Hey gang! Well, things are going pretty well for me and my mate. We had a decent weekend, with us visiting my grandparents, who had my mom in for a few days also, so that was nice. Other than that, not much has really happened, other than I've been busy like crazy at work, but it's all good.

Writing wise, I've been trying to get more done on this story, but this story, along with my other, Another, are both biding for my attention. Both have fallen behind schedule on me writing, so I'm trying to work on both. No worries for now, but still, it's irritating to be this far behind. I expected this story to have ended in August, but oh well.

Moving along, review time!

Metal Overlord 2.0: Heh, glad you think it's impossible to predict this story. Glad you really liked that last duel. I tried to work it up, but ardee and I felt it wouldn't be much of a duel, but in the end, it turned out nicely. Lol, true, one would think since it took all Jaden had to free Jesse that Marie wouldn't last the duel. Yep, in the end, Marie beat all the odds and took down Yubel and freed her friends from her clutches. Heh, yeah, ardee and I thought it would be interesting to have Darcia be the founder of the Fallen Angels, which are still surrounded in mystery. But yes, he wishes to revive the Orichalcos, which could be a big problem for the world. Lol, glad I made this story extremely unpredictable. But you're right, there are so many factions out there vying for power that it's hard to figure out who will win. You have a darker Illidan, Yubel, Haou and his army, two Fallen Angels, and then the others trying to pull things back together. Things will just remain interesting, I'll say that much, hehe. His strategy will be rather apparent soon. Thanks for the review!

Supreme-Chaos-Angel: Yes, Darcia came out of The Wolves Seal, where he was Dartz's second in command since Atlantis sank into the ocean ten millennia ago. He has moved on with his life, trying to complete what him and Dartz started, but failed to accomplish together. Oh, did Rainbow Dark Dragon have more attack points? I didn't notice, but I could have missed it. True, from time to time I find minor mistakes that make me groan at me missing them. But no one is perfect, sadly, so I just move on from it. As for references for stats, I'm going to begin doing that next chapter, so no worries. Thanks for the reivvew!

Thank you, both of you, for your reviews. I appreciate it. Really, I have nothing else to say today, so I guess I'll wrap this up. Enjoy!

Chapter 36

Smirking while picking up a sixth card, Darcia smugly said "I'll begin our little battle, and it starts with this field spell, Colosseum – Cage of the Gladiator Beasts!"

Opening the slot on the end of his Duel Disk, Darcia placed the card into the slot, which promptly shut. Immediately, the field began transforming into a large stone and wooden rounded structure, with both Yugi and Darcia in the ring of it.

Glancing around, Yugi mumbled "I've never heard of this card."

"This card is rather powerful, so don't think little of it." Darcia smartly remarked. "Moving along, I summon Gladiator Beast Dimacari (1600/1200) to my field."

Materializing onto the field before Darcia instantly was a blue ox creature, which stood on two legs. It's feet had a pair of blue and gray boots, with a blue and gray battle skirt that hung on it's hips, a metal strap that went across it's chest diagonally to it's left shoulder, which had a shoulder pad, two metal gauntlets, one on each hand, and a series of six floating round bottle cap like structures around it's body. Letting out a snort, the creature smacked it's chest with a single arm.

"And next, I activate the equip spell Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica, and equip it to Dimacari."

The ox creature's right arm instantly glowed to life, forming a mostly light maroon colored piece of armor that went to it's wrist.

"With that, I shall end my turn. Your go, Mr. Moto." (Darcia 8000, Yugi 8000)

Picking up a card, Yugi declared "Don't mind if I do. I start by activating the spell Polymerization, allowing me to fuse Berfomet (1400/1800) and Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) from my hand into Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (2100/1800)!"

A large creature with mostly orange fur, with some brown, four arms, a pair of white wings on his back, a set of golden horns, and sharp clawed hands of feet first appeared, followed next by a brown lion like creature with a black mane, a horn on his forehead, glowing yellow eyes, and sharp clawed hands and feet.

The two soon began swirling together, and from the swirling came a two headed lion like creature with large white wings on four legs. It had mostly golden fur with a brown mane and a few other patches of brown fur elsewhere. One head of the creature had a single horn on it's forehead while the other head had a pair of horns. It's tail on the end appeared to have a mouth of it's own with a few sharp teeth. Each head let out a mighty roar, showing it's dominance.

"Chimera, attack his beast with Pulverizing Pounce!"

Letting out a roar from each head, the winged creature leapt into the air and soon came crashing down towards the ox creature. The ox instantly raised it's right arm up as a shield. The winged creature slammed hard into the ox, causing the ground to shake slightly upon impact, but the ox managed to hold the winged creature from destroying itself.

"What's going on!? Why didn't Chimera destroy your monster!?"

Darkly chuckling, Darcia smugly replied "Remember, I equipped my monster with Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica. That equip spell keeps my monster from being destroyed in battle."

"I see…" Yugi murmured. Slightly smirking, he added "I bet it doesn't keep you from taking Battle Damage though."

With that said, the large twin headed creature leapt back into the air away from the ox creature and slammed on of it's horned heads into Darcia, making him cry out in pain while his life points drained away. Flying away from Darcia, the winged creature landed before Yugi and let out a soft growl.

"Next, I set…"

"Hold onto that thought for a moment." Darcia interrupted. "Since you just ended your Battle Phase, Dimacari's effect kicks in. Whenever it is attacked or attacks, at the end of the Battle Phase, I can send it back to my deck and special summon another Gladiator Beast, so long as it's not the same one I sent back. So I'll send Dimacari back and find myself a new monster."

The ox creature instantly vanished from the field when Darcia picked the monster card up off of his Monster Zone. Pulling his deck out, he placed the monster on top of it and began searching through his deck. Finally finding the card he wanted, he slapped it onto his Duel Disk and then shuffled his deck once more.

"I special summon this creature in Dimacari's place, Gladiator Beast Secutor (400/300)!"

Materializing onto the field was a green lizard warrior with orange corneas and black irises, with sharp clawed hands. The lizard warrior wore blue and white boots, a battle skirt, a chest plate with shoulder pads, gauntlets, and two twin large round cannon like structures on each shoulder.

Gasping in a bit of surprise, Yugi began to say something when Darica smugly said "And next, my field spell's effect kicks in. You see, each time a Gladiator Beast is special summoned to the field, it gains a Spell Counter. With each Spell Counter on it, my Gladiator Beasts gain 100 attack and defense (400 + 100 500/300 + 100 400)."

Watching the green lizard warrior glow with a light orange aura, Yugi bit his lower lip. Seeing Yugi's reaction, Darcia smirked and added "Next, the equip spell I had on Dimacari returns to my hand. You see, it has a secondary effect. Whenever sent to the Graveyard due that my Gladiator Beast was sent back to my deck, I can return that equip card to my hand. That is all I have."

"Lovely…" Yugi muttered. "I set one card face down and end my turn." (Darica 7500, Yugi 8000)

Drawing a new card, Darcia smirked and said "I activate the equip spell Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica, and equip it to my Secutor."

Forming on the green lizard warrior's right arm instantly was the familiar light maroon colored piece of armor.

"And now, Secutor, attack Chimera with Twin Beast Cannon!"

"Wait, you're attacking a stronger monster!? Why?" Yugi asked in confusion.

Smirking once more, Darcia replied "Don't forget Mr. Moto, my monster is equipped with Battle Manica, meaning it won't be destroyed. Of course I lose life points, but it's worth it to play Secutor's effect."

Gasping in surprise, Yugi couldn't help but watch the green lizard warrior aim both cannons on it's shoulders at his winged beast. The twin cannons fired a pair of blasts straight at the twin headed creature, which easily leapt out of the way and slammed it's twin heads into the warrior. The warrior let out a heavy grunt and slid backwards, but remained standing. Flying higher into the air, the twin headed creature slammed it's horned heads into Darcia, making him grunt out from the heavy impact.

Again smirking, Darcia pointed a finger at his warrior and said "And now, thanks to it being the end of my Battle Phase, Secutor's effect kicks in. Since he attacked, I can now special summon two Gladiator Beasts from my deck to the field."

Pulling his deck out, he began searching it till finally he found the cards he desired. Shuffling his deck back up and replacing it in it's slot, he slapped two monster cards to his Duel Disk, with the first being horizontal and the other being vertical. "I special summon Gladiator Beasts Hoplomus (700/2100) and Laquari (1800/400)."

Appearing onto the field in a crouched defense position was a grey skinned rhino wearing full body silver armor that covered it's entire body but it's face, with several hexagons surrounding it in a ring shape. Materializing next to the rhino was a creature that had orange armor on it's legs up to it's chest and wore a helmet on it's forehead that had a protruding horn. The creature's arms were tiger stripped, with a boar like tail, a brown flowing mane, and sharp clawed hands.

"Since I special summoned both, their special abilities kick in. First, Hoplomus's defense points rise to 2400 (700/2400). Next, Laquari's effect raises it's attack points to 2100 (2100/400). And finally, my field spell kicks in and gains two new Spell Counters. It now has a total of three counters, meaning my Gladiator Beasts each gain 300 more points (400 + 300 700/300 + 300 600) (700 + 300 1000/2400 + 300 2700) (2100 + 300 2400/400 + 300 700)."

Gasping in shock as each of the monsters glowed with an orange aura, Yugi clenched his right fist and bit his lower lip once more. "Not good, those things just keep getting stronger. And now the one is stronger than Chimera, not to mention another has more defense points than Chimera can overcome."

"Feeling a bit worried? You should be." Darcia smugly remarked. "I set one card and end my turn. Come Mr. Moto, let's see if you have what it takes to stop me." (Darcia 6000, Yugi 8000)

Picking up a new card, Yugi examined it for a moment. Making a decision, Yugi slapped the card to his Duel Disk, saying "I summon Queen's Knight (1500/1600)."

Appearing onto the field was a woman in pink armor with long flowing blonde hair that fell to just above her butt with a sword in her left hand and an arrow head shaped shield in her right. On her head was a towering helmet.

Pausing for a moment, Yugi stared at the field till he finally said "Chimera, attack his Secutor with Pulverizing Pounce!"

Leaping into the air with a roar from each head, the twin headed creature dive bombed the green lizard creature. Slamming it's full weight into the lizard warrior, the winged creature growled out in frustration when it was flung back into the air. Coming about, the twin headed creature slammed into Darcia, making him cry out in pain and begin lightly panting.

"Now then, I activate my face down spell, De-Fusion! This splits my Chimera back apart into Berfomet (1400/1800) and Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200)!"

Glowing with a white light, the twin headed winged lion like creature split off into two beams of light, which landed onto the field in the form of the four armed creature with white wings and the brown lion like creature with a black mane.

"Go Berfomet, Gazelle, and Queen's Knight, attack Secutor!"

Rushing forward, the four armed creature, along with the brown lion creature, slashed out at the green lizard creature. The lizard managed to fend off the twin clawed attacks, but forced the two towards Darcia, who cried out in pain as each slashed him across the chest. Not having a moment to recover, Darcia saw the pink armored warrior race across the field and slash the green armored lizard, who deflected the attack towards him once more, who screamed out in pain when he was struck across the chest by the female warrior's sword. Weakly standing, Darcia glared at Yugi while panting heavily.

Calming his breathing, Darcia darkly chuckled and smugly remarked "Thanks to that your move, since you're moving to the end of your Battle Phase, I get to play Secutor's effect, meaning I get to play two more Gladiator Beasts!"

Pulling his deck out, Darcia sifted through it till he found two cards. Shuffling his deck once more, he placed it back into it's slot and then slapped two monster cards onto his Duel Disk.

"I play both Gladiator Beasts Dimacari (1600/1200) and Andal (1900/1500)."

Emerging onto the field in a glow was the ox like creature once more, followed by a towering black bear warrior standing on two feet with purple boots, battle skirt, chest plate, and gloved fists. The bear had one eye with a scar over it and only looked out the remaining one.

"And let's not forget, since I just special summoned two more Gladiator Beasts, my field spell gains two more counters, meaning all my monsters gain an additional 500 points (400 + 500 900/300 + 500 800) (700 + 500 1200/2400 + 500 2900) (2100 + 500 2600/400 + 500 900) (1600 + 500 2100/1200 + 500 1700) (1900 + 500 2400/1500 + 500 2000)."

Each of the creatures let out a small roar while each of their bodies glowed with an orange aura.

Staring at the creatures before him, Yugi selected on his two last cards in his hand and slid it into one of his empty Spell/Trap Slots, saying "Very well, I shall end with one face down." (Darcia 2300, Yugi 8000)

Deliberately drawing slowly, Darcia smirked at Yugi and said "Mr. Moto, such foolish actions shall now be punished. I first place Secutor into defense, and next, proceed to attack your Queen's Knight with Andal. Crush his knight with Bear Claw Crush!"

Letting out a loud roar, the black bear warrior charged forward with it's teeth bared. Nearing the female warrior, it pulled back it's gloved fist and began pushing of forward towards the weaker warrior.

"Not quite Darcia, I activate a trap! Go Zero Gravity!" Yugi declared.

Instantly, the black bear warrior stopped it's attack and retreated to beside it's allies and fell into a kneeling position. The ox creature, along with the creature that had tiger stripped arms each did the same, while the rhino and green lizard creature stood back up from their kneeling stances.

Across the field, the pink armored female warrior, along with the brown lion creature and four armed creature each took up kneeling stances as well.

Shocked, Darcia looked towards Yugi and shouted "What have you done to my creatures!?"

"Not much really." Yugi smartly remarked. "Zero Gravity forces all monsters to switch their modes. As you saw, a majority of your monsters and all of mine went to defense mode, while two of yours went to attack mode."

Growling lowly, Darcia angrily spat out "You will not make a mockery of my beasts! I attack your Gazelle with Hoplomus!"

Charging forward with an indignant grunt, the rhino creature slammed it's entire body into the brown lion creature, which held it's ground once it dug it's feet in, forcing the rhino to retreat to it's side of the field.

"Why do that? Your monster's attack points were equal to Gazelle's defense points, so it was already decided a draw, so I don't understand that move." Yugi declared with a puzzled look.

Smirking at it, Darcia fiercely replied "It was a simple decision. You see, now that Hoplomus has attacked, I can leave my Battle Phase and activate his special ability. I'll send him back to my deck to summon a new Gladiator Beast, one with more power."

With his words said, Darcia picked the card up off of his Duel Disk and pulled his deck out, causing the rhino warrior to vanish. Searching through his deck, he sifted through it till he found the card he desired. Upon finding it, he pulled it out and slapped it onto his Duel Disk while shuffling his deck and replacing it once more.

"Now rise up Gladiator Beast Spartacus (2200/1600)!"

Materializing onto the field instantly was a brown armored gray skinned dinosaur warrior, with armor covering his calves, chest, and shoulders, a battle skirt, and a pair of gauntlets on his hands. In his hands was a golden axe that had a fan like blade etched into it. On the dinosaur's head was a pair of large spikes that were slicked back, with a matching set of three on each shoulder pad.

"Whenever I special summon Spartacus, I get to add an equip spell from my deck, so long as it has the words 'Gladiator Beasts' in it."

Removing his deck once more, Darcia searched through it till he found the card he desired. Showing it, he said "I pick this one, Gladiator Beast's Battle Halberd. Next, my field spell gains another Spell Counter. That means all my creatures gain 100 more points (400 + 600 1000/300 + 600 900) (2100 + 600 2700/400 + 600 1000) (1600 + 600 2200/1200 + 600 1800) (1900 + 600 2500/1600 + 600 2100) (2200 + 600 2800/1600 + 600 2200)."

Each animal creature instantly began lowly growling while their bodies glowed with an orange aura.

Pulling a card from his hand and placing it into one of his Spell/Trap Slots, Darcia coolly said "I set this card and end my move." (Darcia 2300, Yugi 8000)

Picking up a new card, Yugi glanced at it and pondered on it for a moment. "Right now, three of his five Gladiator Beasts are in defense. I can win this duel by attacking his Secutor with all three of my monsters. Still, I ponder what his face down is."

Eyeing the card image carefully, Yugi finally said "I summon my King's Knight (1600/1400)."

Materializing onto the field instantly was an older man wielding a sword and round shield wearing orange and red armor, a purple cape on his back. His body was muscular, with long flowing blonde hair reaching his upper back and a blond beard covering his face.

"With King's Knight on the field now, I can play his effect. When Queen's Knight and King's Knight are both in play, I can special summon from my deck Jack's Knight (1900/1000)."

Instantly appearing onto the field in blue armor with a gleaming silver sword and blue shield, a blonde haired knight let out a small grunt while taking up position next to his comrades.

"Jack's Knight, lead off this turn by attacking Secutor with Royal Slash!"

Racing forward with a small battle cry, the blue armored warrior swung his sword at the weaker green lizard creature.

Sneering, Darcia smugly said "I think not. I activate the trap Defensive Tactics, which can only be played whenever I have at least one Gladiator Beast on the field. Now none of my monsters can be destroyed in battle, nor do I take any Battle Damage for this turn. Finally, I can place this card on the bottom of my deck, so this card can once more be used in time."

Without warning, the blue armored knight's sword slammed into a gray barrier. After grinding his sword against the barrier for a moment, the warrior retreated to it's allies sides while lightly growling with frustration.

Shifting three of his cards into horizontal positions, Yugi huffed out " I end my turn by switching Gazelle, Berfomet, and Queen's Knight to defense." (Darcia 2300, Yugi 8000)

"Very well then Mr. Moto, I draw." Darcia silkily said while drawing a card. "Time I crushed your pathetic creatures. I begin by switching all of my monsters back into attack mode. And now, attack his pathetic Jack's Knight now my Dimacari with Gauntlet Fist!"

Letting out a snort, the bull creature quickly charged across the field and slammed it's heavy metal gauntlet covered fist into the stomach of the blue armored knight, who let out a heavy cry of pain before shattering.

"By the way Mr. Moto, when Dimacari is summoned by a Gladiator Beast's effect, it can attack twice a round, so crush that pathetic Queen's Knight also!"

Moving down the line of monsters, the bull creature made quick work of the female blonde haired knight with it's heavy fist. The female warrior let out a small cry of pain before shattering into millions of pixels, leaving three monsters behind.

"Obliterate his King's Knight Spartacus with Spartan Axe Slam!"

Leaping high into the air, the dinosaur warrior came swinging downwards with it's large axe, easily cleaving the elder knight in half before it could even let out a grunt of pain. The knight soon shattered, leaving Yugi grunting out from the explosion and loss of his monster.

"Destroy his Berfomet and Gazelle now Andal and Laquari with Bear Claw Crush and Flaming Strike!"

Racing forward in a zigzag pattern, the bear warrior and the fiery tiger armed creature reached their intended targets. The bear lashed out with it's large clawed gauntlets and easily crushed the weaker brown lion creature, while the fiery tiger armed creature struck the four armed beast, which let out a roar of pain while shattering.

"And now, direct attack him Secutor with Twin Beast Cannon!"

Letting out a small roar, the green lizard warrior took aim with both of it's cannons on it's shoulders and released a set of beams. Both struck Yugi hard, making him cry out in pain before taking a step backwards while panting lightly.

"I believe that's enough torture, for now. Since my Battle Phase is ending, I could send my Gladiator Beasts back to my deck and summon out new ones, but I'll not for the time being. Instead, I will Fusion Summon a new monster, but it doesn't require Polymerization. I instead must send Gladiator Beast Spartacus and another Gladiator Beast to my deck. I choose Secutor, so be gone both of you!"

Glowing, the dinosaur warrior, along with the green lizard warrior vanished. Appearing in their place was a bright glowing light.

"And now then, the monster I summon is this, Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz (2600/1500)."

Materializing onto the field from the glow was a new creature that had gray skin, a muscular build, a black battle skirt that was only a few inches above the ground, heavy set black gauntlets with spikes sticking out of them, large hands with red claws, a long gray lizard like tail, thick gold wing like structures, and eagle like head with a pharaoh like helmet that had red feathers sticking out from each side of it's head. In the creature's large right hand was a huge axe that looked similar to the same one that the dinosaur warrior had held.

"I'm sure you're dying to know what this creature does, aren't you?" Darcia smugly questioned.

Glaring at the creature, Yugi replied in a clipped tone "I'll deal with it."

"Very well, suit yourself." Darcia commented with a shrug. "Now then, there is the fact that my field spell just gained another Spell Counter, giving it a total of seven, meaning all my monsters gain 700 more points (2100 + 700 2800/400 + 700 1100) (1600 + 700 2300/1200 + 700 1900) (1900 + 700 2600/1600 + 700 2200) (2200 + 700 2900/1600 + 700 2300) (2600 + 700 3300/1500 + 700 2200)."

Each creature instantly glowed to life with a golden aura, with all of the monsters letting out soft growls as their strength increased.

"Also, since I sent Secutor to my deck by effect of Gladiator Beast, I get my Battle Manica back in my hand. I think that should do for now. Your move Mr. Moto, if you have one." (Darcia 2300, Yugi 5500)

Glancing at the cards in his hand and then back at his deck, Yugi looked back up at Darcia's four creatures and then back at his deck. "Right now, there is no way to stop all four of those creatures at once. Nothing in my hand can help me. I need to stall them till I can come up with a plan. If I don't do something now though, I'll be finished off in a turn. Come on Heart of the Cards, guide me!"

Drawing his card and looking at it, Yugi slightly smirked and slapped the card horizontally onto his Duel Disk, saying "I set this monster and end my turn." (Darcia 2300, Yugi 5500)

"Pathetic." Darcia commented while drawing a card. "It's time I brought this duel to an end. Farewell Mr. Moto. Crush his last line of defense now Gaiodiaz with Gladiator Axe Strike!"

Letting out a small battle cry, the gray skinned warrior took to the air with his axe raised high above it's head. Coming down hard, the axe slammed heavily into face down card image, shattering it and revealing a pink pair shaped like creature with an upside down face. It had two eyes, a smile, and two rosy cheeks. The axe slammed into the creature, but didn't seem to harm it at all while a small explosion ensued. Through the smoke of the explosion, the creature came racing out of it and opened it's jaws, revealing a row of sharp teeth. Racing across the field in the middle of the chaos, the creature sank it's teeth into Darcia's leg, making him cry out in pain.

Shaking his leg till the creature came off, Darcia snarled "What is that thing!?"

"That would be my good old pal Marshmallon (300/500), and you triggered his effect when you attacked him. When flipped up by an attack, he deals you an automatic 1000 points of direct damage." Yugi explained with a smile.

Growling lowly, Darcia spat back "But that doesn't explain why it's not gone from the field!"

"Oh, well that's simple to explain also. He can't be destroyed due to battle." Yugi smartly remarked.

Clenching his right fist tightly, Darcia angrily yelled "Dimacari, attack his creature with Gauntlet Fist!"

Quickly crossing the field, the ox like creature let out a small roar while slamming it's heavy fist into the pink creature. The creature's body contorted to keep from shattering, but returned to normal the instant the bull's fist was retracted.

"Why bother doing that? You knew you couldn't win that battle, so why try?" Yugi questioned with a frown.

Smirking evilly, Darcia smugly replied "So I can do this! I move to the end of my Battle Phase, meaning I can now activate Dimacari's special ability. I send him back to my deck in order to summon a new Gladiator Beast!"

Searching through his deck while the ox creature on the field vanished, Darcia smirked and confidently called out while slapping a new card to his Duel Disk "I summon the mighty Gladiator Beast Murmillo (800/400) in defense!"

Immediately materializing onto the field was an aquatic warrior that was blue, with pink stretched skin for webbing between the creature's fingers and created a set of wings from it's left elbow to it's mid-thigh, a fish like face, and a set of cone shaped shell like cannons.

"Since I just summoned Murmillo to the field due to a Gladiator Beast's ability, it can automatically destroy one monster on the field. Guess what, your pathetic Marshmallon get's destroyed!"

Letting out a small hoarse growl, the blue sea creature turned it's two cone shaped shells towards the small pink pair shaped creature. The two shells instantly opened and shot out a set of twin water jets towards the weaker creature. The blasts made the pink creature let out a loud cry before shattering it into millions of pixels.

Seeing Yugi growl lowly, Darcia smirked and darkly said "It's only a matter of time Mr. Moto. You have no defenses left now. Next turn, you will be crushed under the full weight of all of my Gladiator Beasts! Now then, since I summoned another Gladiator Beast, my field spell increases their strength (2100 + 800 2900/400 + 800 1200) (1900 + 800 2700/1600 + 800 2300) (2200 + 800 3000/1600 + 800 2400) (2600 + 800 3400/1500 + 800 2300) (800 + 800 1600/700 + 800 1500). I end my turn by discarding this useless spell card, so go ahead and try to find some kind of defense." (Darcia 1300, Yugi 5500)

Glancing at his deck, Yugi felt a small trickle of sweat run down his cheek. "If I don't draw the right card now, I'll lose this duel. I can't give up, no matter what, but things are not looking up."

Looking over at Darcia's field, he lightly grimaced at the thought of the four monsters on his field direct attacking you. Closing his eyes, Yugi mumbled "What am I going to do? I can't beat those things without a high level monster, but I don't have any in my hand, and even if I draw one, I'll need sacrifices for it."

"Tea, I swear, I will come back. No matter what it takes, I will return to you and Yoshi, even if I have to walk through Hell itself to return."

Gasping softly, Yugi flashed his eyes open upon realizing those words he heard in his mind was his own that he had said to Tea right before he left home. "I cannot fail! I swore to both Tea and Yoshi that I'd return, so I have to win! No matter what, I have to keep fighting."

Drawing his new card, the spiked haired young man glanced at his card and showed it, saying "I activate the spell Pot of Greed. With this, I can draw two new cards!"

Snapping off two cards, Yugi glanced at them and softly smiled at them. Placing one into his left hand, he placed the other into one of his empty Spell/Trap Slots. "I'll set this and end my move." (Darcia 1300, Yugi 5500)

"Looks like I was right. You're about to lose, Mr. Moto." Darcia smugly remarked while drawing his card. "First, I'll switch Murmillo into attack mode. And next, I'll crush you with Andal. Go, take the first strike and hit him with your Bear Claw Crush!"

Letting out a deep grunt, the bear warrior raced across the field and leapt high into the air. With a heavy grunt, it pulled back one clawed hand and readied itself to strike out at Yugi.

Before the bear could begin it's descent, Yugi called out "I'm not finished yet, Darcia! I activate the spell known as Spell Textbook!"

Instantly, the bear warrior froze in mid-air, which let out a loud grunt. At the same time, Darcia growled lowly and angrily spat out "You choose to take a chance with this useless card!"

"We'll see how useless it is." Yugi smartly replied. "Now then, when this card is activated, I must discard my entire hand."

Placing the remaining two cards in his hand into his Graveyard Slot, Yugi calmly added "Next, I get to draw one card from my deck. If it's a spell, I get to play it immediately, otherwise it's discarded to my Graveyard and I'll lose this duel."

"How foolish of you to think you'll win with that card. The chances of you drawing a spell are very slim. Go on and waste your time, but I won't be holding my breath." Darcia snidely remarked.

Looking at his Duel Disk, Yugi placed his fingers onto the top card of his deck, but felt them lightly trembling. "If this isn't a helpful card, I'll lose. I have to draw something here and now if I want to return to Tea and Yoshi. No matter what, I must draw a spell."

Closing his eyes while preparing to draw, he mumbled in his mind "Please Heart of the Cards, guide me."

Picking up his card, he opened his eyes and looked at the new card. Smiling he flashed it towards Darcia, who gasped in shock. "I activate the spell Swords of Revealing Light! This means you can't attack me for three whole turns!"

Immediately, several glowing white swords of energy slammed into the ground before Darcia, forcing the bear warrior to land back on the field next to it's allies.

Clenching his right fist tightly, Darcia roared out "You cannot evade me forever!"

"I don't have to. Just till I can win this duel." Yugi calmly replied.

Gnashing his teeth, Darcia jammed a card into an empty Spell/Trap Slot, snarling out "I set this and end!" (Darcia 1300, Yugi 5500)

Letting out a heavy sigh, Yugi drew his next card and glanced it over before slapping it horizontally onto his Duel Disk, saying "I set this monster and end my turn." (Darcia 1300, Yugi 5500)

Picking up a card gruffly, Darcia glanced at it before beginning to darkly chuckle. "It looks like my luck is changing. I activate the spell that should be familiar to you, Mr. Moto. I play Purity of the Cemetery."

"I know that card…" Yugi mumbled lowly while his eyes widened a small fraction.

Smirking, Darcia knowingly said "This card first causes me to discard two cards from my hand, so I'll toss these two."

Placing the cards into his Graveyard Slot, Darcia waited while the cards were sucked in. Once gone, he continued on, saying "Next, so long as I have no monsters in my Graveyard, this card's effect stays in play. And now for the fun part, Mr. Moto, for with this card in play, you take 100 points of damage during each of your Standby Phases for each monster in your Graveyard."

Watching Yugi cringe upon hearing his words, Darcia smartly added "I end my turn at that, so go on and try to stop me Mr. Moto." (Darcia 1300, Yugi 5500)

Drawing a card quietly, Yugi began to speak when Darcia called out "Let's not forget Mr. Moto, you lose 100 life points per a monster in your Graveyard. So then, how many do you have?"

Grumbling lightly, Yugi held his Duel Disk up while his Graveyard Slot began pushing it's contents out. Picking all of the cards up, he thumbed through them and made a quick count before finally sighing and replying "I have a total of seven monsters in my Graveyard."

"Then you lose 700 life points during each of your Standby Phases." Darcia callously remarked.

Grunting while his body glowed with a light red aura and his life points dropped, Yugi replaced the cards he held into his Graveyard Slot. Glancing at the lone card in his hand, he frowned and finally said "I'll place this face down and end my turn." (Darcia 1300, Yugi 4800)

Deliberately drawing his card slowly, Darcia smirked and silkily said "I shall switch Murmillo into defense and then end my turn. And since I'm ending my move, your Swords of Revealing Light burn off, meaning next turn is your last. Enjoy it while you can, Mr. Moto." (Darcia 1300, Yugi 4800)