Chapter 4

Motou vs. Kaiba

Life points are set to 8000; both duelists have drawn 5 cards. Kaiba decides to go first.

"Draw! I summon Gadget Soldier in attack mode!"

Gadget Soldier (atk 1800/def. 2000) appears on Kaiba's side of the field.

"I set 2 cards face down, and end my turn. You're move Yugi."

Yugi goes for his draw.

"Draw! I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode!" He says. "I also place two cards face down."

Big Shield Gardna (atk100/def. 2600) also appears on Yugi's side of the field, as he places two faced down cards in the duel disk slots. It's Kaiba's turn now.

"Very well, draw!" He says. He looks at his card and grins. "Very well Yugi I activate my spell card Final Countdown!"

Everyone in the crowd gasps as Kaiba places his spell card on his duel disc! Then up above them a huge ring of fire can be seen floating over them. What's that, Yugi asks himself.

"Yugi, let me put it to you this way, if you don't beat me in 20 turns from now, I automatically win the duel!"

"Very well then Kaiba!" Yells Yugi.

"Then I'll activate this card! My spell card Cost Down!"

"Damn." Says Yugi quietly.

Already? He's for sure using it on-

"I use Cost Down on Blue Eyes White Dragon! Dropping him for an 8 level monster to a 6 level monster! I'll then sacrifice my Gadget Soldier to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

Kaiba yells revealing Blue Eyes White Dragon in his hand! He removed Gadget Soldier from his duel disc and places him in the graveyard. And Blue Eyes White Dragon makes its appearance on the field.

"Go Blue Eyes White Dragon attack his Big Shield Gardna!" Orders Kaiba. "White Lighting Blast!"

Blue Eyes goes for the attack blasting Big Shield Gardna out of Yugi's side of the field.

"I activate my trap card! Soul Rope!" Yells Yugi revealing his faced down card. "By paying 1000 life points I can special summon one level 4 monster from my deck to the field! I special summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian! In defense mode!"

Yugi's Obnoxious Celtic Guardian appears on the field, attack points 1400, defense points 1200. Kaiba grins.

"Very well I end my turn." He says

Yugi goes for his draw.

"Draw! I place this monster face down on defense mode! And end my turn!"

A face down monster card is shown on Yugi's side of the field.

"Your move Kaiba."

Kaiba goes for his draw.

"Draw! I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode!" He yells placing a new monster card on his duel disc.

Vorse Raider (atk 1900, def. 1200)

appears on his side of the field ready to attack.

"Lucky for you Yugi your Obnoxious Celtic Guardian is still safe this turn, due to his effect, none of my monsters with 1900 or more attack can't destroy him. But you still have your face down monster! Go Vorse Raider attack his face down monster!"

Vorse Raider responds to Kaiba's order of attack and goes to destroy Yugi's face down monster! The card hologram is sliced in half, but then heals back together.

"What the..." Starts Kaiba

"Sorry Kaiba the monster you just attacked is Marshmallon!" Yells Yugi revealing his faced down monster. "You know what that means, you'll lose 1000 life points and my monster can't be destroyed by battle!"

Kaiba's life points drop from 8000 to 7000 evening things up between him and Yugi.

"Very well I activate my trap card! Cloning!" Yells Kaiba revealing one of his own traps.

The trap cards is revealed and it starts to glow and Marshmallon also appears and his side of the field.

"This trap card allows me to make a clone of your monster when its normal summoned or flip summoned. I'll place one more card face down! End my turn!"

It's Yugi's move now.

"Draw!" He draws his card as looks at his hand. Hmm he has three monsters on his side of the field already, Yugi thinks to himself, but thanks to my monsters effect he can't destroy neither one of them.

But he can still manage others ways to destroy my monsters, I can't stay defending I need to find a way to come to the offense, not this turn yet though.

"Very well Kaiba I'll summon Magician Valkrya (atk 1600, def. 1800) in defense mode! And I'll place one more card face down! And end my turn!"

Magician Valkrya appears on Yugi's side of the field in defense mode, along with the face down card.

Yugi can feel the suspense and tension between, not only Kaiba and him, but also everyone else watching. He meets eyes with Tea and then looks away to Kaiba, who's ready to begin his turn.

"Draw! Hmm I'll activate my spell card, Card of Demise! This card allows me to draw tile I have 5 cards in my hand! Right now I have no cards in my so I can draw 5 cards!" He said.

He goes for his new draw, looks at his hand and smiles.

"Unfortunately whatever cards I have in my hand, in my fifth turn after this cards activation, goes straight to the graveyard! Next I activate this card Yugi, my spell card, Enemy Controller! By tributing my Marshmallon clone I can take control of one of your monsters tile the end phase! I choose your Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!"

Kaiba's spell card appears on the field. A huge controller grabs Yugi's monster and placing it to on Kaiba's side of the filed. Yugi looks a bit worried now.

"Then I'll sacrifice both, Vorse Raider and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian to Summon another Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Says, of course, Kaiba.

Both monsters are sacrificed and another Blue Eyes White Dragon appears on Kaiba's side of the field.

Damn another one already, thinks Yugi.

"Oh no!" Said a worried Tea.

Yugi looks over at her then looks back at Kaiba waiting for him to attack.

"Go Blue Eyes White Dragon attack his Magician Valkrya!"

Blue eyes goes for the attack but just then-

"Not so fast Kaiba, I activate my trap card Spellbinding Circle! As long as this card is on the field your Blue Eyes can't attack!" Interrupted Yugi.

His face down card is revealed and a spellbind shape of a circle targets Blue Eyes stopping his attack. Kaiba steps back and smiles.

"Of course you do! I end my turn then." He says.

It's Yugi's move now. He goes for his-

"Draw! Very well Kaiba, I activate my spell card Pot of Greed! This card allows me to draw two more cards. Then I'll activate my face down spell card, Black Magic Ritual! I offer my Dark Magician to ritual summon my Magician of Black Chaos!" Yells Yugi.

Black smoke starts to appear on the field and Yugi's Dark Magician can be seen, but then the black smoke surrounds and consumes Yugi's monster as a new one emerges. Magician of Black Chaos (atk 2800/ def. 2600) can be seen now Spector in hand.

"Hehe haven't seen that monster for a while now. Still not enough to defeat my Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Yells Kaiba.

Yugi smiles.

"You're right Kaiba it not but when I equip him with The Book Of Secret Arts spell card his attack points will increase up by 300 giving him an attack power of 3100!" He says pointing at Kaiba's monster. "Now my monster can destroy yours! Go my mighty magician attack his Blue Eyes white Dragon! Dark Spector Blast!"

Magician of Black Chaos twirls his Spector in the air and sends a dark blast towards Kaiba's Blue Eyes!

"Yes!" Yells Tea. "Say goodbye to your Blue Eyes Kaiba!"

Kaiba stands his ground as the attack reaches its target.

"Your Blue Eyes is no more Kaiba." Says Yugi.

"Wrong Yugi! I activate my face down trap card Negate Attack!"

Says Kaiba pointing at his face down card. "This card will negate your monster attack!"

Damn, thinks Yugi, he stopped me.

"Very well Kaiba I end my turn!"

Yugi loos over to the crowd again everyone is looking paying attention to every detail and everything that has happened. Yugi thinks once again, we're equally matched right now; we both have only lost 1000 like points. Sure he has two Blue Eyes on the field but I also have my powerful magician who's stronger than his monster. Besides I still have Marshmallon on the field but anything can still happen.

"Ok Yugi, it's my turn, draw!" Exclaims Kaiba, and he looks at his hand. Yugi's monster exceeds my monster attack by 100 points only, thinks Kaiba, but not for long.

"I activate my field spell card Mountains!"

Kaiba places his spell card on his duel disc. The ground starts to shake and collapse as huge mountains appear on his side of the field. His Blue Eyes White Dragons roar as mountains emerges, their attack points go up by 200 leaving them both with an attack power 3200.

"Hahaha! Now my dragons are stronger than your magician! Go Blue Eyes White Dragon attack his Magician of Black Chaos! White Lightning Blast!" Laughed Kaiba.

His Blue Eyes follow orders and goes for the attack blasting Yugi's monster. There's a huge explosion and it's too cloudy to see what happen.

"There goes your monster." Says Kaiba. "You're strongest one at that."

The cloud of smoke begins to clear and to Kaiba's great surprise Yugi's Magician of Black Chaos was still there, and Yugi's life points remained untouched.

"But how? It's impossible!" Yells Kaiba.

Yugi grins and begins to say

"Kaiba you should pay close attention."

"What?" He looks at Yugi's side of the field the he realizes- "you're Magician Valkrya is gone but how?"

"You see Kaiba when my Magician Valkrya is on the field my opponent cannot target another spell caster type monster on the field except her!" Explained Yugi.

Kaiba turns his hand to a fist and he seems to be a bit frustrated.

"I end my turn!"

It's Yugi's turn now. He goes for his draw.

"Draw!" He observes his hand. "Very well I'll sacrifice my Magician of Black Chaos to summon Dark Magician Girl (atk 2000, def. 1700) in attack mode!"

Tea looks at Yugi bewildered by his recent move, and the crowd starts to whisper among themselves.

"What are you thinking Yugi? You just gave up your strongest monster to summon a weaker one." Tea says quietly to herself.

"Then I'll activate my spell card, Magic Formula! I can only activate this card on Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl this card will increase my magicians attack points up by 700 attack points!" Explained Yugi.

That's still not enough to destroy my monster you fool, thought Kaiba.

"Go Dark Magician Girl attack his monster!"

Kaiba takes a step back in shock. What is he doing his monster has only 2700 attack points my monster can easily destroy he's, Kaiba thinks to himself again trying to figure out Yugi's plan. Dark Magician Girl blasts Blue Eyes White Dragon destroying it, causing a small explosion. Blue Eyes is destroyed and Kaiba life points drop to 6900.

"But how? How did your monster beat mine?" He asked.

"Very simple, Kaiba thanks to her effect, I was able to destroy your monster! You see Dark Magician Girl gains 300 attack points for every Dark Magician and Black Magician of Chaos in my graveyard! Giving her an attack power of 3300!"

The crowd goes wild, and Tea sighs in relief. She was really worried about the last move Yugi made.

"It's your move Kaiba!"

This little dweeb is actually holding his own against me, it's as if I am dueling against Atem, thinks Kaiba. Still it's time to see who the best is, and it looks like I don't have to wait till the Battle City Cup to do it.

"Ok Yugi it's my turn! Draw!"

Kaiba looks at his new drawn card. He smiles and looks at Yugi!

"Ok Yugi, here I go!"