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Chapter 4 – Salvation in a Pitch-Black Heart, Yubel
Yubel spun around to face her opponents in a 2-on-1 Riding Duel. Drawing her hand of five cards, she issued, "I'll begin this duel." With that, she drew a card, and pulled one from her hand to play. "I summon Killer Tomato in Attack Position (ATK: 1400)." Yubel was joined by a jack-o'-lantern looking tomato with glowing yellow eyes. "I also set all the cards in my hand." Five set cards appeared before Yubel before disappearing. "I end my turn."
One of the Dark Signers drew a 6th card and said, "It's my turn." As he did, Yubel and each D-Wheel accumulated an SPC; a violet light lit up on each bike, and one of Yubel's duel disc eyes opened and glowed red (SPC: 1/1/1). "And I discard 1 card from my hand to Special Summon The Tricky (ATK: 2000)." The Dark Signer placed a card into a slot on the D-Wheel; and played a magician in grey and green clothes with a question mark over its face.
"Next I release my Tricky and Advance Summon Cybernetic Magician (ATK: 2400)." The strange magician was replaced by a blonde magician with silver armor and a silver staff. "Cybernetic Magician, attack Killer Tomato."
"Trap Card activate," Yubel declared as her card reappeared. "Death Accel. When your monster destroys mine by battle, I don't lose and Speed Counters. Rather, I gain Speed Counters equal to my Tomato's Level. In this case, I gain 4 Speed Counters." The mage managed to slice through the tomato creature, but the damage barely fazed her as 4 more of her Duel Disc eyes opened (Yubel: 5 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 1 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 1 SPC).
Yubel: LP 3000
Dark Signer 1: LP 4000
Dark Signer 2: LP 4000
"Even if you gained a few Speed Counters," the other Dark Signer replied, "you still lose your monster and your Life Points. Why bother?"
"Because now," Yubel sneered as her face contorted evilly, "my Tomato's effect activates. I can summon a DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK. And I select…" As she spoke, she held up a card that looked uncannily like herself. "…To Special Summon Yubel (ATK: 0)!" As she played the card, an energy aura split off of her and formed a clone of her; only this one had grey clothing over her torso while Yubel herself had none.
Both Dark Signers stared in shock at seeing this new creature that looked exactly like Yubel. However, their shock was interrupted by Yubel activating another of her cards. "Trap Activate: Metal Conversion - Magic Reflection Armor. This Trap card becomes an equip card after its activation, and increases its ATK by 300 points. I select to equip it to myself (ATK: 300)." The card version of Yubel was covered in a metallic substance that seemed to strengthen it.
"But… I don't understand," one of the Dark Signers yelled out. "Why would you…?"
"Trap Activate: Equip Shoot," Yubel declared. "By moving an equip card from my monster to yours, I make those monsters battle. In other words, your Cybernetic Magician gets additional points (ATK: 2700) and gets to attack again." The metallic armor jumped from the demon hermaphrodite to the opposing magician, and the mage began to swing its staff.
"What are you doing?" the mage's controller asked.
"When Yubel is attacked," Yubel smugly explained, "the opponent receives damage equal to the attacking monster's ATK, and no battle damage gets inflicted to myself or my monster." As the true shock set in, the metallic mage swung at the demon as the eye on its forehead lit up. The swing of the staff merely bounced off, and in moments a swarm of vines consumed the mage's controller. He screamed out as his SC and Life Points fell drastically. (Yubel: 5 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 0 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 1 SPC)
Yubel: LP 3000
Dark Signer 1: LP 1300
Dark Signer 2: LP 4000
"I'll give you this one chance to drop out, to be spared by wrath." Yubel's sadistic tone showed her seriousness, her face complementing it.
"No," the Dark Signer declared. "I set 1 card and end my turn." As with Yubel, a set card appeared before him and disappeared.
"I draw," the other Dark Signer declared. (Yubel: 6 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 1 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 2 SPC) "I activate Speed Spell – Angel Baton. With 2 SPC I can discard a card and draw 2 cards. I select to discard Dark Tuner – Catastroge." The Dark Signer placed the card in his cemetery slot and drew his cards. But, as he looked up, he saw Yubel flip another Trap.
"Trap Activate: Sonic Rush. I can only activate this Trap when my opponent activates a Speed Spell. I take a Speed Spell from my deck and activate it, but then I remove it from play. I activate Speed Spell – Shockwave Healing."
"What is that card?" the Dark Signer questioned. As he did this, his partner secretly flipped his Trap Card.
"By destroying a monster on my field, I recover 200 Life Points for each of its stars. Yubel is Level 10, and so I regain 2000 Life Points." The hermaphrodite demon was consumed by an energy aura that destroyed it. Energy waves swarmed Yubel as her Life Points increased.
Yubel: LP 5000
Dark Signer 1: LP 1300
Dark Signer 2: LP 4000
"But," Yubel declared, "the best part of this cared is destroying Yubel. By doing so, its effect allows me to summon Yubel – Das Abscheulich Ritter from my deck (ATK: 0). Now behold, my second form!" A huge pillar of red light opened up behind Yubel, showing the form of a huge 2-headed creature.
As the light dissipated, the enormous beast took form; a towering, black-furred dragon with two heads completed with scales of orange and pink. Wings of ragged purple membrane with 2 claws on each topped its shoulders, and a blade tipped its long tail. The claws on its hands were long and yellow, and flat against the invisible ground like paws. Finally, an eye was visible on its chest.
"As with my previous form, this creature reflects all damage to the opponent. In addition, each End Phase of mine it destroys all other monsters on the field."
"What?" the Dark duelist questioned. Then, turning to his cards he said, "Oh well, no matter. I play Speed Spell – Over Boost. Now I increase my Speed Counter by 4, but during the End Phase my SPC becomes 1 (Yubel: 6 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 1 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 6 SPC). Of course, I intend to use them well. I Summon Knight of the End (DEF: 1200)." The samurai from the previous duel appeared before him, and as it did he pulled a card from his deck.
"When I summon Knight, as you well know, I send a DARK monster to my Graveyard from my Deck. I select D-Hero Diabolic Guy." Placing the card in his Graveyard, he pulled another card. "Next I play Speed Spell – Shift Down, so I give up 6 SPC and draw 2 cards (Yubel: 6 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 1 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 0 SPC)." Pulling two more cards, Yubel eyes him curiously. "I set 1 card and end my turn, and during my End Phase I get 1 SPC (Yubel: 6 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 1 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 1 SPC)."
"I draw," Yubel declared as everyone gained SPC. Of course, the first Dark Signer gained far more than he was supposed to (Yubel: 7 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 7 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 2 SPC). Realizing this, Yubel noticed a Trap Card on his field. "You played Slip Stream when I used my Speed Spell, didn't you?"
"That's right," he replied smugly. "You may have hit me hard earlier, but now I've got the same SPC as you. So now I have all I need to take you down.
"Really?" Yubel pondered. "I think not. Trap Card Activate: Accel Zone. This trap activates when an opposing player increases their SPC by a card effect. With this trap, I gain 5 more SPC (Yubel: 12 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 7 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 2 SPC)." Smiling evilly as the last 5 of her duel disc's eyes opened, she continued with, "And now it does not matter that you have 7 Speed Counters, because now I can finish you off."
"Really?" the Dark Signer asked.
"Yes. I play Speed Spell – Draw Accel. With 12 SPC on my ride, I can draw 2 cards." Pulling her cards, she smiled slightly as she said, "Now I can activate a second Draw Accel, and pull 2 more cards."
"Drawing more and more cards won't save you," the other Dark Signer protested, "nor will it win you this game."
"But it will allow me the means," Yubel replied. "Like this: I play Speed Spell – Destruction Shockwave. I release a monster to deal 200 damage to an opposing player for each of its Level stars. Yubel – Das Abscheilich Ritter is Level 11, so you receive 2200 points of damage." The two-headed dragon creature burst out into a red aura as waves of energy shot off of it and struck the second Dark Signer. The creature then disintegrated as his Life Points dropped and he lost 2 SPC (Yubel: 12 SPC/Dark Signer 1: 7 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 0 SPC).
Yubel: LP 5000
Dark Signer 1: LP 1300
Dark Signer 2: LP 1800
"However, once again it is the effect of this card to destroy my monster that I truly care about. By releasing Das Abscheilich Ritter, I activate its effect to bring forth Yubel – Das Extremer Traurig Drachen (ATK: 0)." Yubel's voice tapered off as she said the name of her beast, and she also began to bend like a mirage until she disappeared. Soon, the dissolved particles of the previous creature reformed into a beast that terrified the two Dark Signers.
The new creature had two dragon heads as well, only these were more evil-looking and had mask-like faces on their foreheads. Between them was a six-horned devil head with glowing red eyes and a scaled face. A face was present on its chest, two different colors (orange and maroon) on either side, and the standard evil eye on its forehead. 4 bat-like wings crested its back, and its arms and legs had talons sharp as swords.
"As with my two previous forms," Yubel's voice echoed out, "this one reduces attack damage to itself and myself to 0. " At this time, the forwarb-facing horn on the devil head of the creature began to inflate as though filling with fluid. "However, when I battle a monster, you take damage equal to its ATK, and that monster is destroyed." After finishing these words, the inflated horn ruptured and Yubel's body burst forth, from the waist up, to take its place upon the head of the creature, thus obscuring its face.
"What?" Both Dark Signers yelled out in shock.
"And with that I can finish off the first of you two. Like I already said, nobody threatens my darling Judai." Smiling evilly, she then pointed her taloned hand at the first Dark Signer and yelled, "Das Extremer Traurig Drachen, destroy Cybernetic Magician! Flames of Revenge!" The dragon's eyes glowed bright orange as it produced dark flames in its dragon mouths. These flames burst forward towards the magician, incinerating it and continuing on to its owner. This time, the flames and their target both vanished.
Yubel: LP 5000
Dark Signer 2: LP 1800
"It's just you and me now," Yubel declared. "I set 2 card and end my turn."
Looking at Yubel and her creature nervously, the Dark Signer declared, "I draw (Yubel: 12 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 1 SPC). I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"Then this is your last turn," Yubel declared. "I draw (Yubel: 12 SPC/Dark Signer 2: 2 SPC)."
"Reverse Card Open: Royal Decree. Trap cards will now have their effects negated."
"But not for long," Yubel declared. "I send your Trap Card to the Cemetery to Special Summon Trap Eater (ATK: 1900)." The card on the Dark Signer's field disappeared as Yubel's field was joined by a fish-looking demon with a huge mouth and horns.
"That card… it belongs to the King!" the Dark Signer declared.
"Consider it poetic revenge for treating them as you did," Yubel replied. "And since I love poetry, I open my other reversed card: Nightmare Daemons. I release Trap Eater to Special Summon 3 Nightmare Daemon Tokens to your field in Attack Position." Yubel's trap destroyed her monster, then reassembled the shards on the Dark Signer's field as 3 ghost-like tokens (ATK: 2000) (ATK: 2000) (ATK: 2000).
Oh no, the Dark Signer thought, if this attack succeeds, my Life Points will be long gone. Unless she falls for my trap.
"It all ends here. Drachen, attack!" The dragon once again formed its flaming breath, but the Dark Signer had a plan of his own.
"Reverse Card Open: Reactive Armor." The infamous trap card flipped and began to glow, but then shattered. "What?" the Dark Signer asked.
"I have my own Trap Card: Phantom of Darkness. An effect targeting a DARK monster is negated, and the card destroyed. Now, Drachen, end this." The flames burst forth, and struck one of the ghosts, destroying it on impact. The Dark Signer screamed out as the flames consumed him before, like his partner, they made him vanish.
Game over, Yubel thought, pleased with herself. Now to get to the bottom of this. After that thought, Yubel disappeared like the Signers as her monster vanished.
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Jack and Judai stood in the dark alley with an unconscious Yusei and a stunned Johan lying on the ground. Slowly Johan got to his feet to get his bearings of the situation, though his body was still shaking. "Hey…" he weakly tried to ask Judai, but he was cut off by Jack before he fell back on one knee.
"Don't strain yourself," Jack said softly. "You're hurt rather badly. Although, you're doing better than Yusei." Eying his unconscious comrade, Jack showed a slight twinge of worry in his eyes before being snapped out by a bright flash of light.
Yubel now stood before the boys, both her arms extended fully upwards and each holing a Dark Signer by the throat. Both of them seemed frightened of the demon holding them up, and Yubel herself held a strange smile on her face. Judai recognized it immediately; the sadistic smile of pain. Before he could react the eye on her forehead lit up and the bodies of the two Dark Signers coursed with their own black electricity.
As the two figures screamed out, Yubel began to talk to them in her eerie tone. "Can you feel the fain? The pain you gave to my Judai, to his friends?" She released them from the current long enough to have them answer; but when they didn't, she started again. "You decided to harm Judai and his friends, something I will not forgive you for." Again she stopped for a few seconds, only to star again with even stronger force. "And now I make you pay the price for your sins!"
"Yubel!" Judai finally yelled out, diverting her attention and stopping her shocking the two Dark Signers. "That's enough. After what they've done they owe us some answers, so I can't let you kill them yet."
"But…Judai…" Yubel began to protest, almost like a child being told she couldn't play with her new toys. Expecting Judai to give, she was disappointed to see him hold his unbending stare. Then she knew she had to stop; she could not disobey her Judai. "Very well then," she said finally, averting her eyes as though in shame before dropping the now-unconscious Dark Signers.
Stepping aside, Judai motioned for Jack to go pick them up; however, Jack was still staring in shock at the sight of the translucent demon spirit before him. "Well?" Judai asked somewhat impatiently, eventually snapping him out of it. The two of them each licked up a Dark Signer, and Judai motioned to Yubel to pick up Yusei.
She obliged, strangely, but stepping over to his unconscious body and grabbing him by the face. Her form disappeared in a flash, and after a second the body of Yusei awakened and stood up. Yusei's eyes were darker and colder than normal, reminding Judai of Kanou Martin and the desert world. As Johan finally stood up, the four of them began to walk back towards Bootleg, where they knew they could get some info out of these 2 Lackeys.
None of them noticed the dark figure standing on the other side of a brick wall, red irises glowing but face hidden within a dark hood. He neither said anything nor moved from his spot all at once, but instead waited until they were no longer visible. Then he began to creep forward slowly as a glowing purple mark began to shine through the right sleeve of his black trench coat.
Card of the Week – Yubel
Yubel – Das Extremer Traurig Drachen
Level: 12
Attribute: DARK
Type(s): [Demon/Effect]
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of [Yubel – Das Abscheilich Ritter]. This card cannot be destroyed by way of battle, and any Battle Damage the controller of this card takes from its battling becomes 0. When this card attacks or is attacked, destroy the monster this card battles and inflict Damage to your opponent equal to its ATK.
ATK: 0
DEF: 0