn 2: Crow's Turn, Yuki 4000, Crow 5000
"My turn then, finally." Crow smirked. "I'll start things off with a spell card, Blackwing Whirlwind, they call it that because every time I normal summon a monster, I can bring one more Blackwing from my deck to my hand, and all the extra monsters I get will crush you like a whirlwind. But then again, you already knew that." Crow can be a little obnoxious when he thinks you're the enemy (which technically, I was).
"I summon Blackwing Blizzard the Far North to the field (lv2, tuner, 1300/0)."
"I chain it with my Maxx "C"," I interrupted, knowing full well the effect of the Blackwing summoned, "now I get to draw one card for every monster you special summon." Of course I'd have a Maxx "C" when dueling against a Blackwing Deck.
"So you did learn something from all of our duels. That's right, this little birdie can revive one of his friends back from the grave, so say hello to Blackwing - Bora the Spear (lv4/800). Thanks to my Blackwing Whirlwind magic card, I can add one more Blackwing to my hand as long as it has less attack points, I think I'll pick Blackwing Gale the Whirlwind (lv3, tuner, 1300/500). When I have a Blackwing monster on the field, I can also special summon Gale the Whirlwind (lv3, tuner) to join his friends. I tune my lv 2 Blizzard the Far North with my Lv 4 Bora the Spear to Synchro Summon, Blackwing Armed Wing (lv6, 2300/1000). "
I drew one card for each of his 3 special summoned monsters.
"Now, Blackwing Armed Wing, show them your claws! Attack and destroy her facedown card! Oh, and I should mention, when this bird attacks a prey, he gains 500 attack and deals damage even though your monster is in defense mode." Crow smirked victoriously.
Shadoll Falco (lv2, tuner, 800/1400) is revealed, the poor bird made a tiny squeak before it was ripped to shreds by Crow's monstrous winged beast.
Since his synchro monster deals piercing damage, my LP decreased by 1400.
"When Shadoll Falco is flipped face up, I can bring another Shadoll monster from the graveyard in facedown defense position, so I'll put Shadoll Beast back onto the field."
Having only 1300 attack, Gale the Whirlwind didn't charge my facedown monster.
"I'll put 2 facedowns and leave it at that." Crow announced. He only had 2 card left in his hand, but that wouldn't last long if he draws into any more of the draw engines in his deck.
Turn 3: Yuki's Turn, Yuki 2600, Crow 5000
Believe it or not, this has been far better than most of my duels with Crow. As far as I'm concerned, I got what I wanted. As long as I'm using an Exodia deck, the Crimson Dragon's effect is at least minimized, at least during the duel. I can do a lot of things with that knowledge.
"I flip summon Shadoll Beast," I pointed to my facedown monster, "his effect let's me draw two cards, and discard one from my hand. I'll discard Shadoll Squamata again, and this time select Shadoll Dragon (lv4, 1900/0) to discard from my deck into the graveyard. This way, I can destroy one of your facedown cards." Crow's trap was revealed to be Black Sonic, a trap that would banish all of my face up monsters if I attacked. The Blackwing archetype had a lot of powerful traps.
"I play the spell Allure of Darkness, which let's me banish one dark monster and draw two cards, I banish Shadoll Hedgehog from my hand." I told you the Crimson Dragon can't interfere with my hand anymore, I'd never get this lucky otherwise.
"Next, I activate Hand Destruction, we each discard two cards from our hand and draw two more." I discarded the second piece of Exodia. Even though I had 8 cards in my hand (well, 7 now), every one looked too good to be discarded.
"Now, Shadoll Beast, attack Gale the Whirlwind!" I commanded, wary of his trap card. And I was right.
"Nice move, too bad I'm always a step ahead! My trap Icarus Attack let's me tribute my Gale the Whirlwind to destroy both cards on your field." My Shadoll Beast, as well as my facedown card Dark Eruption (which would have let me bring an Exodia piece back from the grave) were destroyed.
"I summon Mathematician (lv3, 1500/500)," I anticipated a trap of some sort from Crow, so I left my normal summon till after the battle phase. Plus, Mathematician can't attack even if I summoned him earlier. "When he's normal summoned, I can discard one monster into my graveyard, so I discard Shadoll Falco to the grave. With his special effect, Shadoll Falco comes back onto the field in face-down defense mode. Next, I activate the spell, Messenger of Peace, this spell forbids any of our monsters with 1500 attack or over from attacking. I place one card facedown and end my turn."
I still had 5 cards in my hand, but that'll be enough for now.
13 cards left, I reminded myself, almost there
Turn 4: Crow's Turn, Yuki 2600, Crow 5000
Crow drew again, now with 3 cards in his hand.
"First I normal summon Kalut the Moon Shadow, (lv4, 1400/1000), in attack mode. Blackwing Whirlwind now allows me to select one monster from my deck and add it to my hand, and I think I'll bring out another copy of Gale the Whirlwind (lv3, tuner, 1300/400). As you know, when there's a Blackwing friend on the field already, he just can't wait to get onto the field!"
Using monsters with less than 1500 attack I see.
"Now these birds have a special effect, every turn, they can cut any of your monster's attack in half. And since I have two of them, I can half two of your monsters' attack points. And lucky for me, they're both in attack mode."
My Shadoll Beast's attack was cut to 1100, while my Mathematician's attack was cut to 750.
"Now, Kalut the Moon Shadow, slice up her Shadoll Beast. And Gale the Whirlwind, destroy her Mathematician."
The two attacks dealt me a total of 950 damage.
"When my Mathematician is destroyed by battle, I get to draw one card." I added another card to my hand, Upstart Goblin, perfect.
"That's all for now." Knowing my facedown monster was Shadoll Falco (800/1400), Crow didn't attack with his second copy of Gale the Whirlwind (lv3, 1300/400)
Turn 5: Yuki's Turn, Yuki 1750, Crow 5000
"First, I flip summon Shadoll Falco, which lets me bring back Shadoll Beast in facedown defense mode." I repeated my earlier move. "Next, I play the spell card Upstart Goblin, I draw a card, and you gain 1000LP."
"Again?" Crow snickered, "you've given me 2000LP already, whose side are you on?"
I pointedly ignored his comments, everything was going according to plan. I only had 8 cards left in my deck. And with 7 cards in my hand, it should be more than enough.
"Next, I play a second copy of Hand destruction, we both discard 2 cards and draw two cards from the deck." I discarded another piece of Exodia, making a total of 3 in my graveyard. I'll get it back, I just can't have it taking up precious hand-space right now.
"I summon Shadoll Dragon (lv4, 1900/0) to the field, and tune him with my lv2 Shadoll Falco to special summon, Celestial Wolf Lord, Blue Sirius (lv6, 2400/1500)."
"I'll put two cards facedown and that's all for my turn," I announced, ending the turn with four cards.
Turn 6: Crow's Turn, Yuki 1750, Crow 6000
"Alright! Let's see what I can do this turn,"Crow grinned. He had 4 monsters on the field, 3 cards in hand, and two cards in his back row, With that combo, he could pretty much synchro summon whatever monster he wanted.
"First of all, thanks to your spell card, I got Blackwing Oroshi the Squal (lv1, tuner, 400/600) l in my hand, and when I already have a Blackwing on the field, I can bring him out directly. Next, I tune him with my lv4 Kalut the Moon Shadow to synchro summon, Blackwing Gram the Shining (lv5, 2200/1500). This Champion of the birds adds one Blackwing monster to my hand when he's summoned, this time, I'll pick Blackwing Breeze the Zephyr (lv3, tuner, 1100/300), when he's added to my hand, I can special summon him directly onto the field. Now, I tune my level 3 Breeze the Zephyr with my level 5 Gram the Shining to special summon Lv 8 Blackwing Silverwind the Ascendant (lv8, 2800/2000)."
Why is he summoning high level monsters when I have Messenger of Peace of the field? I had a bad feeling about this.
"Next, my two Gale the Whirlwind will cut your Wolf down to pieces using their special abilities, decreasing his attack to a measly 600." Crow continued. "And before I finish, I'll just activate my trap card, Icarus Attack. This card tributes Gale the Whirlwind, but his sacrifice wouldn't be in vain because now I can destroy two cards on the field, and I think I'll choose your Messenger of Peace and a facedown card." He pointed to the first facedown card I put down, I smiled at the good luck.
"I activate my trap, Sinister Shadoll Games. This trap allows me to discard one Shadoll Monster to the graveyard, and flip one face up. I'll discard my final copy of Shadoll Squamata, and use his effect to discard Shadoll Hound to the graveyard also. When Shadoll Hound is discarded, I can switch the battle position of one monster on the field, and I'll change your Silverwind the Ascendant to defense mode. Next, my Shadoll Beast is flipped face-up, letting me draw two cards and discard one from my hand, and I discard Shadoll Hedgehog (lv3, 800/200) from my hand, and his ability lets me add another Shadoll monster to my hand, I'll take Shadoll Falco."
"Seeing as you just got more monsters on the field, it seems only fair that I do too," Crow pretended to look at the 2 cards in his hand. I summon Blackwing Demascus the Polar Night (lv3, 1300/700) and thanks to my Blackwing Whirlwind, I can add to my hand, and special summon Breeze the Zephr to my hand, so I can synchro summon a second copy of Blackwing Armed Wing (lv6, 2300/1000)."
"Now, Blackwing Armed Wing, destroy his Shadoll Beast."
"Not so fast!" I flipped over one of the trap cards I just laid down, "Threatening Roar, this trap forbids you from attacking this turn."
"Big deal," Crow shrugged, "should have destroyed your monsters with my Silverwind of Ascendant's effect if I had known though."
"It wouldn't have made a difference," I assured him. "You would have lost all the same.
"What are you talking about?" Crow asked confused. "Do I need to remind you that my life points is more than 4000 points higher than yours?"
I only smiled and made no reply.
"Fine, whatever, I'll put one card face down and end my turn." Crow grumbled.
Turn 6: Crow's Turn, Yuki 1750, Crow 6000
I drew again, I only had 2 cards in my deck now and 5 in my hand.
"First, I play Black Hole," I needed this to draw out any counters he might have. "This card destroys all monsters on the field."
"I activate my Trap Card, Shadow Impulse. When a synchro monster of mine is destroyed on your turn, I can special summon a different synchro monster from my deck that has the same level. Black-Winged Dragon, Black Feather (lv8, 2800/2600), come on out!" Crow didn't look fazed at all by my move. He should be, that was his last facedown card.
"When Shadoll Beast is destroyed by a card effect, I get to draw one card from my deck." I smiled at having draw the 4th piece of Exodia Of course, I was bound to. There were only 2 cards left in my deck, both of which were Exodia pieces."Next, I summon Mathematician (1500/500), when he's summoned, I can discard one monster from my deck to my graveyard."
I drew the last card from my deck and placed it in the grave.
"Your deck is empty?" Crow exclaimed, "You don't honestly think you'll beat me on this turn!"
"But that's exactly what I'll do," I corrected him with a smirk. "in case you didn't notice, the card I discarded was Exodia, the Forbidden One (lv3, 1000/1000)."
Crow's eyes widened as he understood me, "but it's in the graveyard!"
"Four out of the five are," I admitted, "which is why I activate my trap, Backup Soldier! This card lets me retrieve upto 3 normal monster from my graveyard, so I can bring back Left Arm of the Forbidden One, Right Arm of the Forbidden One, and Right Leg of the Forbidden One. Next, I activate the spell Dark Eruption, so I can bring back Exodia, the Forbidden One into my hand also."
"But!" Crow sputtered, I can related, it sucks having been beaten by an Exodia deck.
"Exodia, obliterate!" I said jokingly, remembering back to season 1 with a whiff of nostalgia. Is that in this world or the last one?
I actually saw a black-holesque portal opening on the duel arena, and a giant Egyptian-looking humanoid monster emerge. It waved its arms, and a blast of light shot towards Crow's dragon. And that's when everything turned dark.
A/N 1: I'm not familiar enough with the other series to comment, but in the first series (I guess technically the second), every time somebody with magic dueled somebody without, the person with magic won.
A/N 2: It's ridiculously hard putting any Exodia Deck against a Blackwing deck. I obviously can't use Blue-Eyes Exodia because I don't have any Blue Eyes. And I'm not going to mention burn cards (except the 400LP/speed counter if I write turbo duels), because their effects are grossly exaggerated with 4000LP. I do think Shadolls adds consistency to a Exodia deck. It was really hard making a Exodia deck win...