Yu-Gi-Oh! R: Duel between Yugi and Yakou

Chapter Three! Eraser arises! By the way, don't grill for plagiarism me about how this one ends, as far as I'm concerned, the end of this duel already does that. I also think I made a horrible miscalculation somewhere . . .

And for the record, I did intend to wait about a week before posting this chapter, but the urge to update consumed me. Consumed me bro!

Yami Yugi looked in shock at the Wicked Eraser that was still smoking from its powerful attack. He hadn't lost a single point, but the creature would just grow stronger no matter what he played.

Kaiba looked intently at the god monster, and then turned to Gekkou.

"Is this the third Wicked God monster, then?" he asked.

Gekkou nodded, "Yes, I'm afraid so," he replied.

Kaiba just stared the Wicked God down with a strange expression on his face. "That god monster is powerful, but its effects depend on its opponent's cards – in other words, it's a creature that depends on others for strength." He shook his head. "That beast is a cheap imitation."

Gekkou heard this, and looked in worry at his twin.

Yakou slid a card into his disk. "I'll set this card and end with that," he said.

Yugi held his hand over his deck as he assessed the situation. If I play a card, then the Wicked Eraser will have 4000 attack points again – and I can't just use defence monsters all the time. I've got to draw a card that can help me! He swiped the top card off his deck, and looked at it.

"I activate the spell card, Pot of Greed!" he said, slotting the card into his disk. "I draw two more cards!" He quickly grabbed two more cards and looked at them. A small smile crept over his face. That's more like it.

"First I activate the effect of the Watapon that I just drew! When I draw it by a cards effect, I can summon it to the field!" A pink monster round monster with two fuzzy ball antennae appeared, and squeaked happily. (200 DEF) Yugi hesitated, as he remembered his last duel against a Wicked God.

He'd faced off against Dreadroot, the monster that ruled the field with fear, and had brought back the Winged Dragon of Ra in an attempt to strike it down.

But Yakou had negated the summoning with his The Selection trap card, and currently had two face-down cards. Yugi examined the card in his hand. What should I do! Then he had his answer. Wait . . . special summons . . . that was how I summoned Ra! But this is the normal method, so – yes! This should work even if he does have that trap card! He raised his card.

"I offer three sacrifices to the heavens!" he roared.

Lightning flashed in the night sky and barely visible clouds crept over the field as Yugi dropped the card straight down. Like a magnet it slammed into his duel disk, sparking with electricity. Overhead, a snake-like form of spiked red and black formed and began to descend. Coils shimmered into being and tightened around the KaibaCorp building, and a pair of massive wings rose up into the air.

"I summon the dragon god of the sky! Slifer the Sky Dragon!" cried Yugi. (X000/X000)

The head of the dragon became visible for the first time. It had three jaws, all on top of each other, and a blue gem in its spiked forehead. It roared with its lower, larger mouth, blasted wind at its rival with the fury of an imitated beast. In short, The Wicked Eraser's presence was little more than blasphemy to the Egyptian God monster.

"Slifer gains 1000 attack and defence points for every card in my hand, Yakou," said Yugi. "I have three – so my Sky Dragon has a grand total of 3000 points!"

"I know this, Yugi," snarled Yakou. "I've beaten Slifer before. I'll do it again."

Yugi snorted. "Not with that monster you won't. I only have two cards on the field, so your Eraser only has 2000 attack points. Slifer can wipe it out in one blow!" He pointed at Eraser. "Almighty Slifer! Attack the Wicked Eraser with your mighty Thunder Force!"

Slifer raised its colossal head and a ball of lightning formed within its jaws. Then it attacked, and a pillar of energy surged forth and blasted towards the Wicked Eraser.

Yakou grinned. "I could let your god monster destroy Eraser and suffer the price of its destruction, but then there would be no guarantee that you wouldn't wipe me out next turn. So I'll play my facedown trap card!" The card rose up, showing a tornado picture. "Negate Attack halts your attack and ends the battle!" Whirlwinds erupted from the card and enveloped the lightning column, dissipating it.

Yugi ended his turn with a grimace.

Yakou drew cautiously. Then he grinned. The Wicked Gods have lent their divine power to me! There's no way that I could have gotten all of these by simple luck! "I set three facedown cards and, just to be safe, I'll switch the Wicked Eraser into defence mode! That's it for me."

"Then it's my turn!" called Yugi, drawing. "I draw! Slifer's attack power rises!"

Slifer roared as its attack points went up to 4000.

"Slifer attacks!" called Yugi. His facedown cards can't possibly destroy Slifer. And even if the attack is negated, then it rids the field of that card.

Yakou smiled. "I activate the trap card, Intruder Alarm – Yellow! This trap lets me summon a weak monster when you attack! I summon Tellus the Little Angel!" A small winged creature (500/500) appeared on the field, but was suddenly obliterated by a bolt of blue energy.

"Unfortunately, Slifer's second mouth cuts your monster by 2000 points when it's summoned, Yakou!" said Yugi waggling his finger at his opponent. "500 defence points would have never lasted against Slifer."

"Yes, but when Tellus is destroyed, it ends the battle, then leaves its wing behind!"

A small wing appeared, floating serenely (0 ATK/DEF)

"A monster is summoned! Slifer strikes!" reminded Yugi. But Yakou grinned and held his ground.

"I activate these three trap cards!" he cried. The three cards flipped up, each one identical. "Token Stampede is a special trap that increases the power of a token by 1000 points! Therefore, my token now has 3000 ATK! And your Sky Dragon takes away 2000 points . . . so that means that my Little Wing survives!"

Yugi frowned. When he activated his trap, I was sure that he'd summon the Wicked Avatar, and use his facedowns to force it to battle Slifer. It would have been no contest . . . Why did he summon that weak monster, and use it as a shield when he has no way of knowing whether he'd draw a Wicked God card?"I play one card face down on the field! That ends my turn." Slifer's attack points dropped, and Eraser's raised, both equal at 3000. Yakou was a bit confused, but shrugged it off.

Yakou smirks as he looked at Yugi's thoughtful face. "Yugi . . . Are you aware of the heartbeat of the Wicked God? Or has the terror of being erased clouded your mind?" Yugi looked at him in amazement – did he seriously believe that he could bring out a Wicked God monster on his next turn?

Yakou drew his card and grinned. "I play my own Pot of Greed! Now I'll draw two new cards!" he grinned. Then he slid one of them into his duel disk. "You should remember this move, Yugi," he added as the card appeared on the field. Gekkou and Willa gasped in shock, while Yugi and Kaiba grimaced.

The card was none other than Multiply.

"Multiply the one token to three!" laughed Yakou.

Everyone looked in shock as the three wings floated around. Don't tell me. He's going to use them as sacrifices? thought Kaiba in shock.

But he did, and Yakou held up his card. "I offer these wing tokens as a sacrifice!" he screamed. The arena shook, as the two god monsters present snarled at each other. "Bend to my will! Ascend to our fight! The Wicked Dreadroot!" he laughed, his eye bulging.

Amid red blasts of thunder, the creature rose, an aqua coloured giant with three clutched fingers on each hand. Twin bone guards with two spurs jutted from its forearms, and bone framed its massive wings, and ran down its thighs. Its fiendish face was enclosed by a gaping ram skull, the horns twisted and polished.

And it boasted its impressive attack point stat.

(4000/4000)

Blaugh. Trying to make this work and add in what I want is a real chore, especially when trying to keep the clever stuff. So as you can see, there will be more gods summoned than there were in the manga, where Yakou summoned only two, and Yugi only one. That always disappointed me. Of course when trying to properly summon the gods we have to contend with Slifer/Osiris (oh woe betide whoever faces that card when it's out, which is happening by the way). Having said that you all should know how the next chapter will start.

By the way, what is that colour that Dreadroot is? I'm not too sure. And does it actually have legs? Honestly, they never show the legs. I know its upgraded form has a snake trunk like Eraser, but I can never figure out if it has legs. TELL ME!

I am happy with how I've "preserved" the English dub game play terms (don't know why, just am) and the combo for the summoning of Avatar will be, and this is a warning, really badly copied, but truly cool (at least I think so).