Third Place Battle
(All through the hour intermission, Yugi and Raimundo were preparing their decks for the upcoming duel for the finals. It was just him and Yugi left in the tournament.)
Raimundo's thoughts: Okay, Rai. This is it. Time to prove your worth as leader!
(Kimiko noticed that Raimundo was very tense.)
Kimiko: Problems?
Raimundo: What? Er… no. Just a little nervous on the final duel.
Clay: Don't be, partner. After all, what's Yugi gonna do to you? Seal yah in the Shadow Realm?
Omi: Or rule the world with that ancient artefact?
Stephanie: The guys are right. It's just gonna be a regular duel between you and Yugi. I don't see the problem.
(Then the intercom sounded, but confusion ran through their veins as Roland said something other than the summoning of Yugi and Raimundo.)
Roland: Kimiko, Marik, please approach the platforms!
Raimundo: Kimiko?
Omi: Marik?
Clay: Right, what in tar nation's this all about?
Kimiko: I dunno. I lost to Rai, and Marik lost to me. We're not the two finalists.
(The five Warriors found the other three.)
Kimiko: Did you hear what's going on?
Joey: Yeah, you 'n' Marik obviously have a few issues.
(Kimiko confusingly stepped onto the platform nevertheless and was raised onto her duelling spot as the Good Marik was there, who was also confused.)
Roland: This match has been added to the tournament rules by Mr. Seto Kaiba. Now Ms. Kimiko Tohomiko will face Mr. Marik Ishtar for third place!
Kimiko: Third place match? Wow, Kaiba actually did something good, for once.
(The other duellists made it to the audience stand.)
Yugi: Third place? No wonder they're going first.
Omi: But Kimiko had no awareness of this battle, her deck is not fully prepared!
Raimundo: Come on, Kimiko! You beat him once; he should be piece a cake!
Mai: But don't forget Marik was using a deck constructed by that Bean thing; he's got a whole new deck that he found cleansed.
Raimundo: Oh yeah!
(Raimundo remembered the video footage of Hannibal giving Marik a new deck to face Clay, including the Winged Dragon of Ra.)
Raimundo: Kimiko! He changed his deck, be careful!
Kimiko: I will!
Marik: Now we can have a proper duel, one that my evil self will not interfere with.
Kimiko: Ain't that the truth!
Both: Let's duel!
Marik: I shall go first by summoning Arrow Blader (1600/1800) in defence mode!
(The new monster was summoned.)
Marik: I'll place a card face-down and end my turn!
Kimiko: Yup, new monsters. I summon Dunames Dark Witch (1800/1050) in attack mode!
(Her fairy was summoned.)
Kimiko: Now I activate Luminous Spark!
(A blinding light flashed the stadium.)
Kimiko: Now my Dunames is powered up to 2300! Enough to take down that Arrow Blader!
(The fairy shot a ray of light at the monster and destroyed it.)
Marik: Smart move, but I activate Rope of Life! Discarding my entire hand and bringing back Arrow Blader with 800 more points!
(The monster was re-summoned and at 2400 attack points.)
Kimiko: Man! I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
Marik: My move and I summon Flight Griffin (1700/1200) in attack mode! And thanks to his special ability, once it's summoned I can draw cards from my deck equal to the number of monsters on the field. Which there are three.
(He drew three cards.)
Marik: Now attack Dunames, Arrow Blader!
Kimiko: Activate Reverse Trap! When monsters are either powered up or powered down, it'll be reversed for one turn!
Marik: That includes your Dunames, as the light is powering her up!
(Arrow Blader fell to 800, and Dunames fell to 1300.)
Kimiko: But it's still enough to wipe your Arrow Blader out, once and for all!
(The monster was destroyed at Kimiko's fairies light and Marik's life points fell to 3500.)
Marik: Very impressive, but my Flight Griffin is yet to attack!
(The monster struck the fairy down and sent Kimiko's life points to 3600.)
Marik: That about ends my turn with one face-down card.
Kimiko: My move! And I summon Shining Angel (1400/800) in attack mode! And thanks to my Luminous Spark, he increases by 500 points!
(Shining Angel increased to 1900.)
Kimiko: Now attack his Griffin!
Marik: I activate Griffin Strike Team! This allows me to power down your monster by 1000 points! As long as I sacrifice two cards from my hand.
(Shining Angel fell to 900 attack points.)
Marik: Now, counter-attack!
(The griffin destroyed the Angel and sent Kimiko's life points to 2800.)
Kimiko: Thanks Marik, cus I activate Shining Angel's special ability, now I can summon one light monster with 1500 or less attack power! Which is my Banisher of Light! (100/2000) Now I end my turn by switching him to defence mode!
Marik: My turn! First I activate Heavy Storm! To wipe out all magic cards on the field!
(A huge gust of wind blew away the magic cards, including the Luminous Spark.)
Marik: And I sacrifice my Flight Griffin to summon Jumbonga (2300/1400) in attack mode! Now I attack your Banisher of Light!
(The monster slashed its claws at the fairy and destroyed it.)
Marik: I'll end my turn with one card face-down!
Kimiko: My move!
(She drew Dark Magician Girl.)
Kimiko's thoughts: Excellent, all I need to do now is summon it.
Kimiko: I activate Monster Reborn, to summon my Dunames Dark Witch!
(The fairy was brought back.)
Kimiko: Next I activate the magic card: Quick Play Summon. This allows me to instantly summon one monster, and not count it as a regular summon!
Marik: And what do you plan to summon?
Kimiko: I'll be sacrificing my Dunames Dark Witch, to summon Dark Magician Girl! (2000/1700)
(The woman version of Dark Magician rose to the field.)
Kimiko: Next I reveal my other magic card: Sage's Stone! When a Dark Magician Girl's on the field when I activate this card, I can summon a Dark Magician (2500/2100) from any nearby deck. And I believe Omi has one.
Omi: Er… yes, I believe so too.
(His Dark Magician flew over to Kimiko's hand and summoned it to the field.)
Marik: Truly impressive, but I activate the trap card: Savage Attack! Which allows me to power up all my monsters by 1000 points!
(The Jumbonga powered up to 3300, more than the Dark Magician.)
Kimiko: That's why I sacrifice both of them to summon Sorcerer of Dark Magic! (3200/2800)
(A malevolent magician was summoned with lightning raging around it.)
Yugi: Yes! Way to go, Kimiko!
Kimiko: Now, for every one of my spellcasters fallen to the graveyard, your monster loses 500 attack points. And I have two spellcasters! Dark magician Girl and Dark Magician!
(Jumbonga decreased back to 2300.)
Marik: No!
Kimiko: And also, your Savage Attack trap card? Trap cards aren't activated when he's up, so buh-bye trap card!
(The card was destroyed, and dropped Jumbonga to 1300.)
Marik: No, my monster is inches away from attack!
Kimiko: Oh yeah! Sorcerer, attack his monster with Celestial Blast!
(The sorcerer blasted the monster and sent Marik's life points to 2100.)
Marik: Stunning display!
Kimiko: Thanks, now top that!
Marik: I have no monsters left in my hand. Therefore, I'll end my turn!
Kimiko: If you insist. Sorcerer attack his life points directly!
(The sorcerer blasted Marik to the ground and dropped his life points to 0.)
Roland: Kimiko Tohomiko has won the third place title!
(The crowd cheered her on.)
Marik: Excellent game. At least I had one before the tournament finished.
Kimiko: You put up an excellent game too, Y'know.
(Kimiko then met up with Raimundo and the others.)
Yugi: Nice game, Kimiko! You beat Marik a second time.
Kimiko: Yup. Oh and here's your Dark Magician back Omi.
(He handed Omi the magician.)
Omi: I am most pleased to assist your victory, Kimiko.
Clay: But now it's Rai's turn to duel. Unless there's a duel for last place.
Raimundo: Let's hope there isn't, I can't stand the wait!
Yugi: Don't worry, we'll duel and have a terrific time.