As soon as Heikou let go of the Millennium Item, an electrical current ran out of the Millennium Scales into Yami. Although the electricity didn't fatally wound Yami, it was powerful enough to make him lose consciousness.


Omg? Where are my reviewers? Vyser Dragoon didn't even review the chapter with his own cards!! Oh well... Hopefully I'll get more reviews this chapter! XD

Crazy Little Devil: Why would changing their attribute be good? It's really for if you have something like 2 Chaos Phoenixes, you can still get out a Chaos Monster. Of course, Heikou didn't need to use their effects XD

Ninja Wolf 25: MY SNICKERS!!!!! (hordes mini-snickers and begins to eat rapidly, but continues to talk) I'sa;lis asdoifhgeh asdofihsiaos faoifhgesios sdokhghi ghd soisoid tie lskeji sskidj. (swallows snickers) Don't I just have a way with words?

redgirl90: Yes, cliffies are good!! And sorry, you're gonna have to wait for chapter 36 to see Sarah in action again :S (although that's still soon!)

Oh, and guess what? I added a pointless card of the day feature to all of the chapters because I had nothing better to do yesterday!! Yay me!! (It's sort of like card of the day in the anime...)

RER!


Chapter 33: Fake Trap

"Okay, time to get back to work," Sam declared as he entered his dorm room. He went to his computer and started typing away. "Bakura must have gotten Dominic to do this, while he was still being influenced. I've been working on this for a few days, and I still haven't figured out Bakura's real dorm room!"

"If you want to know where Manukan lives, why don't you just ask?" Bakura asked, his image appearing on Sam's computer screen.

"Bakura!" Sam shouted.

"Come to Duel Arena 2 in the Dueling Complex in your section," Bakura ordered. "Then I'll tell you where I live. Don't forget your deck." With that, the computer reverted to its original screen.

"I have to go," Sam murmured as he remembered what Yami had told him, Sarah, and Kengake.

To beat Bakura, we will have to beat him at his own game. Take on his challenges, but be very careful when doing so.

Sam quickly made a message for Chris, Sarah, and Kengake, and then went to the Truesdale Dueling Complex. Each section of Duel Academy had a Dueling Complex with several small duel arenas, where students could participate in duels virtually any time.

Sam burst into Duel Arena 2 to find a boy. He was tall, but lanky. He had pale skin, light brown eyes, and midnight-black hair that partially covered his left eye. He wore long black formal pants with a white long-sleeved shirt, rolled up to his elbows. Instead of a normal uniform he wore an open blue vest over his shirt, signifying he was in Obelisk Blue. He had wire-frame glasses that covered the lower half of his eyes.

"Who are you?" Sam asked.

"Who am I? Who am I?!" The boy laughed. "I am William Wetherby III, one of the best duelists of the academy! I am also known as the Strategic Genius of Duel Academy, or the Brilliant Tactician of Duel Academy, or—"

"Never heard of you," Sam flatly said.

"WHAT?!" William roared. "YOU SHALL PAY FO—"

William suddenly stopped talking, and his eyes glazed over. "I'm sorry about William. He's a bit… arrogant," William said in a strange tone. "In case you haven't realized yet, this is Bakura now. While I calm down William, I'll explain the rules of this duel to you. As you should know, Millennium Items can—"

"Only be won in a duel," Sam finished. "But why would you want to duel me? I don't have any Millennium Items."

"Yes, but you will be dueling for someone who does." A panel in the wall flipped around, revealing Chris (or possibly Yami, Sam couldn't tell) strapped to the wall, the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. "Just like you'll be dueling for Yami, William will be dueling for me. If you win, I will give you the Millennium Eye. Otherwise, I get Yami's Millennium Puzzle."

"Why would I agree to this duel?" Sam asked.

"Because," Bakura explained. "If you want Yami to be freed, then you'll duel. I'll also tell you my real dorm number if you duel."

"Fine, I'll duel," Sam grumbled.

"Then I will let William back in control," Bakura said as William returned to normal.

"You will pay for ignorance," William gravely vowed as his duel disk activated.

"Yeah, we'll see," Sam replied as his duel disk activated and he went to the appropriate spot in the arena.

"Let's duel!" They shouted.

William: 4000; Sam: 4000

"I'll start the duel off so I can show you my amazing strategies!" William shouted as he drew a card (6).

"A… duel?" Yami murmured. He opened his eyes a little bit to see Sam and an Obelisk boy dueling. 'This must be part of Bakura's plots… I hope Sam does all right!' Yami kept his eyes open only a crack, as he didn't want them to see that he was awake.

"All I'll do is set a monster (5)," William said. "Your move."

"So much for being a Brilliant Tactician with amazing strategies," Sam remarked as he drew (6).

"If you were half as smart as me you'd see how great my strategy is," William declared.

"Maybe I'll see your strategy when I see your monster! I summon Skilled Dark Magician (5;1900/1700) and use him to attack your set monster!" A magician in black robes with a staff appeared, and sent a wave of black magic at William's monster. It was a black cat wearing a golden amulet.

"That was A Cat of Ill Omen (500/300). Now I can use its effect," William explained as he took his deck out of his holder. He took a specific card out of his deck, shuffled the rest of his deck, and then placed that card on top of his deck. "With its effect I was allowed to place Bad Reaction to the Simochi on top of my deck! I told you I was a great tactician!"

"Not really," Sam scoffed. "If I had set a monster or used Nobleman of Crossout your plan would have failed."

"But you didn't."

"That doesn't matter. If you were the great tactician you say you are, you would have had a spell or trap to avoid it," Sam replied. "Anyway, I'll end my turn with a set trap (4)."

"Draw (6)!" William shouted. He didn't even bother to look at his newly drawn card, as he already knew what it was. Instead he immediately activated another spell. "I use Trap Booster (5)! So by discarding Burning Algae (4;500/1500) I can activate Bad Reaction to the Simochi from my hand (3)!"

William's trap card appeared on his field in its enlarged holographic form. Then a large burning bush appeared above Sam. An invisible wind tore off all the fire from the branches onto Sam. Sam expected the embers to be comforting, but instead they burned, turning his skin a sickly shade of blue wherever they touched him. Once all this happened, the orb on Skilled Dark Magician's staff began to slightly glow.

William: 4000; Sam: 3000

"What was that?" Sam asked. "I thought Burning Algae increased my lifepoints by 1000."

"Normally it does, but you've just received the Simochi," William replied.

"The… simochi?" Sam asked, confused.

"Yes, it's an experimental medical treatment," William explained. "However, it just went wrong, so now any thing that would heal you damages you instead!"

There are plenty of cards that could increase my lifepoints by a thousand, Sam angrily thought. With just a few of those cards I'll lose!

"Next I summon Wabisuke the Warrior of Regret (2;2100/100)!" William played. A warrior in bright orange armor with a shining sword appeared. However, he had a forlorn facial expression, and his armor was dented and rusted in several places. "Wabisuke normally has a drawback, but Bad Reaction to the Simochi has just turned that into an advantage! Now when he destroys your Skilled Dark Magician you'll take an extra 800 damage! Attack with Regretful Strike!"

"Skilled Dark Magician isn't gone just yet!" Sam countered. "I activate my set Minimize, which will halve Wabisuke's attack! Skilled Dark Magician will also gain a second Spell Counter." Wabisuke suddenly decreased in size, so Skilled Dark Magician's now-brightly glowing staff destroyed him.

William: 3150; Sam: 3000

"Fine, to defend myself I set this card (1). End turn."

"Then I draw (5)!" Sam shouted. "Only one more spell card needs to be activated to get Skilled Dark Magician's last Spell Counter, and here it is: Graceful Charity (4)! I draw three cards (7) and then discard two (5)! Now I can summon Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" Skilled Dark Magician's orb began to glow so it was completely white, and then the glow spread all over his body, transforming him. When the glow subsided he was the famous green-skinned dark-robed magician.

When Sam's monster appeared, Yami opened his eyes a crack more. Even though it was a different version of Dark Magician than Yami's, and it wasn't even his card, he still felt a connection.

"Now, Dark Magician, direct attack!" Sam commanded. Dark Magician let out a wave of black light, but it was stopped by a heavy white curtain.

"Sorry, but you're going to have to get past my Wall of Revealing Light first," William beamed. "I think you know it's effect, so I'll just tell you that I'm paying 3000 lifepoints!"

William: 150; Sam: 3000

"Only 150 lifepoints? Even if I can't attack with most of my monsters, it'll still be easy to win now!" Sam shouted. "End turn!"

"Yeah, we'll see," William replied as he drew (2). "I activate Pot of Greed (1), so I draw two cards (3)!" William grinned from ear to ear when he saw his new cards. "I use both copies of Rain of Mercy (1) that I drew! Now I gain 2000 lifepoints, while you lose the same amount!" Rain began to fall from the sky, healing William. However, where it hit Sam his skin turned blue, further harming him.

William: 2150; Sam: 1000

"So much for just having 150 lifepoints," William laughed. "I end my turn with Mistress of Mercy (0;100/2100) in defense mode! Now during each end phase we'll gain both 500 lifepoints! That gives you one turn to prevent your defeat. End turn." A woman who was draped in robes the same shade of orange as Wabisuke's armor appeared. As William ended his turn, Mistress of Mercy and the two duelists glowed.

William: 2650; Sam: 500

"You're not the only one who has good draws!" Sam shouted after he drew (6). A gust of wind appeared, tearing away the white curtain. "Mystical Space Typhoon (5) will destroy Wall of Revealing Light! Next I summon Rapid-Fire Magician (4;1600/1200). Now Dark Magician will destroy Mistress of Mercy, and Rapid-Fire Magician will attack you directly!" Dark Magician used waves of dark energy for his attack, while Rapid-Fire Magician pelted William with several colorful glowing energy balls. "End turn."

William: 1050; Sam: 500

'Both duelists don't have many lifepoints left,' Yami noted. 'I wonder if this duel will end soon…'

William silently drew a card (1). "I set the trap I drew (0) and end my turn."

Sam drew (4), and his eyes widened when he saw his card. This card could greatly help me! However, I need to wait for the right moment… Sam then commanded Dark Magician to attack. However, the waves of black energy were absorbed by a strange vortex.

"Negate Attack stops your attack," William sighed.

"Fine. I'll set this card (3), and end my turn."

William sullenly drew a card (1), but perked up when he activated his new spell card (0). "I got Card of Sanctity! Now I take full advantage of its effect, drawing six cards (6), while you only draw three (6)!"

"Don't forget, Rapid-Fire Magician will now deal you damage, since a normal spell card was activated!" Sam shouted. Rapid-Fire Magician picked up some of the golden coins that had fallen to the ground, transformed them into glowing spheres, and launched them at William.

William: 650; Sam: 500

"Little damage like that doesn't matter," William scoffed.

It does when you have so little lifepoints, Sam replied in his head.

"Now, since you drew cards, I can activate Repentance of Greed (5)! Now you are forced to discard the cards you drew (3), while I draw an extra card (6)! Anyway, I activate Fissure (5), so now your Rapid-Fire Magician won't be damaging me any more! I'll set a monster (4) and a trap (3) to end my turn." I didn't really need to play a monster, William thought. It's just a safety precaution. I don't know what Sam's set card can do.

"I draw (4)!" Sam shouted.

"And I win the duel!" William immediately countered. "I activate my trap Gift Card! Now, normally you would gain 3000 lifepoints, but thanks to Bad Reaction to the Simochi, you'll lose that amount instead! Prepare for some pain!" A gleaming gift card appeared in front of Sam, slowly spinning.

"I'll accept your little gift, but not yet," Sam replied. "First I activate my set Dust Tornado to destroy your Bad Reaction to the Simochi, so I get Gift Card's written effect!"

"Oh no," William murmured as his trap card was blown away and Sam took the gift card. If he summons another monster, I'm finished! When Bad Reaction to the Simochi was destroyed, all of Sam's skin returned to its normal beige color.

William: 650; Sam: 3500

"Now, Dark Magician, attack William's set monster!"

William sighed in relief as his Mask of Darkness (900/200) was destroyed. "Now Bad Reaction to the Simochi returns to my hand (4).

"I'll just set a trap again to end my turn (3)," Sam said.

William silently drew a card (5). I'm running out of lifepoints… All he really needs is one more monster and I'm finished! Although I don't want to do this without Bad Reaction to the Simochi, I'm going to need to. "I activate my last Rain of Mercy (4) to recover some lifepoints."

William: 1650; Sam: 4500

"I end my turn with a set monster (3)."

Why didn't he set Bad Reaction to the Simochi? Sam asked himself as he drew a card (4). Still no monsters… "Dark Magician, attack William's set monster!"

"Just as I planned!" William laughed as his monster, a strange castle, appeared and was destroyed. "Now, being the brilliant tactician that I am, I can use Trap-Filled Fortress' (0/2000) effect, activating Bad Reaction to the Simochi from my hand (2), and then I draw a card to replace it (3)!"

"You do know that being a tactician means using several cards together with synergy, not playing individual cards with good effects, right?" Sam asked.

"I think I know what a tactician is," William snorted. "After all, it is my title."

Yes, probably your self-proclaimed title. "Just make your move," Sam sighed.

"You'll regret telling me to do that!" William laughed as he drew (4). "I activate the Upstart Goblin (3) that I drew, letting me draw one card (4) and inflicting 1000 damage to you! Then I activate the Upstart Goblin (3) I got from the first Upstart Goblin, drawing yet another card (4) and inflicting more damage!"

William: 1650; Sam: 2500

He's gaining momentum again, Sam thought. A few more cards and I'm done for!

"Now I activate Soul Taker (3), destroying Dark Magician and dealing even more damage to you!" William laughed as a hand rose from the ground and gripped Dark Magician. It squeezed him until he burst into pixels, and then Sam's lifepoints decreased. Now most of Sam's skin had turned blue. "Want to know why my deck is so great? Because it can deal damage by the thousands, and I get good effects as I deal damage!"

William: 1650; Sam: 1500

"I'll admit your deck is good, but mine is better!" Sam shouted.

"If your deck is better, then why am I winning?" William smirked. "I summon Stray Asmodian (2;1300/1700)! Attack Sam directly!" A strange creature that had three faces squished together into the size of one normal face appeared. It wore a purple robe and a torch on its head. It ran forward and tackled Sam head-first, burning him.

William: 1650; Sam: 200

"I've basically already won; you might as well give up," William smirked. "If Stray Asmodian is destroyed in battle, you'll lose 800 lifepoints! That means if he's destroyed, I win! I told you that you couldn't beat the Brilliant Tactician of Duel Academy!"

"Are you done with your turn yet?" Sam asked.

"I will be, once I set this trap (1)," William said.

'Sam has barely any lifepoints, and only one card on his field,' Yami worriedly thought. 'I don't know if he'll be able to come out of this situation…The only Dark Magician card I can think of that would let him win in this situation is Thousand Knives, but he doesn't have Dark Magician out any more!'

"It's time to turn this duel around!" Sam declared as he drew (5). "I activate Dark Magic Curtain (4)! By paying half my lifepoints I can summon my other Dark Magician from my deck!"

William: 1650; Sam: 100

'He got out Dark Magician!' Yami happily thought. 'But does he have Thousand Knives?'

"I don't care if you have Dark Magician or not!" William shouted. "Even the tiniest of damage will cause you to lose, and you can't destroy my Stray Asmodian in battle!"

"That's why I have this card," Sam smirked. "I hope you like magic tricks, because you are about to see one! I activate White Mystic Box (3)!"

'White Mystic Box?' Yami thought, slightly confused.

"Both our monsters are placed inside the boxes," Sam explained as two white boxes appeared, one on each player's field. They were white, while intricate black designs on each of the three sections on the side that opened. Once Dark Magician and Stray Asmodian were each in a box, the doors closed. "Now, watch and be amazed!" Several swords appeared on Sam's field. They launched themselves at Sam's white box, sliding into the slits on the sides of the box.

"You… you destroyed your own monster? What a horrible card!" William laughed. "And I should know whether a card is bad or not, since I am the Brilliant Tactician of Duel Academy!"

"William, I told you this was a magic trick, and it wasn't those swords appearing," Sam said. "Why don't you stop laughing for a moment so you can see what's inside the first mystic box?"

William stopped laughing as the box on Sam's field opened, revealing that the swords had skewered Stray Asmodian!

"I-Impossible!" William shouted. "How did this happen?!"

Yami and Sam both smirked to themselves at William's ignorance.

"I've already told you: this is a magic trick," Sam sighed. "However, it's actually a two-part magic trick, and here's the second half! Look at what is in the other box!"

The second box opened, and Sam's monster stepped out. However, this time both William and Yami were astounded, for the monster that appeared was not Dark Magician….


More cliffies!! Yay!

Sam has a new monster, but only 100 lp left. Will he be able to win? I dunno. Hooray for memory loss!! XD

Now review! Uhm... please! (lol)


Card of the Day

Bad Reaction to the Simochi
Continuous Trap
As long as thsi card remains face-up on the field, the effect of increasing your opponent's Life Points is negated and changed to inflict the same amount of points in Direct Damage to your opponent's Life Points.


Original Cards

A/N: SomeRandomStone made Wabisuke the Warrior of Regret, Mistress of Mercy, and the character of William Wetherby III

Wabisuke the Warrior of Regret; level 4; Warrior/Effect/LIGHT; 2100/100; When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, increase your opponent's lifepoints by the level of the destroyed monster x 200.

Minimize; Quick-Play Spell; Halve the ATK of a face-up monster until the end of this turn. Until the end of this turn, the selected monster is not destroyed as a result of battle with monsters with a higher level.

Repentance of Greed; Quick-Play Spell; Activate only when your opponent draws a card(s). Your opponent must discard the card(s) he/she drew. Then draw 1 card.

Trap-Filled Fortress; level 4; Rock/Effect/EARTH; 0/2000; When this set card is attacked you may activate a Trap Card from your Hand, and then draw 1 card. If you cannot, discard a card at random from your hand. Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can flip this card into face-down Defense Position.

Soul Taker; Spell; Destroy 1 face-up monster on the field. When the monster is destroyed, your opponent gains 1000 lifepoints. (This is an OCG card)

White Mystic Box's effect and the new monster will be revealed next chapter.


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