Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Harry Potter
Oh, and if some of the cards are unfamiliar, it's because I made them up! ^_^
Thank you TaiSora4life and Dark-Sonic for correcting me on the duel!
Just in case some of you were wondering, Diamond Dragon is actually something that I thought up a long time ago. I'm not copying anybody, and the attack and defense points are probably different from theirs.
Sorry for the LONG delay! Happy reading!
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Seto's LP: 4000
Malik's LP: 4000
Yami Yugi's LP: 4000
Yami Bakura's LP: 4000
Most of the students were looking on with curiosity. A few muggles who were familiar with the game were confused with the Duel Disks-they hadn't been released in England yet.
They all drew and formed their hands. Yami went first.
"I summon Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200)! In attack mode!" There were gasps as the creature materialized out of nowhere and let out a very realistic roar. Since nobody could attack until all of them took a turn, Yami set a card facedown and ended his turn.
"Hey, how d'you reckon they're doing that?" Ron asked Harry, who was standing beside him.
They were the front row. "Is it magic?"
Hermione, who was on Harry's other side, said, "No, I think it's holographic technology. It's quite common in Japan, and Seto's company is well known for their holograms. They're almost always used in Duel Monsters, although some people still do it the old fashioned way without holograms."
Meanwhile, Bakura had gone. He put a card vertically on his duel disk. "The Headless Knight (1450/1700), in attack mode." A huge card appeared on the field, and then flipped up. There was a flash of bright light, and another monster appeared, this one with its head absent from the rest of its body. "Then I'll place this card facedown." Another card materialized on the field, right behind the Headless Knight, but stayed facing down. "I'll end my turn now."
Seto drew. "I'll put the Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode, and place two cards face down," he said.
Malik went. "I play Makiura the Destructor (1600/1200), in attack mode! That'll end my turn. Now the real fun begins!" He cackled evilly.
A random person who knew about duel monsters said to his friend, "I don't think they're very good. Why else would they start with such weak monsters?"
"I read in Duelist Weekly about the Battle City tournament that Seto Kaiba hosted. There were all these new rules, and the players dueled with the duel disk system that he created. I think they're using those rules right now. And you have to sacrifice a weaker monster to summon a stronger one," his friend replied.
"Yeah, Yugi Motou and Seto Kaiba are the number one duelists in the world!" a first year close to them said. "But I haven't heard of those other two."
Mokuba made his way over to them. "Trust me, you haven't and you don't want to either. They're really good duelists, but, um...don't like being very well known to the public." He turned to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "So, you guys, have you been getting it so far?"
"Not really," Harry said. "We've just been listening to other people."
"But we still don't have a clue what's going on," added Ron.
"Great!" Mokuba said excitedly. "I can help you! I know most of the cards in each other their decks because I was the commissioner at the Battle City tournament, but they've changed them a little. I'll tell you what I know, alright? Okay, see those creatures up there? Those are the monsters. The blue box next to them with the yellow numbers tells you how many attack points and defense points each one of them has. The ones on top are the attack points and the ones on the bottom are the defense points. When your monster is in attack mode, only the top numbers matter. If your opponent's monster has more attack points that you, then he can destroy your monster and take the difference of the attack points out of your lifepoints. If you lose all of your lifepoints, you basically lose the duel. But when your monster's in defense mode and it gets destroyed, none of your lifepoints get deducted. The cards facedown behind the monsters are either trap cards or magic cards. You can use those to help you win, they have all kinds of special effects, look!"
Malik had held a card up. "I activate my Hinotama magic card!" Yami was blasted off his feet as flaming balls of fire rained down upon him. He landed about 10 feet from where he was before.
Hermione called, "Oh my gosh! Yugi? Are you alright?"
Yami was slightly smoking, although the crowd didn't know where the smoke was from. He winced as he got up slowly.
Madam Pomfrey rushed halfway out but Dumbledore stopped her.
"Let them deal with it themselves, Poppy. They've done this before."
And Mokuba acted like this happened every day.
But seeing the shocked looks on their faces, he explained, "Since there are no safety restrictions in this duel, they'll feel the attack with full force. Only my brother can reprogram their duel disks to do that." He looked thoughtful for a moment. "They've never done it without any safeguards whatsoever. I wonder why they're doing it this time...I'll bet it's because of Malik and Bakura."
He turned back to them. "Anyway, there are all kinds of magic and trap cards. One is Graceful Charity, it allows you to discard two cards and draw three-it's a magic card. Pot of Greed is the same, except you only get to draw two and you don't have to send any cards from your hand to the graveyard. Others might boost the attack or defense points of your monster, like the Book of Secret Arts, or stop your opponent from attacking- Swords of Revealing Light. There're a whole lot more, but I can't tell you all, you'll have to just watch and learn. Moving on-trap cards can stop your opponent from attacking or destroy your monsters. They're usually triggered when a monster attacks, but you can see more of that later. And according to Battle City rules, you have to sacrifice a weaker monster to summon a higher leveled monster. If it's really strong, you'll have to sacrifice more than one monster. That's what they're getting ready to do."
He took another huge breath. "Seto's added quite a few powerful monsters to his deck, not to mention some new magic and trap cards. He's been focusing on dragons mostly. Ya-uh, I mean, Yugi has a mix of spellcasters and other monsters, like Gazelle over there. He also has magnet warriors- Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Other monsters he has are..." And he started rattling off everybody's cards.
Five minutes later of Mokuba's rapid talking, Harry, Ron, and Hermione knew the "basics" of the game, along with the statuses of Yugi's, Bakura's, Seto's, and Malik's dueling decks.
But let's rewind a little and go back to the duel.
Seto's LP: 4000 Monster(s) out: Diamond Dragon (2600/2800) Lord of Dragons (1200/1100)
Yugi's LP: 3400 Monster(s) out: Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600)
Bakura's LP: 3950 Monster(s) out: Dark Necrofear (2200/2800)
Malik's LP: 2700 Monster(s) out: Des Guardius the Masked Beast (3300/2500)
It was currently Seto's turn. "I'll equip my Lord of Dragons with the Flute of Summoning Dragon! This allows me to summon two dragons to the field! And guess which ones I picked." He smirked at Bakura and Malik.
"Ooooo, you're right! He does look really hot when he does that! It's way better in real life than in the magazine!" a girl exclaimed excitedly, poking her friend repeatedly and jumping up and down.
The reactions of other girls were...similar.
Hermione just wrinkled her nose in disgust.
But when Seto threw out two Blue Eyes White Dragons, she gasped in awe, as did 99% of the other spectators. The magnificent creatures were silvery white, with sapphire eyes not unlike Seto's own. They flew up and the dragons hovered in a straight line, which was an impressive sight to see.
"I see you're relying less on Obelisk," commented Malik. "I know it's in your hand. Why aren't you using it?"
Seto merely shrugged. "I'd rather not use Obelisk right now. If we used a God card in this duel, with no safety restrictions, one of use is going to get seriously injured, and even their brand of magic won't be able to cure it." He paused, as if thinking. "And secondly, I prefer dragons better," he added, as an afterthought.
"Whatever," Malik snorted, drawing once more. "I'll just play this magic card, Remove Trap." One of Yami's facedown cards vanished in a whirlwind of smoke. "But I can assure you that the Winged Dragon will make its appearance in this duel."
Bakura tried to destroy one of Yami's magnet warriors but the Diamond Dragon rose to protect it.
/Seto's a lot nicer now, isn't he, Yami?/ Yugi said brightly.
Yami cast a look at Nefertari, who was hovering above Seto. //Yes, he's more willing to work together, but I'm sensing something about him that I just can't place...//
/Well, it can't be too serious, can it? Um, you might also want to pay more attention to the duel, Yami!/
The Yugi look-alike blinked. It was his turn, and Malik and Bakura were pointing and laughing at him. Keeping as much dignity as possible, he went as if nothing had happened. "I drew Gamma, the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800)! That means that I can use their special ability to combine them into Valkyrion, the Magna Warrior (3800/3850)!"
The three magnet warriors started separating. The parts fell apart, and somehow connected together to form one huge magna warrior. The visor gleamed, and it struck an impressive pose.
"Not bad, Pharoah," Malik said. "But it would've been more impressive if I hadn't already seen all of it through my Rare Hunters' eyes. Now I play this! Nightmare Wheel! As you may recall, this magic card deals 500 points of damage each turn, as well as paralyzing your monster."
"I activate Card Removal," Seto said almost lazily, waving his hand carelessly at one of the cards that he had placed facedown on his very first turn, and it flipped up. They could just see the illustration on it before a bright light came from it and Malik's card vanished.
"You know, we should all build new decks just for the fun of it and see how well we fare. We all know each others' decks inside out," remarked Seto, as he drew another card. He took a look at it and gave Bakura and Malik a half smile. One of pity. "I'll sacrifice my Lord of Dragons and the Battle Ox to summon my third and last Blue Eyes White Dragon!" He slid two cards off of his duel disk and pushed them into the slot at the side if his disk to discard them. Then he set one more card on the duel disk. The holographic readers on the disk flashed momentarily, along with a sound of it registering.
There was another collective gasp from the crowd. Yet another silvery white dragon was emerging from the card that had just appeared on the field. It roared loudly as the card vanished.
"Wow! Look! Seto Kaiba's got all three of his Blue Eyes White Dragons out!" a first year exclaimed breathlessly. "There're only four in the whole world, and the fourth can't even be used anymore! He's invincible with those cards!" There was even more murmuring, mainly among the people who knew about Duel Monsters, but others who were awed by the glorious dragons were also whispering excitedly.
"I'll bet Seto's going to fuse them with Polymerization and create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Mokuba said to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. But others around him were hanging on to every single word he said. "But you never know. He's pretty unpredictable now. He's changed his way of dueling completely, so maybe he won't. It'd be a sight to see, though. Oh, hey, Nefertari." The blue phoenix had flown over to Mokuba. He stroked her gently.
On the field, Seto was speaking to Yami.
"Your Valkyrion is pretty powerful, but can you beat this?" He took a card from his hand and slid it into a slot in his duel disk.
"Polymerization," Mokuba whispered, as the card appeared before them.
"I'll play Polymerization!" Seto said. Mokuba grinned.
"Big surprise," said Malik to Bakura.
"I knew it!" he told Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "Seto's still got the competitive streak in him. He and Yami used to be really big rivals. Now look!"
"Yami?" Ron muttered to Harry without being overheard by Mokuba. "Who's that?"
"I dunno," Harry started to say. "And what's up with Ryou? Why are all of his monsters so creepy looking-" he broke off in mid sentence then exclaimed, "Wow, look at that!"
"I'll fuse my three Blue Eyes White Dragons into the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Seto said triumphantly. If the crowd was surprised before, it was nothing like what was happening now. With a flash of bright light, the three identical beasts had disappeared, only to be replaced by another huge dragon, this one with three heads. There were yells of astonishment from more than half of the audience. As the dragon let out a deafening roar, its attack and defense stats were displayed, to another round of gasps.
Attack points: 4500 Defense points: 3800
"That thing's enormous!" Lavender Brown shrieked.
"The Egyptian God Cards are way bigger," commented Mokuba.
"Look at its stats! They're off the charts!" a second year cried.
"The Egyptian God cards are more powerful," Mokuba said casually, inspecting his nails and looking bored. He grinned again at Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Pretty impressive, isn't it? But like I said, the Egyptian God cards are more powerful and much bigger."
"What are Egyptian God cards?" asked Ron, who had begun to actually enjoy the game.
"They're the three most powerful cards in the world. Unlike others, there's only one copy of each. Their data hasn't been released to the public, that's why nobody except a few people know. We'd face a string of thefts and everybody would want them if everyone knew about it. Oh, wait, Seto's going to do something else."
Seto had activated a new magic card that just came out a few weeks ago, Armored Hide.
"When'd you get that?" asked Malik conversationally. "It's basically the same as Metalmorph, right?"
"Yeah, except the effect stays in play even when you don't attack, and it increases your power by 500 points instead of 400 points. I just added it to my deck this morning. Oh, and one more thing. It also increases your defense points by 700," he added casually.
And now the metallic monster on the field was the Blue Eyes Ultimate Metal Dragon (5000/4300).
Duel Monster fans nearly fainted. They had NEVER seen something that powerful in their lives.
"Just reminding you, High Priest, you're supposed to be competing with us, and not your partner," Bakura told Seto. "But go ahead, if you must. See, we aren't objecting much."
"Whatever, and don't call me that. The past is the past, and I'm not your High Priest anymore," he returned. "Now, Instant Attack will let my fusion monster attack you immediately, so go, Blue Eyes Ultimate Metal Dragon! Attack Bakura with Nuclear Fission Blast!"
Bakura never had a chance. The attack exploded into Dark Necrofear, and 2800 lifepoints subtracted themselves from Bakura's lifepoint counter. When the smoke cleared, Bakura was doubled over, gasping for breath, his hand clutching his side.
Bakura's LP: 1150
"I'm impressed," Seto commented. "Normally, an attack like that would have caused permanent mental damage as well as physical damage."
"Well, I'm not a puny wimp like the Pharoah," Bakura managed to sneer. There was even a small dribble of blood at the corner of his mouth. He wiped it away. They could see multiple small scratches on his arm. And then he started laughing.
"Is Ryou insane?!?!" Ron exclaimed in disbelief. "He looks like he's just gone through a couple of Cruciatus Curses, and he's still laughing!"
Hermione also frowned. It was impossible to believe that this was the same, soft-spoken Ryou that they had first met. It was almost like he had a split personality...
"And remember, once Dark Necrofear is destroyed, Dark Sanctuary comes into play!" Bakura said, once he had regained his position next to Malik. Now a little blood was escaping from the wounds on his arm. He paid no attention to them.
Madam Pomfrey was horrified, to say the very least. She was to be heard arguing with Dumbledore. "That young man needs help, Albus!"
"Let them handle it themselves," Dumbledore repeated, holding Madam Pomfrey back.
Her struggling stopped abruptly as she let out another horrified sound. The entire field was being encased in a cloudy substance, including the people watching. Several girls screamed as eyes above them began opening and mouths appeared. They could just see a dark castle floating in the horizon. Many of the teachers were murmuring to each other.
"Is it magic?" squeaked Professor Flitwick, turning all around, only to face the wall of Dark Sanctuary again.
"No, I don't think it is," Professor McGonagall replied.
"But if it isn't magic, then what is it?"
"I don't know. Albus, over here! What do you think this is?"
"Oh, it's nothing to be worrying about," the headmaster replied cheerily. He had just made his way over to the group of professors. Madam Pomfrey's attention seemed to have been diverted by the new and creepy atmosphere. "It's only muggle technology, the whole thing's just a hologram. But I must say that it's quite advanced."
Bakura was finishing his turn. "I activate Exchange! This card allows me to take one card from your hand, Seto, and you to take one from my hand. I'll take Obelisk, thank you."
Seto just handed it over and took Bakura's Swords of Revealing Light.
"And now, I'll sacrifice one of my monsters to keep Dark Sanctuary in play. Oh, and by the way, the evil spirit of Dark Sanctuary has already possessed one of your monsters. If you try to attack with that monster, it'll attack you instead." He laughed evilly.
Yami chose not to attack, since both his and Seto's monsters were high level monsters, and would be fatal if either one of them attacked. Little did the others know, he was also biding his time to draw the right monster. He just put one monster facedown on the field. Nobody knew why Malik nor Bakura didn't destroy it.
Malik played Card of Sanctity, and all of the players drew until they each had six cards in their hands. Then he reminded Seto and Yami that the evil spirit of Dark Sanctuary was still in one of their monsters.
So Seto just placed a card facedown and ended his turn.
"Thank you, Malik, for helping me get just what I needed," Bakura said. "First, Graverobber will rob Seto's grave. Ah, just the card I was looking for." He flipped over the card that he just obtained. "Soul Exchange will allow me to take your pathetic face down card, since I don't feel like taking away your precious Blue Eyes, but it'll be much more fun this way. I sacrifice two of my monsters to summon...Obelisk the Tormentor!" The ground itself began to shake. Almost everybody screamed.
"How can this be just a hologram?" asked Professor McGonagall. "I can feel the ground shaking. No imaginary thing can do that!" What was with the new students?
Low, dark clouds were rolling in, and lightning had begun to strike the playing field and all around it. A beam of light was emitted from the heavens and struck the ground right behind Bakura. A huge blue god-like monster was suddenly towering over them. It was almost the same size as the castle itself. Now the students, not to mention the teachers, were terrified beyond imagination.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were gaping at the huge monster. Mokuba was outraged. "Hey! That's my big brother's card!" Ron turned to Mokuba.
"How can you be worrying about that?" he asked in a hollow voice. "That thing looks like it's about to kill us all!"
"Nah, it won't kill us," Mokuba replied. "And the other God cards are just as big. I wonder what'll happen when all three are summoned?"
The other three just looked at him as if he was nuts.
Bakura smirked at the others. "If you're wondering how I can control this monster, it's because I also happen to have royal blood in my veins. But we must get back to the duel. And now, Obelisk, absorb this monster's energy to increase your own!"
Obelisk the Tormentor: 5200/5200
The duel monsters fans were goggling up at Obelisk.
"Somebody pinch me," a third year muttered. "Ouch. Okay, this is real...but it can't be..." He looked up at Obelisk again, and promptly passed out.
"I won't attack this turn, I have to give you some time to fight back, don't I? And I must give my partner here some time to summon his own God card," said Bakura.
"Yup!" Malik said happily. "Alright, I'm going to sacrifice my Masked Beast," he slid the card off of his duel disk and the grotesque figure of the monster vanished, "and another monster," he discarded one more card, "to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!"
More clouds were rolling in, and lightning was hitting the ground more frequently now. More girls fainted. Another beam of bright light had descended upon them, this time leaving behind a gigantic golden ball. Malik began to chant:
"Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry,
Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight."
The ball began to glow brighter and open up. Malik continued:
"Envelope the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe.
Unlock your powers deep within so that together we may win.
Appear in this Shadow Game as I call your name...
Winged Dragon of Ra"
Now the ball had completely uncurled itself. Malik also smirked as the Winged Dragon of Ra finally showed itself, and let out a roar. It was a fantastic golden beast, and as it spread its glimmering wings, its stats were revealed. More people fainted.
Winged Dragon of Ra: 5300/5100
"Top that, Pharoah! Tell you what, I'll even not attack this turn and still give you a chance, how about that?"
So of course, Yami took the challenge, and pretty soon, the long red coils of Slifer the Sky Dragon were trailing down from the sky, static traveling along the its long sinewy body. It opened its bottom mouth and roared. The grass rippled as the force of the roar passed. Now over three quarters of the students were out cold, and a few of the professors were, too.
Slifer the Sky Dragon: 6000/6000
Yami had six cards in his hand, so Slifer was more powerful than the other two God monsters.
'What are these creatures?' thought Dumbledore. 'And what is this powerful wave of magic that came along with them? It feels like it's more than enough to destroy the world! I'll have to have a talk with these new students later,' he decided.
The three huge monsters were occupying most of the Hogwarts grounds. Through his numb disbelief Harry saw that they were more than five times bigger than the Blue Eyes Ultimate Metal Dragon.
"ATTACK!" was the order from three of the four duelists. Each of the Gods prepared to launch their mighty assaults.
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Miles away from where the Battle of the Gods was taking place, someone was concentrating hard. About a half hour ago, there was a huge wave a feeling from somewhere. Somewhere, he knew, Harry Potter was experiencing something like nothing he had ever experienced before. It had to be, for the emotion to travel all this distance.
The long, pale skeletal hand on the armrest clenched in frustration as he tried to access more of this boy's feelings. At the same time, he was thinking, 'That foolish old man should've killed him when he had the chance. Does he not realize that he has once again left Harry Potter wide open to my probes? Now let me see where this immense power is coming from.'
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The light was so bright that Harry had to squint to see. At the last second, everything vanished. It took a few minutes for everything to fade and the clouds to disappear. Soon it was sunny again, with a cloudless blue sky.
Harry looked around wildly, as did the other twelve or so people who were still conscious. Why had everything ended? Finally, a quiet voice broke the silence.
"They would've destroyed everything, you know," Seto said quietly. In his hand was some kind of remote control. It seemed that he had deactivated the holograms somehow.
"But Seto..." whined Malik. "It was just about to get exciting!"
"No, the others would have been in danger." Seto waved a hand out behind him. "The students, the professors, and the castle. They all would've been destroyed. The attack could've caused more than one of us to be injured traumatically. And you were letting on too much about us."
'What was going on?' Harry wondered. 'They were just holograms after all, right? Why was Seto talking about trauma and injuries?' All these questions were making his head hurt. He just wanted to go to sleep, and rest. It had been a long day...
Then, suddenly, his scar gave a burst of pain, and he acknowledged Voldemort's anger without really realizing it. He had gotten so used to it happening he could now distinguish the difference. 'Why was he mad this time?' he thought vaguely, before somebody's voice cut through his thoughts.
"Fine, fine. Let's go then."
And to their awe, the four started walking back to the castle, acting like nothing at all had happened, Mokuba joining them. They didn't seem to notice the absence of the trees and other plant life that usually decorated the grassy-oh, yeah, there wasn't any grass left.
Albus Dumbledore watched them go silently, wondering if there was more to the four new teens than it seemed. Then he looked back at the people sprawled all around him. There was going to be a whole lot of people to revive.
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Thank you so much! I actually did it! I actually made it to 50 reviews! Sorry if the duel was a bit boring. I couldn't come up with any ideas. If I got any of the cards wrong-out of the ones that actually exist-please tell me!
I promise there'll be romance in later chapters. As for the pairings, you'll just have to find out, won't you?
Sapphire Saire: Ah, yes. Yet another way to get them to keep on reading...
Silver Saire: Whatever. Oh, and I decided not to get a beta reader, sorry! I brought it up with my friends, and they pointed out that my grammar and spelling were right 99.9% of the time, and so...yeah. But if you have suggestions, please feel free to send them in so I can modify the chapters.
And once again, thank you reviewers!
Sapphire Saire: Especially the ones who've reviewed for every chapter. Oh, and did I mention that she also made a goal for herself? Since it's the seventh chapter, she's hoping to get 70 reviews before she posts the next one. You know, 10 for each chapter?
Silver Saire: Be quiet, you! Ahem, anyway...After this, things should be going smoothly. I was slacking off and didn't want to write the duel. So! Please review, and I hope you've enjoyed the story so far, because there's a lot more to come!
Oh, and if some of the cards are unfamiliar, it's because I made them up! ^_^
Thank you TaiSora4life and Dark-Sonic for correcting me on the duel!
Just in case some of you were wondering, Diamond Dragon is actually something that I thought up a long time ago. I'm not copying anybody, and the attack and defense points are probably different from theirs.
Sorry for the LONG delay! Happy reading!
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Seto's LP: 4000
Malik's LP: 4000
Yami Yugi's LP: 4000
Yami Bakura's LP: 4000
Most of the students were looking on with curiosity. A few muggles who were familiar with the game were confused with the Duel Disks-they hadn't been released in England yet.
They all drew and formed their hands. Yami went first.
"I summon Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200)! In attack mode!" There were gasps as the creature materialized out of nowhere and let out a very realistic roar. Since nobody could attack until all of them took a turn, Yami set a card facedown and ended his turn.
"Hey, how d'you reckon they're doing that?" Ron asked Harry, who was standing beside him.
They were the front row. "Is it magic?"
Hermione, who was on Harry's other side, said, "No, I think it's holographic technology. It's quite common in Japan, and Seto's company is well known for their holograms. They're almost always used in Duel Monsters, although some people still do it the old fashioned way without holograms."
Meanwhile, Bakura had gone. He put a card vertically on his duel disk. "The Headless Knight (1450/1700), in attack mode." A huge card appeared on the field, and then flipped up. There was a flash of bright light, and another monster appeared, this one with its head absent from the rest of its body. "Then I'll place this card facedown." Another card materialized on the field, right behind the Headless Knight, but stayed facing down. "I'll end my turn now."
Seto drew. "I'll put the Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode, and place two cards face down," he said.
Malik went. "I play Makiura the Destructor (1600/1200), in attack mode! That'll end my turn. Now the real fun begins!" He cackled evilly.
A random person who knew about duel monsters said to his friend, "I don't think they're very good. Why else would they start with such weak monsters?"
"I read in Duelist Weekly about the Battle City tournament that Seto Kaiba hosted. There were all these new rules, and the players dueled with the duel disk system that he created. I think they're using those rules right now. And you have to sacrifice a weaker monster to summon a stronger one," his friend replied.
"Yeah, Yugi Motou and Seto Kaiba are the number one duelists in the world!" a first year close to them said. "But I haven't heard of those other two."
Mokuba made his way over to them. "Trust me, you haven't and you don't want to either. They're really good duelists, but, um...don't like being very well known to the public." He turned to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "So, you guys, have you been getting it so far?"
"Not really," Harry said. "We've just been listening to other people."
"But we still don't have a clue what's going on," added Ron.
"Great!" Mokuba said excitedly. "I can help you! I know most of the cards in each other their decks because I was the commissioner at the Battle City tournament, but they've changed them a little. I'll tell you what I know, alright? Okay, see those creatures up there? Those are the monsters. The blue box next to them with the yellow numbers tells you how many attack points and defense points each one of them has. The ones on top are the attack points and the ones on the bottom are the defense points. When your monster is in attack mode, only the top numbers matter. If your opponent's monster has more attack points that you, then he can destroy your monster and take the difference of the attack points out of your lifepoints. If you lose all of your lifepoints, you basically lose the duel. But when your monster's in defense mode and it gets destroyed, none of your lifepoints get deducted. The cards facedown behind the monsters are either trap cards or magic cards. You can use those to help you win, they have all kinds of special effects, look!"
Malik had held a card up. "I activate my Hinotama magic card!" Yami was blasted off his feet as flaming balls of fire rained down upon him. He landed about 10 feet from where he was before.
Hermione called, "Oh my gosh! Yugi? Are you alright?"
Yami was slightly smoking, although the crowd didn't know where the smoke was from. He winced as he got up slowly.
Madam Pomfrey rushed halfway out but Dumbledore stopped her.
"Let them deal with it themselves, Poppy. They've done this before."
And Mokuba acted like this happened every day.
But seeing the shocked looks on their faces, he explained, "Since there are no safety restrictions in this duel, they'll feel the attack with full force. Only my brother can reprogram their duel disks to do that." He looked thoughtful for a moment. "They've never done it without any safeguards whatsoever. I wonder why they're doing it this time...I'll bet it's because of Malik and Bakura."
He turned back to them. "Anyway, there are all kinds of magic and trap cards. One is Graceful Charity, it allows you to discard two cards and draw three-it's a magic card. Pot of Greed is the same, except you only get to draw two and you don't have to send any cards from your hand to the graveyard. Others might boost the attack or defense points of your monster, like the Book of Secret Arts, or stop your opponent from attacking- Swords of Revealing Light. There're a whole lot more, but I can't tell you all, you'll have to just watch and learn. Moving on-trap cards can stop your opponent from attacking or destroy your monsters. They're usually triggered when a monster attacks, but you can see more of that later. And according to Battle City rules, you have to sacrifice a weaker monster to summon a higher leveled monster. If it's really strong, you'll have to sacrifice more than one monster. That's what they're getting ready to do."
He took another huge breath. "Seto's added quite a few powerful monsters to his deck, not to mention some new magic and trap cards. He's been focusing on dragons mostly. Ya-uh, I mean, Yugi has a mix of spellcasters and other monsters, like Gazelle over there. He also has magnet warriors- Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Other monsters he has are..." And he started rattling off everybody's cards.
Five minutes later of Mokuba's rapid talking, Harry, Ron, and Hermione knew the "basics" of the game, along with the statuses of Yugi's, Bakura's, Seto's, and Malik's dueling decks.
But let's rewind a little and go back to the duel.
Seto's LP: 4000 Monster(s) out: Diamond Dragon (2600/2800) Lord of Dragons (1200/1100)
Yugi's LP: 3400 Monster(s) out: Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600)
Bakura's LP: 3950 Monster(s) out: Dark Necrofear (2200/2800)
Malik's LP: 2700 Monster(s) out: Des Guardius the Masked Beast (3300/2500)
It was currently Seto's turn. "I'll equip my Lord of Dragons with the Flute of Summoning Dragon! This allows me to summon two dragons to the field! And guess which ones I picked." He smirked at Bakura and Malik.
"Ooooo, you're right! He does look really hot when he does that! It's way better in real life than in the magazine!" a girl exclaimed excitedly, poking her friend repeatedly and jumping up and down.
The reactions of other girls were...similar.
Hermione just wrinkled her nose in disgust.
But when Seto threw out two Blue Eyes White Dragons, she gasped in awe, as did 99% of the other spectators. The magnificent creatures were silvery white, with sapphire eyes not unlike Seto's own. They flew up and the dragons hovered in a straight line, which was an impressive sight to see.
"I see you're relying less on Obelisk," commented Malik. "I know it's in your hand. Why aren't you using it?"
Seto merely shrugged. "I'd rather not use Obelisk right now. If we used a God card in this duel, with no safety restrictions, one of use is going to get seriously injured, and even their brand of magic won't be able to cure it." He paused, as if thinking. "And secondly, I prefer dragons better," he added, as an afterthought.
"Whatever," Malik snorted, drawing once more. "I'll just play this magic card, Remove Trap." One of Yami's facedown cards vanished in a whirlwind of smoke. "But I can assure you that the Winged Dragon will make its appearance in this duel."
Bakura tried to destroy one of Yami's magnet warriors but the Diamond Dragon rose to protect it.
/Seto's a lot nicer now, isn't he, Yami?/ Yugi said brightly.
Yami cast a look at Nefertari, who was hovering above Seto. //Yes, he's more willing to work together, but I'm sensing something about him that I just can't place...//
/Well, it can't be too serious, can it? Um, you might also want to pay more attention to the duel, Yami!/
The Yugi look-alike blinked. It was his turn, and Malik and Bakura were pointing and laughing at him. Keeping as much dignity as possible, he went as if nothing had happened. "I drew Gamma, the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800)! That means that I can use their special ability to combine them into Valkyrion, the Magna Warrior (3800/3850)!"
The three magnet warriors started separating. The parts fell apart, and somehow connected together to form one huge magna warrior. The visor gleamed, and it struck an impressive pose.
"Not bad, Pharoah," Malik said. "But it would've been more impressive if I hadn't already seen all of it through my Rare Hunters' eyes. Now I play this! Nightmare Wheel! As you may recall, this magic card deals 500 points of damage each turn, as well as paralyzing your monster."
"I activate Card Removal," Seto said almost lazily, waving his hand carelessly at one of the cards that he had placed facedown on his very first turn, and it flipped up. They could just see the illustration on it before a bright light came from it and Malik's card vanished.
"You know, we should all build new decks just for the fun of it and see how well we fare. We all know each others' decks inside out," remarked Seto, as he drew another card. He took a look at it and gave Bakura and Malik a half smile. One of pity. "I'll sacrifice my Lord of Dragons and the Battle Ox to summon my third and last Blue Eyes White Dragon!" He slid two cards off of his duel disk and pushed them into the slot at the side if his disk to discard them. Then he set one more card on the duel disk. The holographic readers on the disk flashed momentarily, along with a sound of it registering.
There was another collective gasp from the crowd. Yet another silvery white dragon was emerging from the card that had just appeared on the field. It roared loudly as the card vanished.
"Wow! Look! Seto Kaiba's got all three of his Blue Eyes White Dragons out!" a first year exclaimed breathlessly. "There're only four in the whole world, and the fourth can't even be used anymore! He's invincible with those cards!" There was even more murmuring, mainly among the people who knew about Duel Monsters, but others who were awed by the glorious dragons were also whispering excitedly.
"I'll bet Seto's going to fuse them with Polymerization and create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Mokuba said to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. But others around him were hanging on to every single word he said. "But you never know. He's pretty unpredictable now. He's changed his way of dueling completely, so maybe he won't. It'd be a sight to see, though. Oh, hey, Nefertari." The blue phoenix had flown over to Mokuba. He stroked her gently.
On the field, Seto was speaking to Yami.
"Your Valkyrion is pretty powerful, but can you beat this?" He took a card from his hand and slid it into a slot in his duel disk.
"Polymerization," Mokuba whispered, as the card appeared before them.
"I'll play Polymerization!" Seto said. Mokuba grinned.
"Big surprise," said Malik to Bakura.
"I knew it!" he told Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "Seto's still got the competitive streak in him. He and Yami used to be really big rivals. Now look!"
"Yami?" Ron muttered to Harry without being overheard by Mokuba. "Who's that?"
"I dunno," Harry started to say. "And what's up with Ryou? Why are all of his monsters so creepy looking-" he broke off in mid sentence then exclaimed, "Wow, look at that!"
"I'll fuse my three Blue Eyes White Dragons into the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Seto said triumphantly. If the crowd was surprised before, it was nothing like what was happening now. With a flash of bright light, the three identical beasts had disappeared, only to be replaced by another huge dragon, this one with three heads. There were yells of astonishment from more than half of the audience. As the dragon let out a deafening roar, its attack and defense stats were displayed, to another round of gasps.
Attack points: 4500 Defense points: 3800
"That thing's enormous!" Lavender Brown shrieked.
"The Egyptian God Cards are way bigger," commented Mokuba.
"Look at its stats! They're off the charts!" a second year cried.
"The Egyptian God cards are more powerful," Mokuba said casually, inspecting his nails and looking bored. He grinned again at Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Pretty impressive, isn't it? But like I said, the Egyptian God cards are more powerful and much bigger."
"What are Egyptian God cards?" asked Ron, who had begun to actually enjoy the game.
"They're the three most powerful cards in the world. Unlike others, there's only one copy of each. Their data hasn't been released to the public, that's why nobody except a few people know. We'd face a string of thefts and everybody would want them if everyone knew about it. Oh, wait, Seto's going to do something else."
Seto had activated a new magic card that just came out a few weeks ago, Armored Hide.
"When'd you get that?" asked Malik conversationally. "It's basically the same as Metalmorph, right?"
"Yeah, except the effect stays in play even when you don't attack, and it increases your power by 500 points instead of 400 points. I just added it to my deck this morning. Oh, and one more thing. It also increases your defense points by 700," he added casually.
And now the metallic monster on the field was the Blue Eyes Ultimate Metal Dragon (5000/4300).
Duel Monster fans nearly fainted. They had NEVER seen something that powerful in their lives.
"Just reminding you, High Priest, you're supposed to be competing with us, and not your partner," Bakura told Seto. "But go ahead, if you must. See, we aren't objecting much."
"Whatever, and don't call me that. The past is the past, and I'm not your High Priest anymore," he returned. "Now, Instant Attack will let my fusion monster attack you immediately, so go, Blue Eyes Ultimate Metal Dragon! Attack Bakura with Nuclear Fission Blast!"
Bakura never had a chance. The attack exploded into Dark Necrofear, and 2800 lifepoints subtracted themselves from Bakura's lifepoint counter. When the smoke cleared, Bakura was doubled over, gasping for breath, his hand clutching his side.
Bakura's LP: 1150
"I'm impressed," Seto commented. "Normally, an attack like that would have caused permanent mental damage as well as physical damage."
"Well, I'm not a puny wimp like the Pharoah," Bakura managed to sneer. There was even a small dribble of blood at the corner of his mouth. He wiped it away. They could see multiple small scratches on his arm. And then he started laughing.
"Is Ryou insane?!?!" Ron exclaimed in disbelief. "He looks like he's just gone through a couple of Cruciatus Curses, and he's still laughing!"
Hermione also frowned. It was impossible to believe that this was the same, soft-spoken Ryou that they had first met. It was almost like he had a split personality...
"And remember, once Dark Necrofear is destroyed, Dark Sanctuary comes into play!" Bakura said, once he had regained his position next to Malik. Now a little blood was escaping from the wounds on his arm. He paid no attention to them.
Madam Pomfrey was horrified, to say the very least. She was to be heard arguing with Dumbledore. "That young man needs help, Albus!"
"Let them handle it themselves," Dumbledore repeated, holding Madam Pomfrey back.
Her struggling stopped abruptly as she let out another horrified sound. The entire field was being encased in a cloudy substance, including the people watching. Several girls screamed as eyes above them began opening and mouths appeared. They could just see a dark castle floating in the horizon. Many of the teachers were murmuring to each other.
"Is it magic?" squeaked Professor Flitwick, turning all around, only to face the wall of Dark Sanctuary again.
"No, I don't think it is," Professor McGonagall replied.
"But if it isn't magic, then what is it?"
"I don't know. Albus, over here! What do you think this is?"
"Oh, it's nothing to be worrying about," the headmaster replied cheerily. He had just made his way over to the group of professors. Madam Pomfrey's attention seemed to have been diverted by the new and creepy atmosphere. "It's only muggle technology, the whole thing's just a hologram. But I must say that it's quite advanced."
Bakura was finishing his turn. "I activate Exchange! This card allows me to take one card from your hand, Seto, and you to take one from my hand. I'll take Obelisk, thank you."
Seto just handed it over and took Bakura's Swords of Revealing Light.
"And now, I'll sacrifice one of my monsters to keep Dark Sanctuary in play. Oh, and by the way, the evil spirit of Dark Sanctuary has already possessed one of your monsters. If you try to attack with that monster, it'll attack you instead." He laughed evilly.
Yami chose not to attack, since both his and Seto's monsters were high level monsters, and would be fatal if either one of them attacked. Little did the others know, he was also biding his time to draw the right monster. He just put one monster facedown on the field. Nobody knew why Malik nor Bakura didn't destroy it.
Malik played Card of Sanctity, and all of the players drew until they each had six cards in their hands. Then he reminded Seto and Yami that the evil spirit of Dark Sanctuary was still in one of their monsters.
So Seto just placed a card facedown and ended his turn.
"Thank you, Malik, for helping me get just what I needed," Bakura said. "First, Graverobber will rob Seto's grave. Ah, just the card I was looking for." He flipped over the card that he just obtained. "Soul Exchange will allow me to take your pathetic face down card, since I don't feel like taking away your precious Blue Eyes, but it'll be much more fun this way. I sacrifice two of my monsters to summon...Obelisk the Tormentor!" The ground itself began to shake. Almost everybody screamed.
"How can this be just a hologram?" asked Professor McGonagall. "I can feel the ground shaking. No imaginary thing can do that!" What was with the new students?
Low, dark clouds were rolling in, and lightning had begun to strike the playing field and all around it. A beam of light was emitted from the heavens and struck the ground right behind Bakura. A huge blue god-like monster was suddenly towering over them. It was almost the same size as the castle itself. Now the students, not to mention the teachers, were terrified beyond imagination.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were gaping at the huge monster. Mokuba was outraged. "Hey! That's my big brother's card!" Ron turned to Mokuba.
"How can you be worrying about that?" he asked in a hollow voice. "That thing looks like it's about to kill us all!"
"Nah, it won't kill us," Mokuba replied. "And the other God cards are just as big. I wonder what'll happen when all three are summoned?"
The other three just looked at him as if he was nuts.
Bakura smirked at the others. "If you're wondering how I can control this monster, it's because I also happen to have royal blood in my veins. But we must get back to the duel. And now, Obelisk, absorb this monster's energy to increase your own!"
Obelisk the Tormentor: 5200/5200
The duel monsters fans were goggling up at Obelisk.
"Somebody pinch me," a third year muttered. "Ouch. Okay, this is real...but it can't be..." He looked up at Obelisk again, and promptly passed out.
"I won't attack this turn, I have to give you some time to fight back, don't I? And I must give my partner here some time to summon his own God card," said Bakura.
"Yup!" Malik said happily. "Alright, I'm going to sacrifice my Masked Beast," he slid the card off of his duel disk and the grotesque figure of the monster vanished, "and another monster," he discarded one more card, "to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!"
More clouds were rolling in, and lightning was hitting the ground more frequently now. More girls fainted. Another beam of bright light had descended upon them, this time leaving behind a gigantic golden ball. Malik began to chant:
"Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry,
Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight."
The ball began to glow brighter and open up. Malik continued:
"Envelope the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe.
Unlock your powers deep within so that together we may win.
Appear in this Shadow Game as I call your name...
Winged Dragon of Ra"
Now the ball had completely uncurled itself. Malik also smirked as the Winged Dragon of Ra finally showed itself, and let out a roar. It was a fantastic golden beast, and as it spread its glimmering wings, its stats were revealed. More people fainted.
Winged Dragon of Ra: 5300/5100
"Top that, Pharoah! Tell you what, I'll even not attack this turn and still give you a chance, how about that?"
So of course, Yami took the challenge, and pretty soon, the long red coils of Slifer the Sky Dragon were trailing down from the sky, static traveling along the its long sinewy body. It opened its bottom mouth and roared. The grass rippled as the force of the roar passed. Now over three quarters of the students were out cold, and a few of the professors were, too.
Slifer the Sky Dragon: 6000/6000
Yami had six cards in his hand, so Slifer was more powerful than the other two God monsters.
'What are these creatures?' thought Dumbledore. 'And what is this powerful wave of magic that came along with them? It feels like it's more than enough to destroy the world! I'll have to have a talk with these new students later,' he decided.
The three huge monsters were occupying most of the Hogwarts grounds. Through his numb disbelief Harry saw that they were more than five times bigger than the Blue Eyes Ultimate Metal Dragon.
"ATTACK!" was the order from three of the four duelists. Each of the Gods prepared to launch their mighty assaults.
*~*~*~*~*~*
Miles away from where the Battle of the Gods was taking place, someone was concentrating hard. About a half hour ago, there was a huge wave a feeling from somewhere. Somewhere, he knew, Harry Potter was experiencing something like nothing he had ever experienced before. It had to be, for the emotion to travel all this distance.
The long, pale skeletal hand on the armrest clenched in frustration as he tried to access more of this boy's feelings. At the same time, he was thinking, 'That foolish old man should've killed him when he had the chance. Does he not realize that he has once again left Harry Potter wide open to my probes? Now let me see where this immense power is coming from.'
*~*~*~*~*~*
The light was so bright that Harry had to squint to see. At the last second, everything vanished. It took a few minutes for everything to fade and the clouds to disappear. Soon it was sunny again, with a cloudless blue sky.
Harry looked around wildly, as did the other twelve or so people who were still conscious. Why had everything ended? Finally, a quiet voice broke the silence.
"They would've destroyed everything, you know," Seto said quietly. In his hand was some kind of remote control. It seemed that he had deactivated the holograms somehow.
"But Seto..." whined Malik. "It was just about to get exciting!"
"No, the others would have been in danger." Seto waved a hand out behind him. "The students, the professors, and the castle. They all would've been destroyed. The attack could've caused more than one of us to be injured traumatically. And you were letting on too much about us."
'What was going on?' Harry wondered. 'They were just holograms after all, right? Why was Seto talking about trauma and injuries?' All these questions were making his head hurt. He just wanted to go to sleep, and rest. It had been a long day...
Then, suddenly, his scar gave a burst of pain, and he acknowledged Voldemort's anger without really realizing it. He had gotten so used to it happening he could now distinguish the difference. 'Why was he mad this time?' he thought vaguely, before somebody's voice cut through his thoughts.
"Fine, fine. Let's go then."
And to their awe, the four started walking back to the castle, acting like nothing at all had happened, Mokuba joining them. They didn't seem to notice the absence of the trees and other plant life that usually decorated the grassy-oh, yeah, there wasn't any grass left.
Albus Dumbledore watched them go silently, wondering if there was more to the four new teens than it seemed. Then he looked back at the people sprawled all around him. There was going to be a whole lot of people to revive.
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Thank you so much! I actually did it! I actually made it to 50 reviews! Sorry if the duel was a bit boring. I couldn't come up with any ideas. If I got any of the cards wrong-out of the ones that actually exist-please tell me!
I promise there'll be romance in later chapters. As for the pairings, you'll just have to find out, won't you?
Sapphire Saire: Ah, yes. Yet another way to get them to keep on reading...
Silver Saire: Whatever. Oh, and I decided not to get a beta reader, sorry! I brought it up with my friends, and they pointed out that my grammar and spelling were right 99.9% of the time, and so...yeah. But if you have suggestions, please feel free to send them in so I can modify the chapters.
And once again, thank you reviewers!
Sapphire Saire: Especially the ones who've reviewed for every chapter. Oh, and did I mention that she also made a goal for herself? Since it's the seventh chapter, she's hoping to get 70 reviews before she posts the next one. You know, 10 for each chapter?
Silver Saire: Be quiet, you! Ahem, anyway...After this, things should be going smoothly. I was slacking off and didn't want to write the duel. So! Please review, and I hope you've enjoyed the story so far, because there's a lot more to come!