Hey everyone! Well, this week has been decent. Nothing has really happened that I'm going to comment on, so moving alone.
Writing wise, not much to report here either. Mostly just been picking away at Another and thinking up things for MtM, but other than that, nothing really.
Last time, Illidan defeated Marie in a tough duel. At the end, he explained his thoughts a bit better to Marie, who accepted the loss and the consequences of her bet with Illidan. Now the legendary rivals are about to take the stage. What will happen?
Alright, moving along, it's review time!
Aelsthla-Mental: LOL! Yes, think of the children, they're being thought of, just not cared about, lol. Eh, Jaden didn't know his parents. In FG, I had Jaden say that his mom and died a year apart, his dad on his day of birth, and his mom a year later from an aneurism. The poor kid never got to know them, but now he has Illidan and Marie, so what could go wrong… other than many things, lol. Yes, De-Fusion has won many duels, including that one, lol. Yes, Tyrant's Rise is an original card I made up. I thought it might help Marie out in bringing her Tyrant Dragon out a little easier. Thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yep, he won despite Marie's huge advantage early on, lol. Yeah, it's not too surprising, I suppose. Lol, yes, Jaden maybe a little too clueless, but then again, he has always been that way in the show, hehe. Viper's master is still a mystery. Things might be explained sooner or later though, lol. I know, thanks for being mysterious as always. Thanks for the review!
Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, yes, I had fun writing that last chapter. It was interesting at times, to say the least. LMAO! Very true, Marie seems to wear the pants in that family, with her being as fierce as Tyrant Dragon sometimes, hehe. Glad you liked the last couple of chapters, and yes, now it's time for Yugi and Kaiba to show everyone what they got. Eh, hard to tell if Illidan could rebuild his deck in the current times. I kept the bans out of these stories due that it was too much work to rewrite everything, lol. Plus, Illidan would lose his signature Chaos monsters, which he played without for most of the last story. Btw, I'll try and remember to get back with you on your scene you wrote out. Both me and Marie loved it, but like I said, I'll get back with you on it. Thanks for the review!
Vyser Dragoon: LOL! Yes, Jaden is rather dense. I'm not sure how goofy he is in the fourth season, but I'm sure he still has a bit of denseness. He is kind of different in that season though, so eh, I don't know, lol. Glad you liked the duel, and you never know, Yubel could appear, or could not. I know, lovely mysteriousness as always from me, lol. Thanks for the review.
Well, that's it for the reviews. Thank you all for them, I really appreciated them. I really liked reading them. At any rate, if anyone hasn't reviewed but wishes to express their opinion, comment, or questions, don't hesitate to review or PM me. I'll do my best to answer, so long as they don't give away the plot.
I'm done for today, so enjoy!
Chapter 15
Taking their seats in the stands, Illidan and Marie smiled at one another and said their hello's to their nearby friends. Upon reaching the seats, Kaiba and Yugi had begun their own descent towards the dueling ring.
Smiling, Joey offered Illidan and Marie each high fives. Both accepted, with the duelist excitedly saying "That was an awesome duel guys! You two put on a great show!"
"Thanks Joey." Marie quietly remarked.
Throwing an appeasing smile, Mai commented "You did great hun. You have nothing to be ashamed of for that loss."
Lightly smiling, Marie nodded and replied "Thank you Mai. It was a great duel, wasn't it Illidan?"
"Sure was." Illidan commented. "I had lots of fun out there. Now I have a feeling we're going to witness firsthand another great duel."
The four all nodded and returned their attention to both Yugi and Seto, who were slowly approaching the duel ring.
With their slow strides, the crowd suddenly got anxious and began simultaneously cheering out both "Yugi!" and "Kaiba!" for both duelists. Neither said a thing nor paid attention, but the crowd could feel the tension building.
Arriving at the ring together, the two made their way into it, with Pegasus blaring into the microphone "Ladies and gents, we are about to witness a rivalry that has made Duel Monsters legendary. This rivalry has drawn hype each and every time the two have clashed. The only rivalry that I speak of is Seto Kaiba vs. Yugi Moto, the two titans of dueling!"
The crowd loudly cheered at Pegasus's words and made the arena become deafening. Smiling at the audiences cheers, Pegasus cut in and said "Prepare to be dazzled, for this duel will be one to remember for all ages! The first turn goes to Yugi Moto, so when you two are ready, shuffle your decks and move into position."
Obediently, the two moved into position, each still quiet. Pulling their decks out, they shuffled and finally slid them into their Duel Disks' Deck Slot. Holding their left arms out and up, both Duel Disks fired up and powered on. The two drew their first five cards and stared one another down while Pegasus ran out of the duel ring.
"Duelists, begin!" Pegasus declared loudly.
Staring at one another, the two smirked. In a bold statement, Kaiba said "Things will end differently this time, Yugi. There are no Egyptian God Cards to help you."
"I don't need God Cards to beat you." Yugi sharply remarked.
Hearing Kaiba and Yugi's opening remarks, Illidan smiled inwardly. "Yugi sounds so much like Yami that it's hard to believe he's not really here. All that confidence and courage is shining through him still after all this time."
Together, Yugi and Seto cried out "LET'S DUEL!"
Drawing his sixth card, Yugi smirked lightly and said "I may have not dueled in a long time, Kaiba, but trust me, I still have it in me to beat you again."
"Brave words, Yugi." Kaiba remarked. "I just hope you haven't gotten too rusty."
"I'll show you just how rusty I am!" Yugi shot back. Placing the card he had drawn into his left hand, he picked another one up and slapped it to his Duel Disk. "I'll start by summoning my Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600) in attack mode!"
A yellow magnet creature with magnets for it's hands and feet, and a magnet wrapped around its head appeared onto the field.
Placing two cards into his Spell/Trap Slots, he said "I add two face down cards, and call it a turn." (Yugi 8000, Seto 8000)
Kaiba snorted at Yugi and drew his next card. Examining it, he grinned and mockingly said "Weak move, Yugi. I'll show you how a real champion duels."
With a grin, took four cards from his hand and showed them to Yugi, who instantly gasped in shock and felt a sweat drop slide down his face. In a bold voice, Kaiba shouted "I activate the spell Polymerization, allowing me to fuse my Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500), Versago the Destroyer (1100/900), and The Light – Hex – Sealed Fusion (1000/1600) to summon my ultimate monster!"
"But he can't without the correct monsters." Joey mumbled in a bit of shock.
Knowing the crowd needed an explanation, Kaiba said "Whenever I am fusing monsters together, both Versago and The Light act as fusion substitutes for my monsters. Which means now rise up my almighty Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)!"
The crowd went insane as a powerful white metallic looking dragon with blue eyes, sharp fangs and claws, and strong wings materialized. On each side of the dragon, two others emerged, the first being a green bandage wrap wraith with black hair that stood up, a white half egg shell like mask covering it's face with two eye holes, and purple wing like arms coming out of it's back. The other looked like a rock with a single arm sticking out with white light pouring off of it.
Suddenly, the three swirled together, blurring all three forms. A new form appeared in the three's place, and slowly came into view. It was a large three headed white metallic dragon with some kind of symbol on their foreheads, blue eyes, two powerful clawed hands and feet, massive wings, a strong tail, and a strong looking body. The dragon touched down onto the ground, causing each head to let out a massive roar that shook the very arena.
Illidan and Marie watched in shock and looked back and forth between themselves and Yugi. Joey, who was sitting next to Illidan, lowly grumbled "Why must he summon it on his first turn almost always?"
"He's Seto Kaiba, that's why." Zane remarked resentfully from beside of Marie. Glaring at Seto, Zane only grumbled in his mind over the loss, making it the third he had officially.
On the field, Yugi calmed himself quickly and stared at the colossal dragon when it roared at him once again.
"Obliterate his Magnet Warrior with Neutron Blast!" Seto declared with a maniacal laugh.
Each head of the mighty dragon roared loudly and opened their jaws. White energy instantly flooded their mouths and began building like lightning. In a thunderous shot, the three released a white energy beam, which formed into a larger one. The massive beam was about to slam into the yellow magnet creature when Yugi calmly pressed a button on his Duel Disk.
"I activate my face down spell, De-Fusion! This spell splits your dragon back into its three fusion components." he calmly explained.
The audience gasped as the attack suddenly fizzled out and the three headed dragon glowed lightly with a white light for a moment before splitting back into the smaller metallic white dragon, the purple and green wraith, and the strange white rock creature.
Growling loudly, Kaiba snarled "Fine! Blue Eyes, blast that magnet with White Lightning!"
The powerful dragon roared loudly and opened it's jaws, effectively releasing a torrent of white energy at the yellow monster.
With a light smirk, Yugi held up a hand towards his final face down card. It instantly rose up, with him saying "I activate Negate Attack! This trap does like it says, it negates your attack and ends your Battle Phase!"
The oncoming attack suddenly slammed into a reddish barrier and instantly fizzled out, leaving Kaiba growling.
"Fine!" Kaiba snarled. "I set a card and end my turn." (Yugi 8000, Seto 8000)
Picking up a new card, Yugi lightly chuckled and said "I sacrifice Beta for my Summoned Skull (2500/1200)!"
The yellow magnet creature vanished in a flash of light and suddenly lightning struck the field without warning. From it came a demon like creature made of white bone with red muscle surrounding most of its body. Its hands and feet had three claws, and on it's back were a pair of blue wings. The head of the creature had a pair of horns that pointed to the left and right, with it's head mostly looking like a skull. The creature's eyes were aqua colored and seemingly held much rage within them. It let out a low growl, seemingly challenging the other monsters on the field.
"Your fiend may be powerful," Kaiba chuckled, "but it's no match for my Blue-Eyes!"
In a challenging voice, Yugi asked "Really? I guess a good thing I'm activating this spell, Rush Recklessly! This will boost my Summoned Skull's attack points by 700 till the end of the turn (2500 + 700 3200/1200)!"
The demonic creature glowed with dark energy and let out a feral growl while small bolts of electricity flowed out of it's body.
"NO!" Seto roared.
"I'm afraid no amount of screaming will save your dragon, Kaiba! Summoned Skull, destroy his dragon with Lightning Strike!" Yugi commanded.
Raising its arms, lightning began flowing out of the white bone creature into a large sphere of electricity above the field. The electricity sphere was instantly drawn towards the large dragon, which let out a loud roar of pain before exploding.
"I end my turn (3200 – 700 2500/1200)." (Yugi 8000, Seto 7800)
Kaiba quietly drew his next card, but chuckled at the sight of his new card. "Excellent. I sacrifice my two monsters to summon something I decided to add to my deck from watching all of Marie's duels! Here comes my Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)!"
The green and purple wraith and the glowing white rock creature vanished instantly, making room for a roaring dark orange dragon with a massive set of wings, powerful claws, sharp fangs, a strange skin hood around its face, and a strong tail.
Frowning at the summoned monster, Marie grumbled "Where could he get that from? It's a very rare card. I won mine by winning a regional tournament."
"Let's not forget that this is Kaiba my dear." Illidan input. "He can afford anything, and probably bought it off someone."
"I guess, but I hate that he can do that when most people have to earn their cards." she muttered.
On the field, Kaiba sneered at Yugi and roared "Tyrant Dragon, attack with TYRANT FLAME!"
Letting out a massive roar, the dark orange dragon released a stream of searing hot orange flames at the demonic creature. The blast melted a hole straight through the creature, which let out a thunderous wail of pain before shattering.
Smirking at the destruction, Kaiba smugly said "Unfortunately, Tyrant Dragon can only attack twice if you've got another monster on the field. Since that isn't the case here, I set one card face down and end my turn." (Yugi 7600, Seto 7800)
Drawing his next card, Yugi frowned and quietly said "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." (Yugi 7600, Seto 7800)
Quickly snapping off his next card, Kaiba showed it to Yugi. "I play the spell Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards!"
Snapping off two new cards, he smirked. "I summon Lord of Dragons (1200/1100)!"
A man wearing black dragon armor with a black cape appeared onto the field with a bit of a grunt.
"Thanks to my Lord of Dragons, all spell, trap, and monster effects cannot target my Dragon Type monsters, meaning you're out of luck if you thought you could stop them. Lord of Dragons, obliterate his face down monster with Dragon Master Blast!"
The mage shrieked and raised his hands to aim at the horizontal card image. He quickly let lose a torrent of black energy from his hands at the card image, which took the hit and was instantly shattered. From the shattered image, a small brown fur ball creature with white wings, green clawed hands and feet, and purple eyes appeared. The creature was instantly shattered by the blast, leaving only sparkly dust in it's wake.
Lightly smirking, Yugi said "My Winged Kuriboh (300/200) may seem weak, but when it's destroyed, all Battle Damage till the end of the turn is reduced to zero. That means Tyrant Dragon will be unable to touch my life points."
Kaiba growled lowly and grunted out "You're only delaying the inevitable, Yugi. I end my turn." (Yugi 7600, Seto 7800)
Quietly drawing, Yugi examined his card and glanced at the field. Deciding things would be best to defend himself, he placed the card into his left hand and picked a different card out and placed it horizontally onto his Duel Disk.
"I set this monster and end." (Yugi 7600, Seto 7800)
Aggressively drawing, Kaiba pointed at the face down monster and bellowed "Lord of Dragons, destroy it!"
The mage let out a low grunt and fired a blast of black energy at the horizontal card image. With the blast approaching, the card image glowed and revealed the face down monster to be a muscular man kneeling with incredibly long black hair, wearing a teal and purple shirt with no sleeves and orange pants. On the warrior's left arm was a large shield, which blocked the attack and reflected it back at Seto directly, who grunted out in pain.
"Big Shield Guardna (100/2600) seems to be a little tough for your monster to handle." Yugi smartly remarked.
Smirking, Kaiba replied "You do realize that your monster switches to attack mode now, right?"
Upon the accusation being made, the warrior stood up and shifted his shield out of the way.
"Tyrant Dragon, incinerate that useless monster with Tyrant Flame!"
The dark orange dragon roared in response and let lose a torrent of searing orange flames at the weak warrior. The warrior tried to raise its shield in an attempt to block, but it was a useless gesture. Within an instant, the warrior was burnt up and exploded, leaving Yugi wide open.
In a smug tone, Kaiba said "I don't understand why you played that ridiculous monster. At any rate, I end my turn." (Yugi 4800, Seto 6400)
Confidently drawing his next card, Yugi glanced at it and smiled. Placing it into his left hand, he picked one of the others from the hand and slapped it onto his Duel Disk. "I summon the Skilled White Magician (1700/1900)!"
A mage in white robes and cloak with a white hood, a staff, and three half spheres, with one on each shoulder, and one on his chest, materialized onto the field. Swinging his staff about into an offensive stance, the mage let out a small battle cry.
Shrugging, Kaiba smartly said "Sure, it can take down my Lord of Dragons, but it's no match for my Tyrant Dragon."
Returning fire, Yugi replied "Maybe he's not, but trust me, I will defeat it. For now, I play the spell known as Card of Sanctity, which allows us both to draw until we hold six cards."
Together, both Yugi and Seto began drawing five cards each. Upon placing all five cards into his hand, the white mage's left shoulder suddenly glowed to life at where the half sphere was.
"Don't forget, each time a spell is played, my Skilled White Magician gains a Spell Counter." Yugi explained. Picking a new card out of his hand, he said "Next I play the spell card known as Spell Absorption. Every time a spell card is activated, I gain five hundred life points."
Once more, a sphere on the mage's shoulder glowed to life, symbolizing he had gained another Spell Counter.
"Finally, I activate the spell Magical Blast, which will deal you two hundred points of direct damage for every Spellcaster Type monster on my field. I only have one, but that's more than enough!"
The white mage raised its staff and smirked at Kaiba. In a flash, a small blast of black energy went sailing across the field and struck Kaiba in the chest, causing him to take a sharp intake of breath due to the pain.
"Now my Skilled White Magician has three Spell Counters on him, allowing me to activate his special ability! By removing all the counters and sacrificing him, I can special summon from my deck your worst nightmare! Rise up my Buster Blader (2600/2300)!"
The mage instantly vanished from the field and was replaced by a mighty warrior clad in violet full-body armor that was brandishing a large halberd sword. He hollered a war cry and took a dramatic pose, pointing his blade threateningly at the dark orange dragon.
Glaring at the monster with wide eyes, Kaiba lowly cursed. "Damn it… Not that monster!"
"As I'm sure you remember, Buster Blader gains five hundred attack points for every Dragon Type monster on your field and in your Graveyard. You currently have one on your field, and one in the Graveyard, meaning my Buster Blader gains 1000 attack points (2600 + 1000 3600/2300), meaning he is now much stronger than the Tyrant Dragon!" Yugi declared.
"NO!" Kaiba roared with anger seething from his eyes.
Pointing at the large orange dragon, Yugi called out "Buster Blader, attack Tyrant Dragon with Dragon Slayer Slash!"
The purple knight nodded his head and took off forward the large dark orange dragon, who tried to breathe fire at its attacker. The knight only dodged and leapt high into the air to dodge the flames. Coming down, the warrior landed a slash that sliced the dragon completely in two, making it howl loudly before exploding.
"You may have more life points than me Kaiba, but I'd like to see you defeat my Buster Blader! I end for now." Yugi declared. (Yugi 5300, Seto 5700)
The two duelists locked eyes, each showing fierceness that they had always reserved for one another alone. Watching the intensity of the duel, the crowd burst into cheers once more.
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Far away, through time and space, a figure sat in a comfortable chair at a round table with six other humanoid figures. On the table was a crystal ball, showing them the duel between Yugi Moto and Seto Kaiba. In one hand the figure held a glass of wine, while the other held his chin.
"My, my, it seems like both of them are much more powerful than before." the figure mused to the others.
One of the other figures hissed in a slow, raspy voice "Yugi Moto, Illidan Stormrage, and Seto Kaiba are the primary threat to our plans. However, I must also raise the issue of Jaden Yuki."
The figure, who was taking a drink of his cup of wine, paused and looked at the speaker. In an annoyed tone, the figure said "He is only a child."
"Yes, but he has proven himself to be powerful by defeating the one known as Legato Bluesummers. This so called child has power comprehensible to Illidan Stormrage's. He is dangerous and needs to be dealt with accordingly." the other figure advised.
The others around the table nodded in agreement, making the first one drinking wine take another sip and finally say "Relax. We know he is nothing compared to us. Let us enjoy this duel, and watch how these fools duel, for soon enough, we shall take all of their Duel Energy!"
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Kaiba gave a dry chuckle upon drawing his next card. "Well, Yugi, I'm about to show you that I don't only rely on dragons alone!"
Raising an eyebrow, Yugi asked "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Wait and watch." Kaiba replied with a smirk. "In the meantime, I activate the spell Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your Spell Absorption!"
Flying across the field quickly was a small twister, which ripped through the spell card on Yugi's side easily.
Smirking, Kaiba declared "I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500)!"
A blue and yellow robotic creature, that was legless and hovered on a spiked ball, and had twin cannons extending out of its shoulders materialized. The robots hands were metal clawed, making it seemingly more dangerous.
Realizing what Kaiba was up to, Yugi grimaced. Smirking at the grimace, Kaiba called out "I activate this spell, Ties of the Brethren! By paying 1000 life points, I can special summon two level four or lower monsters from my deck. Of course, they must be in defense mode and have the same attribute, but that isn't so hard. My choices, obviously, are Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) and Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300)!"
Appearing onto the field in a flash were two more machine creatures. The first was a red mechanical dragon with wings for hands and clawed feet. The dragon let out a small mechanical roar while setting down into a defensive position. Up next was a blue and yellow tank like creature with treads.
Seeing Yugi's irritable look, Seto smugly said "Sorry, Yugi, things are about to get worse for you. I remove from play all three in order to fuse them together to create the one and only XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600)!"
All three machine creatures instantly took to the air with their afterburners flaring bright red. The red dragon's wings suddenly broke away and vanished while the spiked ball on the blue and yellow robot began to spin rapidly. The two connected, sending out a small flash of electricity. Next, the two combined creatures slammed onto the top of the blue and yellow tank, hooking all three together. Steam gushed forth from the places where the three machines combined as the end result turned out to be a horrible machine of war with electricity now coursing wildly all over it's mechanical body.
The crowd exploded into cheers when the mighty machine of war slammed back onto the field, shaking the dueling ring a bit.
"I'm not nearly through with you yet Yugi, not by a long shot! Next, I activate the spell Magical Stone Excavation, forcing me to discard two cards from my hand to bring back a single spell card."
Placing two cards into his Graveyard Slot, Kaiba watched while both were sucked into the slot. Without hesitation, he said "My choice is Ties of the Brethren."
Glowing to life, the Graveyard Slot slowly pushed the card back out to his awaiting hand, which he took it and showed it, instantly saying "I play it once again, allowing me to pay another grand to summon my V -Tiger Jet (1600/1800) and W-Wing Catapult (1300/1500)!"
Searching his deck, Kaiba grabbed the two monster cards and slapped them onto his Duel Disk horizontally. Materializing onto the field was a yellow tiger shaped machine with wings painted green and jets on its underside. Beside of it, a blue winged machine, looking somewhat like a plane, appeared onto the field.
Yugi's eyes shot wide open at seeing this. In an exasperated voice, he questioned "V and W? I thought you only had X, Y, and Z in your deck…"
"I bet you wish I only had X, Y, and Z, but I have all five now!" Kaiba declared. "Now merge together V-Tiger Jet and W-Wing Catapult to summon VW-Tiger Catapult (2000/2100)!"
Both machines engines flared to life, with each flying into the air. Slowly, the doors on the top of the blue plane like machine opened and split the machined own the middle. Flying above the blue creature, the yellow and green tiger lowered till the two connected up together. The newly created machine let out a small mechanical roar from the tiger's mouth.
Pointing at his two machines, Kaiba smugly said "You're not out of the woods just yet Yugi, because why settle for two weaker machines when I can create a better one? I merge both VW-Tiger Catapult and XYZ-Dragon Cannon together to form my ultimate war machine! Combine my creatures to create my VWXYZ -Dragon Catapult Cannon (3000/2800)!"
The engines on both creatures screamed to life, sending both soaring into the air. One by one, the machine monsters broke apart into their five separate pieces and began forming a new creature. Slowly, the form of a large robot on two legs made from the blue and yellow tank appeared, followed by a mid-section formed by the red dragon. Next, on the chest of the creature, the large blue platform had docked onto the blue and yellow robot's chest. The arms were the tracks of the blue and yellow tank creature, and on the large machine creature's back were the red wings of the red dragon. Finally, the head of the massive monster was created by the mechanical tiger. Landing on the ground, the machine monster let out a horrifying moan and aimed both cannon barrels sticking out of it's chest at Yugi.
"Yugi's in trouble now…" Marie muttered as the remainder of the crowd held its breath.
Squeezing her hand gently, Illidan softly said "Have faith in him love. He can do this, I know it."
"I have faith, but I'm just pointing out he has some tough opposition to overcome in order to beat Kaiba." she reiterated.
Nodding in reply, Illidan returned his own gaze to the field. He couldn't help but worry about his friend, but knew not to let things like this bother him. "He can do this, I know it."
Back on the field, Yugi stared on with no fear on his face, but inside, he felt the tension of the impending monster. "Alright, you formed a powerful monster Kaiba, but it's still weaker than my Buster Blader. I hope you don't plan on attacking with it."
"Yugi, Yugi, Yugi, you seem to be forgetting my Dragon Catapult Cannon's effect." Kaiba smugly pointed out. "Once per a turn, I can remove a card from play on your field. I think I'll start with your Buster Blader."
Gulping lightly, Yugi muttered "Uh oh."
"Go, blow away his Buster Blader with Hyper Destruction!" Kaiba commanded.
The gigantic robot aimed it's twin cannon barrels straight at the purple warrior. Both barrels began glowing at the tips, each with blue light escaping. In an earth shattering blast, the twin barrels fired twin blasts at the purple warrior, who could only cry out in pain before exploding.
Glaring at Kaiba, Yugi lowly growled and knew what was coming. Smirking at that fact, Kaiba bellowed "Attack Yugi directly with Fission Cannon!"
Once again, the war machine adjusted it's barrels, this time targeting Yugi himself with them. Golden energy began to peek at the tips of the barrels till finally, without warning, twin blasts fired straight out of them and struck Yugi, creating a large explosion. He instantly fell to his one knee, shaking lightly from the tremendous force of the explosion.
"Do you feel fear now, Yugi?" Kaiba mocked with a sneer. "All those times you've beaten me have led up to this. How does it feel knowing you'll be the one to lose?"
Yugi didn't answer, prompting Kaiba to continue. "Once I defeat you, I'll regain my pride and title from Illidan as well! I set one card face down, switch Lord of Dragons into defense, and end my turn." (Yugi 2800, Seto 3700)
Drawing silently, Yugi examined the card. Glancing up at the crowd, he knew they were awaiting his move eagerly, seemingly pressuring him to continue. Smirking inwardly, he remembered how at one time crowds had worried him, but now that mattered little to him at all. He had learned long ago from Yami that saving the world was far worse than any crowd could ever be.
Placing the card within his left hand, he picked two others and gently placed one horizontally onto his Duel Disk, then placed the other into his Spell/Trap Slot. Quietly, he said "I set a monster and add a card face down. Next, I play the spell Book of Taiyou, allowing me to flip my face down monster up. Reveal yourself Magician of Faith (300/400)!"
The horizontal card image instantly turned vertical and then rose up, revealing the monster image. Materializing onto the field was a young female mage with long pink hair held back in a pony tail appeared. She wore purple and pink robes with a yellow cord belt. In her left hands was a long golden staff with a crescent moon at the top of the staff.
"Thanks to her effect, I get to transfer a spell from my Graveyard to my hand, so I pick my Card of Sanctity."
Holding his hand over the Graveyard Slot, Yugi patiently waited for the card to slide out. Once it did, he placed it into his left hand and showed the last card he had to Kaiba. "I activate the spell Book of Moon, allowing me to flip my mage back into face down defense."
The female mage's image instantly vanished and a horizontal card image replaced her. With a small smirk, Yugi said "At that, I end my turn." (Yugi 2800, Seto 3700)
"How pathetic." Kaiba smugly said while drawing a new card. "I expected better from you, Yugi. Too bad, you're finished. I play my monster's effect and remove from play your monster with Hyper Destruction!"
Once again, the huge robot pointed its cannon barrels towards the horizontal card image and fired twin blue blasts at it. The card instantly vanished from the field in a thunderous explosion, leaving Yugi alone with a face down card.
"It's been a pleasure as always Yugi, but this game is over! VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon, attack directly and win me this duel!"
Pointing both barrels at Yugi, the large robot fired twin golden blasts at him, each on target to score a hit on him.
Calling out, Yugi said "Not happening Kaiba, because I play my trap! Go Waboku! This trap now reduces all Battle Damage to zero, meaning you can't beat me this turn!
Appearing before Yugi were three female mages in blue robes. The three slowly began chanting and a barrier appeared before them. When the blasts slammed into the barrier, the mages continued chanting, seemingly unaffected by it. The blast soon fizzled out and vanished from the field along with the three blue robed mages.
"You're pushing your luck. I end." Kaiba grunted out. (Yugi 2800, Kaiba 3700)
Letting out a sigh of relief, Marie lowly mumbled "Yugi has to do something and soon if he wants to win."
"I know my love, but have faith in him." Illidan replied. Smiling, he added "After all, Kaiba's yet to beat him in a duel fairly, and I have a feeling Yugi's not about to let himself lose this one either. He has true strength, something Kaiba has never understood."
"Don't worry so much about Yugi." Joey cut in with a smile turned towards Marie. "He wouldn't let that snotty rich boy beat him in a million years. Just wait, he's just getting warmed up!"
"I hope so…" Marie mumbled in reply.