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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 219: Duel of Lost Souls Pt 3: The Fighting Gets Personal
Episode Basis: Fighting for a Friend Pt 3
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! As Yami and the gang staved off an onslaught of Orichalcos Soldiers, Joey found himself being schooled by Valon's armor deck. Though each armor monster had low attack points, they had devastating special abilities that more than made up for it. Even Joey's almighty Jinzo couldn't stand up to Valon's iron first. But then Joey was able to draw the Claw of Hermos. Let's see how Valon does against him.
"Yes I got it!" Rebecca cried. She looked up at her Grandfather and Kevin who were each looking over her shoulder. "I gained access to Kaiba Corp.'s mainframe! Now all I have to do is use the satellites to track down Joey's Duel Disk!"
Outside, Tristan was getting more and more impatient. "We can't wait around any more! Joey needs our help and he needs it now!"
"Just chill," Tea said.
"Yeah," Duke agreed. "Without Kaiba's tracking software, we have no hope of finding Joey."
"But he could be losing his soul even as we speak!" Tristan argued.
Tea turned to Yami, "What do you think we should do?"
"We should give Rebecca a little more time," Yami advised. "Going after him with no idea of where we're going would be counterproductive and won't help Joey at all."
"Joey has that Legendary Dragon of his, right?" Duke asked. "I'm sure he could call on that if he gets into a jam."
"But Mai's looking for him too," Tristan pointed out. "If those two team up against Joey…"
"I found him!" Rebecca cried bursting from the trailer along with her Grandfather and Kevin. She handed Yami a map, "He's not far from here."
"Then I'll track Joey down," Yami said. "You move the trailer to a safe place."
"Not alone, you're not," Tea said firmly. "We're coming with you."
"That's right," Tristan agreed. "Joey's our friend too and we're not going to let you go at it alone." The white orb bounced up and down.
"Thank you, let's go!" Rebecca cleared her throat. Yami turned to her already knowing what she was going to say, "Stay here, Rebecca."
"But…"
"Duke, Kevin, can you two keep an eye on the Hawkins."
"Sure."
"You bet."
"But I want to come too!"
"No, Rebecca," her grandfather said. "We need your talents here."
"As soon as we find Joey, we'll rescue Yugi, I promise."
"Okay," Rebecca said reluctantly.
"Tea, Tristan, let's go." The four (white orb included) took off.
"Yugi will soon be back safe and sound," Arthur assured his granddaughter. "I have faith in the Pharaoh and you should too." But he could see the doubt in her eyes. Rebecca still hasn't forgiven the Pharaoh for what happened to Yugi. She probably thinks he'll be tempted by evil again. Right now, he's the only one who can save Yugi.
"Are you going to stare at that card all night or are you going to play it?" Valon asked.
"Oh, you're going to wish I hadn't. But first I summon Brigadier of Landstar (1) in attack mode." A small humanoid creature dressed in a wide brim hat with feather and cowboy fatigues carrying a rifle appeared. "Next I play Monster Reborn to bring back Rocket Warrior. And now I play the Claw of Hermos!"
"It's about time," Valon said as the dragon appeared. "I've been waiting this entire duel for this moment. At last, a real test of my strength!"
Yami, Tea, and Tristan were running down the street when Yami suddenly stopped noticing his deck was glowing. "Tea, Tristan, stop!" He removed the Eye of Timaeus which was also glowing.
"Why's it glowing like that?" Tea asked.
"Joey must've played his Legendary Dragon," Yami guessed.
Kaiba also noticed his dragon was glowing. "Wheeler?" He wondered.
"I fuse Hermos with Rocket Warrior," Joey announced. The two were pulled into a vortex and a giant bazooka appeared in Brigadier of Landstar's hands. "How do you like my Rocket Hermos Cannon?"
Valon noticed that its attack points didn't change. "That thing couldn't put a dent in my armor."
"It's not looking to put a dent, it's looking to blow the whole thing away! Brigadier of Landstar, fire Rocket Hermos Cannon!" A barrage of missiles were launched from the cannon. When the dust cleared, Valon was on the ground his armor gone. "Since I'm the last man standing, I guess that means I won." He looked down. "Wait a minute, why isn't that seal going away?"
"I'm down but I'm not out." Valon stood though it was an effort. "You may have destroyed my armor but when you did, you let loose its most devastating ability."
"What do you mean?"
"My Data Brain magic card now activates!" Green lasers came out of the card and ran along the cannon.
"What's it doing to my cannon?"
"It's scanning it, analyzing its molecular structure so it can create an exact duplicate on my side of the field. Now I call Psychic Armor Head back from the graveyard and summon another Burning Knuckle."
(PAH: 0-500)
(BurnKnuck: 0-900)
"But this time, I'm upgrading my armor with a new weapon: the one I got from you!" An exact duplicate of the cannon appeared on Burning Knuckle. Valon fired a missile which destroyed Brigadier of Landstar and sent Joey flying. He landed face-down on the ground.
(V: 900)
(J: 400)
The other Legendary Dragons stopped glowing.
"Joey!" Amara cried. "Joey, say something, anything!"
The duplicate cannon disappeared. "Lucky for you, Data Brain's effect only lasts for one turn but since it looks like you're down for the count, one turn is all I needed."
Now it was Joey who was struggling to stand. "Joey Wheeler never gives up," he declared.
"Look at you, mate, you're a mess you should walk away while you can."
"No way! I'm doing this for Mai because whether she knows it or not, she needs my help. And to do that, I need to win."
Joey's a tougher opponent than I thought. I never faced an opponent with this much determination before. It's like I'm dueling myself.
Joey drew a card, "It's time for the moment of truth."
"I like the red one."
"That's fine, we don't have time to stop around." Kaiba and Mokuba were at a car dealership looking for some transportation to the Doma Group's headquarters. They settled into the red sports car.
"What are you doing in that car?" A greasy-looking man walked up to them.
Mokuba gave him a dirty look, "What does it look like we're doing, we're buying it."
The man was about to protest when Kaiba took out his checkbook, wrote a check and handed it to the man, "Keep the change," he said. And they drove off.
"Wait, come back," the man called out. "Oh no, I'm done for." He then looked at the value of the check.
$500,000.
"Maybe not," he amended.
"This is intense," Amara commented. "Both Joey and Valon look like walking zombies yet neither of them look like they want to stop. Why do men have to be so stubborn?"
"Are you too weak to make a play?" Valon asked.
"I don't think so, I set a card face-down and end my turn."
"So you couldn't find a monster strong enough to take me down. That means your life points are wide open! I summon Black Hole Shield (2) in attack mode."
(BHS: 0-500)
(BurnKnuck: 900-1100)
"I'll attack you with Burning Knuckle!" Valong charged forward and slugged Joey in the face.
(V: 900)
(J: 200)
Suddenly Joey started to glow. His trap card was revealed and a suit of red and white armor with metallic angel-shaped wings appeared.
"Joey!" Amara gasped. "You actually look… cool."
"What happened to you?" Valon asked.
"I decided to fight armor with armor," Joey said. "So I activated my trap card Aura Armor. It can only be activated when I have less than 2000 life points. So all I had to do is sacrifice half my life points and I could cancel your attack."
Valon leapt back to his side of the field. "Why don't you try something original for a change?"
"What makes my armor different is that my armor is linked directly to my life points. So when I lose my armor, I lose the duel."
Valon smiled, "I see, one more round, one more attack, last man standing wins the duel. Okay, I'm in." He laid a face-down card.
"I ask again why men have to be so stubborn." Amara muttered.
"It's my move," Joey announced and drew a card. "I play the magic card Roll of Fate. Now I roll a die and whatever number comes up, I get to draw that many cards but I also have to discard that many cards from my deck to the graveyard." The die was rolled and came up a four. Joey drew four cards, then drew four more and placed them in the graveyard. "Next I play the magic card Red-Eyes Transmigration. All I have to do now is sacrifice my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and you're done."
"But your dragon isn't even on the field!"
"But it is in my hand." He showed Valon the card. "So now all I have to do is sacrifice my Red-Eyes and my new armor card to summon Lord of the Red (3)!" Joey's side of the field was engulfed in flames. When the flames lowered, Joey's armor had a new design, a design similar to Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "There's no way out this time!" He flew towards Valon.
"I activate Black Hole Shield!" Valon cried. Joey's punch was blocked by a black shield. "By sacrificing it, I can stop your attack."
"Nuts," Joey grumbled as he returned to his place. "I was sure I had it won."
(BurnKnuck: 1100-900)
I saved myself, but barely. Valon noticed his arm was shaking. I'm shaking, I've never done that before. This guy is pushing me to my limit. He smiled, This could be the greatest challenge of my life. Sister, I wish you could see this. Even you would have to admit it might be the greatest clash of all time! "I have to admit you're putting up quite a fight."
"Thanks, so are you, but I'm not fighting for fun, this is to save my friends!"
At that moment, Mai drove up. Amara saw her and quickly stood between her and the others. "Stand back, you psycho," she threatened slipping on Joey's Duel Disk. "Just because I don't have one of those fancy seal or dragon cards doesn't mean I still can't duel with the best of them!" I'm going to have to try to make Joey's Duel Disk work. I doubt she's going to fall for a lousy bluff.
Then the Duelists noticed her, "Hey Mai," Valon greeted. "You're just in time to catch the end of the greatest duel ever!"
"Valon, we had a deal!" Mai snapped. "Joey Wheeler is mine!" She side-stepped Amara and started to run to him but she slammed into the barrier formed by the Seal of Orichalcos. Taking a few steps back, she continued, "You've done enough so why don't you take a hike and let me finish Wheeler off."
"No way," Valon replied. "Too much is at stake now. I wanted to get rid of Wheeler so you'd be able to move on with your life and that's what I'm going to do. Besides…" he grinned. "I'm having way too much fun to stop."
"You stupid idiot!" Mai insulted.
"I place one card face-down and end my turn," Joey concluded.
Valon started his turn. "I play Monster Reborn to bring back Buster Pile."
(BP: 0-500)
(BurnKnuck: 900-1100)
"Here comes the last attack of the duel," Valon announced.
"Not quite," Joey negated. "I activate my face-down card Scapegoat."
"Those pip squeaks can't stop my Fist of Iron!"
"That's not what I'm trying to do," Joey said as blue flames encircled him. "Lord of the Red has a special ability too. He can destroy all other monsters on the field whenever two magic cards are activated during the same turn."
"But you only played one magic card!"
"True but you played Monster Reborn which counts as the second."
"You're bluffing!" Valon launched his attack. The two armored fighters met in mid-air and the resulting encounter caused an explosion. Mai and Amara had to cover their eyes from the explosion. As the field became visible again, they saw Valon being thrown back, his armor destroyed.
"Still think I was bluffing?"
"Way to go, Joey," Amara cheered. "You really socked it to him."
"I still have a few life points," Valon said as he got up. "So this duel's still on! Come on, Wheeler, give me everything you got!"
"You asked for it," Joey said. He drew a card then launched an attack.
"I activate my trap card Extinction Fist!" Joey was so focused on trying to beat Valon's armor that he forgot about the face-down card Valon laid a few turns ago. Extinction Fist could cancel the attack from a ritual monster and returns the monsters used to summon it to the field. A burst of light and Joey's Lord of the Red armor became Aura Armor again.
"I didn't see that coming," Joey commented.
"Look at them," Amara said more to herself than to Mai. "They're each barely standing, they're one attack away from being defeated!"
"Yes," Mai agreed. "And once one of them loses, they'll be trapped by the Seal of Orichalcos forever!"
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Brigadier of Landstar
Level: 3
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 900
DEF: 1200
(2)
Name: Black Hole Shield
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
(3)
Name: Lord of the Red
Level: 7
Type: Warrior/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2400
DEF: 2000