Yu-Gi-Oh!
Duels of the Actillian
Episode Eight
Creatures of the Dark
Previous from Last Episode
In a dimension of Phantasy Star Universe; on planet Parum, far away from the largest city, in a vast forest, and further away and close to the relic ruins, a large cave is shown. And within the cave, the De Ragun was asleep, with her body wrapped around in a circle, till her eyes opened and slowly raised her head up.
She looks to the outside of her cave and to the sky, and smiled, remembering her human mate. She just had a dream of seeing her human and helped him out against another human. She purrs a bit as she thinks about him.
Episode Eight
Creatures of the Dark
News has spread in school of the next day, of Joseph beating Seto Kaiba in a duel. Whoever told it probably didn't realized how mad Kaiba was when he and everyone else heard of it.
At first, Seto Kaiba blamed Joey Wheeler, in which the two argued, while Joseph had noticed Marik was smiling sheepishly as he sneaks away. Eventually everyone in the whole school will know of it, and while so, there was one thing that Joseph was glad that Marik didn't told, no one knows what deck he uses, except everyone who was there.
"What?!" yelled Chad, looked shocked at his three lackeys as they stood by their lockers. Right now it is lunch time, and Chad is now just learning the information. "You're kidding me right?"
"No boss, they're all saying it," said one of them, it was the smallest of the three guys. "That new student beat Kaiba." The other two nodded.
"That punk beat Kaiba?" Chad asked, and the three of them nodded again. "What was his deck?"
All three of them shrugged, and the skinniest one of them spoke, "Sorry boss, no one mentions what deck he used."
The fat one of three spoke out, "But it must be one very strong deck if it could beat Kaiba."
Chad thinks about it, placing his right hand on his chin as he was thinking. Then he looks to his three lackeys, and he said, "Boys, time to get to work. Keep a watchful eye on the punk, and when he duels, report to me of what deck he uses. Or better yet, steal his deck and bring it to me."
"Yes boss," each of them saluted.
Chad then looks like he was getting ready, "Good boys, and now I need to charm Ms. Gwen into going out on a date with me."
"Uh boss," the skinniest one spoke out. "Ella has a date this Friday."
"What?!" yelled Chad, now furious. He grabs the skinniest lackey by the neck of the uniform and raised him up. "With who?!" he asked with clenched teeth and shook the skinniest guy a bit.
"W-W-W-With the new guy," he replied, Chad then dropped him and the other two lackeys helped the skinny.
Chad looked furious, "Alright, when you try to steal his deck, teach him a lesson."
"Yes boss," they replied.
The time spent in this school had went by, either attending classes, spending break with friends, or like Joseph's usual routine, have lunch on the roof. Like before, he prefers the solitude of being by himself there while he eats a small meal and practice a bit with his magic. Of course, he doesn't practice his lethal spells, only ones who would help him out, like teleport, levitation, and his favourite one, food.
Then of course, once he finished, he headed back to the classroom, and sat down in his desk that is beside Yugi's. And classes went on as usual the moment after all the students came to their classrooms before the bell rings.
By the end of the school day, he stood by Tea and Yugi, with their shoes on, while Tristan and Joey were putting on theirs. Marik, Ryou, Seto and Kyle had already left as well as a few other students.
"What do we do now, guys?" asked Tea, looking to each of them.
"Well there are a lot of things we could do," Yugi replied, thinking of some possibilities.
'So far today is my third day since arrival and already a lot of things had happened,' Joseph thought, thinking about it.
"Well how about you two duel?" asked Tristan, looking to Yugi and Joseph. "A duel between both of you would be awesome."
"I say yes to that!" said Joey; they both got their shoes on. "Let's do that!"
"Uh," Joseph begun to speak, catching their attention. "We could duel pretty much anytime. I was kinda thinking of looking around in the city."
"That's alright with me," Yugi said, while Joey and Tristan groaned. "It's true we could duel anytime, but not once did we show you around the best parts in Domino."
"Good idea, time for the tour of Domino," Tea said with a smile.
"Thanks," Joseph smiled as he said, and all five of them headed out of the school entrance.
Once outside, all five of them were heading towards the exit of the school grounds. But someone stood alone and in the center part of the pathway, a familiar male student with a backpack on his back and a duelling disk on his left arm.
Joseph recognized who he was, and he gave a small wave as he said, "Hey Dan."
"Hey, it's about time you got out here," Dan replied with a grin. He raised his left arm in front of him, showing his duelling disk.
Yugi groans, "Oh not again."
Dan had noticed and chuckled, "Oh I'm not here to duel you, King of Games. I'm here to duel Joseph."
Yugi was relieved, there were still many duellists who wanted to duel him. But both Joseph and Joey were confused a bit; considering there are two of them standing right there, side-by-side.
Joey assumes Dan means him so he grins and step forward, "Sorry pal, but I don't have my duelling disk with me."
Dan shook his head, "Sorry, I didn't mean you Wheeler, I meant Hikari."
Joseph was still confused, he asked, "Why do you want to duel me, Dan?"
"Well besides the fact that I want to have a fun duel against you," Dan said with a grin. "But I always had wanted to duel Mr. Kaiba, but I never got any chances. But considering you beaten Kaiba, you must be stronger than him. And I prefer to face duellists who are close to the rank of King of Games here."
"Oh I see," Tea spoke as she realized. "Because of Seto being in second place, you prefer to duel up the ranks till you reach second place so to duel Yugi. But you couldn't get a chance to duel Kaiba because he's always busy, but now Joseph here had beaten him, he's now the second best duellist."
"That's correct," Dan said.
"Wait a second, if it's all about that, then you should duel me!" Joey said out loud. "I'm the third best duellist around here, and the Godfather of Games."
'Hard to believe he kept that title,' Joseph thought to himself, remembering that title Joey gave himself in that first YuGiOh movie just to defend Yugi from several duellists.
"Uh Joey, wouldn't Kaiba be in third place now?" asked Tristan. "Considering Joseph beaten you before he duelled Kaiba. So wouldn't that mean you're in fourth place?"
Joey groan and he glares at Tristan, and yelled, "Zip it, I'm also Yugi's rival!"
"Thought it was Kaiba?" asked Joseph and Dan at the same time. This caused Joey moaned in annoyance and about to shout out again till…
Yugi chuckled, "Don't worry, after that duel, I think Kaiba is going to target Joseph for more duels in the future. He's probably his new rival while Joey Wheeler is my rival."
"Ha! See that," Joey said with a grin. "So in order for you to get to Yugi, you must duel me."
"But I don't want to duel either of you anyways, I'm here to duel Joseph," Dan said. He looks to Joseph, and he asks, "Do you accept my challenge?"
Joseph was thinking, 'I'm not really Kaiba's rival, we only duelled once so far. And Joey is in actual truth, Yugi's rival. I don't exactly have any rival, except for my brothers back home. And Dan did mention that he wants a fun duel.' He then grins, "Alright Dan, I accept your challenge." He then took off his backpack, opens it, and brings out his duelling disk.
"Great!" Dan said loudly with a grin.
Joseph equipped his duelling disk to his left arm, his deck already in the slot. His backpack right beside him, and Yugi and the others back away a bit so to give him room to duel Dan.
The moment they each got ready, two parts from the duelling disks split from either side and headed ten feet to the left and ten feet to the right, landed, and started glowing, forming a perfect rectangle.
The auto-shuffle in their duelling disks done the shuffle for them, and just as they're about to start; a crowd started to form around the duelling area; mainly consist of all the remaining students who haven't left yet.
"Go Joseph! Beat him!" Joey called out.
Both Joseph and Dan looked at each other and yelled at the same time, "Let's Duel!"
Joseph versus Dan
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
Once each of them drew five cards, Dan spoke loudly, "I'll go first, my draw!" he draws a card from his deck, and looks at his hand. He grins, and then takes two cards and put them into the spell/trap slot zone. "I place two cards face down, and I summon Marauding Captain!"
He placed the three star warrior monsters in the middle monster slot zone on his duelling disk, and in front of him. First, two holographic face down cards appeared, than next an armored blonde hair warrior appeared in attack mode, with the attack power of 1200.
"And with his special ability, I'm allowed to special summon a level four or lower monster from my hand," Dan said with a grin as he takes another card in his hand, and place it on the left side of the Marauding Captain. "And I special summon Warrior Lady of the Wasteland in defense mode!"
And once place, a four star warrior monster appeared, a human woman covered in dark color cloth, a hat on her head but has long blonde hair, and a sword on her back. She looks ready to draw out her sword as she stood in a defense pose, and her defense is 1200.
"And with that, I end my turn!" Dan said, now he has two warrior monsters on his side of the field and two face downs. And he now only has two cards in hand.
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
"Alright, my draw!" said Joseph as he drew a card, and he now holds six card in hand. After looking, he turned to look to Dan, and he said, "Know this, I won't go easy on you."
"Bring it man," Dan said, still has a grin.
Joseph grins, "Very well, I summon Lord of Dragons in attack mode!" He placed a monster card on his center monster slot zone on his duelling disk, and out in front of him. A spellcaster appeared in attack position, wearing what looks like dragon-like clothing. His attack power is 1200. "And next up, I play Flute of Summoning Dragon."
He played the spell card, in which in front of Lord of Dragons, a dragon-like horn appeared. He took hold of it, and blows into it, and it emitted a loud noise.
"And with it, I'm allowed to special summon two dragons, and I choose these two," Joseph said as he placed the two dragons on either side of Lord of Dragons. "I summon two Red-Eyes B. Dragons!"
And two black scaled fire-breathing dragons appeared on either side of Lord of Dragons. With their red eyes, they glared at Dan's monsters, and their attack power is 2400 each.
"Whoa, awesome!" said Dan, he grins as he saw the two big dragons on the field. "Does this mean you have dragon monsters in your deck," and when he saw Joseph nodded, Dan grins.
"Next, I place two cards face down," Joseph said as he puts two cards in the spell/trap card slot zones, and two holographic cards appeared between him and his monsters. "And now for battle, Red-Eyes destroy Marauding Captain with Inferno Fire Blast!"
The left Red-Eyes B. Dragon raised its head, than it roars out, unleashed a dark fire ball that headed towards the Marauding Captain.
"Hold it; you activated my trap, Astral Barrier!" Dan said as his right holographic card rises up to reveal what it is. Looks like a warrior holding a shield in front of him while an astral being appeared in front to block the attack.
This caused the dark fireball to turn away from the Marauding Captain and towards Dan. This confused several people, including Joseph, until…
"And my second trap card activates, Spirit Barrier!" Dan said as his second trap card revealed to be a cloaked being with the left claw upwards. "With this, as long as I have monsters on the field, I don't take any damage." And the fireball was extinguished as it came an inch to Dan, no effect on his life points while his monsters were safe.
'Knew it, anyone who uses Astral Barrier obviously would use Spirit Barrier as well,' Joseph thought to himself after he saw those two cards. 'Hm, maybe he has Uria in his deck? Nope, impossible, that card comes out in GX.'
"Well played pal and now I end my turn," Joseph said as he now doesn't have any cards in his hand.
"Whoa, the duel only just started and it already gotten good," Joey said.
"Yeah, Joseph had brought out his two Red-Eyes B. Dragons, now he just needs the third to bring out his ultimate," Tristan said, he and Joey cheered.
"Yeah, but Dan has those two trap cards out. Having them both is actually a very strong combination. Joseph can't destroy his monsters and attack his life points, he needs to get rid of those traps," Yugi said.
"Yeah, so he just needs to draw the right card," Tea said and Yugi nodded.
Several other students who were watching were also cheering for either duellist.
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
Dan whistled, as he thinks, 'That was a close one, already two very strong monsters out. And they're dragons, now I just need to draw my ace monster!' He grins, "I draw," he then draws a card from his deck, signifying the start of his turn. And as he looks at his three cards in his hand, he groans, 'Okay, I may not have gotten my ace, but this card will do quite nicely, but first I need more warriors of mine on the field.'
He grins and takes one card in his hand and plays it, "I summon another Marauding Captain!" And on the other side of his first, a second Marauding Captain appeared.
"Another? Aw crud," Joseph groaned as he saw the second Marauding Captain, knowing the main purpose of that card.
"Yep, since now I have two Marauding Captains, you can't attack either one," Dan said with a grin. "And with my second Marauding Captain special ability, I summon another four star warrior monster. I summon Valkyrian Knight!" he then placed another warrior monster card onto his duelling disk.
And right beside his new Marauding Captain, a female warrior knight covered in fiery phoenix-like armor and a sword in hands. Her attack power is 1900.
"Double crud," Joseph groaned; he appears to know what this card could do.
Dan grin grew wider, "That's right, with her on the field; you can't attack any of my warriors."
"As well as the fact of her second ability," Joseph said after. "If I destroyed it, you're allowed to banish it and another warrior monster in your graveyard just too special summon a level five or higher from your graveyard. But why play that monster out now when your graveyard is practically empty?"
Dan chuckled, "Oh I have my reasons, like this card. I equip Valkyrian Knight with the spell card, United We Stand." He played the spell card, and it equipped to Valkyrian Knight. And with it, her allies glowed and so did herself, and her attack power grew. "With it, for every monster on my side, she gains 800 attack points. And there are four, and so her attack power is now 5100."
"Triple crud," Joseph groaned.
Dan grins, having a feeling he could win this. "And now my Valkyrian Knight will attack your Red-Eyes!" His warrior leaps forth, heading towards Red-Eyes with one blade up to strike.
And just as she was about to hit, Joseph spoke out, "Sorry, but you activated my trap card, Mirror Force!" His trap card revealed, and a mirror barrier surrounded his Red-Eyes B. Dragon. Valkyrian Knight struck the barrier, and it was reflected right back. Destroying her and two of Dan's attack position monsters; his Marauding Captains were destroyed.
"Aw no!" yelled Dan, was surprised by that. He watched as three of his monsters were destroyed, but he still has Warrior Lady of the Wasteland on the field in defense mode. "No matter though, I still have one in defense mode. And I end my turn."
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
"Not for long," Joseph said as he drew a card. He looks at his single card in his hand, and he plays, "I play Card of Sanctity. We now draw till we have six cards."
Each of them drew six cards, and Dan looks at his hand, he grins a bit.
"And next up, I play Card Destruction," Joseph said as he play his next spell card, causing both of them to discard their whole hands and draw a same amount of cards from their decks.
"Dang it," Dan groaned as he discarded his hand, he had his ace monster and now it was gone. He drew his six cards while Joseph drew five cards.
Joseph looks at his hand, and he grins, "Sorry Dan, looks like I win this duel."
"Hey, did you forget my two cards? As long as I have Warrior Lady out on my side, I'm pretty much invincible," Dan said, pointing that out.
"True, but I have three cards in my hand that will end you," Joseph said. He then plays a monster card beside his left Red-Eyes B. Dragon, "I summon Gagagigo, in attack mode!"
A reptilian-like warrior appeared beside Red-Eyes B. Dragon, looked ready for battle as his attack power is 1850.
"Hey, I thought you said you only have dragon cards?" asked Dan.
"Having a deck mainly of dragons would be foolish idea, I do need a few others just in case," Joseph said with a grin. "And next up, I play a spell, Brain Control!"
"Gah!" yelled Dan as he saw his only monster taken away and placed onto Joseph's side of the field. Without her, he's wide open for an attack.
"And before I play my last card, I activated my face down card," Joseph said as his face down card he put in his last turn rises up to reveal to be a trap card. "I activate my trap, DNA Surgery. With it, I turn all my creatures into a type of creature. And I pick dragon."
His Lord of Dragons, Gagagigo, and Dan's Warrior Lady of the Wasteland he took started to change into dragon-like humanoid warriors. Gagagigo already almost looked like one, just became more dragon-like though.
"And with that, I play my third card. Even though now, I have enough power to wipe you. I will show you and everyone here of one of my powerful cards. I play polymerization," Joseph said as he played it, and all five of his dragons begun to merge into one. Moment later, a Five-Headed Dragon appeared on the center part of his side of the field, standing tall and proud, with five dragon heads letting out a ferocious roar, and its attack power being 5000.
"Oh no," Dan said as his eyes widen.
"Now my Five-Headed Dragon, attack Dan with Ultimate Oblivion!" Joseph said, and his Five-Headed Dragon roared at once, and fired a combine blast that headed towards Dan.
"Aah!" Dan yelled before he was consumed in the attack. And when the fires faded, Dan was laying on his back, with his life points went down from 4000 to 0. Joseph wins the match.
He just lay there on his back, and as though, he had a quick thought, 'He has the Five-Headed Dragon; I need a powerful light monster if I need to beat him…'
Just as he opens his eyes, he sees Joseph standing by him and holding out his right hand.
"Good game, Dan," Joseph said with a smile.
Dan chuckled and reached up with his hand and Joseph helped him up. "You got lucky pal, next time luck will be on my side," Dan said with a grin.
"I'll be waiting for that time to come, friend," Joseph replied and they both shook hands.
Since the duel was over, the students who been watching begun to disperse, obviously heading to their homes or somewhere else for fun.
Dan turned and ran off, "See ya!"
He watches him go, and said, "Bye."
"That was awesome man, but you should've attacked with your Red-Eyes B. Dragons instead of bringing out one of your aces," Joey said as he and the others came over.
"Great game Joseph," Yugi smiled.
"Although it went by so quick," Tea said.
"So why did you bring out Five-Headed Dragon instead of attacking him with all of your monsters?" asked Tristan.
Joseph smiled as he turned to them, "Oh my reason was for everyone here to know what one of my powerful monsters was."
"But why?" asked Tea.
"Simple, like the ones who want to challenge Yugi who holds the Egyptian God Cards," Joseph said as he looked to Yugi. "You hold three powerful cards, and any duellist wants to prove themselves that they could face the Gods. But how about we put a small roadblock, eh?"
"What do you mean?" asked Joey.
"Simple, you're a roadblock for any duellist who wants to duel Yugi," Joseph replied as he turned to him. "But what would happen if you lose? Who else would defend little Yugi here from any duellist when they come?"
"Oh I gotcha, thanks man," Joey said.
Yugi smiled, "Thanks for deciding to help out, but you still didn't explain why you decided to show everyone your Five-Headed Dragon."
"Simple, just changed their target point to me," Joseph said with a grin.
"Why would they do that?"
"Well for starters, before the news of those Egyptian God Cards came to being, what cards were considered the most powerful?" he asked.
"Well Seto's Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Ultimate Dragon," Tristan said.
"Your and Joey's Red-Eyes B. Dragons," Tea replied.
"My Dark Magician, Exodia the Forbidden One," Yugi said as well.
"As well as Five-Headed Dragon!" said Joey, now each of them realized.
Joseph nodded, "Before the Egyptian God Cards, Five-Headed Dragon and all the others were considered the most strongest. So now then, in order for them to get to you, Yugi, they must get pass me and my Five-Headed Dragons."
Yugi smiled still, "Thanks, but you don't have to do it."
"But I want to do it," Joseph said with a grin. "After that duel with Dan, my passion for duelling was sparked once more. And this place is pretty much filled with duellists, so before my time here ends, I want to have as many duels as I can before I head back home."
"Great, how about later we have another duel then!" said Joey.
"Joey, first things first is a tour around Domino," Tea said.
Joey groaned, than sounds of two growling noises, both originated from Joey's and Joseph's stomachs.
"How about pizza first, then tour?" they asked at the same time. Despite they had spoken at the same time, it no longer creep others out, only gave a light chuckle.
"Oh we know a good pizza joint," Tristan said with a grin.
"Oh good, and this time I'll buy the pizza," Joseph chuckled.
"Great, let's go!" Joey said, and he and Tristan ran off, with Joseph running behind them. They left Yugi and Tea behind.
"Just great, there goes the three musketeers," Tea groaned.
Yugi chuckled, "Come on, we best catch up before we lose them."
"Right," Tea nodded to him, and they both ran off.
Unknowingly further behind them, the three lackeys who been spying on their conversation started to follow.
About an hour later, the group sat at a pizza joint, and like Joseph had promised, he bought a large pizza with cheese, pepperoni, and mushroom. Joseph, Joey, and Tristan are the only ones pretty much enjoying their pizzas, while Yugi and Tea.
And as they ate, Joseph still has the urge to duel, and being a fan of the game and show, he knows of many other duellists, well pretty much just the ones Yugi and his friends met.
After he finished his slice, he asked, "So, how many duellists live in this city?"
"Too many to count," Yugi sighed, considering he gets so many challenges.
"Yeah, it's kinda pointless in asking that question," Joey replied, chewing his pizza and gulped. "There are hundreds; most of them are not very good. And several other duellists we didn't know about, like Dan."
Joseph had a feeling about that, so far while being here; he encountered people that never appeared in the shows. So it's quite possible that there are several duellists out there who are known yet, heck probably never entered in tournaments, they probably never wanted fame and such.
"Okay, you got me there, but what about best duellists?" Joseph asked. "I already know it's you, Yugi, and Seto who are the best around here, but are there others?"
"Well there's Marik and Ryou, they're good duellists," Tea said.
"Also Marik's brother and sister, Odion and Ishizu," Joey said after he finished another slice. "Ishizu works at the museum, and Odion is still in Egypt."
"There is Duke Devlin, he owns a game shop too," Tristan said, gaining Joseph's attention.
"Ain't he the creator of Dungeon Dice game?" asked Joseph.
"Yeah, and it's a really good game," Yugi said with a smile.
"Huh, gotta try it sometime," Joseph quietly said to himself, thinking about it.
"There are also Mako, Espa Roba, Leon, and Mai," Tea spoke up.
"Mai," Joey said calmly, probably thinking about her.
Joseph could tell Joey still likes her, but still curious, he asks, "And are there duellists that I need to be careful of around here?"
"Yeah, Rex and Weevil, they're cowardly cheaters," Tea said with some annoyance.
"Not Rex, he's not a cheater, but Weevil mainly is," Tristan said.
"There are a few duellists who you need to be careful of. Like Bandit Keith," Yugi said.
"Keith?" asked Joseph, and Joey growled in annoyance.
"Keith is a cheating punk," Joey said, sounded very annoyed of the guy.
"Nice to know," Joseph said.
"Yeah, but none of them could beat you guys," Tristan spoke up, looking at Joseph, Yugi, and Joey. "Even if they cheat, they couldn't beat you guys."
Joseph nodded, "There is no honor in cheating, and to cheat is to bring dishonour and shame upon you, it's best to fall with honor than to bring shame."
"Well said," Joey said with a grin.
Yugi and the others smiled, everyone obviously doesn't like cheaters. Heck if one cheat, there is no fun for bother sides.
"What about you? Are there many best's duellists in Canada?" asked Yugi, wondering if there are.
"Not very many, and the fact that most duellists had stopped duelling," Joseph replied. "The only ones who I know were the best were two of my brothers, Gary and Andy." Then he sighed sadly, thinking about his brothers, it's been over two months he last saw them.
"Do they use very strong monsters like you?" asked Tristan.
"Almost," Joseph said, taking a slice and takes a bite and drinks from his soda. "Gary duels in the way of unity, his deck is filled with warriors and dragons, but his main best card is Celtic Guardian, that card is his favourite. As for Andy, if you encounter him, be very careful, besides the fact that he holds Exodia. His deck is filled with light monsters, only he had the capabilities so far to beat me. Well he and Seto Kaiba of course. Probably you as well Yugi, being the King of Games, but I haven't duelled yet."
"Yeah," Yugi said.
Eventually the last remaining slices of pizza are gone and the sodas are empty. Each of them had their filled, Joey gotten up first. "Well, that was a good pizza, now for the tour, let's get going guys."
Each of them got up to follow, and Joseph asked, "Where to first?"
"The best place first," Tea said with a grin, and the group leaves the pizza joint, while Joseph wonders where the first best place is.
In a bedroom of a house in the city, Dan had made a change of clothes. He changed from school clothes to his style of clothing, black jeans and black t-shirt. And he's sitting at his desk; it looked like he's working on his homework.
But his computer isn't touched; his books and binders he took out of his backpack weren't open. No, he was looking at his cards, as well as thinking of that duel he had against Joseph.
"My dragon slayer deck couldn't beat him," Dan quietly said, "he got lucky though, I had a bad hand." He had design this deck for the purpose to defeat Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragons.
"In fact, I couldn't bring out the ace of it quick enough, and he got past the two trap cards," Dan said to himself. "Maybe it would've been better I stick with my best deck."
He reaches and pulls a drawer in his desk, reached in and pulled out a deck box. As he looked at it, he smiled as he remembered the best cards he always used.
'Having a deck mainly of dragons would be foolish idea; I do need a few others just in case,' he was reminded of what Joseph had said. He thinks about it and looks at his warrior deck, and then to his true deck.
Slowly a grin forms, "Brilliant, these two works in one deck. Since today, everyone thinks I only use warriors," he chuckles a bit, "now though, it's high time to bring out the dark." He grins widely as he works on his deck.
The tour lasted for hours, the best place was the arcade, but they didn't stop there. They gone to many good places, till about them reach the park entrance. There waiting for them was Kyle, he stood there alone with his arms crossed, waiting.
"Hey Kyle, aren't you supposed to be with money bags?" asked Joey, walking over to him.
"Been waiting for you guys," Kyle replied, opened his eyes as he looked at them.
"You been waiting here since school end?" asked Tristan, looked confused. "Why?"
"Just to talk," Kyle replied, lowering his arms, "with Joseph."
"In private?" asked Joseph, having a feeling that what Kyle meant.
"Of course," Kyle said, turning sideways so to indicate they head into the park.
"Why not talk to all of us?" asked Tristan, he and Joey look suspicious of Kyle. "What's so important?"
"It's his decision, just an innocent little talk between friends," Kyle said, giving a small smile.
Joseph knows what kind of talk it is, feeling it's possibly important, he step forward.
"Joseph?" asked Yugi, sounded surprise.
"It's just a simple talk between friends," Joseph said, turning to them. "Besides, he's probably shy about something."
"I'm not shy," Kyle said in annoyance, while Tea chuckles a bit.
"Sure you are," Joseph grins as he turns to him. He walks over and stood by Kyle. He looks to the others, "See you guys later."
"Don't be late Joseph, my grandpa locks the doors before midnight," said Yugi. Of course people would lock their doors at night, everyone does that.
"Thanks for telling me," Joseph replied, than he and Kyle walk into the park. "See ya later," he called back as he goes with Kyle.
"Bye, see ya tomorrow pal," said Joey.
"Bye," said Tristan.
"Goodbye," said Tea. The gang watch the two walk into the park before they walk away. While unknown to the travelers, the three lackeys followed under the cover of darkness, hiding behind trees.
Both Joseph and Kyle walk into the central part of empty park, while in the sky the sun was beginning to set.
As they go, Kyle spoke, "I see you're still carrying your duelling disk on your arm."
Joseph was still wearing, had kept it on since his duel against Dan. He replied, "Expect the unexpected."
"Of course," Kyle said, and then he turned to Joseph. He asks, "But we're not here to talk about duels, but something better."
Joseph crossed his arms as he looks at him, he asked, "Let me guess, spells or stuff about other worlds?"
"Bingo," Kyle chuckled. "But the main question I want to ask is... how the heck did you befriend a De Ragan?"
Joseph looked confused, "How did you know?"
"From the duel you had against Kaiba yesterday," Kyle said. "During your duel, a De Ragan appeared to you. Had to lie to your friends that card is one of the newest cards around. You best be careful."
"So? All I need to say is that she's a new card, but that still doesn't explain…"
"From friends you had made in other worlds, they appear as cards here," Kyle said with a frown. "By coming to this world, when travelling other worlds and by making friends with those world creatures, you'll gain a card that represents that creature."
Joseph's eyes widen at that idea, "You serious?" Kyle nodded. "Whoa, now that's a shocker. But how…?"
"Not sure pal," Kyle said as he shrugged. "All I know is, when I think about the ones I met on my travels, I suddenly gotten the cards that represent them." He chuckles, "A nice way to remember them, huh."
He thinks about it, than he smiled, "Eh, so true." He looks at Kyle, "Then that means you got cards that represent beings in Animalia and Men in Black, eh?"
Kyle nodded, "A few, just wanted to give you the heads up."
At the thought, another thought comes to mind that made Joseph frown at Kyle. "And let me guess, from those cards you gotten, there also either synchro or XYZ." Still remembering the note that Kyle gave him, he spoke, "You do know you can't play those during this timeline, correct?"
Kyle grins as he rolled his eyes, "Dude, this timeline seasons has ended the moment Atem gone to the spirit world. We're allowed to use XYZ and Synchros; nothing could prevent us from doing that."
"Nothing except big history changes," Joseph said with a growl.
Kyle chuckles, "But we're the only ones who holds XYZ and Synchros pal, it's only a big history change is if we produce them to the public. I'm not stupid, and it's very unlikely they'll remember them. Heck in the timelines of Synchros and XYZs, Pegasus was long dead and people would forget ancient history except for ones like Yugi." He laughs a bit, "Besides, for me, I only have thirteen days before I continue my journey. You may not use them, but I will. It's really doubtful that people would remember what cards I used."
Joseph thinks about it, then he said, "It's still very risky, Kyle."
"And I'm going to take the risk, Joseph, it's my decision, you can't force me," Kyle replied.
Joseph sighed, knowing he can't.
"Besides, I mainly want to use them against you," Kyle said with a grin. "Between us, it will be one most epic duel of all."
Joseph couldn't help but chuckle, "I got to admit, you're right."
"Oh I am right, Joseph. No duellists in this world could compare to the duellists of our world. It was shown the moment you defeated Kaiba," Kyle said with a grin.
Joseph frowns, "He would've won if I didn't get De Ragan. So don't underestimate this timeline duellists, they'll surprise you."
Kyle gave a light nod, "Speaking of surprises, you still didn't explain about how you met De Ragan."
"I prefer not to talk about it," Joseph replied, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Oh come on man, I serious want to know. Did you help it when it was injured, did you defeat it in battle and it honoured you? What is it?" Kyle kept pestering, wanting to know.
"Try charm," Joseph said, still feeling embarrassed.
"Charmed, okay now I'm confused," Kyle said. He started to think, think about the moment at the end of Kaiba's duel with Joseph, how the De Ragan gave Joseph a nudge with its head. As well as the De Ragan was giving a smile that looked caring? Then Joseph called that creature a she, and he said charm.
Kyle instantly gawked, pointed at Joseph with his right hand, eyes widen. Joseph looked away in embarrassment, while Kyle merely blurt it out, "YOU GOT A DE RAGAN TO LOVE YOU?!"
When Joseph didn't reply after that, Kyle started to laugh. "Oh my god man, how did you do it?!"
Joseph was looking away, half embarrassed as well as half annoyed. "Have you watched Shrek before?" he asked, to anyone, they would be wondering what Shrek is, but to the two travelers…
"Oh I seen that one, a nice comedy…oh my god, you acted like Donkey?" Kyle said, now realized he started laughing out loud.
Joseph growled in annoyance, "Keep laughing and I'll burn your hair till you're burnt and bald."
Kyle snickered while he tried to clamp his mouth shut with his hands. He tried to contain it, and backed away a few steps. "Well pal, I gotta get going. It's quite far to Kaiba's place, and he would lock the main gates."
"Get going before I change my mind before burning your hair," Joseph replied, slowly turned to look at Kyle with a grin. He raised his right hand, twitched his fingers to signify he would do it.
"Goodbye!" Kyle said instantly, before turning around and fled, running out of the park. And it was now night-time and the stars are seen in the sky.
Once he was gone, Joseph chuckled a little. "Boy, he sure can run," he said to himself.
SNAP!
The sound of a branch snapping apart on the ground, with the force of someone just stepping on it, has alerted Joseph to where it came from. He looks to where it came from, which were from several trees, meaning there is someone hiding there.
"SHOW YOURSELVES!" he yelled, sounded ticked off that there were someone spying on him and Kyle, and possibly hearing them talking.
"Run guys!" said one of the spies, and to Joseph, all he saw was a silhouette of three people running out of the shadows of the tree, and running far away.
Joseph couldn't follow because those three was soon lost to his sight. "Cowards," he said in annoyance.
He turns around and started to walk off, heading towards one of the paths that leads out of the park. Mainly it is the one path that leads to the part of the city where the Kame Shop would be.
About twenty minutes later, just as he nears the exit of the park. Someone familiar step into the park, Dan. The only difference was the clothing, Dan was wearing black jeans, a black t-shirt with a black leather vest, and he was also carrying his duelling disk.
"Oh hello Dan surprised to see you here," Joseph said as he now stood five feet away from Dan.
"To you, but to me, I was looking for you," Dan said with a grin.
"What for?" asked Joseph and Dan answers it by raising his left arm, showing his duelling disk. "Why?"
"Just one more duel," Dan said. "I didn't really show you my best, and it kinda made me felt bad. Right now, I want to duel you as best as I can."
Joseph thinks about it, than he chuckles "Didn't get a good hand in our first duel, right?"
"It may not had been good, Joseph, but my deck hasn't shown you how strong it truly is. So please, allow me to show you how strong my deck truly is," Dan said.
Joseph thinks about it for a minute, slowly a grin forms, and he took a few leaps back. He raised his left arm to show his still equipped-duelling disk. "We got time, another duel then," Joseph said.
Dan grins, "You're pal, let's duel!"
They both got their duelling disks ready, as the hologram devices begin their work. They both look at each other with a grin while their decks were auto-shuffle, than each of them drawn five cards each.
Joseph VS Dan
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
"Since I'm the one challenging you, you go first," Dan said with a grin.
"It will be a pleasure," Joseph said, he draws a card. He looks at his hand, than he looks to Dan, "Just remember, I'm not going easy."
"Good, give me all you got!"
Joseph nodded, than he takes one card in his hand. "I activate my field's spell, Dragon Ravine!" the field slot in his duelling disk opens and he placed the card in. Once the slot goes back in, the hologram started to show.
All around him and Dan, the scenery change to what looks like a huge mountain air with a twilight sky. A huge canyon in-between them; while they stood on mountain cliffs facing each other.
Dan looked surprised, than he asked, "What does that card? Boost up your dragons?"
Joseph shook his head in saying no, "During each of my main phase, I'm allowed to do one thing. Send one dragon-type monster from my deck to the graveyard." He then takes out his deck and looks for a dragon card.
Dan looked surprised and confused, "Why do you use that card?"
"I have my reasons," Joseph said after he had selected a dragon card and put it in his graveyard. He then put his deck back into the deck slot, and it auto-shuffled. He then takes one card in hand, and spoke out, "And next I'll do is summon my Decoy Dragon, defense mode."
He placed the monster card on the central monster slot, face up. Then in front of him, a small four feet tall dragon with sky blue scales and peachy underbelly appeared. It stood in a defense pose, and gave a kind smile with two large adorable eyes; while behind those eyes is a line that appeared close, probably the ears. Its defense power is 200.
"Cute, but it has weak defense," Dan said.
"It may be weak, but it's not alone here," Joseph said as he took hold of one card in hand. He inserts it in the spell/trap card zone, "I activate monster reborn, and to bring back a dragon I have in my graveyard."
"So that's why," Dan said, realized why for Dragon's Ravine.
Then a big twenty feet tall diamond scaled dragon with big diamond wings. It has two golden horns on head and one big golden horn on its snout. It has a golden underbelly and golden claws, and its defense power is 2800.
"Besides my cute little dragon, I have Hyozanryu backing up with her defense," Joseph said, than he took hold of two cards. "And I'll place these two face down, that'll be all for my turn." And two holographic face down cards appeared behind his two dragons. While he still has one card in his hand.
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
"Good move, but now it's my turn," Dan said as he draws a card from his deck. He looks at his hand, and he grins. He took hold of one and plays it in his spell/trap card slot zone, "I activate Heavy Storm, destroying your spells!"
A storm blew from the card as it was revealed to the field. Two of Joe's face down cards was turned to dust, and so did the field, as the twilight sky quickly changed to the starlight sky, as well as the area changed back to a cool cold of the park. Joseph puts those three cards into his graveyard.
"Good movie, but I still have my dragons defending me," Joseph said.
"Not for long," Dan said as he took hold of one card in his hand and plays it in the monster zone in attack mode. "I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight," he said, and an iron armored warrior appeared on his side of the field. Stood proud seven feet tall, completely covered in black armor with silver lining, as well as a silver iron blade on right arm, and shield on the left arm. He stood in a battle pose with the attack power of 1800.
"And that's not all, I play Release Restraint!" he said as he played the spell card.
"Whoa, way too quick," Joseph said, was surprised to see that happened.
"With Release Restraint, I released my Gearfried from the armor he wears," Dan said, as Gearfried's armor begin to crack, and shattered. When the smoke cleared, Gearfried stood there, with a muscular body, brown belt with dark purple cloth hanging on front and back, dark brown leather boots, a sword in his left hand, and long dark pink hair. He stood in his battle position with the attack power of 2600. Gearfried the Iron Knight had become the Gearfried the Swordmaster.
"And I'm not done there, for I play this equip card, Magnum Shield!" Dan said as he played the card. An equip shield that was instantly equipped to Gearfried the Swordmaster.
"Oh crud," Joseph spoke with seriousness in his voice.
"With Magnum Shield, my Gearfried's power increase by the amount of defense points he has," Dan said with a grin. And they watched as Gearfried's attack power increase from 2600 to 4800. "And another great thing, by equipping an equip card to Swordmaster, his effect kicks in, I get to pick one of your dragons and it is destroyed. And I pick Hyozanryu."
Gearfried points his blade shield at Hyozanryu, and an energy beam shoots out and struck Hyozanryu, and it roared in pain as it shattered to bits. Joseph took the card and puts it into his graveyard.
"And not just that, but I have another monster to summon," Dan said as he reveals what it is. "It's Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight. And since it's the only card I have in hand, I summon it!" He placed the card in a monster slot beside Gearfried the Swordmaster. An armored warrior sitting on the back of an armored stallion, carrying two red lances, and has the power of 2300 attack points.
"Two very powerful monsters in one turn, bravo," Joseph said with a chuckle, clearly didn't expect that.
"Thanks and now for battle. Gearfried, destroy his dragon!" Dan called out, and Gearfried runs towards Decoy Dragon with his sword shield raised to strike.
But in an instant, Decoy Dragon's cute eyes closed and the ones that appeared closed open with a glare. And right beside it, the ground cracks as a familiar dragon, Hyozanryu, begun to rise back up in defense mode.
"What the, how?!" asked Dan, surprised of this.
"There's a reason why Decoy Dragon is known as Decoy Dragon. If attacked, I'm allowed to special summon a level seven or higher dragon-type monster from the graveyard, and there is only one, Hyozanryu." Joseph said with a grin. "But sadly, your Gearfried still has more power, and his attack is changed to Hyozanryu. And Decoy Dragon's effect only happens once."
Gearfried had leaped and slashed Hyozanryu's neck. The dragon roared in pain and shattered into bits once more, sending it right back into the graveyard.
"Swift Gaia, destroy his dragon!" Dan called out, and Swift Gaia gallops forth, and struck Decoy Dragon hard in the gut with his lance. Decoy Dragon shrieked in pain and shattered, being sent to the graveyard.
With no cards in hand, he looks to Joseph, "You know, it almost looked like you were expected that to happen."
"I had a feeling you would bring out a very powerful monster, it was a big risk but I'm glad I took it," Joseph replied.
"You got lucky man," Dan said with a chuckle. "I end my turn."
Joseph: 4000 – Dan: 4000
"Now it's my turn," Joseph said, he draws a card. He looks at his two cards and sighed. He took hold of one and played it in his spell/trap card zone. "I play Heavy Storm as well, destroying your shield."
And Gearfried's shield was destroyed, and Dan put the card into the graveyard. The Swordmaster's power returned to 2600.
"Then next I play Card of Sanctity," he played the card, and both of them drawn their six cards.
They each look at their hands, than grin at each other; each of them got different plans. Dan was grinning, while Joseph plays another spell card.
"And next I play Card Destruction, causing us to discard our hands and draw the amount we had," Joseph said, and each of them discarded their hands, and drawn the same amount of cards they had before.
"Thank you Joseph," Dan said with a grin.
"For what?" asked Joseph, now feeling a little confused.
"For playing that card, because with it, I get to special summon two cards from my graveyard," Dan said with a grin. He raises his right hand in a dramatic way, "Now my creatures, and rise up to battle!"
Two cracked surfaces appeared on either side warriors, than both sides burst as two attack position monster cards appeared on Dan's duelling disks. The two monsters are identical, about twenty feet tall, with their waists in the ground, but from waist to chest is glowing blood red, the chest, head, and shoulders shrouded in darkness, and two long purple claws. Then in the darkness, two glowing yellow eyes and a glowing yellow mouth appeared. They're called Despair from the Dark, with the attack power of 2800 each.
Joseph gawked in shock, clearly didn't expect that to happen. Dan watched his expression and laughed a bit. "Surprised, Joseph? And now not only you have to deal with my warriors, but my zombies as well!"
'I did not really expect that,' Joseph thought to himself as he looks at the two big zombie monsters that stood with the warriors on Dan's size of the field.
Whoa, what a big surprise! But the duel just started, will Joseph win? Or will he get consumed by Dan's zombies? Find out next time on YuGiOh! Duels of the Actillian!
Cards Mention in this Duel
Joseph's Deck:
Lord of D. – wiki/Lord_of_D.
Flute of Summoning Dragon - wiki/The_Fl...mmoning_Dragon
Red-Eyes B. Dragon: wiki/Red-Eyes_B._Dragon
Mirror Force: wiki/Mirror_Force
Card of Sanctity: wiki/Card_of_Sanctity
Card Destruction: wiki/Card_Destruction
Gagagigo: wiki/Gagagigo
Brain Control – wiki/Brain_Control
Polymerization: wiki/Polymerization
Five-Headed Dragon: wiki/Five-Headed_Dragon
Dragon Ravine: wiki/Dragon_Ravine
Decoy Dragon: wiki/Decoy_Dragon
Monster Reborn: wiki/Monster_Reborn
Hyozanryu – wiki/Hyozanryu
Heavy Storm: wiki/Heavy_Storm
Dan's Deck:
Marauding Captain: wiki/Marauding_Captain
Warrior Lady of the Wasteland: wiki/Warrior_Lady_of_the_Wasteland
Astral Barrier: wiki/Astral_Barrier
Spirit Barrier: wiki/Spirit_Barrier
Valkyrian Knight: wiki/Valkyrian_Knight
United We Stand: wiki/United_We_Stand
Heavy Storm: wiki/Heavy_Storm
Gearfried the Iron Knight: wiki/Gearfried_the_Iron_Knight
Release Restraint: wiki/Release_Restraint
Gearfried the Swordmaster: wiki/Gearfried_the_Swordmaster
Magnum Shield: wiki/Magnum_Shield
Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight: wiki/Swift_Gaia_the_Fierce_Knight
Despair from the Dark: wiki/Despair_from_the_Dark