New chapter time! XD
Katoma: Uhm... because I wanted him to?
Writher of Fate: Lol, we'll see
AsukaTenjoin: Yes, brainwash is fun! XD And yeah, I guess he's kinda-sorta evil
Okay, semi-filler chapter :S
Also, I'm going on vacation, so I don't know if I'll be able to update during the next 2 weekends. RER! (Of course, I don't mind taking a break on this chapter, considering how uber the name is XD)
Chapter 18: Trial of Nightmare
"What are you doing? Where am I?" Sarah asked, looking around at the nimbus of black and purple mist.
"Were you not listening? You are in your dreams!" Sam yelled.
"Hmph. Then I wonder when I'll wake up," Sarah casually replied. "What's with the weird clothes?"
"It's… a gift from a friend," Sam explained.
"Who?" Sarah questioned. "Chris? Kengake? Someone else?"
"Bakura!" Sam shouted.
Sarah raised an eyebrow, "Never heard of him before."
"Well, you will know who he is soon," Sam chuckled as a dark duel disk appeared on his wrist.
"I don't know what dueling has to do with Bakura, but I'm up for a game!" Sarah laughed as a duel disk made of sand appeared on her wrist. "I wonder what it'll be like to duel in a dream…."
"You won't be dream dueling!" Sam interjected. "Well, you will be dueling in a dream, but the consequences shall not be altered!"
"What consequences?"
"Why, a trip to the shadow realm, of course!" Sam laughed. "This is a Shadow Game!"
"That's a good one!" Sarah laughed. "My mind can come up with the craziest ideas!"
"But it's true!" Sam insisted.
"Okay, then how did you get into my dream?" Sarah asked.
"Another gift from Bakura," Sam simply replied.
"Whatever. Let's just get this duel over with," said Sarah as she picked up her opening hand(5).
"Let's," agreed Sam as he followed suit(5).
Sarah: 4000; Sam: 4000"This is my dream, so I think I'll take the honor of going first," Sarah declared(6). Is he telling the truth about the Shadow Game? Sarah wondered. Two ways to tell. I can wait til the end of the duel, or… She brought her hands up to her neck and concentrated. A vision soon appeared in her mind… a dark figure, limply floating in a nimbus of dark mist… the Shadow Realm. Although she could not tell who exactly the person was, she could see it was either her or Sam. She began to look into the future of the duel, but stopped herself. Bakura might have given him a shadow charm like Robert's, she reasoned. I'll only use my necklace to see into the future of the duel if absolutely necessary. "Sam, why did you start a Shadow Game?"
"Because Bakura showed me the truth!" Sam laughed. "The truth about what you, Kengake, and Chris will do to me!"
"What are we going to do to you?" asked Sarah.
"I don't need to tell you!" Sam shouted. "It's you, so you already know what you're going to do to me!"
Sarah sighed. I guess talking this over won't help…"I'll start off with my Sand Warrior(5;1800/1600)! I end my turn," Sarah said as her man made of sand appeared.
"Your monster is powerful, but luckily I have a card to beat him!" Sam yelled after drawing(6). "I summon Slate Warrior(5;1900/400), and I'll have him attack your warrior!" The strange blue-headed fiend appeared in front of Sam, and then rushed forward into Sand Warrior.
Sarah: 3900; Sam: 4000"I'll end my turn with that."
"Draw(6)!" Sarah yelled. "I summon Sand Scarab(5;2000/1000)! Now destroy his Slate Warrior!" The giant bug crawled forward, and sliced the fiend in two. However, as it was destroyed, Slate Warrior summoned a gust of wind that completely distorted Sand Scarab's form.
Sarah: 3900; Sam: 3900"The effect of my Slate Warrior kicked in," Sam smirked. "Your scarab's attack and defense have been reduced to 500, meaning almost any of my monsters can defeat it!"
"We'll see. I'll bring my turn to an end with a trap(4)."
"Draw(6)!" Sam yelled. "I summon Newdoria(5;1200/800)!"
"What is that thing?" Sarah almost gagged as the rotting corpse appeared on Sam's field.
"It's the destroyer of your monster! Attack with Undead Claw!" Sam's strange monster lugged forward. Newdoria attempted to stick its claw into Sand Scarab, but its arm got stuck inside the bug. It tried to pull its arm out, but the sand reached out and swallowed Newdoria.
"Looks like my Quicksand got your horror before your horror could get me," Sarah winked. "Don't think I'll just let you smash through my monsters."
"I end my turn," Sam grumbled, his field bare.
"I thought you were a better duelist," Sarah sighed as she drew(5). "I switch Sand Scarab to attack mode and attack you directly!" The bug retained a bit of its form and charged at Sam, before losing its form again.
Sarah: 3900; Sam: 2400"I end my turn with that. Looks like I'm going to win, doesn't it?"
"No, not exactly," Sam responded as he drew(6). "I activate my spell card Recurring Nightmare(5) to bring back Newdoria! Now let's try this again: attack Sand Scarab with Undead Claw!" Black shadows formed together to recreate Newdoria, who rushed forward and successfully destroyed Sarah's monster. "Your move now," Sam chuckled, "But be careful with Newdoria. If you destroy him with a monster, then he'll destroy your monster!"
"Well then, I think I have a way to avoid that," Sarah told Sam as she drew(6). "Now I'll play the field spell Desert(5), summoning back Sand Warrior!" The dark mist disappeared, and in its place an endless desert appeared, the hot sun shining down on the duelists. As soon as the sand appeared, Sarah felt a sudden increase in heat. Sand Warrior appeared again, rising out of the sand, his sand blade gleaming.
"Your monster may have a power boost, but the end result will still be the same," Sam sighed.
"I don't think so! I tribute Sand Warrior to summon Sand Assailant(4;1800+200/1300+200)!" Sand Warrior glowed, and morphed into a new monster. Sand Assailant was a tall man with dark tan skin, dark hair, and dark eyes. He wore a white cloth shirt and leggings, along with a leather belt, bracers, and boots. He also had a black headband, and a gleaming sword strapped on his back. "Sand Assailant, attack Newdoria!" Sand Assailant drew his sword, but did nothing else.
"Wha… What's going on? Why isn't Sand Assailant doing anything?!?" Sam demanded.
"Because I still have to activate his effect," Sarah answered as a coin composed of sand materialized in her hand. "This coin will land on heads!" Sarah declared as she flipped the coin. When the small disk landed on her hand, she immediately covered it. "You ready?" She asked Sam, who nodded. Sarah removed her hand to reveal the coin had landed on… heads! Almost immediately, the Desert Assailant smirked and disappeared. Newdoria and Sam looked around in confusion, unsure of what would happen. Desert Assailant appeared in front of Sam's monster and began to strike Newdoria. Newdoria raised his arms in defense, but just as Desert Assailant was about make contact with Newdoria, he disappeared. Desert Assailant appeared again, behind Newdoria, and again disappeared as soon as Newdoria caught sight of him, confusing Newdoria. Desert Assailant appeared for the third time, and brought his sword down. Desert Assailant stopped his blade when Newdoria turned its head, the sword less than a centimeter from Newdoria's flesh. Newdoria and Desert Assailant stared at each other for moment, but Newdoria suddenly shattered into pixels.
"You'll pay for that during my next turn," Sam growled.
"Well, you'll pay for that this turn!" Sarah yelled as Desert Assailant disappeared once again. Sam suddenly felt a sharp pain on his back; he painfully turned around to see Desert Assailant, who jumped over Sam back to Sarah's field.
Sarah: 3900; Sam: 400"How'd you do that?" Sam asked. "I know Newdoria was destroyed by your monster's effect, but that doesn't mean he can attack again!"
"He can with my spell card Assassinate(3)," Sarah explained. "It lets Desert Assailant attack again. So now do you think I'm going to win?"
"Of course not!" Sam laughed as he drew from his deck(6). "I activate another Recurring Nightmare(5), so say hello to Newdoria again! Next I play Expansion of Nightmare(4) to summon Barrier Statue of the Abyss(3;1000/1000). And since it was special summoned I can activate Inferno Reckless Summon(2), allowing me to special summon two more from my deck! Of course, you can special summon your other Desert Assailant. Well, you would be able to, if my Barrier Statue's effect didn't prevent you from doing so!" Newdoria glowed black, and expanded into a purple, gargoyle-like statue. The statue then multiplied into three statues. Sarah's assailant began to glow, but Sam's statues eyes show out a beam of purple light, preventing any more assailants from being summoned.
"So what if you have three weak monsters?" Sarah asked. "You can't take down my assailant!"
"Three weak monsters might not be able to, but one strong one can! I tribute my three statues to special summon Raviel, Lord of Phantasms(1;4000-100/4000-100)!" Sam laughed as his three statues disappeared, and were replaced by his giant, blue-armored monster. "Next I remove all the monsters in my graveyard from play to equip Raviel with the Dark Sword of Midnight! Raviel, attack with Midnight Slash!" A giant, black, glowing sword that was almost as tall as Raviel materialized in Raviel's hand. The swords black aura transferred to Raviel, who laughed at Sarah's puny Desert Assailant.
"My Assailant's effect still activates!" Sarah yelled. "The coin will be heads again!" Sarah declared as the desert coin formed in her hand and she flipped it. She covered the coin again as it landed, and removed her hand to reveal the coin on heads! Raviel began to attack, but Desert Assailant disappeared right before the sword connected, causing a giant cloud of sand to appear. Sarah's monster reappeared by Raviel's head and prepared to strike, but Raviel quickly spun around and obliterated Desert Assailant with a swat of its hand before he could do anything.
Sarah: 2000; Sam: 400"Dark Sword of Midnight protects Raviel from your card effects," Sam smirked. "Of course, such a power comes with a price… I cannot summon any monsters, but I don't think I'll need any others! Turn end!"
"Draw(4)!" Sarah yelled. "I set a monster(3) and end my turn."
"Attack!" Sam declared as he drew(2). Raviel easily sliced Sarah's monster in two, which was revealed to be a man with tan skin wearing off-white robes. "Your move, again."
"I set another monster(2)," Sarah played after she drew(3). "That's it."
"You can't defend forever!" Sam said as he drew(3). "Raviel, attack!" Again, Raviel sliced through Sarah's new monster.
"Actually, I can," Sarah responded after she drew a card(4). "You see, the first set monster you destroyed is known as Loyal Wanderer(200/300), and by simply removing a Desert monster in my graveyard from play, he wanders back to my hand, and I'll use his effect now, removing Sand Warrior from play(5)!" Sarah's duel disk softly hummed as it transferred Sand Warrior to the underside of the duel disk, and spit out Loyal Wanderer. "So now as long as I have monsters in my hand or graveyard, you can't get to my lifepoints! I'll set Loyal Wanderer and end my turn."
Sam drew a card(4), declared his attack, and ended his turn.
This duel isn't going anywhere, Sarah thought as she drew a card(4) and returned Loyal Wanderer to her hand(5). However, even though Sam has field advantage right now, he can't summon any monsters! That means I can stall with Loyal Wanderer until I draw the right cards. "I set Loyal Wanderer(4) and end."
She can just keep on reusing her Wanderer… Sam angrily thought to himself as he drew(4). Of course, this new card should do nicely. "Raviel, attack!" The blue fiend used his sword to easily slash through Sarah's monster once again. "And now to end this cycle! I play Trap Booster(3), discarding a card from my hand(2) to play Disappear(1)! Now Loyal Wanderer disappears from your graveyard, halting the cycle!"
Oh no! Sarah thought to herself, devastated. Without Loyal Wanderer I'll eventually run out of monsters, and then… I can't lose this Shadow Game! Even if it is a dream…
Wait! That's it!
Please… deck… don't fail me… Sarah prayed as she placed her fingers on her deck. "Please…" She inaudibly murmured as she drew(5). She gazed in wonder at the card she had drawn, and they smiled. "I summon Sand Ninja(4;1600+200/1000+200) in defense mode!"
"But that's not a real card!" Sam exclaimed as the sand formed together to form a ninja.
"Well, this isn't the real world, is it?" Sarah replied. "I end my turn."
Her ninja must have some sort of special effect… Sam reasoned as he drew(2). Otherwise she wouldn't have just left her ninja out defenseless…"Well, nothing ventured nothing gained! Raviel, attack the Sand Ninja! Midnight Slash!" Raviel brought his sword down upon Sand Ninja, causing a giant dust cloud to come up. However Sand Ninja was still there when the dust cloud settled, less than a foot away from Raviel's blade, which was still embedded in the sand. "I guess your ninja's special effect kicked in," Sam reasoned.
"Of course!" Sarah laughed. "Although I won't give you the exact details of his effect, I don't think you'll destroy Sand Ninja anytime soon!"
"We'll see," Sam replied as he ended his turn.
"Draw(5)!" Sarah declared with more confidence. "I'll set this spell/trap(4), and end my turn!"
Time to figure out Sand Ninja's effect… Sam thought as he drew(3). "Attack!" He immediately commanded. Raviel began to bring his sword down, but Sam shouted "Stop!" The Sword of Midnight stopped, but a dust cloud still appeared. After the dust cloud disappeared, two Sand Ninjas were in its place! The Sword of Midnight was less than a foot above one of the ninja's head. "So that's it…" Sam thought out loud. "When Sand Ninja would get destroyed he replicates himself… I'm assuming he can only do that once per turn, so continue with your attack!" Raviel finished his attack, destroying the first Sand Ninja.
I can't believe he figured out Sand Ninja's effect so quickly! Sarah worriedly thought. Of course, I'm prepared…
"Now I play Smashing Ground(2) to destroy your second Sand Ninja!" The giant pole came down, from nowhere, causing a second dust cloud to appear. However, when this dust cloud cleared, Sand Ninja was still there! "What happened?!" Sam exclaimed. "I thought your Ninja could only replicate once per turn! If he couldn't then it would be too unfair!"
"He can only use his effect once per turn," Sarah explained, "But I used my Ninjitsu Desert Art – Sand Decoy to summon another replica!"
She keeps on defending herself with her Sand Ninja, Sam thought. If this keeps up, I'll eventually run out of cards! "I end my turn."
"I pass," Sarah sighed after she drew(5).
"Then I guess it's my turn again," Said Sam as he drew(3). "I play Graceful Charity(2), letting my draw 3 card(5) by discarding 2(3)!" I can't just keep on attacking with Raviel… I won't be able to win! I have to get rid of Raviel… "I activate Emergency Provisions(2)! I can now send the Dark Sword of Midnight to the graveyard to increase my lifepoints! Unfortunately, this will also destroy Raviel…"
Sarah: 2000; Sam: 1400"I'll then summon another Slate Warrior(1;1900-100/400-100) in attack mode! Attacking your Sand Ninja wouldn't do anything, so I'll just end my turn."
Sarah began to tremble as she drew her card(6). R-Raviel… he was almost unbeatable! He had 3900 attack points, and couldn't be destroyed by my cards! And h-he destroyed it? The only logical explanation would be he's planning something… something big. Bigger than Raviel. And I have to figure out a way to stop it before it's too late! And there's only one way to do that… Sarah brought her hands up to her neck, and concentrated.
She's using her Millennium Necklace! Sam thought, concerned.
After a few moments of concentration, Sarah's eyes burst open in a mixture of surprise and fear, but closed as Sarah lost consciousness and fell face-forward. She was suspended in the fog, her hair covering her head.
"She… fainted. Why?" Sam asked nobody. He looked at the remaining card in his hand, and then checked the top card of his deck. "So that's it," he smirked. "Looks like it's time to collect my prize," Sam said as he walked towards Sarah. However, Sarah faded into nothing once Sam reached her, along with the dark fog, just leaving nothing in all directions. What happened!?
'You didn't win the duel,' Sam heard Bakura tell him.
'Bakura?' Sam asked. 'Where are you?'
'That is not important,' Bakura answered. 'What is important is that you didn't win.'
'But I did!'
'No, Sarah just fainted. The Millennium Items can only be won in duels. Sarah's soul will waver between the Shadow Realm and her body over the next few days, but her soul will eventually return to her body.'
'And when it does, she will be weak, and then I shall be able to take her necklace!' Sam finished.
'Correct,' Bakura said. 'However, in the meantime I believe you know who I want you to go after.'
'Yes, of course,' Sam replied.
Oooh... new cliffy...
Anyway, I forgot to mention this last chapter. I know in GX there was only supposed to be one of Raviel, Uria, and Hamon. However, the Raviel Sam has isn't the Raviel from GX... it's a copy, and the whole copy thing will be explained... around chapter 50.
Anyway, RER!! XD
Card of the Day
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms (DARK)
Fiend/Effect
Level 10
ATK 4000/DEF 4000
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 3 Fiend-Type monsters on your side of the field. Each time your opponent Normal Summons a monster(s), Special Summon 1 "Phantasm Token" (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 1/ATK 1000/DEF 1000) to your side of the field. This token cannot declare an attack. Once per turn, by Tributing 1 monster on your side of the field, increase the ATK of this card by the original ATK of the Tribute monster, until the End Phase of this turn.
Original Cards
Sand Warrior; level 4; Rock/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 1800/1600; This card's Type is also treated as Warrior. This card is treated as a Normal monster.
Sand Scarab; level 4; Rock/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 2000/1000; This card's Type is also treated as Insect. When this card attacks, it is switched to Defense Position during the End Phase.
Quicksand; Trap/Desert; You can only activate this card when your opponent attacks a Desert monster, or when your opponent attacks when "Desert" is on the field. Destroy the attacking monster.
Recurring Nightmare; Quick-Play Spell; You can only activate this card during your standby phase. Special summon 1 level 3 or lower DARK fiend-type monster from your graveyard that was destroyed by your opponent's card effect during either players' last turn.
Desert; Field Spell/Desert; When this card is activated, you can Special Summon 1 Desert monster from your Graveyard to your side of the Field. Decrease the ATK and DEF of all non-Desert monsters by 100. Increase the ATK and DEF of all Desert monsters by 200.
Desert Assailant; level 6; Warrior/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 1800/1300; This card's effect is negated if "Desert" isn't on the Field. When this card battles a non-Desert monster, flip a coin and call it. If you call it right, destroy the opposing monster without applying Damage Calculation.
Assassinate; Quick-Play Spell; You can only activate this card when your monster attacks a monster and immediately destroys it. Your monster can attack once again in a row.
Expansion of Nightmare; Spell; Tribute 1 DARK monster. Special summon 1 DARK monster from your hand that is the same level as the tributed monster.
Dark Sword of Midnight; Equip Spell; This card can only be equipped to a fiend-type monster. This card can only be activated by removing 5 fiend-type monsters in your graveyard from play. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, you cannot summon or set any monsters. When this card is destroyed, destroy the equipped monster.
Loyal Wanderer; level 2; Warrior/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 200/300; Remove 1 Desert monster from your Graveyard from play to add this card to your Hand from your Graveyard.
Sand Ninja; level 4; Warrior/Effect/Desert/EARTH; 1600/1000; If "Desert" is on the field, you may remove this card from play to special summon 2 "Sand Ninja Tokens" (Warrior-Type/Desert/EARTH/Level 3/ATK 800/DEF 500). "Sand Ninja Tokens" cannot be tributed for a tribute summoned. During the end phase of a turn you activated this effect, you must tribute all "Sand Ninja Tokens" on your field to special summon this card from your removed from play zone.
Ninjitsu Desert Art – Sand Decoy; Trap/Desert; You can only activate this card when a "Sand Ninja Token" is destroyed. Special summon 1 "Sand Ninja Token" in the same battle position as the destroyed "Sand Ninja Token".
Next Time: Super Junior Confrontation
