Yu-Gi-Oh!: Return of the King!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Oh, and there's a character in this chapter who's not mine either, he's Seeker of the Soul's. And many other Characters belong to Wolf General.
Author's Notes: The King has returned.
King Arthur frowned at the pair before him.
"You two do not seem like all that much to me," The ruler said. "You seem well; I'll put it bluntly…inept at this game."
"HEY!" Weevil screeched in protest. "I'll have you know that I was the regional champion."
"More like chumpion!" Wolf snickered. Buffy gave her boyfriend a look that said "shut up"
"And I was runner up!" Rex chimed in.
"My apologies," King Arthur responded. "I'm not from around here. Perhaps you should show me your skills, in combat."
King Arthur's soul duel disk activated.
"Two on one seems hardly fair," Weevil interjected.
"Very well," King Arthur just nodded at Buffy who immediately took a stance next to him.
"Dame Buffy shall duel along side me," King Arthur said. "We'll wager two locator cards on this match."
King Arthur-4000LP
Rex Raptor-4000LP
Buffy-4000LP
Weevil Underwood-4000LP
"I shall start with Knight's Calling," King Arthur said. "This costs one thousand life points but we all get to summon as many cards from our decks with "Knight" in their name as we like."
King Arthur-3000LP
Rex Raptor-4000LP
Buffy-4000LP
Weevil Underwood-4000LP
Five monsters appeared on Pendragon's field. "Sir Tristram the Brave Knight (1600/1500) Sir Percival the Grail Knight (1800/1900) Sir Gawain the Courageous Knight (1350/2400) and my Meridian Knight. (0/0)
"Meridian Knight is a five star monster so by the law of Knight's Calling I must discard my hand"
"I don't have any Knight Monsters," Rex said. Buffy nodded in assessment.
"I've got none either," She said. King Arthur shook his head. "Look again."
Her duel disk was beeping and glowing, it transformed on her arm into a soul disk like Arthur's.
"Nosferatu Knight?" She said in surprise as the card appeared on her field. (1850/2300)
It looked very much like her Vampire Lord card, but wore the armor of a knight. There was a dragon-like emblem on the armor of all of King Arthur's cards; this emblem was also on Nosferatu Knight.
Wolf's duel disk changed into a soul disk as well. He immediately popped it loose and scoured through it, finding the card that wasn't there before. Lycanthropic Knight. (2450/1600) (Six stars/Effect/Beast-Warrior)
"Ah good," King Arthur said sounding completely unsurprised. "When Nosferatu Knight is played I can special summon from my soul Lady Buffy the Neo-Knight (1550/1550)"
Armor appeared over Buffy's casual cloths and she found herself unable to resist stepping out onto the field.
"If you're done with all that worthless chit-chat," Weevil said. "My Cockroach Knight (1000/1000) and Insect Knight (1900/1500) have taken to the field."
The two bugs appeared on Weevil's field.
"You two should stop bragging about past victories that have since lost meaning," King Arthur said. "You were the regional champions, I get that, but then other better warriors overcame you, but you did not learn from your losses, you did not grow, and now it costs you. When Lady Buffy the Neo-Knight is played I may attack no matter what the restrictions are."
Weevil and Rex stepped back in horror. They hadn't even taken their turns yet and King Arthur was about to attack.
"I sacrifice Tristram, Percival and Gawain to summon the Once and Future King Pendragon (3500/3000)" The former ruler stepped out, joining Buffy on the field.
"Meridian Knight's Attack power is equal to that of all Knight Monsters in play," (6300/0)
King Arthur pointed towards Weevil's Cockroach Knight and Meridian Knight obeyed, lunging and attacking the card with a quick slice of his red sword.
King Arthur-3000LP
Rex Raptor-4000LP
Buffy-4000LP
Weevil Underwood-0LP
King Arthur Nodded at Buffy. She drew her sword while King Arthur raised his mace and lunged…
Rex Raptor-0LP
The pair fell to the ground with their heads still spinning from their quick defeat.
As the Once and Future King, and his entourage left, a man approached the dinosaur and insect duelists.
"That was pathetic," he said. "You two have no skills at this game whatsoever."
"Leave us alone," Weevil demanded.
"But you could be so much better," the man said.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Rex asked.
"I am Dalin Imaki Sumatin," he said. "I'm from the Underworld of Dueling; I have a proposition for you…"
Eli frowned. "Damn it," he snorted. He'd forgotten that he was registered for the stupid tournament.
He'd been trying to find Davis, Asriel and Achmed all afternoon. But every time that he'd come close to finding his friends and warning them, some no account duelist blocked his path and demanded a duel.
The worst part was that they weren't even stimulating duels. Bones and his crew tried to scare him in a cemetery, but of course Eli was better than that. He'd taken them down in two turns.
Then there was that Panic guy. He tried to use scare tactics and intimidation to take Eli down. Eli had faced gods, demons, and fallen angels; nothing scared him. He was looking forward to the finals and some challenging duels. Perhaps another match with Rikuo Amero would be worthwhile. Kaiba certainly wasn't a threat to him anymore.
It was then, drifting through his own thoughts about Kaiba that Eli noticed Davis, nailed down in one place.
"Thank God!" he said rolling his eyes skyward as he rushed over towards Davis. He recognized Davis's opponent immediately and remained silent. What he needed to tell Davis was not for prying ears. He did make himself visibly known to both duelists however.
Davis-4000LP
Kell Zephyr-4000LP
"I'll go first," Kell said drawing. "Two cards face-down and I summon Makyura the Destructor in attack mode (1600/1200).
A purple warrior with long claws and a golden Wadjet on its face appeared in front of Kell.
Davis frowned. "I've never heard of that card before."
Kell chuckled. "I was formerly a rare hunter, we made it our business to collect and acquire rare cards, and I was very good at my job. I was one of Merik's number one hunters. My deck is stacked with so many rare cards; you'll never be able to stop me."
Externally Davis showed no emotion, but inwardly he was worried. In duel monsters the rarer a card was the more powerful it was. Davis himself didn't own many rare cards until he'd married Asriel. Asriel's aunt worked for Industrial Illusions and had provided Davis with his choice of rare cards.
Even so, Davis had been modest about collecting rare cards and even now his rarest card was still Dark Magician of Chaos.
"That's it for my turn," Kell said.
"Okay," Davis said. "Then it's time to show you what I've got!"
Davis drew his sixth card and examined his hand carefully.
"I summon my D.D. Survivor (1800/200) in attack mode," Davis said. "I set one card face-down and Equip D.D. Survivor with Big Bang Shot (2200/200)"
The D.D. Survivor appeared in attack mode in front of Davis. A strange mechanical boot appeared on its foot as the face down card appeared behind him.
Kell's face contorted into one of disgust. "Spell cards?" he asked. "God I hate those cards. They're just too easy, too broken for real play. You can't have a real strategy with a spell card. Traps are the way to go."
Davis smiled. "It may be broken, but it's the card I play, Survivor, attack Makyura the Destructor!"
The Survivor took a flying leap across the field and slammed the mechanical boot down on the purple warrior. Makyura shuddered and shattered apart.
Davis-4000LP
Kell Zephyr-3400LP
"Fool," Kell said. "Do you know what happens when Makyura the Destructor goes to the graveyard?"
Davis frowned. "No what?"
"I can activate trap cards from my hand without restriction. First trap card, Dust Tornado is the Trap card version of Mystical Space Typhoon."
A giant tornado spun across the field and struck D.D. Survivor's Big Bang Shot and shattered it apart. The Survivor looked surprised for about three seconds before vanishing in a rainbow colored portal.
Kell chuckled. "Spell cards have such nasty weaknesses. Like if Big Bang shot is destroyed the monster equipped with it is removed from play. I activate one of the facedown cards I played: Call of the Haunted. Bring back Makyura!" (1600/1200)
From the ground the monster erupted in a rapid motion. The creature took a battle stance in front of Kell.
"Makyura!" Kell declared. "Attack Davis directly!"
It was Davis's turn to smile as he shook his head "Tsk, Tsk. Kell you can't attack someone directly when they have a monster in play."
"What?!" Kell yelped in surprise. Another rainbow colored portal had appeared and D.D. Survivor reappeared, pressing several buttons on a panel on his arm. (1800/200) He noticed Makyura rushing towards him, and drew his Dimensional Samurai sword from beneath his tattered cloak and sliced through the purple warrior without a second thought.
Davis-4000LP
Kell Zephyr-3200LP
"How did you do that?" Kell demanded. Davis closed his eyes and gave a small smile. "You've been playing with only rare cards for too long Kell. D.D. Survivor is a common card so you wouldn't be familiar with his effect. He can't be removed from play. He's a wandering warrior who spent years trying to return to his home dimension, he knows the pathways between the worlds well, and can always return to me."
"I see," Kell said. "You knew your Big Bang Shot's major weakness so you purposely placed it on the one monster that wouldn't be weakened by it. I'm impressed. But you destroyed Makyura yet again so I can activate trap cards in my hand."
Davis braced himself.
"Mechanical Construction," He said holding up the trap card. "Allows me to summon a machine monster from my deck with an attack power under five hundred. So I'll summon Trap Orb (0/0)"
A small sphere appeared on Kell's field. It looked like a large pearl, but it had a light purple tint to it.
Davis frowned again, unfamiliar with the card, while Eli frowned from the sidelines recognizing it.
Eli wasn't about to tell Davis what it did, he was a firm believer in a duelist dueling for themselves. He would prefer Davis loosing to him being told how to win.
"I also active another Trap from my hand," Kell said. "Rope of Life! I discard my hand and bring back Makyura eight hundred points stronger. (2400/1200) I then activate my other face-down card Disgraceful Charity, which places the cards I just discarded back in my hand. Then I active an extremely rare trap card that's known as a Trap-monster: Embodiment of Apophis! (1600/1600)"
As the last trap card was placed on the field Kell slapped it on a monster card zone, not in the Spell/Trap zone.
"That was all done during my turn," Kell said. "I hope you've got some good cards left."
Davis drew. "Card of Sanctity!" He said drawing. Kell looked disgusted again as the card forced him to pick up more cards.
"You run far too many Spellcasters Davis," Kell said. "They're Spell dependant those Spellcaster monsters. Against my deck Spells are a liability not an asset. You'll soon see."
Davis glanced at his new fresh hand. He'd drawn good cards, but nothing strong enough to defeat Kell's 2400 point Makyura.
"I place this card face-down," Davis said setting a monster. "I switch my D.D. Survivor to defense mode and activate my Dimensional Fissure Spell card."
A huge diamond-shaped rift in the Time-Space continuum opened up behind Davis. Volts of electricity and a violent windstorm rushed over the field.
"As long as this card remains in play," Davis said. "Monsters are sent to the graveyard, but removed from play instead."
Kell shielded his face with his arms as the fissure's windstorm continued blowing the leaves about the park.
"I warned you Davis," the former Rare-Hunter said. "I don't like Spell Cards. I sacrifice my Trap Orb as tribute for my Spell Canceller (1800/1500)"
Instantly the fissure behind Davis closed, slamming shut with a loud bang.
"Spell Canceller?" Davis asked.
"It's like a Jinzo," Kell said. "But for Spell cards."
"Uh oh!" Davis said out loud. He had no trap cards in his hand and the only trap he had on his field was Dimensional Inversion. Not a useful trap in this situation.
"Makyura!" Kell said. "Attack his facedown card."
The Purple warrior lunged and attacked the down card. There was a brilliant burst of Rainbow-colored light and Davis's D.D. Assailant (1700/1600) and Makyura vanished.
Kell let out a low growl, but gestured towards Apophis the snake-warrior lunged and sliced D.D. Survivor in two.
"Spell Canceller," Kell said. "Attack his life-points!"
A laser beam blasted from Spell Canceller's core and struck Davis hard in the chest.
Davis-2200LP
Kell Zephyr-3200LP
"I set three cards and that's my turn," Kell said.
Davis drew. "I set one card face-down and summon my D.D. Kuriboh in defense mode." (300/200)
A small blue version of Kuriboh, with rainbow-colored eyes appeared atop a giant image of his card. It chirped happily.
"That's it for me." Davis said.
Kell's eyes remained wide with shock. "What?"
Davis cocked his eyebrow waiting for Kell to make his move.
"D.D. Kuriboh?" Kell asked. "Is that the best you could do?"
Davis shrugged.
"I'm not even sure if I should be dueling you after that." Kell said. He sighed. "I summon another Trap Orb (0/0) in attack mode. Apophis, attack that fur-ball!"
The D.D. Kuriboh panicked and began floating all over the field as the Serpent chased it around the field.
"I activate my trap card," Davis said. "Karma Cut. This trap let's me discard one card from my hand, D.D. Designator will do. Now I can remove Spell Canceller from play!"
A rainbow colored portal appeared in behind the Spell Canceller and dragged the machine inside.
There was a burst of light as the Fissure Re-opened behind Davis. Apophis finally caught up with D.D. Kuriboh and sliced him in half. The two halves of the little Kuriboh went flying into the rift behind Davis.
"Now I can activate my trap card," Davis said. "Dimensional Inversion, which brings back D.D. Kuriboh! (300/200)"
A swirling vortex appeared on the ground and lifted up into the air. The D.D. Kuriboh fell from the portal and hit the ground unceremoniously. This didn't faze the little guy however, he just leapt up into the air and floated around Davis's head chirping.
Kell's eye twitched at the return of the D.D. Kuriboh.
"D.D. Cards require precision to operate," Davis said. "A healthy combination a Spells and Traps to work. You dislike Spell cards, I get that. But like it or not, Spell cards are a part of this game. I can use them again so I activate Pot of Greed!"
Davis drew two cards.
"I play Monster Reborn to revive D.D. Survivor." He said feeling Grateful that he could use spell cards again. "And I sacrifice my D.D. Kuriboh for Dark Magician Girl! (2000/1700)"
The fuzzy D.D. Card finally vanished as Davis's Favorite Spellcaster took to the field.
"Dark Magician Girl," Davis said pointing to the Embodiment of Apophis. "Destroy that snake!"
The Spellcaster giggled and pointed her staff at the Serpent and fired a burning attack at him. The blast hit and the card shattered apart. Since it was really a trap, it was not removed from play like D.D. Kuriboh was.
Davis-2200LP
Kell Zephyr-2800LP
"I don't know what your Trap Orb does," Davis said. "But I'm certain it's not good, so I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn playing it safe."
Kell chuckled.
"Playing it safe Davis?" Kell asked. "That's not going to work against what I just drew. It's my rarest card and also my most powerful." He turned the card around to reveal a red colored dragon with a long white horn. It had six stars and its stats were (2200/1400) Davis could see from the card coloring that it was an effect monster.
Eli gasped and stepped back. "That's a White-Horned Dragon!"
Davis glanced at Eli, Eli seemed familiar with the monster, but Davis had no clue.
"I've been trying to get one for years!" Eli said. "They're extremely rare; in fact only twenty five were ever printed."
Kell smiled wickedly. "Time for you to see my rarest card's real power! I offer my Trap Orb as a tribute for White Horned Dragon! (2200/1400)"
The Orb vanished as the dragon rose in its place. The large white horn on the dragon's forehead began glowing.
"Why's his horn glowing like that?" Davis asked Eli. Eli shook his head refusing to tell him anymore.
"It's simple Davis," Kell said. "When White-Horned Dragon is summoned he removes from play up to five Spell cards from the opposing graveyard. Then he gains attack points equal to the Spell cards he removed. That's Big Bang Shot, Card of Sanctity, D.D. Designator, Pot of Greed, and Monster Reborn."
Davis's DD2 spat out the five Spell cards and Kell's Dragon roared! (2700/1400)
"Whoa!" Davis said stepping back.
"I also activate two more Embodiment of Apophis cards (1600x2)" Kell said.
"White-Horned Dragon attack and destroy Dark Magician Girl!" Kell ordered. "Electro-Thunder!"
The Dragon opened its mouth and a massive Fire-ball appeared and launched at Davis. Volts of electricity shot from the horn and enhanced the attack. The blast hit Dark Magician Girl and sent her flying back into Davis's vortex.
Davis-1500LP
Kell Zephyr-2800LP
Kell's Apophis cards hissed at D.D. Survivor, but could not do anything about him.
"Survivor's next Davis," Kell said. "He may be immortal on this field, but he still takes damage. I activate my face-down Dragon's Rage Trap Card. End Turn."
Davis smiled. "There is no next turn for you Kell," he said. "You see your deck is extremely powerful, but it has one massive weakness."
Davis flipped around a spell card in his hand.
"Another spell card?" Kell scoffed.
Davis shook his head. "Not just any Spell card Kell," He responded. "This is my rarest card. It's called Borrowed Time! I can treat it as any card from any player's deck. I will borrow from my friend Daniel Pilkington and treat it as Jinzo! (2400/1500)"
Kell stepped back in horror. "No! Not him, any card but him!"
"I offer D.D. Survivor as tribute to summon Jinzo," Davis said. The survivor vanished as Davis placed Jinzo on his field. The Survivor re-appeared instantly.
Jinzo fired blasts from his eyes that struck Kell's two Embodiments of Apophis and Kell's facedown card.
"Now I activate my face-down card Serial spell," Davis said. "Which I can use to copy the effect of one spell card on my field. I'll copy Borrowed Time and treat Serial Spell as Limiter Removal!"
The "Jinzo" on Davis's field began hissing loudly, and certain wires and sprockets came flying off as the safety mechanisms were removed. (4800/1500)
"Jinzo," Davis said. "Destroy White-Horned Dragon! Cybernetic Blast!"
A sphere of energy appeared between Jinzo's two hands and fired at Kell's dragon. The blast enveloped the beast and when the smoke cleared there was nothing.
Davis-1500LP
Kell Zephyr-700LP
"D.D. Survivor," Davis said, and pointed at Kell. The warrior understood and launched itself across the field.
Davis-1500LP
Kell Zephyr-0LP
Kell bowed his head and walked over to Davis.
"As per our agreement," Kell said. "My rarest card, the White-Horned Dragon and my Locator card. Until we meet again."
He gave Davis a light salute, and turned and walked past Eli.
"Eli," Kell said. "Taking care of that god-card I hope?"
Eli said nothing and didn't move as Kell walked past him.
"Davis," Eli said. "Is Kell gone?"
"Yeah," Davis said looking behind him.
"Good," The Chaos duelist said. "I didn't want him overhearing what I'm about to tell you. My mansion was broken into four days ago."
Davis shrugged as he placed the White-Horned Dragon into his deck. "So, you need a better security system. Why are you bringing this up?"
"Davis you don't understand," Eli said. "I've been trying to get a hold of you and your wife and Achmed ever since it happened. Why aren't you answering your cell phone?"
Davis shrugged. "We always turn our phones off before a big tournament, makes it less distracting when constructing our decks why?"
"Davis," Eli said slowly. "They took the god cards…"
To be continued…
Original Cards:
Knight's Calling
Sir Tristram the Brave Knight
Sir Percival the Grail Knight
Sir Gawain the Courageous Knight
Meridian Knight
Nosferatu Knight
Lycanthropic Knight
Lady Buffy the Neo-Knight
The Once and Future King: Pendragon
Mechanical Construction
Trap Orb
Borrowed Time
Original Cards by Wolf General:
D.D. Kuriboh