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Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Fall of Ra: Relentless Hope
Yugi looked at his newest card in his hand…and smirked at the potential benefits it would provide for him in this situation.
"Okay, Joey, try and get past level this," Yugi told him, and set the new creature onto the field. "Big Shield Gardna! Defense mode!"
Unfortunately, neither of Joey's monsters were strong enough to get past this defensive beast with its twenty-six-hundred defensive factor. His Jinzo had twenty-four-hundred attack points and his Gearfried had only eighteen-hundred attack points, neither of which were strong enough to break through that defense of his.
And none of the cards in my hand can help me out, he thought, needing something helpful to get out of this pit he found himself in. "I draw!"
Drawing a new card from his Deck, he gazed down at it…and felt a tinge of an advantage against Yugi.
"Alright, Yuge, try and stop this," he expressed, playing the new card. "I play the Magic Card Shield and Sword. Offensive/defensive flip!"
The card affected all the monsters on the field, reversing their attack and defense points. And now Big Shield Gardna's defense points were reduced to one-hundred while Jinzo was reduced to an attack strength of fifteen-hundred and the Iron Knight with sixteen-hundred points.
"Jinzo, attack Big Shield Gardna!" Joey ordered, and his monster carried out the order, destroying Yugi's defensive creature.
-x-
"Why didn't he attack with his Iron Knight?" Serenity asked Téa, confused by why her brother didn't carry on with his second monster.
"Must be because it's part of his strategy. He requires it as a tribute for something later," she suggested. "Unless it were his Panther Warrior, a sacrifice must be made for it to attack, otherwise, all it does is take up space on the field."
"He must be saving it for a different reason," added Tristan, "like gathering his strongest monsters in order to summon his Egyptian God Card."
"You think he would try to summon it?" Duke questioned.
"Who knows."
-x-
Yugi suspected Joey was trying to gather his strongest monsters in order to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra. But if he hadn't summoned it yet, it could only mean that he hadn't obtained the card from his Deck…or he had it already…but was hesitant on playing it. It reminded him of his Duelist Kingdom match against Kaiba when he faced the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
My Life Points are still unaffected, but my defenses are nonexistent, he thought, viewing Joey's counterattacks against every move he made as relentless in their design, drawing a new card from his Deck, and seeing as a ray of hope to defend himself against Joey for the time being. "I play Swords of Revealing Light!"
Swords made of light appeared on the field and paralyzed Joey's monsters, causing the Duelist to groan in irritation over the hindrance of this move, but Joey had to smirk at Yugi's attempt to delay potential defeat in the Duel.
"Nice move, Yuge," he praised him. "Since I can't attack right now, I have to defend my life points. I play my Swordsman of Landstar in defense mode and switch my Iron Knight to defense mode."
Yugi drew another card from his Deck and summoned it to the field.
"Gamma the Magnet Warrior. Defense mode."
Joey drew a card from his Deck and summoned another monster to defend himself.
"Hayabusa Knight. Defense mode."
Yugi drew another Magic Card and set it face-down while he played another monster face-down to strengthen his defenses.
The swords of light were beginning to waver, as their magical nature of keeping the enemy monsters paralyzed were beginning to expire.
"It looks like fate will be kind to me on the next turn," Joey told Yugi.
"There's only one way to know for sure," he responded. "Play this game out."
Joey drew his next card and set it.
"Little-Winguard in defense mode," he declared, and the little warrior appeared on the field.
Yugi drew his next card, and set it face-down on the monster zone, putting a hidden creature on the field to add another measure of defense to his life points.
"My turn is over," he declared, and with that, the swords of light faded away from the field.
Joey then drew a new card and set it onto the field face-down.
"Try and get past my Jinzo," he declared.
"Then I sacrifice my face-down monster…to summon Summoned Skull in attack mode!" Yugi declared, as his hidden monster was revealed to be a Sangan, and with its demise came the arrival of one of his stronger monsters that was a fiend with most of its bones on the outside, worn like armor. "An additional one-hundred attack points makes it more than a match for your Jinzo! Attack!"
Summoned Skull attacked and reduced Jinzo to holographic atoms, reducing Joey's life points by one-hundred more points. In addition, because Yugi sacrificed Sangan to summon Summoned Skull, its special effect allowed him to take a card from his Deck that had fifteen-hundred attack points or less.
-x-
"Way to go, Yugi!" Duke cheered. "Now, you can use your Trap Cards again!"
"Wow, both of them don't want to lose this match," went Serenity in amazement.
"No kidding," added Téa, wondering just who would win this Duel.
She knew that both of their Decks were powerful, strategic, maybe even unpredictable at times, and gave them an edge against Duelists that seemed to be leagues ahead of them, but she was unsure of which would prevail over the other. Yugi's with his Dark Magician, Buster Blader, Dark Magician Girl, Slifer, the Sky Dragon and recently-obtained Obelisk, the Tormentor…or Joey's with Baby Dragon, Time Wizard, Jinzo, Insect Queen, Legendary Fisherman and other assorted warriors with the recently-obtained Winged Dragon of Ra (which she and the others were unsure if he was going to play it).
"You may have defeated my Jinzo, but I'm not out of the battle yet." Joey expressed his belief on the Duel. "It's not over until one of our life points hit zero."
-x-
Drawing a new card from his Deck, Joey felt a surge of power go through his fingertips.
Oh, my… He thought, seeing the card that would likely win him the Duel, but gave him some fear of using it. The Winged Dragon of Ra. If I sacrifice Gearfried, Hayabusa Knight and Little-Winguard, it would have an attack strength of at least forty-two-hundred, allowing it to destroy his Summoned Skull and inflict seventeen-hundred points of damage to his life points. But do I dare to play it, knowing its danger? I can still feel the stinging burns from the last match.
Placing the card in his hand, he selected a different card that was more preferable to the dragon that was his.
"Alright, it's time to lay waste to your defenses, Yuge," he told his opponent. "I sacrifice my Swordsman of Landstar, Little-Winguard and Gearfried in order to summon Gilford, the Lightning!"
His remaining creatures atomized and were replaced by a massive warrior with a large sword that could surpass Yugi's Buster Blader.
"Oh, no," Yugi gasped, realizing what was to come next.
-x-
"Gilford?" Mokuba went. "I thought he was going to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra."
Kaiba had thought the same, but had to consider the possibility of Joey either not having the card in his hand…or an attack factor of forty-two-hundred was insufficient to the amateur Duelist.
Suddenly, all of the monsters on Yugi's side of the field were destroyed due to Gilford's special ability to destroy all enemies the moment he was summoned, leaving the Duelist defenseless.
"Next is a direct attack!" Joey declared, and Gilford attacked Yugi directly, dropping his life points to twenty-one-hundred as a consequence.
-x-
"Aaahh!" Yugi gasped, feeling the sting of the attack. "Not what I expected from you, but quite the surprise, Joey. If my life points were any lower, you'd have the match won in your favor."
"It's only going to get worse than before for you," Joey told him, feeling invincible now. "At the rate of this Duel, I may not need to play the Winged Dragon of Ra."
"Only time will tell for sure."
To be continued…
A/N: Here's the latest chapter. I will need reviews and PMs from each of you to help me decide the fate of the next chapter. Should Yugi summon one of his Egyptian God Cards, forcing Joey to play his? And if so, how should Yugi accomplish this task?