Chapter 23: Saving Blair P2-Lethal Shadow Duel

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors or Yugioh. I do own Erin.

Things had developed way too quickly for Erin Syaoran. One moment on the next day when Erin had returned to her home to talk to her teacher Pegasus about her week at Duel Academy, did she with Phineas and Ferb's help found out her best friend Blair was captured. The four friends with Yugi Muto at their side entered the Abandoned Maze Caves to rescue Blair from MFWD. Sadly upon splitting up Joey whom volunteered to go in the middle part of the cave to search for Blair did find her...Well I mean, he found Demonica using Blair's body whom she had eaten alive to fool him. Now a nervous Erin gulped nervously, this Duel was going to be a Shadow Tag Duel her second where it seemed only she and Yugi would perish if they'd lose. The Duel had just begun and each tag team of Duelist had eight thousand Life Points, the first matter was, who was going first? Yami Yugi sensed Erin's nervousness and spoke to her "Calm down Erin. Believe in yourself and we shall take down these two and free your friend Blair."

Erin smiled at him there was something about this Pharaoh that brought a sudden urge of hope in this dark time "Right."

"In case you don't believe me, I'll start us off if you don't mind."

"Go ahead!" Erin said happily.

Yami Yugi nodded then looked deeply at Demonica and the second in command of MFWD then bravely spoke "I'm up first!"

He checked his hand and was going to play his first turn defensively as this was the first time he was encountering two foes from MFWD in Duel format "I'll summon my Big-Shield Gardna in defense mode!"

A warrior holding a big shield in front of him appeared on Erin and Yami Yugi's side of the field. DEF: 2600

Feeling confident that neither one of his opponents could defeat his defense monster at least in this turn caused him to re check his hand but he had nothing else in it except for one Trap Card which could help him and Erin in the long run "I'll set one card face-down and it ends my turn!"

One of his and Erin's Spell and Trap Card Zones lit up with the card Yami Yugi set as he ended his turn.

"Playing defensive are we?" the second in command of MFWD asked Yami Yugi "I doubt that's going to be enough."

"I disagree! I have one monster in defense mode which can take any hit you can take it for one turn!" Yami Yugi told him.

"Unless I happen to lower your Big-Shield Gardna's defense a bit or summon two monsters in one turn" the second in command of MFWD spoke "It's my move, I draw!"

Demonica made as if to stop her partner wanting to deal with the Pharaoh himself but set her eyes on the true prize Erin's flesh which freaked Erin out a bit at how Demonica was looking at her.

The second-in-command spoke "First of all, I'll activate Field Spell Card: Pandemonium!"

"Bringing out Archfiends I see" Yami Yugi said watching the field change into a skeletal like field.

"I see you remembered me Dueling against your friend Joey Wheeler" The masked figure spoke "But this time it won't save you. Now I won't have to pay for Arch Fiends being out on the field"

Demonica just grinned thinking to herself Great! That's one part I need to summon one of my ultimate monsters if I get it. A face-up Field Spell Card.

The second-in-command checked his hand "Now I summon my Shadow Knight Archfiend!"

Shadow Knight Archfiend appeared on the field ATK: 2000

"That monster's attack is too weak to defeat my Big-Shield Gardna!" Yami Yugi told him.

"I beg to differ" The masked man spoke "You see, I activate my Spell Card: Polymerization! This card allows me to fuse together two or more monsters in order to Fusion Summon a monster, and I'll fuse my Shadow-Knight Archfiend with my Archfiend Horse in my hand in order to Fusion Summon Shadow Paladin Archfiend!"

The masked figure's two monsters fused together and brought out a new terrifying fiend, it looked like a fiendish version of Gaia the Fierce Knight with Shadow Knight Archfiend sitting on the back of a horse with glowing red demonic eyes. ATK: 2450

"That attack is still not enough to defeat my Big-Shield Gardna!" Yami Yugi warned.

"When Shadow Knight Paladin is Fusion Summoned" The masked figure spoke "He gains two hundred more attack points for each Archfiend Monster in my Graveyard!"

"Oh-nuts!" Yami Yugi muttered "And thanks to Polymerization you sent two Archfiend Monsters to your Graveyard!"

"Correct!" the second-in-command of MFWD told him as his Fusion Monster got four hundred more attack point attack boost. 2450-2850

"Now" the masked figure "Spoke before I battle, when Archfiend Horse is sent to the graveyard due to being used as a Ritual Material Monster, Fusion Material Monster, or a Synchro Material Monster, I get to draw one card for each monster I used for the Ritual, Fusion, or Synchro Monster!"

Yami Yugi watches as due to Archfiend Horse's effect in being used as a Fusion Monster the second-in-command of MFWD drew two cards one for Archfiend Horse and the other used for Shadow-Knight Archfiend.

Now instead of having only two cards left the Masked Figure now had four cards.

"Now" The masked figure spoke "Battle, Shadow Paladin Archfiend, attack his Big-Shield Gardna! Shadow Archfiend Charge!"

Yami Yugi watches then looked at his Trap Card which was Magical Hats, he could activate it now to try to prevent his Big-Shield Gardna from being destroyed and leave Erin to have a monster on her side of the field but in the end he decided to keep his Magical Hats just in case he could use it later as a means to fool his opponents into thinking why he didn't use it the first time they attacked.

He watches as Shadow Paladin Knight charges with darkness swirling around it then with it's powerful wrist blades slashed right threw Big-Shield Gardna's shield and through the monster itself shattering it.

"Turn end!" The masked figure spoke.

"It's my turn then!" Erin announced "I draw!"

She drew her card then checked out the field thinking Yugi did a great play using a monster in defense mode and normally Big-Shield Gardna is a good monster for defense especially when one attack was involved...However our opponent just Fusion Summoned a brand new Archfiend Fusion Monster...No doubt it has an effect that can cancel out card effects that target it so I have to play it smart!

She then checked her hand seeing a possible solution "I'll set one monster face-down and I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!"

Erin had also set one monster in defense mode and had set one of her own spell and trap Cards face-down.

"It's my move!" Demonica announced "And now it's time to destroy you, I draw!"

Demonica drew her card, she then checked her card "I summon Dark Blade to the field in attack mode!"

Dark Blade appears on the field ATK: 1800

"Next" Demonica announced "I too shall Activate spell Card Polymerization!"

Erin watches nervously as Demonica spoke "I'll fuse my Dark Blade on the field with my Pitch-Dark Dragon in my hand in order to Fusion Summon: Dark Blade the Dragon Knight!"

Another Fusion Monster appeared on the field this one Erin recognized easily as a Fusion Monster known ATK: 2200

"Now" Demonica told her "Battle!"

She hums "I'll begin my attack with Shadow Paladin Archfiend, go attack her face-down monster and leave her defenseless! Shadow Archfiend Charge!"

Erin watches as the higher attack point monster charged her face-down monster which was one of her U.F.O Turtles DEF: 1200

Erin's monster explodes but she announced it's effect "When U.F.O Turtle is destroyed by battle, it allows me to Special Summon another Fire Attribute Monster with fifteen hundred attack points or below but sadly in attack mode!"

Erin checked her deck "And I'll summon another, U.F.O Turtle in it's place!"

Out of the first U.F.O Turtle's ashes another came ATK: 1400

"Perfect!" Demonica told her "Now Dark Blade the Dragon Knight shall attack that U.F.O Turtle!"

Erin looked at her Trap Card which was Defense Draw, she figured she could use it if it was a direct attack, so she was okay with taking this damage. She watches as Demonica's own Fusion Monster attacked her U.F.O Turtle from above slashing it to bits and dealing damage to Erin and Yami Yugi's Life Points which Erin felt causing her to kneel onto her knees in pain.

Erin and Yami Yugi's Life Points: 7200

Demonica now looks at Erin "When Dark Blade the Dragon Knight deals battle damage to my opponent, I can remove from play up to three monsters in your graveyard! So I'll remove the first three monsters you have in your Graveyard!

Erin watches as Big-Shield Gardna, and her two U.F.O Turtles were about to be removed "Not so fast! I'll activate my U.F.O Turtle's special ability again, allowing me to Special Summon another Fire Attribute Monster with fifteen hundred attack points or below!"

Erin checked her deck again and summoned her Cyber Phoenix ATK: 1200 as she didn't want to waste her Solar Flare Dragon fearing Yugi might tribute it for a stronger monster.

Erin now watches Demonica remove her three monsters and Demonica held up a Spell "Next I'll activate Spell Card: Demonic Raid! I can activate this Spell Card when I've successfully removed monsters from play, now I get to draw one card for each monster I removed from your Graveyard.

Erin watches Demonica draw three cards. Demonica smiled "You are in way big trouble now! I end my turn!"

"Then it's my move!" Yugi told her "I draw!"

He drew his card then checked his hand "I summon Skilled Dark Magician!"

Skilled Dark Magician Appeared on Yugi's side of the field "Next I activate Spell Card: Magical Dimension! It allows me to select one Monster on my side of the field in order to Special Summon my Dark Magician!"

Yugi's ace monster appears on the field ATK: 2500

"Now" Yami Yugi announced "I'll activate my Spell Card: Thousand Knives! When I play this Spell Card while my Dark Magician is out, it allows me to destroy one face-up monster on the field and I'll use it on Shadow Paladin Archfiend!"

Thousands of Knives surrounded Dark Magician and were flung at Shadow Paladin Archfiend.

"We'll see about that!" The second in command of MFWD spoke "I'll activate Shadow Paladin Archfiend's effect if he's targeted by a card effect that would destroy him, I get to have a game of chance!"

A six sided fiendish circle appears as he continued "If this roulette lands on a one, three, or five, your effect is negated."

"Just as I thought it would have" Erin muttered.

Yami Yugi watches "That's what makes Archfiends tricky...And with Pandemonium out on the field...It makes Archfiend's effect during the Standby Phases useless."

The result of the roulette was indeed a three negating Yami's spell card.

"Battle!" Yami Yugi announces "Dark Magician, attack Dark Blade the Dragon Knight with Dark Magic Attack!"

Dark Magician took aim and forcefully seemed to push out a dark magical attack at Dark Blade the Dragon Knight which took the attack screeched and shattered dealing damage to his opponent's Life Points.

Demonica and Masked Figure's Life Points: 7700

"Next" Yami Yugi told them "I'll set Cyber Phoenix in defense mode and end my turn!"

Cyber Phoenix went into defense mode DEF: 1600 and Yugi ended his turn.

"It's my move!" the second-in-command spoke "I draw!"

He drew his card "Too bad for you Yugi...It's time I show you true terror, I Summon my Shadow Queen Archfiend!"

Shadow Queen Archfiend ATK: 900

The Shadow figure points out at Yami Yugi "Now all Archfiend Monsters gain one thousand more attack points!"

Both of the masked figure's monsters rose due to them being Archfiends 900-1900, 2850-3850

Despite this Yami Yugi wasn't worried "You're monster maybe powerful but it's not unbeatable!"

"We'll see when I destroy your Dark Magician!" the masked figure warned "Which is now, Battle, Shadow Paladin Knight attack Dark Magician, Shadow Archfiend Charge!"

Yami Yugi was ready for it "Not so fast, I activate my Trap Card: Magical Hats!"

Four hats appeared on the field covering Dark Magician and Cyber Phoenix allowing Yami Yugi to announce "Now I've hidden both Cyber Phoenix, and my Dark Magician in two of the four hats you see. Try to guess where one of them are!

The masked figure frowned hating this sort of card "Then how about the last hat to the left?"

His monster attack the last hat on the left missing both Cyber Phoenix and Dark Magician."

"That was a miss!" Yami Yugi told him.

"I still have Shadow Queen Archfiend still on the field, Shadow Queen Archfiend attack the middle hat to the right!"

Shadow Queen Archfiend took aim and fired her attack but likewise it was a miss.

"Strike two!" Yugi told him "Without any monsters both my Dark Magician and Cyber Phoenix are still safe!"

"I know where they are now!" the second in command of MFWD shouted irritated that Magician Hats worked so well on him

"Turn end!" the man announced.

"It's my move!" Erin told him "I draw!"

She drew her card "Neat! I'll activate Spell Card: Polymerization! This'll allow me to Fuse my Cyber Phoenix on the field with Volcanic Slicer in my hand in order to Fusion Summon Blaze Fenix the Bombardment Firebird!"

Blaze Fenix appears on the field ATK: 2800

"Nice one Erin!" Yami Yugi complimented her "That was a great move!"

"Thanks!" Erin said smiling she looks at the field then spoke "I activate my Blaze Fenix's special ability! Once per turn I can count down all cards on the field then inflict three hundred points of damage to my opponents for each card on the field! So go Blaze Fenix, Blazing Inferno"

"Rats!" the second in command spoke "How could I have forgotten she had that monster?"

Demoncia shook her head "It was the very first Fusion Monster she used."

I then smiled "Let's see, Yugi and I have two monsters on the field mine being Blaze Fenix, he has Dark Magician, we have a set card and you two have Shadow-Queen Archfiend and Shadow Paladin Knight. If my math is correct that's five cards on the field."

"That's correct to me" Yami Yugi said watching as Blaze Fenix strikes both Demonica and the masked figure damaging their Life Points badly.

Demonica and the Masked Figures Life Points: 5700

"Sadly" Erin told her opponents "When Blaze Fenix uses it's effect it can't attack, but that doesn't mean I can't battle, I still have one monster to battle with, so Battle! Dark Magician, attack Shadow Queen Archfiend with Dark Magic Attack!"

The Masked Figure spoke "I activate the effect of Archfiend Ghost a monster's effect from my hand, by discarding it from my hand to the Graveyard, I can negate your attack!"

Erin watches as a ghostly image of a terrifying archfiend appeared to block the Dark Magician's for Shadow-Queen Archfiend.

Erin entered her Main Phase II "I'll set one card face-down and it'll end my turn!"

"It's my move!" Demoncia announces "I draw!"

She drew her card "I summon Double Coston to the field!"

What appeared to be two amoeba creatures dividing appeared on the field ATK: 1700

"But he won't be there for long!" Demoncia warned Erin "For I shall now activate Spell Card: Double Summon!"

Erin had a feeling what that did as Demoncia announces the effect "Now I can Normal Summon one additional Monster, and due to Double Coston's effect if he's used for a Tribute Summon of a Dark Monster, he's treated as two tributes!"

"Which means?" Erin asked.

"She can Normal Summon a level 8 monster!" Yami Yugi shouted in alarm.

"That's correct!" Demonica said laughing evilly.

"What's so funny?" Yami Yugi demanded.

Demonica smiled "During my ally's first turn he played a Field Spell Card which is one requirement to the card I just drew on my Draw Phrase. It's a dangerous and powerful monster that you won't be able to stop! One that'll be your downfall, I'll tribute my Double Coston in order to Tribute Summon the true terror, Earthbound Immortal Ccapapu!"

Erin watches as a big object began to form over their heads absorbing what appeared to be souls of victims.

"I have a bad feeling about this!" Yami Yugi said watching this "DEMONICA? WHAT ARE YOU SUMMONING?"

Demonica's laughter got to them "YOUR ULITMATE DEMISE! My monster doesn't only require tribute summoning but it requires the souls of humans!"

Erin had a hard time not trying to shiver scared stiff at what was coming up or what was happening but she had since this monster's powerful evil.

Joey was beginning to come around "Man, what hit me?"

He woke then saw souls of people rushing upward towards a tall object "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"

"Language in front of Erin here, Joey..." Yami Yugi warned his friend.

"MY BAD!" Joey admitted he looked fearful watching the souls "Something bad is coming!"

"No kidding" Yami Yugi said looking at Erin "Erin, calm down, we'll get through this!"

Erin gulps nervously.

"Thank Goodness we're good Duelist hey Ferb?" Phineas asked as he and his brother arrived.

The two boys then looked upward with Phineas going "Erin! What's going on?"

"Not sure you two!" Erin said to her friends "But Demonica ate my friend Blair! And now is summoning...Whatever this is going to become!"

Phineas grits his teeth "Something bad I see..."

They'd get their answer when the object finally had enough human souls and then a blinding dark purple light engulfed the area then...They saw what Demonica had summoned. It was a huge black and Blue giant cyclops ATK: 3000

"Three Thousand attack points?" Erin asked.

"That's a whole lot of monster" Yami Yugi agreed "WHAT IS THAT DEMONICA?"

"I've told you" Demonica said laughing evilly "Your demise! This is an Earthbound Immortal the one known as Ccapapu!"

Demonica smiled turning to the masked figure "Thanks to Pandemonium being a Field Spell Card I am able to bring out my beast! Now, I'll activate Quick-Play Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon which'll destroy one of your Face-down cards!"

Erin watches as her Defense Draw was destroyed "Nuts!"

"Now" Demonica said hearing this "Battle! Shadow Paladin Knight attack Dark Magician!"

"Sorry!" Erin told her "I activate my Trap Card: Shield!"

"A Clow Card turned itself into a Duel Monster Card?" Both Demonica and the masked man asked.

"That's right!" Erin announced "I can activate this Trap Card when you declare an attack or have a monster's effect that would destroy one of my monsters, now I get to negate that attack or card effect and get to set this card again for next turn!"

Shield protected Yugi's Dark Magician from being destroyed.

Demonica smirked "I was hoping you'd do that!"

"Why is that?" Yami Yugi asked "It's true your Earthbound Immortal is huge and could destroy any of our monsters on the field but the damage won't be much!"

Demonica laughs "Oh how wrong you are Pharaoh this time! Go Earthbound Immortal Ccapapu, attack Erin!"

"Bring it!" Erin told her unafraid.

"You should be afraid!" Demonica told her "Because an Earthbound Immortal can attack the player DIRECTLY!"

"SAY WHAT?" Erin asked watching as the towering Earthbound Immortal raises it's arm with Demonica shouting "CRUSH HER!"

Erin watches without her Defense Draw which Demonica just destroyed she couldn't defend herself "Nuts!"

The monster swung it's arm downward striking Erin and taking her to the ground creating a big explosion with Yugi shouting "ERIN!"

"Oh-no!" Phineas shouted

"That's some sort of fire power" Joey muttered "Three Thousand Attack points and that thing can attack directly!"

"And yet that's not even half of that monster's power" Ferb added on clearly seeing there was more to the Earthbound Immortal than Demonica had already told Erin.

Yugi watches to see Erin laying flat on her stomach badly injured. The girl was actually coughing up blood and bleeding badly while hers and Yugi's Life Points dropped badly.

Erin and Yugi's Life Points: 4200

"I can't take it any more!" Joey shouted seeing Erin not moving as even he could tell she was ether fatally injured even when they had Life Points left. Taking a hand like that was nothing to be taken likely "Yugi, transfer her Life Points to me! I'll take over!"

Yami Yugi thought about it and would've considered it but Erin finally began to move rubbing her back "Ouch!"

She weakly get up panting "I think I should've tried using Shield on that..."

"Wouldn't have worked" Demonica told her "That sort of Trap Card has no effect on an Eartbound Immortal! However your Defense Draw which I destroyed would've."

"Can you still fight?" Yami Yugi asked her.

"I can...And I will" Erin told him weakly.

She was really, really badly hurt but was still willing to try to take these two people down despite how much pain they were putting into her.

"I';l set one card and end my turn" Demonica told the two.

"Then it's my move!" Yami Yugi announced "I draw!"

He drew his card and saw he had drawn Kuriboh which would be a potential good play to use especially against an Earthbound Immortal the first one he had ever seen. Unlike most Duelist whom would be worried about taking an Earthbound Immortal on, Yami Yugi's experience with Dueling against the Egyptian God Cards made him feel like he was prepared to take on any other card that maybe considered like a God such as an Earthbound Immortal.

"First" Yami Yugi spoke "I'll activate Spell Card: Pot of Greed! It'll allow me to draw two more cards!"

With this Yami Yugi drew two more cards "Great, now I'll use Polymerization of my own!"

Erin giggled slightly as she admitted "All of us have that Spell Card in our decks!"

"When you have Fusion Monsters" Yami Yugi told her with a smile on his face "Then decks need Polymerizaon." He then focuses on the Duel "With it, I'll fuse my Dark Magician on the field with my Buster Blader in my hand in order to Fusion Summon...Dark Paladin!"

Yugi's Dark Magician disappeared fusing with Buster Blader in his hand and soon formed a bigger better Spellcaster ATK: 2900

"That's stronger than any monster on the field!" Demonica shouted.

"That's true" Yami Yugi said "But there's more you see if there is a Dragon Type Monster in any player's field or Graveyard he gains five hundred more attack points!"

Demonica growls seeing she had one Dragon Type Monster "You got off lucky!"

Dark Paladin's attack points rose 2900-3400

"Next, I'll pay one thousand Life Points" Yami Yugi declared saving Kuriboh in his hand and going for the last card he had in his hand "I'll activate the Spell Spell Card: Diffusion Wave-Motion!"

"NUTS!" the 2nd in command of MFWD spoke as the Pharaoh paid one thousand of his Life Points to activate the Spell Card effect. Erin and Yami Yugi's Life Points: 3200

"That's right!" Yami Yugi declared "For when I attack during my Battle Phase with this Spell Card's effect I can destroy all monsters on your side of the field in one attack!"

Demonica laughs.

"What's so funny?" Yami Yugi demanded.

Demoncia answered "Foolish Pharaoh, Earthbound Immortals can't be targeted by an attack ever!"

"Great... maybe true" Yami Yugi declared "But not the rest of your Monsters...But before I declare my battle, I'll activate Blaze Fenix's effect! Once per turn with the exception of allowing it to attack, I can have it inflict three hundred points of damage to you per card on the field! Now you have three monsters, a face-down card, and we have two monsters and one face-down card. A total of six monsters! So go Blaze Fenix Blazing Inferno!

Blaze Fenix activated it's ability and torched both Demonica and her partner for eighteen hundred points of damage. The two villains felt this effect damage as their Life Points lowered.

Demonica and Masked Figure's Life Points: 3900

"Hurts doesn't it?" Erin asked.

"And now" Yami Yugi declared "Battle! Dark Paladin attack and destroy all of their monsters!"

Dark Paladin looked like it was going to obey and it did however Demonica growls "Not today! I'll activate my Trap Card: Quaking Mirror Force!"

"Another different Mirror Force?" Erin asked.

"You bet!" Demonica announces "Now all of your monsters that are in attack mode switch into defense mode!"

Erin starts sweating "Great..."

She watches as the monsters on her side of the field changed into defense mode DEF: 2000, and 2500

Yami Yugi was sure he could've crippled them a bit more "Then I end my turn!"

"It's my move!" the masked figure spoke "I draw!"

He drew his card then checked out his hand "I'll activate Spell Card, Fiendish Return! With it I am allowed to Special Summon one Level four or below Archfiend monster from my Graveyard so Shadow-Knight Archfiend come on out!"

Shadow-Knight Archfiend appears once again on the field ATK: 2000

"Next" The second in command told them "He won't be there for long for I offer him up in order to bring out Skull Archfiend of Lightning!"

Shadow-Knight Archfiend disappears on the field and in it's place was Skull Archfiend of Lightning ATK: 2500 it would go up by one thousand thanks to Shadow-Queen Archfiend being out on the field 2500-3500

"This doesn't look good" Joey muttered

"Now" The masked figure spoke "Battle! And time to finish you off! One more monster you need out and you possibly could bring out an Egyptian God Card, which I won't allow! Earthbound Immortal Ccapapu attack The Pharaoh Directly!"

The towering Earthbound Immortal sighted Yami Yugi which Erin panicked a bit as it slaps down it's hand.

"Sorry" Yami Yugi told the opponents "But you are forgetting about someone, and it's Kuriboh which I have in my hand! By discarding him to the Graveyard, I can make battle damage zero from this attack!"

Just as the giant arm of the Earthbound Immortal was about to strike him Yami Yugi discarded his last card to the Graveyard and Kuriboh appeared shielding Yami Yugi from the giant arm.

"Lucky break" The masked figure spoke "But your monsters shall soon be gone! For now, Skull Archfiend of Lightning attack Dark Paladin with Dark Lightning!"

"Not today!" Yami Yugi declared "I'll activate Erin's Trap Card of Shield!"

A barrier appeared over his Fusion Monster as he spoke "Now I'll use it to block your attack."

"That is if my monster's ability allows it to!" The masked figure announced "Go use Demonic Spin Roulette!"

Joey frowned "Great...Now if it lands on a three, four, or six he can negate and destroy Erin's Trap Card!"

Erin frowned hearing this too but the masked figure's gamble didn't pay off as the result landed on a two.

"Nuts!" The masked figure spoke seeing this "Shield does work!"

The barrier repelled Skull Archfiend of Lightning's effect.

"After activation" Yami Yugi told his opponents "I can place Shield face-down again for later!"

The masked figure spoke "I still have one more attack left, Shadow Paladin Archfiend shall attack your Dark Paladin now! Go Shadow Archfiend Charge!"

Having used up Shield Yami Yugi had no choice but to allow his monster to be attacked and destroyed.

"Turn end!" The masked figure spoke.

"It's my move!" Erin announced "I draw!"

She drew her card then checked it out to be a revival one itself "I activate Spell Card: Phoenix Revival!

She reveals the Spell Card: I can only activate this Spell Card if there is a Fire Type Monster on the field! It allows me to bring back any Monster destroyed last turn by battle or card effect ignoring Special Summoning conditions and I get to draw two cards afterwards."

With this Erin was able to bring back out Yugi's Dark Paladin

"Nuts!" the masked figure spoke "I just got done destroying it!"

"We'll then" Erin told them as she drew two cards from her deck "I'll activate Spell Card: Fusion Recovery! It'll allow me to bring back one Fusion Material Monster from my Graveyard and Polymerization and add them into my hand!"

She retrieved Polymerization and Volcanic Slicer.

"Next" Erin announced "I activate Polymerization once again this time I'll fuse Elemental Hero Burtrinixtrix in my hand with my Volcanic Slicer in order to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Nova Master!"

Elemental Hero Nova Master now appears on the field ATK: 2600

"Next" Erin announces "I'll switch my Blaze Fenix into attack mode!*

Blaze Fenix went back into attack mode 2800

"Then I'll activate Blaze Fenix's effect to inflict three hundred points of damage for every card on the field! And if my math is correct with three monsters on my side of the field, three on your sides and one trap card that's seven cards! So this damage will be more than you can handle! Go Blaze Fenix, Blazing Inferno!"

The Fusion Monster sent a powerful bombarding fire attack at it's opponent torching them.

"Should've tried to go after that!" Demonica hissed at her ally.

"Wouldn't have mattered! She would've used Phoenix Revival anyway and brought it back! At least that Dark Paladin can't attack all monsters now!"

"I suppose that's true"

Demonica and Masked Figure's Life Points: 1800

"Now" Erin announces "Elemental Hero Nova Master shall attack your Shadow-Queen Archfiend, Go Nova Master, use Nova-Flare!"

The Masked Figure wasn't going to let this happen "Sorry, I won't allow it, I'll simply use another Archfiend Ghost to negate the attack!"

He discarded another Archfiend Ghost from his hand to his Graveyard.

"Then I'll attack your Shadow-Paladin Archfiend!" Erin announces "With Dark Paladin!"

Dark Paladin took aim and fired an attack at Shadow-Paladin Archfiend, the monster was struck by the attack and there was a big explosion as Shadow Paladin Archfiend seemed to have been destroyed.

"There goes that Fusion Monster!" Erin announced seeing her opponents Life Points drop.

Demonica's and Masked Figure's Life Points: 1600

Then to their surprise Shadow Paladin Archfiend remained on the field ATK: 3500

"What trickery is this?" Yami Yugi demanded.

"My Shadow Paladin Archfiend's last effect" the masked figure told them "If he was destroyed by Battle, by removing from play one Archfiend Monster from my Graveyard, I can bring him back from the Graveyard, so I merely removed one of my Archfiend Ghosts from the Graveyard and brought him back

"Nuts!" Erin muttered.

She checked her hand "Turn end."

"It's my move!" Demonica shouts "I draw!"

She drew her card then smiles "It's time I showed you all true terror!" She turned to her partner" Mind if I borrow your monsters?"

"Go ahead" The masked figure said hiding a smile behind his mask "Why do you think I came to help you in this Tag Duel? Go ahead use my Archfiend Monsters to your desire!"

"Will do!" Demonica said she glares evilly at her two opponents almost tasting victory "I offer up, Shadow Paladin Archfiend, Skull Archfiend of Lightning and Shadow-Queen Archfiend in order to Summon my Ultimate Monster."

"That Earthbound Immortal wasn't her ultimate Monster?" Joey, Phineas and Ferb asked shocked.

Erin gulps in fear while Yami Yugi just watches what was going to happen as he thought This can't be good! They are tributing three monsters...If I know anything a super-powerful monster is about to come out onto the field...We'll let's see what it is!

Demonica smiled as a demonic aura surrounded her side of the field "Appear, The Wicked Dreadroot!"

A powerful demonic monster appeared on the field ATK: 4000

"This isn't good" Erin muttered with her knees shaking.

"You're right it isn't!" Demonica told her "With Wicked Dreadroot on my field it'll nearly be impossible to destroy him because with his presense on the field all Monsters with the exception of him on the field have their attack points halved!"

"Great!" Joey told her "You crippled your Earthbound Immortal!"

"Not so fast blonde" Demonica warned him "I'll activate my last card an Equip Spell Card known as Earthbound Protection! It's another Spell Card I can only activate while I have a face-up Earthbound Immortal and equip to it now the Earthbound Immortal's attack points or defense points can't change due to a card effect!"

"NOT GOOD!" Erin announced seeing that hers and Yugi's monster had their attack points halved.

2800-1400, 3200-1850, 2600-1300

"Indeed!" Demonica said "Plus there is more to Earthbound Protection which you'll see coming up Yugi's turn if you get another one! Battle, Earthbound Immortal Ccappapu, attack Erin Directly!"

Erin grits her teeth as the monster sighted her and bashed her into the ground once again. Erin screamed in pain as she felt this. The pain was unbearable and once again she lay down on the ground bleeding badly trying to move.

Erin and Yami Yugi's Life Points: 200

"Now" Demonica said seeing Erin unable to move "I suggest you stay down because I win! Wicked Dreadroot, Eliminate Dark Paladin!"

The second in command smirked behind his mask "It doesn't matter what monster Demonica destroys we win this Duel!"

Everyone watches as Wicked Dreadroot unleashes a powerful wave attack at Dark Paladin.

"ERIN!" Joey shouted.

"You have to get up!" Phineas encouraged.

"Come on Erin move!" Ferb agreed with his brother.

"If this connects" Demonica said with a smile "She's dead."

Erin watches helplessly and bleeding badly from her wounds she even coughs up blood and watches Wicked Dreadroot's attack come at Dark Paladin. She raises her hand weakly "I activate my Trap Card: Shield!"

Just in time her Shield Trap Card worked and prevented them from losing the Duel. Then Erin set it down again and kneels almost as if accepting defeat "Great...Now what can Yugi and I do to overcome this?"

"You got off lucky on that one" Demonica told the two "Next round coming up on my partner's turn it's lights out!"

Erin shivered thinking she was indeed going to lose this one, she didn't see anything out of this.

Yami Yugi looks at her "Erin..."

"Yeah?"

"Things may look bad now but you have to have hope."

"Hope to lose?"

"No" Yami Yugi told her "You have to remain strong willed as always. No matter what, I gave you my word and we will save Blair. Think on what you can do when she's safe!"

Erin tries to get up but her injuries made her think she couldn't, all she could do was kneel but she now saw his point "What can we do against those two monsters?"

"We believe in ourselves" Yami Yugi answered her "And we trust our fate in the Heart of the Cards!"

He stood up turning to his opponents "And I'll show you how we'll win!"

Erin watches as the Pharaoh turned his attention to the opponents "You seem to have an upper hand but I refuse to let this be my end, It's my move and possibly our last turn, I draw!"

Yami Yugi drew then felt a spark from the drawn card. He checked his hand to see what he drawn, and it was Card of Sanctity.

"I activate Spell Card: Card of Sanctity! It allows all of us to draw till we have six cards in or hand!"

With this all Duelist drew until they had six cards in their hand and at Yami Yugi's last card he drew he felt a spark meaning he had drawn an Egyptian God Card. He checked it out to see what he had drawn. Then he smiled "Prepare to feel a power like no other you two!"

Erin heard this and now stood on her two feet asking him "What have you drawn?"

"The card that will give us our victory" Yami Yugi told her "But first, we'll activate Blaze Fenix's ability."

"You can try all you want!" Demonica told him "By sending but that won't work! You see Earthbound Protection prevents me or my partner from taking effect damage during your turns."

Yami Yugi smirked "I figured it had that...And I was testing you to see if that was the case."

"You expected that?"

"You bet!" Yami Yugi said "But first when Watapon is drawn by a card effect, I can special Summon him to the field!"

Watapon appears on the field but due to Wicked Dreadroot's effect had it's attack points halved ATK: 150

"Next" Yami Yugi announced "I activate Spell Card: Monster Reborn to bring back my Dark Magician!"

Dark Magician came back but once again thanks to Wicked Dreadroot's effect had his attack points halved ATK: 1250

"Now I have everything in place in order to end this Duel!" Yami Yugi told his two opponents "Because as you know my two monsters I've just brought onto the field was a Special Summon which means I can do a Normal Summon...You know Demonica that you aren't the only one with a God card, and now it's time you pay the price for your actions at eating Blair! I offer up Blaze Fenix the Blazing Bombardment Bird, Dark Paladin, Elemental Hero Nova Master, in order to bring out OBELISK THE TORMENTOR!"

Passionate Duelist plays

Erin watches as the three Fusion Monsters vanished and a huge blue god like monster stood on the field ATK: 4000

"Nuts" the masked figure spoke as he had anticipated the Pharaoh in summoning a God Card, honestly in this situation he preferred Slifer seeing as they could survive Slifer's attack. Heck perhaps they could've survived an encounter with Winged Dragon of Ra, but with two other monsters on his opponent's side of the field he knew what was going to happen.

"So" Demonica told her opponent "You have a monster with the same attack points as Wicked Dreadroot? What a shame because he's about to lose half of them!"

"I'd open your eyes to see the truth in that!" Yami Yugi told her which caused her to gasp seeing Obelisk was unaffected by the effect "HOW?"

The masked man answered "The Egyptian God Cards are unaffected by all Card effects!"

"It's about to get worse" Yami Yugi announced "Because I activate Obelisk the Tormentor's Special ability by offering up two monsters on the field I can give him infinite power and when he attacks not only do we win the duel but he destroys all monsters on the field!"

Obelisk The Tormentor gripped Watapon and Dark Magician absorbing them gaining such power and Yami Yugi shouted "FIST OF GOD!"

Obelisk the Tormentor lashed out it's huge fist as both of Demonica's monsters the fist strikes both of the monsters ending the Duel in Erin, and Yami Yugi's victory.

Demonica's and Masked Figure's Life Points: 0

end of Song

Demonica glares at the one that had beaten them and now had no choice but to spit out Blair whom had fallen unconscious mostly due to the lack of oxygen.

"Blair!" Erin shouted glad to see her friend free but she was too weak to move.

Phineas and Ferb ran over to Blair's body and felt to see if she had a pulse. The raven haired girl did and Phienas turned to Erin "She's fine, just unconscious."

Demonica glared at Erin "You escaped this time! But only because of the Pharaoh...Next time we meet, I'll be dining on that flesh!
Demonica snaps her fingers and she with her partner vanished.

Erin was kneeling as Joey ran over to her "We got to get these two out of here Yug!"

Yami Yugi agreed "Right, both Blair and Erin need medical attention big time."

Yami Yugi picked up Erin while Joey picked up Blair as they made their way out of the Abandoned Maze Caves.

As he was holding her Erin looks at the Pharaoh "Thank you for helping today and thank you for saving Blair, I couldn't have done it without you."

The Pharaoh smiled "You did well today at least until the end. Remember Erin, trust in yourself and always trust your fate in the heart of the cards."

"I will next time" Erin said

Ferb, Phineas, Joey carrying an unconscious Blair, and Yami Yugi holding a very weak Erin made it out the the secret area where Sakura saw Erin's condition.

"What happened to her?" Sakura asked.

"Demonica!" Joey said "She forced Erin and Yugi into a Tag Duel and her Earthbound Immortal attacked poor Erin twice directly."

"She looks bad!" Sakura announced.

Li her husband looked at Erin "She does!"

Li turned to Pegasus "We need to get her to a hospital but knowing the enemy, they'll try to attack Erin while she's down."

"Then there's no time to lose" Pegasus suggested to them "We'll take both Blair and Erin to my mansion where I'll get medics to come over, I'll watch over both her and Blair until they both recovered.

"Good idea" Joey admitted "That way MFWD can't pull a fast one on you knowing your home."

The group leaves in Pegasus's helicopter to get to his mansion.

end of chapter

This part is over and Demonica proved to be no pushover! Oh yeah, Erin will encounter Demonica again in the future but she will be without Yugi when she does and will be more experienced in dueling. Anyway next chapter is Chapter 24: Duel between Friends: One week since Erin with Yugi's help managed to save Blair from Demonica and with both girls healed, Blair decides on during a sleep over at Erin's house to finally have their Duel. Will Erin's fire deck prevail over Blair's Light deck?

Special Cards

yes, I promise I won't do this often on this fanfic but I'll do it when it's due. There are fanmade cards on this chapter that I'll list and put down. They go as followed.

Shadow Paladin Archfiend

Attribute: DARK

Level: 7

Type: Fusion/Fiend/Effect

ATK: 2450, DEF: 2200

Requirements "1" Shadow-Knight Archfiend+ "1" Archfiend Horse

Effect: When this card is Fusion Summoned, This Card gains 200 Attack Points for every Archfiend Monster in your Graveyard. If this card is targeted by a card effect which would destroy him, roll a six sided die, if the results is a 1,3,or 5 negate the effect and destroy that card. If this Card was destroyed by Battle and sent to the Graveyard, you may remove from Play 1 Archfiend Monster from your Graveyard to Special Summon this Card back onto the field.

Owned by Masked Figure

Archfiend Horse

Attribute: DARK

Level: 2

Type: Fiend/Effect

ATK: 800, DEF: 800

Effect: If this card was used as a Fusion, Synchro, or Ritual Material Monster for a Fusion, Syncrho or Ritual Monster, draw two cards for each monster used for the Ritual, FUSION, or SYNCRHO Summoned Monster.

Owned by Masked Figure

Demonic Raid

Type: Spell

Effect: Activate only when you have removed Monsters from your opponent's Graveyard from play, draw two cards for each Monster removed from the Graveyard.

Owned by Demonica

Archfiend Ghost

Attribute: DARK

Level: 1

Type: Fiend/Effect

ATK: 300, DEF: 100

Effect: During your opponent's Battle Phase only, if your opponent declares a Direct Attack or an attack on one of your monsters, discard this card from your hand the Graveyard to negate the attack.

Owned by Masked Figure.

Fiendish Return

Type: Spell Card

Effect: Special Summon one Level four or below Archfiend Monster from your Graveyard.

Owned by Masked Figure.

Phoenix Revival

Type: Spell Card

Effect: You can only activate this Spell Card if a Monster was destroyed during your opponent's last turn, Special Summon the destroyed monster ignoring Special Summoning conditions and draw two cards.

Owned by Erin

And the last one

Earthbound Protection

Type: Equip Spell

Effect: Equip only to a face up Earthbound Immortal Monster on your side of the field, the equipped Monster's attack points aren't affected by Card Effects, during your opponent's turn as long as this card is out you don't take any effect damage.