Chapter 2
Return of the King
Of Games!
Life points are set to 8000. Both duelists have drawn their 5 cards. The duel has begun.
"I'll go first", says Flash "Draw! I summon Maha Vailo (atk/1550/def/1400) in attack mode! And I'll place two cards face down. End my turn."
Maha Vailo appears on Flash's side of the field along with two faced down cards. It's Yugi's turn.
"Draw!" He yells.
And he looks down to see his hand. He sees what he has. Neo The Magic Swordsman, Skilled White Magician, Skilled Dark Magician, Black Horn Of Heaven, Magical Dimension, and Dian Keto. Yugi looks at Jack and nods his head. Maha Vailo only has 1550 attack points, Neo can easily take him out, Yugi thinks. He does have two faced down cards though...
I'll chance it.
"Very well, I summon Neo The Magic Swordsman in attack mode!"
"I activate my trap card!" yells Flash, "Trap Hole!"
"No..." you can hear Yugi's worry voice say.
Neo The magic Swordsman comes out to the field, but quickly disappears due to the effects of Flash's trap card. Yugi looks at his hand once more and says
"I end my turn."
Damn I have no monsters or trap card to protect my life points, Yugi thinks to himself.
"It's my turn! Draw!" yells Flash
Hmm nice Jinzo, I'll hold this card till later when he is really needed, Flash thinks.
"I'll activate my spell card Book of Secret Arts on my Maha Vailo! It will increase his attack points up by 300, but due to his effect he gain an additional 500 attack points for every equip spell card equipped to him. Increasing his attack points up to 2350! Go Maha Vailo attack him directly!"
Maha Vailo runs toward Yugi side of the field and strikes him! Yugi falls down to one knee but shakes it off and gets back up. His life points drop from 8000 to 5650.
"Ha-ha! I end my turn." Laughs Flash.
It's Yugi's turn now.
"Draw!" And he looks at his card.
"I summon Double Coston in defense mode! Place one card faced down, and end my turn!"
Flash grins. Probably because he knows it's his turn yet once again.
"I draw" looks at his hand. "I'll place this card face down in defense mode! Maha Vailo attack Double Coston!"
Maha Vailo, once again goes for the attack, destroying Double Coston.
"I place one card face down and end my turn."
It's Yugi's turn. Yugi looks around and sees Jack has a worried face. He also notices there are a few other duelists watching the duel. Many whispering among themselves. Yugi can make out some of the whispers.
"Isn't that Yugi Motou?" One whispered.
"Yes that's him The King of Games!" Another whispered.
"It's been a while since the last time anyone has seen him duel!"
Yugi felt even more pressured now.
"My, my, my" chuckles Flash," looks like you have a quite an audience now. Now everyone can watch The King of Games lose to me!"
Yugi feels the pressure getting to him now. He goes for his draw. Damn he has me on the ropes right now, Yugi thinks to himself, once again. I have to believe in the heart of the cards. Yugi places his hand on top of the deck for his next draw, but just then he felt a very familiar sensation surging through him. Could it be? He asks himself.
"Draw!" He looks at his new drawn card and smiles.
"Flash let me show the true power of a real duelist. I summon Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode!"
Flash laughs once again, "In attack mode? Last time I checked he only has 1900 attack points. He stands no chance against my Maha Vailo!"
"Whoever said it would be him who destroys your monster?" Laughs Yugi now.
"What are you talking about? You already summoned a monster!" Yells Flash a bit worried now.
"I activate my spell card Magical Dimension," yells Yugi, "I can only activate this card when there's a spell caster type monster on my side of the field by tributing my Skilled Dark Magician, I can now special summon the Dark Magician! I can also destroy one monster on your side of the field, and I choose Maha Vailo!"
Flash's eyes widen up in disbelief and looks to see his monster and that very second Maha Vailo disappears and Dark Magician appears. With his staff in hand ready to attack.
"I'll activate my trap card! Soul rope!" Yells Flash, pressing the button that reveals his face down card, on his duel disc. "When one of my monsters is destroyed without damage calculation I can pay 1000 life points to special summon a level 4 monster from my deck! I special summon Wall of Illusions"
"Not today! I activate my trap card! Black Horn of Heaven!" Yells Yugi, revealing his trap card. "I can negate your special summon and destroy it!"
A black horn appears on Yugi's side of the field playing a tune. Flash's Wall of Illusion tries to resist, but can't and is destroyed. Flash looks at Yugi with a very angry face.
"Go Dark Magician attack his face down monster!" Yelled Yugi.
Dark Magician goes for the attack and Flash's face down monster is destroyed. Yugi grins with relief. Then suddenly two monsters appear on Flash's side of the field.
"What the hell..." Yugi starts.
"Hahahaha! You destroyed my Dandelion, in result, you activated his effect," laughs Flash, "when he is sent to the graveyard I atomically special summon two fluff tokens."
Damn, think Yugi, this isn't good.
"I end my turn" he finishes.
Flash smiles, "Draw! I activate my spell card Pot of Greed! I draw two cards! Then I'll place four cards face down and summon Mirage Dragon! In attack mode!" Flash yells placing four cards in the duel discs and places his monster card on top of it, and Mirage Dragon makes his appearance. "I end my turn!"
What? Mirage Dragon in attack mode? Thinks Yugi quietly to himself, he's setting me up for a trap.
"Fine my turn, draw!" Yugi looks at his new drawn card;" I'll place one card face down and summon Alexandrite Dragon in attack mode!" Alexandrite Dragon appears on Yugi's side of the field.
Should I go for the attack? Or should I wait, thinks Yugi, yet again. He has only lost 1000 life points...I'm going for it. "Go Dark Magician attack!"
"I activate my face down trap card! Waboku!" Yelled Flash, and one of his faced down cards is revealed. "This trap card will make your monsters attack power zero this turn and my monsters can't be destroyed by battle!"
"Damn he stopped me again," says Yugi. He looks over at Jack who seems to have lost hope." I end my turn!"
Flash grins, "of course you do." He says, "Draw! Yugi you're a fool to play with Jack's pathetic deck, you doing worse than he was and you're the King Of Games! You have lost you're touch indeed. Let someone better than you be the new king!"
Yugi stares Flash down. Flash stares back and smiles.
"Let all these duelists witness your defeat and the end of your era today! I will be the new King of Games!"
"That's where you're wrong!" Says Yugi, "you may have the upper hand now, but not for long!"
"He he. You really think so huh? Let me prove to you how wrong you are! I sacrifice my two tokens to summon Tri -Horned Dragon! In attack mode!" Yells Flash.
His two tokens disappear from the field and Tri-Horn Dragon appears with an attack power of 2850. Yugi thinks to him, no his monster is stronger than mine, and as long as Mirage Dragon is on the field I can't activate trap cards during the battle phase.
"Go my monster," says Flash, "destroy his Dark Magician!"
Tri-Horned Dragon breathes out a huge flame towards Yugi's Dark Magician, he tries to resist but can't and is destroyed. Yugi's life points drops to 5300.
"Hahaha! That will end my turn!" Flash says laughing.
It's Yugi's turn now. He goes to draw but his faith is gone and his concentration is broken. Maybe this was a bad idea, he thinks once again, without Atem I'm hopeless. Everything is about to be lost here... To this guy... Yugi looks over to the crowd, and sighs. No this can't be it! I have to keep dueling! Must believe in the heart of the cards!
"My turn! Draw!" He yells. He looks at his card and smiles! "I activate my spell card Pot of Greed! You know what this card does! I draw two cards!"
"Draw your two pathetic cards, it won't make a difference, I defeated that deck once, and I'll do it again!" Says Flash.
"Very well," says Yugi, "I'll place two cards face down! Go Alexandrite Dragon attack Mirage Dragon!"
But Flash stops him.
"I activate my trap card! Sakurutsu Armor! I can activate this trap card when you declare an attack and destroy the attacking monster!"
"Oh no," says Yugi with his eyes widening up.
Alexandrite Dragon goes for the attack but is destroyed by Flash's trap card before he could be successful. Damn that was my only monster left, thinks Yugi.
"I end my turn." He says in disbelief.
"Draw! Yugi you should've listen to Jack when you had the chance. His deck is weak look now there are no monsters on your side of the field! This duel is just about done!" Says Flash.
"As long as I have life points I still have a chance!" Yells Yugi.
"Fine let's take some life points of then," says Flash, "I special Summon The Tricky by discarding one card from my hand!"
Flash discards one card from his hand and The Tricky is summoned to the field.
"I figured you would! I activate my trap card", yells Yugi, "Bottomless Trap Hole! Say goodbye to your Tricky!"
A huge hole appears under The Tricky and he falls into it being destroyed in the process. Flash looks over at Yugi, a bit surprised, but then smiles.
"You still have a little fight in you huh? No matter you can't stop what's coming next. Go Tri-Horned Dragon attack Yugi's life points directly!"
"I activate my face down card-"
Starts Yugi but Flash cuts him off
"It's useless Yugi; you can't activate trap cards as long as I have Mirage Dragon on my field! Go Tri-Horned Dragon attack!"
Tri-Horned Dragon goes for the attack, but then disappears from the field.
"What? What's going on here?" Asks Flash.
"Hehehe," laughs Yugi, "you under estimate me Flash, I activated my quick play spell card! Book of Moon! This card will put your monster to face down defense mode!"
Flash's eyes widened up in disbelief. "Very well go Mirage Dragon attack his life points directly!"
Mirage Dragon attacks Yugi directly. Yugi's life points drop to 3700.
"I end my turn!" Yells Flash.
I need to make this next draw count, or else I won't survive another turn, thinks Yugi, come on Jack put your faith in this next draw.
"Draw!" Yugi looks and smiles, "Flash let me show you the power of this deck. I summon Skilled White Magician! In attack mode! Then I activate Graceful Charity I can draw three cards as long as I discard two! Then Skilled White Magician gains a spell counter! Then I'll activate Monster Reborn and bring back the Dark Magician! And a second counter is placed on Skilled White Magician!"
The Dark Magician is reborn back to the field. Flash looks a bit worried now.
"I have one more card to activate and that is Dian Keto! My life points will now increase by 1000 points! Leaving me at 4700 life points! Now I'll activate Skilled White Magician's effect! When there are three spell counters on him I can now tribute him to special summon Buster Blader!"
Skilled White Magician nods his head and starts to glow and disappears in the bright light. But as the white light starts to wear off a new monster can be seen. Buster Blader now stands where Skilled White Magician was. Yugi looks over at Jack who is in disbelief, but relieved.
"Flash you should have more respect for this deck especially when there are two monsters on the field that I also have in my deck!" Yells Yugi, "Go Buster Blader attack his face down monster!"
Buster Blader goes for the attack wielding his sword in hand. He jumps up high in the air and starts to fall down towards Flash's monster, sword first. Finally, thinks Yugi. But just then chains appear, wrapping around Buster Blader, stopping his attack.
"What?" Says Yugi looking confused.
"Hahaha! Sorry Yugi I activated my trap card, Fiendish Chain! This trap card will negate your monsters effect and he can't attack!" Laughs Flash pointing at Buster Blader.
Yugi turns his hand into a fist. He keeps stopping me dead in my tracks, he thinks again to himself.
"Go Dark Magician attack his face down monster!" Yells Yugi.
Dark Magician twirls his staff in his hand and attacks Flash's face down monster. He is destroyed.
"Yeah! Alright!" Yugi hears a couple of the people watching say.
"That concludes my turn." And Yugi ends his turn.
"Before you end your turn I activate my trap Miracles Wake!" Flash yells revealing his last face down card. "I can special summon the monster destroyed by battle this turn! Come back Tri-Horned Dragon!"
"Oh no!"
A worried Yugi looks at Flash's side of the field, Tri-Horned Dragon returns to the field ready for battle.
"My turn! Draw! I'll activate my spell card! Graceful Charity! Then I sacrifice my Mirage Dragon to summon Jinzo! In attack mode!" Says Flash.
Mirage Dragon disappears and Jinzo now takes his place. Jinzo... Jinzo reminded Yugi of Joey, and all the times Joey was there to cheer him on. Yugi could hear him now...
"Come on Yuge squash that little weasel!"
That's what I plan to do Joey.
"Next I activate my spell card Ego Boost on Jinzo this will increase his attack points by 1000. Then I'll activate another spell card Amplifier on Jinzo! Thanks to this card only your trap cards will be negated due to Jinzo's effect! Now he has an attack power 3400!" Flash points at Yugi's monsters. "Now both my monsters can destroy yours! And with no face down cards there's nothing you can do to stop me! Go Tri-Horned Dragon attack Buster Blader, Jinzo attack Dark Magician!"
Both Flashes' monsters launch for the attack. Everyone just stares in disbelief, not believing what was about to happen. But Yugi just smiled. As soon as Flash's monsters launched their attack, another monster appeared on Yugi's side of the field with a shield stopping both attacks.
"What? What's going on?" Asked a confused Flash.
"I activated my monsters effect, I can banish Shield Warrior from my graveyard, and all the monsters I control will not be destroyed by this battle!" Said Yugi clearing matters up.
Shield Warrior looks over to Dark Magician and Buster Blader and disappears from the field. Flash looks astonished, not believing Yugi has yet again, escaped his brutal assault.
"I believe it's my turn now!" Says Yugi.
Flash looks at his hand and nods his head yes.
"Draw!" Exclaims Yugi. He smiles and starts to say-
"I activate my spell card Mystical Space Typhoon on your Fiendish Chain!"
A huge typhoon appears on Yugi's side of the field and sets off towards Flash trap card destroying it and freeing Buster Blader from its grip. Buster Blader wields his sword once again signaling he's ready to attack.
"Now you don't have any face down cards Flash! My Buster Blader has an attack power of 3600, due to the dragons on your field and graveyard! But when I activate this card, Mega Morph, his attack points will double when my life points are lower than yours, like now!"
"What?" Asks Flash not wanting to believe what's going on. "That means Buster Blader's attack points will be 6200!"
Yugi smiles, "that's right Flash his attack points now is 6200, that's more than enough to slay your dragon! Go Buster Blader attack Tri-Horned Dragon! Dark Magician attack Jinzo!"
Buster Blader proceeds with his attack decapitating Tri-Horned Dragon, while Dark Magician destroys Jinzo. Flash's life points finally drop from 7000 to 3550. The crowd cheers Yugi's come back on. Jack looks at Yugi and the monsters on the field, not believing his deck contained such combos and comebacks. Yugi looks over and catches his eye not to long after also his attention. Yugi nods at him and he nods back. Yugi looks back to Flash.
"You see Flash, do you finally see, the power of this deck? Every deck is built differently, just because you may have the most powerful cards, doesn't mean your deck is unbeatable or much better than anyone else's. We all suffer defeat at one point; it's what we learn from it that makes others closer to their day of victory!"
The crowd goes wild, from hearing Yugi's speech. Many of them took a second to even look at their deck, and they nodded, this was a sign to Yugi as well, for he has not only awakened the duelist within himself, but in many others as well.
"Now Flash, show me the power of your deck!" Yelled Yugi.
Flash just remained quiet now, not believing that the duel has completely turn over to Yugi now. He goes for his draw, and ends his turn quietly. Many in the crowd just looked in disbelief, many thinking, how? How if Flash was in total control of the duel, has it come down to this. Yugi grins and goes for his draw.
"Draw! Flash, this is it for you, you have no more monsters and not enough life points to survive my next attack. Go Buster Blader attack his life points directly!"
Buster Blader grips his sword and runs towards Flash, preparing his assault at the same time. Flash puts his hand up ready for the attack that will cost him his victory, Buster Blader proceeds slashing Flash, and his life points finally drop to zero. The duel is finally over. Dark Magician and Buster Blader look over at Yugi and nod their heads and they disappear, due to the duel being over. Yugi breathes a heavy sigh out, and thinks to himself, finally. The crowd goes wild, along with Jack who's celebrating Yugi's victory as well.
Flash drops down to his needs in disbelief. Yugi walks over to him and extends his arm out to him. Flash just looks at Yugi's arm, thinking whether or not he should accept it.
"Don't think of me as enemies, no more, think of me as a friend, who wants to help." Said Yugi.
Flash gets up and takes his deck and hands it to Yugi.
"I don't need your pathetic sympathy, take my deck, a deal is a deal." Flash says
Yugi hands his deck back to him.
"A deal is a deal," Yugi says, "but I can't take a deck that a duelist has bonded very much with, as my own. Keep it. And forever remember this day."
Flash looked confused.
"What are you talking about? They're just a bunch of cards! A bunch of small paper with drawing on it." He said.
Yugi nods his head in disagreement.
"No Flash they're much more than that." He says to Flash.
At that very moment Yugi felt a weird sensation coursing thru his body. A sensation he's felt before but not in a while. Not since Atem and him have separated. An ancient power, which has taken over Yugi's mind and body. Yugi sees what he's doing but he can't stop himself. He touches Flash, and he can now see, more than meets the eye. He's sees Flash and a huge stone behind him, and a dark monster who's trying to break free from the stone slab. Yugi puts his hands up and yells-
"Obliterate!"
The huge stone slab breaks into many tiny pieces, and just then Yugi snaps back into the real world. His hand is covering Flash's face and the crowd is staring at him.
"What is he doing?" Many asked among themselves.
Yugi quickly removes his hands from Flash's face and apologizes. Flash looks sweaty and as if he has just seen a ghost. Yugi walks away from Flash towards Jack handling him over his duel discs and deck.
"Jack, there's a lot of potential in your deck, don't give up on it just yet." He says to him.
Jack nods his head.
"Thank you Yugi." He says
Yugi gives him a high 5 and sets off back home. Feeling good about himself, but now worried and curious about what happen back there. Why did he feel as if ancient powers where running all thru his body. Why did he manage to see the stone slab that contained the evil in Flash's heart? Why if he hasn't held the Millennium Puzzle in such a long time.
Did it have anything to do with his dream with Atem? Could it have been triggered due to the duel he just had? Yugi has finally made it back home and heads upstairs to his room sits down to recollect everything that has just happen. Then suddenly, Yugi hears something, something of course, odd. Then there's a bright light shining from Yugi's closet.
A light so luminous it put him in a trance, such euphoria ran thru his body and mind, he didn't realize he walked up to his closet and opened it. Then he found the cause of the shining light; it was his deck, and it felt as if they were calling out to him. Yugi grabs his deck and yet once again he feels that very sensation again. Ancient powers surging thru him very same ones he would feel when him and Atem would switch places just a bit different. Then it was over and Yugi was in his closet holding his deck.
"You are ready now."