( Note: The rules for Team Dueling are from this page: ((http colon,double-slash>duelmonsters.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?p equals>16811)) Sorry that messed up the link. For Rule IV though, I won't get too picky over. Also, for most, if a card effect says "both players" in one sense or another, it will apply to all players )
Ishizu manages to make it to the mall parking lot, breathing heavily from the run. She is seemingly still unaware of someone following her...
Inside, Yami and Joey prepare to duel Frieza and Cooler. The brothers wait for their opponents to stop whispering their strategy to one another, but it is not hard for them to understand. All Frieza and Cooler had to do was an exchange of data between them and form a strategy.
"We're waiting..." says Cooler.
"Give us a moment, will ya!" yells Joey back.
Yami looks around the mall, and notices something at the glass doors. Or rather someone. "Ishizu?"
"Eh?" Joey looks at where Yami was. "I remember her. She's Marik's sister, right?"
Ishizu tries to open a door but all are locked.
"Who's this 'Ishizu'?..." asks Frieza.
"A friend," replies Yami.
"If she wants to watch, she'll have to from there. She's locked out."
"What harm can she do?" says Joey. "Besides, what if it is something important?"
"Then it will wait," replies Cooler.
"I see nothing wrong with having here," says Yami. "I give my word that she will do nothing to stop this duel that you so desparately want."
"What good is your word?" asks Frieza.
Yami doesn't reply.
After a second, Cooler waves his hand. A click is heard as one door is unlocked, Ishizu goes to it. Yami goes to meet her while Joey stays.
Ishizu is still out of breath, but has a calm expression. Yami meets her further than half-way. "Ishizu. Why are you here?"
She grabs his hand and pulls it towards her. With her other hand, she places two cards on his palm. "My Pharaoh," she whispers, "use these cards in this duel. Use one for yourself and give the other to Joey."
"But why?"
"I've seen what is to come, my Pharaoh. These cards will help you soon. Have faith , my Pharaoh..."
Yami nods slowly, then smiles. He then heads back to where the others are, Ishizu just behind him.
(-Did you get anything they said?-) asks Frieza to his brother.
(-Barely anything-).
Yami goes up to Joey, making sure that Joey was blocking the holograms' view. Ishizu goes over to the side, Cooler watches her closely.
"You ready for this, Joey," says Yami. He silently places one card onto Joey's duel disk.
Joey is confused at first by this, but replies to Yami. "You bet I am, Yug." Joey places his deck from his hand on top of the card and picks it up again. Yami nods then goes to his position to stand beside his friend, shuffling his deck a few times.
Joey shuffles his as well, not really knowing what card Yami had him just now.
Frieza and Cooler each move one arm in front of them. Their forearms bulge and grow into the shapes of duel disks. Yami and Joey insert their decks into theirs.
"Let's begin..." says Frieza. He draws a card, "I place one card face down and set one monster face-down. That is all for now."
"You can be first, Yug," says Joey.
Yami draws, "I'll do the same. One card face-down and one monster face-down in defense mode."
Cooler draws. "For a change of place, I'll set two cards face-down and summon Opticlops in Attack mode. That ends my turn."
Joey draws a card, "Hm... Alright, how about this? First, I'll place two cards face-down then summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in Attack mode. And now, he'll attack your Opticlops!" Gearfried charges in and destroys Opticlops.
"Ha! You've activated a trap of our," says Frieza, "Appropriate. It doesn't do anything right now, but when either of you decide to draw a card outside your draw phase, I get to draw two of my own."
"You may have this card as well, Frieza," smiles Cooler as he points to a card he placed on the field.
Frieza chuckles, "Alright." The trap card is revealed, "Oh, Solemn Wishes. That'll go good with Appropriate."
"This doesn't look good, Yug..." mutters Joey.
"It's alright, Joey. The game is barely started."
"Indeed," says Cooler. "One more trap will do. Ultimate Offering. I'm sure you know what it does."
Joey looks at his hand and back at his opponents, with a shine of confidence. "And that's my turn for now."
Frieza draws. "I guess I'll bring this one out before the team. I'll sacrifice my monster to bring out one of my Ginyu Force!"
"Gin-wha?" echoes Joey.
There is a suddenly flash as a monster appears on the field. "RECOOME! HA!" he yells as he does a pose.
"Another one of those cards..." says Yami.
"Yes, he is. Recoome, the strongest of the Ginyu Force. With 2500 Attack and 1500 Defense, plus an effect that allows him to survive any battle he gets into!" brags Frieza.
Recoome flexes his huge muscles to everyone.
"And now... I'll send him to attack your Gearfried!"
Recoome does his goofy laugh before charging in. "RECOOME... HA!" he yells as he strikes Gearfried, destroying him. He chuckles and snorts as he heads back to his space on the field.
"That's it for my turn," says Frieza.
Yami draws... then looks at Joey.
-... You trying to ask me something Yugi?- thinks Joey.
Yami looks back at his hand, closes the cards in his hand into a stack, then fans them out again.
-Hm? ... Oh, you want to get rid of our hands. But... doesn't that count as a draw for their trap card?- thinks Joey. Yami looks back at him. Joey smiles and gives him a cheer as a sign, "You can do it, Yugi."
Yami smiles and starts his turn. "Alright. First, I flip-summon Queen's Knight and summon King's Knight from my hand. And because both are present, I can now Special Summon from my deck my Jack's Knight!"
"Heh, so you have gotten the royal flush family out," says Cooler. "Recoome is still stronger than any of them." Recoome gives a snort at the mention of his name.
"But I'm not done just yet. I now activate the Spell Card 'Card Destruction'! We must discard our hands to the Graveyard and draw a new one."
Frieza chuckles, "I just drew cards, that's 500 more. And, you just drew cards, so I get to draw two more, and again 500 more Life Points."
Joey looks over at Yami a bit worried...
Yami looks at his new hand.
-Yeah!- cheers Yugi's consciousness. -You got Obelisk! … Huh?-
Yami continues to keep his poker face, but looks at an unknown card in his hand. Ishizu watches Yami closely.
-That's one of those cards, isn't it?-
-Yes, I recognize this one from earlier... Goku...- Yami looks back at the field, "Now, with the help of your Ultimate Offering, I am allowed one more summon by paying 500 Life Points myself."
Frieza smiles, "I seriously doubt you have anything that'll be much of a threat."
"You obviously never truly heard of me then," smiles Yami back. "I sacrifice my King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Jack's Knight to summon to the field... OBELISK THE TORMENTOR!"
The building vibrates like an earthquake, as the enormous, blue, demonic-looking god appears right behind Yami and Joey. Obelisk growls deeply as his body presses against the walkways along the upper levels of the mall. Frieza and Cooler are shocked at this unfamiliar and strong monster, which is awkwardly absent from their databank files. Recoome looks up at the god in awe but little wonder going through his head.
Yami smiles, "And now, Obelisk will attack your lone monster!"
Obelisk brings his massive arm back, rubbing against the upper walkways, and brings it down onto Recoome, who gets flattened by the fist, "OOF!". Recoome moans after Obelisk raises his fist and he rises back to his feet. He laughs, "I'm still here."
"Quiet!" barks Frieza at his minion.
"And with that, I end my turn..." says Yami.
"Way ta go, Yugi!" cheers Joey.
Ishizu's expression continues to remain serious...
Marik's motorbike arrives at KaibaCorp's main lobby. Marik dismounts in a hurry, unintentionally having his bike fall over. But with his urgent mission to get to Kaiba, he is forced to ignore it. He rushes inside and heads to an elevator. Realizing he doesn't know which floor to go to, he exits and heads up the stairs...
"Get ready, Seto..." asks Cell. "Ready for Combat?"
"Let's just get this over with," says Cell in frustration. "What do I have to do?"
"First, you must select one monster from your deck to represent you. Doesn't matter what it is, nor will its stats matter in this."
"Fine..." Kaiba searches through his deck. He glares at Cell again, "What are you going to be using?"
Cell chuckles, "Myself, of course."
Kaiba pulls out a card, "... I'll use Judgeman then..."
Cell shrugs, "Very well. Now--."
The room's main door suddenly slams open, both turn to look. Marik stands at the doorway, out of breath.
Kaiba growls, "What are you doing here?" Remembering what happened in the Battle City Finals.
"I need to--." Marik is cut off as a wall is quickly constructed before him.
"We don't want him interfering with this," says Cell.
"Kaiba!" Marik climbs up the wall, reaching higher as the next brick is created. "I was told to give this--." The card in his hand is suddenly released.
"A card?" says Cell as he maneuvers it towards him, with the holographic energies in the room. "What card could be so important?"
Kaiba snatches it suddenly from the air, and looks at it. "Huh! Just one of those fake cards."
"Oh?" Cell's eyebrow rises.
"Ishizu wanted me to give it to you!" yells Marik through the wall.
"I remember Ishizu... The self-proclaimed fortune teller..." says Kaiba. "Why would she waste my time with this?"
"Especially when your brother is anxiously waiting for you..." Cell says with a grin. "Come on, Kaiba. You said you wanted this over with soon."
"Ishizu wanted you to have that card!" yells Marik. "Believe me!"
Kaiba looks at the card again... then back at Cell, "Doesn't matter monster I use, correct?"
"You want to humor us with it, go right on ahead."
Seto places the card on his duel disk, "I'll bring out this monster card... Vegeta!" His duel disk quickly gathers the data from the card's tiny, implanted chip and, in a flash of light, the mighty Saiyan Prince materializes in the room, with his arms crossed and an angered expression on his face.
"Vegeta..." says Cell with a less pleasant expression. "You cost me my duel earlier with Log..."
"I don't recall anything about a duel with you..."
"Oh, that's right. This is technically a different Vegeta. The one that stopped my victory was one of the data cards in Log's duel disk programs."
"Let's hurry this up," says Seto. "We have our monsters, so now what?"
Cell chuckles. "Alright, now this is how it is played... We continuously draw cards from our decks. Well, a program will do mine so I can have my own fun. We both start off with 100 Life Points and the monster starts with 10 attack points. For each turn, if you draw a monster card, you attack. You draw a spell or trap card, your attack goes up by one. If we both get spell or trap cards, we both simply power up. If we both get monster cards, then the weaker is hurt by the difference in the attack strengths. A dominate hand does straight damage"
"Okay, I get it now. It's simple," Kaiba feeling like this is a waste of time.
"See? It is easy to learn."
Vegeta cracks his neck, and then gets ready. Kaiba readies his deck to draw. Cell creates a computer-window behind him as his duel disk is absorbed back into his forearm, the window animates card shuffling.
"Let's end this quick..." says Cell as he goes into his fighting stance.
Vegeta chuckles, "No one can beat the Great Vegeta..."
A holographic message appears above them. 'COMBAT MODE... GET READY... DRAW!'
Kaiba draws a card, a monster, and the window displays its draw, also a monster. Cell and Vegeta charge in for an attack each, but end up repelling themselves with it.
Spell (Kaiba) vs Trap (Cell). Both Cell and Vegeta power up their strength to 11.
Trap vs Monster. Vegeta continues to power up, but Cell charges in suddenly, delivering a strong blow to Vegeta's gut.
Monster vs Spell. Vegeta grins as Cell slows to build up energy. He clubs his hands together and smashes Cell in the chest as he came up.
Monster vs Trap. With Cell dizzied, Vegeta twists around and kicks Cell back a far distance. (End of Turn 5. V-89 C-76)
Trap vs Monster. Vegeta charges in to combo more, but Cell fires a quick ki blast at Vegeta without him expecting it.
Monster vs Monster. Vegeta recovers...
"KHA-MEH-HA-MEH-HA!" yells Cell as he fires a larger ki blast.
"GALLIC GUN!" Vegeta fires his own ki blast, which collide closer to Vegeta's position.
Kaiba, Mokuba, and Marik (who made it pass the holo-wall a short moment ago) block their faces from the large flash. -This is getting out of hand!- thinks Kaiba, but he draws his next card...
Trap vs Spell. Both fighters recover from the last attack and build up their energies.
Spell vs Monster. Cell smirks, then suddenly teleports away. Vegeta suddenly gasps out in pain as Cell dive-kicks him in the back from above.
Monster vs Spell. Vegeta rolls off the ground and returns a quick blast, which hits Cell right in the face. (End of Turn 10. V-62 C-61)
Trap vs Trap. Both fighters ready to attack again, yelling loudly as their energies build again. The room quakes slightly.
Trap vs Monster. Cell does a sudden charge and checks Vegeta back.
Monster vs Spell. Vegeta recovers and returns the same attack, launching Cell upward a bit.
Monster vs Trap. Vegeta follows Cell up and uppercuts him. He follows Cell to do a combo attack.
Trap vs Monster. Cell flips in the air and suddenly dives back down at Vegeta. Cell collides heads with his opponent, who yells in pain. (End of Turn 15. V-28 C-27)
Spell vs Spell. Cell powers up in the air as Vegeta collects himself on the ground.
Monster vs Spell. Vegeta, in a rage, bolts upward at Cell and punches Cell before he could block it.
Monster vs Monster. Both strike a blow, but Cell's attack is a bit more powerful.
Monster vs Monster. Both deliver a blow simultaneously and are thrown back a fair distance.
Spell vs Monster. Cell flies in at Vegeta with a torpedo dive, and clubs Vegeta down towards the ground again... (End of Turn 20. V-6 C-8)
Vegeta breathes heavily as he rises back to his feet. Kaiba's face shows a serious expression.
Cell levitates back to the floor. "Twenty attack points each... less than that for Life Points. Which means the next dominating draw wins...It's a Showdown…" he smiles.
Vegeta looks back at Kaiba with anger in his eyes, "You better draw the right card..."
Kaiba doesn't respond to the holo-Saiyan's comment. -There is no strategy in this part... The only thing that comes close is having a well-ratioed deck...-
Cell readies to attack, Vegeta growls as he readies to finish this as well...
Spell vs Trap. Both power up even more and ready to attack with ki blasts.
Monster vs Monster. Both attack again with ki blasts. Cell laughs, he's having fun with this.
Trap vs Trap. The cycle restarts...
Spell vs Trap...
Cell laughs loudly. "I sense your death coming, Vegeta! As well as your reputation and company, Kaiba..."
Kaiba snarls.
The window shows a monster card. "GOOD BYE, VEGETA!" Cell fires a large Kha-meh-ha-meh-ha wave at Vegeta. There is a loud explosion that hits a wall. Cell smiles, "It looks like--."
"You're about to lose," says Kaiba. "I drew a monster card... and my next one is a monster as well."
The monitor shows the next card, a trap. Cell goes wide-eyed. "BUT! Where's Vegeta!"
"Right here!"
Cell turns and sees Vegeta readying to attack. "You've lost, virus!" says Kaiba.
"... No! No, I haven't!" denies Cell.
"THIS IS IT!" Vegeta brings his wrists together as the energy builds. "FINAL FLASH!" He fires an enormous blast from his hands.
Cell yells as the wave comes at him and engulfs him entirely. The blast collides with a wall and shakes the building violently. In the observation room, Mokuba ducks and covers as objects fall.
The lights and power fade in and out slightly and then power down, along with Vegeta. There isn't even enough energy to have the program to declare Kaiba the winner.
Dust and smoke dim the room as the backup lights come on. A large hole opens up to the night sky. But most noticeable is that Cell is nowhere in sight at all.
Mechanics click in the observation room. Mokuba peers out from under a computer desk and sees that the door has unlocked.
"Hmph!" Kaiba turns around and prepares to exit the room.
"AHHH!" cries an all-too-familiar voice. Kaiba turns back around. Rising from a pile of debris, shorting in and out, is a partially fragmented image of Cell. Sparks are visible as the holo-generator inside him shows its damaged state.
"You're still standing?" says Kaiba in near-surprise.
"It's your move now, Cooler," smiles Yami.
Cooler looks at his brother and sends him a message like telepathy, (-What is that thing? Why don't we know anything about it!-)
(-I don't know... But I should have noted such cards.-)
(-What do you mean?-)
(-I've seen this card while I was scanning Pegasus' files. Cell is suppose to be gathering intel on cards.-)
"Hey! Are you two talking?" questions Joey. "You know we aren't allowed over here."
"Nothing of your concern," replies Cooler back. "Just questioning our lack of data on this card..."
"Well, then you're going to go on a wild ride," taunts Joey, "because Yugi has all three God Cards, the only ones that exist!"
"Three God Cards?" repeats Frieza.
"Yes," replies Yami. "Slifer the SkyDragon, the Winged Dragon of Ra, and Obelisk the Tormentor who stands before you. Each one has a special effect and none of them can be targeted by Spells, Traps, or Monster Effects."
Cooler draws a card. "... I'll use Ultimate Offering... to help me summon Nappa in attack mode!" The large Saiyan warrior appears on Cooler's side of the field with a serious expression on his face (LVL 6, 2400 ATK, 2000 DEF). "I also place two cards face down. Then I'll end my turn."
"Scared, aren't ya?" Joey draws a card, "I'll place one card face-down and use your Ultimate Offering to summon two monsters. Panther Warrior and M-Warrior #1 in defense mode. That's it," he smiles.
Frieza draws, "I'll set one monster card face-down and send Recoome to destroy your Panther Warrior!"
"Uh oh... looks like you've activated a trap," smiles Joey. "Threatening Roar! You can't declare an attack this turn. That'll leave my monsters for Yugi to use!"
"Use?" echoes Frieza.
"Yup. By tributing two monsters on our side of the field, Obelisk can strike you directly with infinite strength."
"WHAT!" gasp Frieza and Cooler together.
"That's right."
Yami glances over at Ishizu, who is still concentrated on something. This makes Yami a bit cautious now.
Frieza looks over at his brother, who is looking right back. He has no real option left, "I end my turn," Frieza growls.
Yami draws. "And now to end this! I'll tribute Panther Warrior and M-Warrior to amplify Obelisk attack to infinity!"
Obelisk growls and glows as its strength heightens further with the absorption of the two monsters.
"And now... Obelisk, attack them directly with FIST OF FURY!"
Cooler smiles, "We're not done yet..."
"HUH!"
"I activate the trap card Nappa's Explosive Power. A small 2000 Life Point cost"
"Hey! Remember! No God Card can be affected by Traps!" yells Joey.
"Partially true. You said it yourself... it can't be targetted by Traps... but this card doesn't target your monster, now does it?"
Frieza chuckles twice.
Nappa goes into a power stance. "YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
A die appears in Cooler's free hand. "If I roll a 1 or 2, nothing happens. 3 or 4, all your monsters are destroyed. 5, only Nappa survives. 6... well, the whole field is erased," Cooler laughs.
-OH NO!- yells Yugi's consciousness.
Cooler tosses the die, which amplifies in size to be visible. Everyone, but Ishizu, is watching it roll closely. Nappa's roar becomes louder and louder as his energy builds inside him.
The die finally stops... 3. Cooler and Frieza gasp at their luck. "SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOUR GOD!"
Nappa brings his fist up in front of his face and extents the pointer and middle fingers together. A large explosion, centered near Obelisk, brightly flashes with extreme intensity. The brightness engulfs the monsters and Yami and Joey from sight. The force of it slides the two duelists out along the sides. Everyone is shielding their eyes from flash.
The entire building shakes violently as the explosion forces hits against walls and windows. Several glass windows shatter from the force.
The force-created wind soon dies out and everyone looks to see the damage. Both Yami and Joey gasp when they see a large black burn mark where Obelisk stood behind their positions.
Nappa laughs at his easy win. "A god? Bah! Nothing compared to the strength of a pure Saiyan!"
The alien brothers laugh at their opponents' misfortune. "You have no hope in beating us!" taunts Cooler.
"But there is some good news..." says Frieza. "It's still your turn, Yugi..."
Yami collects himself and stares at the laughing holograms, trying to think of what to do next...
(To Be Continued...)
HOW TO PLAY COMBAT MODE
Step 1: each player selects a monster as a representive.
Step 2:
a) set life points (default: 100. increase for a longer game)
b) set initial attack strength (default: 10, increase for a faster game)
c) set power-up increase (default: 1, increase to have a more intense game)
d) determine if there will be a turn-limit, shuffle-limit, powerup-limit, or time-limit. Note: Having certain limits can result in draws.
Step 3: BATTLE
a) each player draws a card,
- if P1 draws a monster and P2 draws a monster
if P1's attack P2's attack, no damage.
if P1's attack P2's attack, P2's life points decrease by the difference of P1's attack minus P2's attack
if P1's attack P2's attack, P1's life points decrease by the difference of P2's attack minus P1's attack
- if P1 draws a spell/trap and P2 draws a spell/trap
no battle, both players' attack strength increases by the power-up increase factor
- if P1 draws a monster and P2 draws a spell/trap
P2 receives full damage from P1's attack. P2's life points decrease by P1's attack. Also, P2's attack strength increases by the power-up factor
- if P1 draws a spell/trap and P2 draws a monster
P1 receives full damage from P2's attack. P1's life points decrease by P2's attack. Also, P1s attack strength increases by the power-up factor
b) if a limit has been reached (except powerup-), the Battle is over. For shuffle-limit, running out of cards does not result in an automatic loss.
c) if a player's life points deplete to (or pass) zero, the Battle is over
Step 4: - the player with the greater life points wins the Battle.
- if both players have equal life points, the Battle results in a draw.
Notes: -turn-limit: limiting the Battle to a certain number of turns or rounds. (ex. After Turn 30, the game is over)
-shuffle-limit: no limit allows the deck to be reshuffled with the discarded when desired; a no-shuffle limit means as it sounds; 'end of deck'-shuffle is reusing the discard pile when the player's deck has ran out (make sure to shuffle again); you can use a variety of different limit types for this.
-time-limit: when time reaches zero, the Battle is over.
-power-up limit: the attack strength of the monsters cannot pass a certain value
-alternative play: instead of going by life points, use a limit and see which player can deal the most damage. (draws can occur)
-you cannot win with a deck of all spell and/or trap cards. You can't attack.
-you are not guaranteed to win with a deck of all monsters. Chances are if you do have a deck of all monsters that it is not meant for Dueling
-Combat Mode is best used as a tie-breaker for a draw in Dueling. This way, to result in a draw to do Combat will likely have decks with a variety of cards rather than one sided to monsters or spell/trap cards.
-you can multiply any of the default values in Step 2 to give it a feeling to the original games. x100 makes the game feel close to playing with YuGiOh cards. multiply it by some large number to make it feel like DragonBall Z. But keep it simple to calculate values during Step 3.
-if you play with a Side-Deck for dueling, don't switch off cards to play this mini-game. Either use what you had, or combine your Deck and Side-Deck.
-"Showdown" term: when attack strengths are equal and the next dominating draw wins the Battle (like what happened in the story above).
-"Pushed Over" term: a victory due to damage from attack difference. (was meant as a joke: mentally-visualizing tapping your opponent's monster onto its back from lack of energy)
-'Combat' is not an official game, or is seriously taken. Used really to pass time. But nonetheless, have fun playing it.
-Comments? email me. Posting? Give me credit.