"If we're going to duel, we're going to do it my way." Kaiba said, his tone demeaning and angry.
Yugi took a small step back at the statement, curious as to what the older teen meant. What did he mean by 'his way'? Was he going to play by certain rules? Was he going to change the game to give him an upper hand? Is that how he got his championship? Was Kaiba nothing but a cheater?
Kaiba grunted and put his briefcase down on the ground, opening it. He brought out two odd looking devices and threw one to Yugi, who barely managed to catch it before it collided with the floor. Yugi studied the device. There was a band on the bottom that was supposed to latch onto his forearm. It had five small squares on the top of it and five slot holes.
"These are my prototypes for the new duel discs. What better time to test them out than right now?" Kaiba smirked as he placed his duel disc on and inserted his deck into the older. "Well? Don't just stand there. Get ready!"
Yugi nodded and inserted his deck into the appropriate hole before placing the duel disc onto his wrist. He had never played with a duel disc before. They still weren't that popular, seeing how not very many people could afford them. Yugi wasn't sure how he was supposed to play with this, but it didn't look that complicated. Besides, if this was what he had to do to earn Joey's honor, he would do it gladly.
Kaiba was laughing inside at the sight of his opponent. How this kid had the balls to challenge him, he did not know. All he was sure of was that this was going to be a quick duel. There was no way this kid was going to last more than a few rounds.
"Let's duel." Kaiba said, drawing his hand set. "I'll go first." He smiled when he saw that he had already drawn one blue eyes white dragon. He was already at a head start. All he needed were the other two blue eyes, plus his polymerization and this kid would be as good as dead.
"I summon Battle Ox, (1700/100) in attack mode!" Kaiba declared. "Since this is the first round, I cannot attack. So you're safe for now." He held out his hand clenched his fists, taunting Yugi. "Come on, kid. Show me what you got!"
Yugi frowned and looked at his hand set. He didn't have anything that could defeat Battle Ox. But he did have something that could protect his life points for a while, giving him time until he could summon a stronger monster. "I play one monster face down in defense mode." Yugi said. He watched in amazement as a holographic image of his face down card appeared before him. It looked so real.
"Taking the defense a little early, aren't we?" Kaiba said as he drew his card. "If you want to surrender, just do it. There's no point in prolonging your pain." Yugi remained silent, ignoring the taunts. Kaiba growled. "Battle Ox, attack his face down monster!"
The image of the brown ox came charging towards Yugi, raising its ax above its head. Yugi wasn't worried because he knew that he would win this fight. The ax came crashing down, tearing the card in two. An image of Yugi's Mystic Elf appeared (800/2000) and Yugi smiled. Mystic Elf's defense was higher than Battle Ox's attack. The difference would be taken from Kaiba's life points.
Kaiba growled as his life points dropped.
Yugi: 4000
Kaiba: 3700
He had not expected the kid to play such a strong defending monster. Kaiba looked down at his hand. The only card he had in his hand at the moment that could take out the Mystic Elf was his blue eyes. But Kaiba couldn't summon that yet. He needed at least one other monster to sacrifice before he could summon it.
It was Yugi's turn. Yugi drew his card, Death Wolf. It wasn't a strong monster, and wouldn't do much for his defense. "I end my turn." He said.
Kaiba drew his card and pulled one out from his hand. "I summon Saggi the Dark Clown!(600/2200)" Kaiba looked at the card he had drawn and smiled. This was going to go well. "Next, I activate the magic card, Stop Defense!"
He heard Yugi gasp as the card was activated and his Mystic Elf was forced into attack mode.
"Battle Ox, attack his Mystic Elf!"
The ox came charging towards the elf once more, only this time, he would be the victor. Yugi watched as his monster was pixelated and destroyed, along with several of his life points.
"Now, Saggi the Dark Clown, attack his life points directly!"
Yugi saw the clown running towards him and watched in horror as it attacked him. It didn't hurt, but Yugi was now at an extreme disadvantage with life points.
Yugi: 2500
Kaiba: 3700
Yugi bit his lip as he looked back at his hand. Kaiba's Battle Ox was still the strongest monster on the field, and Yugi had nothing to attack it with. He sighed, seeing one of his cards.
"I summon Giant Soldier of Stone in defense mode. (1300/2000) That ends my turn."
Yugi was thankful that Stop Defense was only a card that lasted one round, otherwise he wouldn't have anything that could stand up to Kaiba's monsters.
Kaiba remained silent as he drew his next card. Another blue eyes. He smirked. As soon as he drew the third one, he would use his polymerization magic card and could special summon his Ultimate Dragon. It didn't matter what the kid did now. He was only delaying the evitable because there was no card in his deck that could defeat his strongest monster.
"I end my turn."
Yugi drew his card, Kuriboh. He sucked in a breath of cold air. Kuriboh would defiantly not being help right now. He knew that the monster had its strengths, but it wouldn't help right now. Maybe he would come in handy later, but for now Yugi would have to come up with another plan. "I summon Witch of the Black Forest in defense mode. (1100/1200) That ends my turn."
Kaiba smirked. There wasn't a snowball's chance in hell that this kid was going to beat him. He hadn't even attacked him yet, and the game was half way over. He drew, happy to see the Pot of Greed magic card in his hand. "I activate Pot of Greed!" He declared, placing the card onto his duel discs. "This allows me to draw an additional two cards." Kaiba pulled the two cards off his deck and grinned eagerly. He had his polymerization card. All he needed was just that one more blue eyes and this duel would be good as done. He'd show this card for challenging him.
"Next, I'll attack your Witch! Go, Battle Ox!"
Yugi watched as the ox came charging and destroyed his witch. The image was turned into a thousand small pixels and they flew backwards towards Yugi. "Whenever With of the Black Forest is destroyed, I can chose one monster from my deck with a defense of 1500 or lower." Yugi took his deck out of the slot and thumbed through it. He spotted the Celtic Guardian and picked it up. "Then I have to show it to my opponent." Yugi held out the card high enough and far enough for Kaiba to see. He added it to his hand. "And finally I reshuffle my deck." Yugi shuffled his deck quickly and thoroughly before placing it back into the card slot, ending his turn.
Yugi looked at his hand and saw the one magic card that could possibly help him. He was tempted to use it now, but something was telling him to wait. Kaiba was planning something; he had been holding back, Yugi thought. There would be a time when this magic card would be useful, but now was not it.
He hoped that time would come soon though. A large crowed had formed to watch the duel. It wasn't that often that people got to see a holographic duel with the world champion before, and people were eagerly taking advantage of it.
Kaiba drew his card and smiled. He was going to end things right now. "I activate the magic card Dark Hole, which destroys all monsters on the field!"
A black hole came onto the field, spiraling downwards into an abyss. The monsters cried as they were sucked into the vortex, disappearing. Yugi looked up and saw a sadistic look in Kaiba's eyes.
"Next I activate the magic card polymerization!" He placed the card down onto his duel disk harshly, making a large slapping noise. "This is it, kid. After this turn, you're dead, because I use polymerization to fuse together my three blue eyes white dragons! Come forth, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500/3800)
Yugi watched in horror as a large, three headed beast came onto the field. It roared loudly, throwing its heads around in the air.
The creature had over 4000 attack points. One direct attack and Yugi would lose. He gulped as he unconsciously touched the one magic card that could save him.
"Because Ultimate Dragon is a fusion monster, I cannot attack on this turn. But it does not matter. Next turn, kid, you are finished!"
"I activate change of heart." Yugi whispered, throwing his magic card down onto the field. Kaiba's eyes widened. Had the kid just said what he thought he said?
Ultimate Dragon moved over to Yugi's side of the field. Kaiba was afraid for a moment, but then he smirked. The card would prove to be useless in the end. He laughed, throwing his head back.
"You idiot! Ultimate Dragon still can't attack! It hasn't been a complete turn yet. You are only prolonging your death."
"Kaiba," Yugi said sadly, "you have no respect for your monsters. You only care about power, not about the monsters themselves. Ultimate Dragon does indeed have a high attack power," Yugi's eyes went over to the dragon that was now in his control. "But power is not everything. A true duelist forms a bond with his monsters, and applies that bond into strategy"
Kaiba rolled his eyes in annoyance. "What good does a weak monsters do, kid? Duel Monsters is about having the strongest monster. How else are you supposed to defeat your enemies?"
"There is no such thing as a weak monster, Kaiba. Each monster has their own strengths and weaknesses. Duel Monsters is about recognizing those and using them to your advantage." Yugi closed his eyes and brought a hand over his heart. "I love all my monsters. I guess now I have to show you how strong my love is, and how far it can get you." He opened his eyes. " I activate the magic card Dark Magic Ritual! In order to use this card, I have to sacrifice monsters that have a total of eight stars. Your dragon has twelve."
A large black cauldron appeared out of nowhere, and the Ultimate Dragon was sucked into it.
"No." Kaiba barely managed to whisper. His dragon had been destroyed? Impossible! Nobody had ever destroyed his dragon before!
"I use your dragon to summon Magician of Black Chaos. (2800/2600)" A blue skinned magician appeared, holding a rod. "Next, I use the equip card Magician's spell book. This card raises the attack points of any magician by 500 points.)
Magician of Black chaos (3300/2600)
"And since my magician was special summoned, I can now summon another monster! Go Kuriboh! (300/100)
The small brown fur ball came onto the field, looking fierce, striking its claws at the air.
"I order a direct attack from my magician." The creature went over to Kaiba's open field, attacking him. Kaiba grunted in pain as he stumbled backwards. He growled as his life points dropped.
Yugi: 2500
Kaiba: 500
"Next, I order a direct attack from Kuriboh."
The small monster growled before running across air, slashing its claws at Kaiba.
Yugi: 2500
Kaiba: 200
"Kaiba, this duel is over. Because now I activate the magic card Sparks which deducts 300 life points from my opponent. Kaiba, it's over. I won."
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-.- I apologize for the crappiness of this chapter. I haven't played the game with another person is years. If I made a mistake with any of the cards, I apologize.
I also apologize for the shortness of this chapter. I'll update chapter eleven soon to make up for it. I have up to chapter 15 written as of now, so hopefully I can go back to a more consistent schedule within the next few weeks.