Chapter 13:

Rivalry Unleashed: Judas vs. Shadow Part 2

When we last left off, Shadow Kurosawa is in the middle of a duel with Judas Kaiba. Shadow is using his signature Fire Deck while Judas is using a Psychic Deck, a deck of which has hardly been seen to be used properly and professionally. Right now, Judas has begun his turn by summoning one of his most trusted monsters: Psychic Lifetrancer. But Shadow looked as if he had seen a ghost, but he was calm about it.

"My Psychic Lifetrancer is about to bring me one step closer to victory!" said Judas. "I hope you're ready for the pain you're about to receive!"

"What? I could've sworn…." said Shadow.

"What's wrong Shadow?" Nitro Warrior said as he appeared beside me.

"That card. I could've sworn I saw something about it."

"I know. I saw it too. That Psychic Lifetrancer of his is."

"I'll activate her ability! I can remove one of my Psychic monsters from my graveyard from play to regain 1200 life points!"

"Not again with this life point stuff! Don't you have enough?"
"A duelist can never have enough life points Shadow. Cause now I think I'll have her take out that eye soar Volcanic Rocket of yours now!"

Ju: 9600 Sh: 4500

"That hurt. But next turn if I get another monster I'll get rid of that Lifetrancer of yours."
"That's what you think! I activate Psychokinesis!"

"Uh-oh. That's not good," said Sora. Kaiser added on to that.

"He can give up 1000 life points and destroy 1 card on the field."

Judas: 8600 Sh: 4500

"Now what're you going to do without your accelerator? You can't do anything!" exclaimed Judas as he had the upper hand.

"I can do plenty," I replied. "My Move! I'll first play my Card Destruction! Now we both discard our entire hand and draw until we hold the same number of cards we discarded."

"I don't see how that will help you, but do what you must. This will always have the same outcome."

"Hmm. Let's see how this works out. I summon my Infernity Guardian in defense mode!" I summoned a skull with flames around it and within something that makes it look like a torch with 1700 defense points.

"Infernity?"

"He must've put those cards in that deck of his," said Django. "He's always tried to put together the Infernity cards with his fire deck. Now is the chance to see if it's working."

"I play one card face down and end my turn." My turn was over.

"Now it's my turn!" exclaimed Judas. "Now Psychic Lifetrancer, attack his Infernity Guardian!" The attack was fired, but when the smoke cleared, nothing happened. "What's going on?"

"My trap card is what's going on. When you attacked, I activated my Depth Amulet. It negates one of your attacks in exchange for 1 card in my hand."

"Oh well. You're handless now."

"And for some of the combos I have in this deck that's exactly what I want."

"I guess we'll find out what that's supposed to mean soon enough. I end my turn there."

"Looks like he saved himself from a close one there," said Kaiser.

"It's my turn!" I began my move. "Now since I had no hand when I drew this, I can reveal this card in my hand and special summon it. I summon my Infernity Archfiend in defense mode!" I played some kind of humanoid demon with horns, four eyes and 1800 attack points. "And since I had no cards in my hand when he was special summoned, I can bring another Infernity monster to my hand. I'll end my turn there."

"Alright. My move!" Judas made his turn. "I summon my Pandaborg!" He summoned a robotic panda with 1700 attack points.

"Now he will attack your Infernity Archfiend!"

"I activate my Depth Amulet to discard this card and negate your attack."

"Now I'll have my Lifetrancer attack that Archfiend! Now just one more monster to destroy and you're wide open. I end my turn."

"Now I make my move!" My turn. "I activate my Pot of Avarice! This allows me to take five monsters from my graveyard and return them to my deck. When I'm done shuffling, I can draw two cards from my deck. I place two facedown cards and end my turn."

"I draw! I'll play my Big Bang Shot on my Pandaborg, so now it gains 400 points and can inflict piercing damage. I'll have my Lifetrancer attack first!" The attack hit its mark, but the Guardian wasn't destroyed.

"What? What's going on?!"

"What happened?" asked Sora.

"You see," I was explaining my plan. "Like I said earlier, my Infernity cards have combos that work when I have no hand, and my Guardian has a great one. It can't be destroyed in battle or by card effects."

"Then my Pandaborg will attack!"

"Not if I activate my Defense Draw. I lose no life points and I get to draw 1 card after the damage calculation."

"Grr. I end my turn. And because it's my 3rd end phase, there goes you Depth Amulet"

"I'm aware of that. And now I start my turn with this! I summon my Infernity Necromancer!" I summoned a summoner-like fiend with no attack points. "First off, since he was normal summoned, he goes into defense mode." He has 2000 defense. "Next, since I have no hand, I can bring back one Infernity monster from my graveyard. Now come on out, Infernity Destroyer!" I summoned a level 6 humanoid looking fiend with claws, yellow eyes and 2300 attack points.

"Pretty impressive, but still weak like you."

"We'll see after I activate my Sword of Dark Rites! Now my Infernity Destroyer gains 400 extra attack points."

"What?!"

"Now Infernity Destroyer, destroy his Psychic Lifetrancer! And since I have no cards in my hand, when my destroyer destroys a monster, the opponent gets hit with 1600 points of damage" I made a hit. "I'll end my turn with that."

Ju: 6700 Sh: 4500

"How dare you destroy her! I draw! I summon my Psychic Snail in defense mode. I also switch my Pandaborg to defense mode. I'm done at 2 facedown cards."

"And now to make my move. I play one card facedown and use my Necromancer to bring back Infernity Archfiend. Now my Archfiend and Destroyer will attack! And thanks to Big Bang Shot, Pandaborg is removed from play and don't forget about my Destroyer's effect."

Ju: 5100 Sh: 4500

"Wow. He managed to bring Judas a bit more down to his life point level. Impressive." Kazuya was impressed.

"I knew he could do it," thought Sora.

"Now I'm mad!" He was serious now "I activate my Metaphysical Regeneration! Since it's your end phase and my Psychic monsters were destroyed, I gain 1000 life points for each one."
"What?!"

Ju: 7100 Sh: 4500

"Sorry, but you'll need to do more than that to take me out. My turn. I activate my facedown Emergency Teleport to summon another Psychic Commander. Now I activate Psi-Station. Now when I summon a Psychic type monster, I can pay 500 life points to increase its attack by 500 and its stars by one. I summon Destructotron!" He played some kind of machine with four legs, some sort of television for a head and 1600 attack points. "I'll use Psi-Station. Now I can tune again!"

"Another synchro monster?!"

"This must be his ace," said Johnny.

"Now he's getting serious," said Kazuya

"Here comes his best," said Kaiser.

"Let's see you take this on bro," said Django.

"Shadow," said Sora.

"I synchro summon my Thought Ruler Archfiend!" Judas summoned some skeletal demonic-figured with wings, a tail, and 2700 attack points. "Ahahahahahaha! Let's see you bring this bad boy down!"

"Whoa….it's big." I knew I was in trouble.

"You'll never defeat me now! Ahahahahahaha!!"

To be continued…