Chapter 3: Game start! VS the Dark Guardian!
Seto's blimp was flying really fast, but the gang still had the time to relax and enjoy themselves before the true journey would began: Seto was looking at the pendant he had on his neck (the one that contains a picture of Mokuba), Yugi was rearranging his deck and having a chat with Anzu at the same time, Yako was staring at The Devils Avatar he was holding, Honda was at the control station with the pilots in order to enjoy the view, Bakura was nowhere to be seen and Jonouchi was talking with Gekko.
"You mean you didn't actually destroyed the Wicked Gods?" was asking Jonouchi in shock.
"Indeed" answered Gekko "Their dark powers granted them immunity to destruction. Even though we ripped them in two they kept sticking together again. Fortunately for us they don't have that much dark presence as they had before, and that's where you come, Jonouchi"
"Uh? Me?" asked Jonouchi confused "What about me?"
"Take this"
Gekko threw a card at Jonouchi. The teen grabbed the card and looked at it. "This is… The Devils Eraser!"
"Yes" said Gekko calmly.
"Why you want me to have this?"
"Simple. The Wicked Gods can be tamed if they are beaten by someone" explained the Tenma teen "If you recall, you've beaten Bandit Keith, who was holding the card at the time"
"Yeah, I remember" said Jonouchi turning serious. Thinking about Bandit Keith always made him very thoughtful and mature.
"The Wicked Gods, being God Cards, can release a lot of Duel Energy, more than ever if they are together. I want to entrust you with that card so that they can release less Duel Energy"
"So it's like slowing Heishin down?"
"Pretty much" admitted Gekko smiling and causing Jonouchi to smile as well.
30 minutes later, they landed near the Cairo Airport. After getting down the blimp, the gang noticed someone looking at them: it was Heishin.
"You!" shouted Kaiba "I will make you pay for what you did to my brother! Duel me, now!"
"Relax, Seto" said Heishin calmly "If you want to duel me that badly follow this map. See you there"
After that he disappeared leaving a map behind, which Kaiba took. After taking a look at it he said: "The shrine is not too far from here. We can go by car. Any of you can drive?"
Honda raised his hand.
"Very well" said Kaiba "You take the Tenma brothers and the deadbeat with you. I'll take Yugi, Anzu and Bakura"
"Grrr… call me deadbeat again, I dare you…" thought Jonouchi while they started to head towards the rental cars point.
Fortunately Seto had enough money to rent the two fastest cars available and both the groups were on the road in about 10 minutes.
"Grrr… How dares he calling me a deadbeat…" growled Jonouchi, which was sitting on the front seat, while the Tenma brothers put themselves on the back seats "I can't wait to teach him a lesson!"
"I don't think you can, Jonouchi" said Honda "At fighting you don't stand a chance because of his agility and at Duel Monsters he trounces you big time"
"You're kinda right…" admitted Jonouchi sweatdropping.
"So, did you gave him the card?" was whispering Yako to his brother from the back seats.
"Yes, he accepted it with no remorse"
"Perfect, this will get things more easier for us"
"I hope you're right"
"Thank you for deciding to stay on the back with me, Yugi" was whispering Tea to Dark Yugi, which were on the back seats of Seto's car, with Baura being on the front seat besides the driver "I'm too scared on being with Bakura back here"
"You're right" answered Dark Yugi "We don't know what he possibly can do"
"What are you whispering about back there?" asked Dark Bakura with an innocent tone.
"Mind your own business!" answered Dark Yugi shutting the evil spirit up.
Once they arrived to the shrine they stared at it for a few seconds: it was a huge orange-brown building with a dome at the top. Six doors were facing the gang, each door with a different symbol.
"These are the symbols of the Duel Monsters card's Attributes" observed Gekko "Earth, Light, Wind, Dark, Water and Fire"
"Indeed" Heishin's voice said from the top of the shrine "Only two are the right doors: four of them lead to a dead end, one of them leads to my room and one to DarkNite's. Good luck!"
"Tsk! Him and his pesky tricks!" grunted Kaiba "I'm in a rush to rescue my brother so I'll go this way"
He entered inside the door with the Light symbol on it.
"I'm going into this door" said Gekko entering inside the door with the Fire symbol.
"I'll choose Water" said Yako entering the door.
"Then I'll go inside the Earth one" said Jonouchi.
"Wait for me!" said Honda entering in the same room as Jonouchi.
Only Yugi, Anzu and Baura were left.
"Come on, Pharaoh. Choose your door. I don't need to be selfish" said Bakura with self confidence.
The Pharaoh glared at him for a second then he decided for the door with the Dark symbol on it, followed by Anzu.
"Guess I'll take the Wind one, then" sighed Bakura.
Inside the shrine there was a long corridor lighted by torches. The end was nowhere to be seen.
"Are you okay?" asked Anzu to her friend.
"No" simply answered Yugi "But I hope we do save Mokuba and retrieve the God Cards before Heishin finishes the ritual and DarkNite will be revived"
"You will never get to master Heishin" said a voice.
From the shadows a man appeared. It was tall and thin and its image was concealed by a black cloak. The only thing that wasn't concealed of him was his left arm, which was carrying a Duel Disk. "I am the Dark Guardian and I'm the Guardian guarding this room. If you want to get through you have to beat me in a duel"
"So that's how it is" thought Yugi with a small smile "Interesting. Even though it's a critical moment, my heart as a Duelist is pulsing for the fight"
He then took his deck from his pocket and stock it in his Duel Disk. "I'm ready to take you on!"
LP Yugi 4000
LP Guardian 4000
"I'll start!" said Yugi drawing a sixth card from his deck "I Summon Baphomet in Defense Mode!"
A red demon with four arms and angel wings appeared on the field (DEF: 1800).
"Turn end!"
"My turn then!" declared the Guardian drawing his own card "I'm going to kill you with my Bug Army of Dark Deck. I will not let you pass. I Summon Kabutron in Attack Mode!"
In front of the Guardian a biped bee with four arms. The odd things of this monster was the fact that it was the size of a human being and his body being complitely mecha-like, like if it was an armor (ATK: 1600).
"Your monster cannot kill my Baphomet, it has too low attack power" noticed Dark Yugi.
"Don't worry" said the Guardian "I wasn't planning to attack. Instead I'm going to end my turn"
"My turn then! Draw!" said Dark Yugi "I Summon Phantom Beast King Gazelle!"
A horned beast appeared on the field besides Baphomet (ATK: 1500).
"Next Magic Card Fusion!" declared Dark Yugi "Fuse Gazelle and Baphomet together and form Chimaera the Winged Phantom Beast!"
The two beast the nameless Pharaoh controlled started spinning together until they formed a giant chimera with two heads, one resembling Gazelle and the other resembling Baphomet (ATK: 2100).
"Sadly a Fusion Monster cannot attack the turn is Summoned, so I end my turn!" said Dark Yugi.
"Very well! My turn!" said the Guardian drawing. After glancing at the drawn card he smiled under the hood of the cloak. "Prepare to face Stage 1 of my Burn Crush Combo!"
"What?!"
"Activate Equip Magic Demon World Shackles!" declared the Guardian placing the card on his Duel Disk. All of a sudden a pair of shackles chained themselves onto Chimaera's two necks.
"What have you done to my monster?" asked Dark Yugi.
"Simple. Demon World Shackles enables your monster from attacking and its attack power becomes 100!"
"What?!"
"Oh no! If that guy attacks Chimaera with Kabutron Yugi will lose 1500 Life Points!" thought Anzu.
"I will not attack" declared the Dark Guardian "Instead I'm going to Summon Devil Snail in Defense Mode!"
Besides Kabutron a green shell with bug arms and legs appeared. The shell then opened a bit revealing a sharp toothed mouth (DEF: 1300).
"Turn end!"
"He's got a monster with 1600 attack and didn't attack my powered down Chimaera?" thought Dark Yugi "Why? I don't have any reverse cards so he shouldn't have been bothered in attacking. I'm afraid there's something else… My turn! Draw!"
As the nameless Pharaoh drew his card a bolt of electricity hit him.
LP Dark Yugi 3500
LP Guardian 4000
"What was that?" thought Anzu.
The Guardian laughed. "That's the power of Stage 1 of my Burn Crush Combo! Demon World Shackles has another effect! Everytime your turn comes you lose 500 Life Points!"
"So that's why he spared my Chimaera..." thought Dark Yugi "I Summon Magnet Warrior Beta in Attack Mode!"
A yellow robot with magnets on his head an arms appeared (ATK: 1700).
"Now Beta will attack Kabutron!"
Dark Yugi's monster rushed in front of Kabutron and punched him, triggering his destruction.
LP Dark Yugi 3500
LP Guardian 3900
"Congratulations!" said the Guardian "You've managed to reduce my Life Points, but it will take more than that to defeat me!"
Dark Yugi grunted. "Even though I've destroyed his monster he still has one on the field. On the next turn he may sacrifice it to Summon a high Level monster. It's not save to keep Chimaera in Attack Mode" tought "Chimaera in Defense Mode! Turn end!"
The Fusion Monster kneeled (DEF: 1800). Afterwards the Guardian drew his card. Once again he smirked. "Finally I've drew my ace monster, the one that will complete my Burn Crush Combo!"
"What?!" said both Anzu and Dark Yugi.
"I start by activating Silent Dead, which brings my Beetron back to the field in Defense Mode!"
Beetron appeared once again, this time on his knees (DEF: 900).
"Now to introduce you to my deadliest creature" said the Guardian while holding up a card "I sacrifice both my monsters to Summon Brain Crusher!"
The two Insect monster disappeared and at their place a gigantic green and red mantis (ATK: 2400).
"That's his ace monster?" thought Dark Yugi terrified "It's huge!"
"Now, Brain Crusher, attack Magnet Warrior Beta!"
The giant monster stepped towards the Magnet Warrior and ate him with no mercy.
LP Dark Yugi 2800
LP Guardian 3900
"That monster sure it's strong. I hope Yugi knows how to beat it" tought Anzu.
"Now to show you my Burn Crush Combo at its full extend!" declared the Guardian "Brain Crusher's effect activates! After it has killed a monster it brings it back to my side of the field in Defense Mode!"
The Magnet Warrior appeared alongside Brain Crusher in a guarding position (DEF: 1600).
"Next I activate the Field Magic Ectoplasmer!" continued the Guardian "This card allows me to Tribute a monster on my side of the field and dealing you damage equal to half of the Tributed monster's attack power"
"Oh no!" thought Dark Yugi.
"I'll sacrifice Magnet Warrior Beta and extract his soul in order to direct it at your Life Points!"
From the Magnet Warrior a white sprite came out and launched directly on Dark Yugi as the monster disappeared.
LP Dark Yugi 1950
LP Guardian 3900
"So, what do you think about my Burn Crush Combo?" asked the Guardian laughing.
"He blocks off my most powerful monsters and deals me damage in the process, then kills my weakest monsters and turns them against me. This is one very dangerous combo…" thought Dark Yugi "I'll find a way to break your combo!"
He then drew his card. It was Mirror Force. Once again the electricity of Demon World Shackles hit him.
LP Dark Yugi 1450
LP Guardian 3900
"Yugi has lost more than half of his Life Points in just two turns" thought Anzu "I hope he'll break that combo of his opponent"
"I Set one reverse card!" declared Dark Yugi "Then I Summon Wight in Defense Mode!"
A skeleton in a purple cape appeared on the field (DEF: 200).
"Turn end!" declared the nameless Pharaoh "I will use Wight as a bait in order to lure him to attack, then I'll use my Mirror Force trap and destroy his monster"
"My turn! Draw!" said the Guardian "Brain Crusher, attack Wight!"
The giant mantis prepared its attack and Dark Yugi smirked.
"Too bad, Guardian. Reverse card open, Mirror Force!"
"What?!" cried the Guardian.
"Yes!" said Anzu smiling.
"Mirror Force negates your attack and redirects it to your monster" explained Dark Yugi "I'm sorry, but your Burn Crush Combo has been demolished"
A mirror appeared in front of Brain Crusher. At the same moment that monster shattered it with its attack, the broken glass started to head towards the creature. The Guardian however wasn't worried. "Are you sure?"
"What?!"
"Activate Remove Trap!"
The glass disappeared as it appeared.
"This Magic Card cancels your Trap Card, leaving my Bone Crusher a free way to attack!"
Bone Crusher destroyed Wight then, thanks to its effect, the skeleton appeared back to the field, before his spirit got sucked out of his body and headed towards Dark Yugi because of Ectoplasmer.
LP Dark Yugi 1300
LP Guardian 3900
"I've almost got all of my Life Points" said the Guardian "Furthermore you only have 1300 Life Points left. You can either give up now or wait the next turn when I'll finish you!"
Dark Yugi stood up and said: "I will never give up! It's not because of my pride as a Duelist, but because of Mokuba's safety and the trust my friends are giving me. I cannot fail them"
He then looked with a smile at Anzu, who smiled back at him.
"I have one turn in order to defeat you, and I'll promise you I'll succeed. My turn!"
The nameless Pharaoh drew his new card with his eyes closed and remained in that position for about ten seconds. He then glanced at the card.
"Now the effect of Demon World Shackles kicks in. You lose 500 Life Points!"
Dark Yugi smirked and in a second Chimaera disappeared along with Demon World Shackles.
"What happened?!" asked the Guardian confused.
"Take a look at the card I've just activated"
The cloaked guy looked at the card and, when he saw what it was, he gasped.
"That's right" said Dark Yugi "The card I played is Monster Recovery. It allows me to return Chimaera along with the cards I have in my hand back into my deck and drawing a new 5 cards hand!"
The nameless Pharaoh shuffled his deck and drew his cards. After looking at them he smiled. "This duel is over"
"Impossible!" cried the Guardian "I still have almost all of my Life Points. You can't take me out in just one turn!"
"Wanna bet?" asked Dark Yugi placing a card on his Duel Disk "Activate Magic Card Brain Control! This card allows me to take control of your Brain Crusher! I then sacrifice it in order to Summon Gilfer Demon!"
Standing in front of Yugi, in place of the horrific mantis, a red demon appeared roaring (ATK: 2200).
"Yugi sacrificed a 2400 attack power monster to bring out one that has only 2200?" thought Tea "Why would he trade a stronger monster for a weaker one?"
"I now play the Magic Card Raging Flame of Hell!" declared the Pharaoh as fire started to come out all over the field "I can only play this card when I control a Fiend-Type Monster like my Gilfer Demon. Now my card destroys your Ectoplasmer Field Magic and deals 1000 damage to both of us!"
The flames died down.
LP Dark Yugi 300
LP Guardian 2900
"That was a huge misplay!" said the Guardian "You only decreased your Life Points lower than before and, even though you managed to drain out some of mine as well, you don't have enough attack power to finish me off!"
"I'm sorry, but I have to tell you I do" said Dark Yugi selecting another card "I now play Dragonic Pulse of the Land!"
All of a sudden Gilfer Demon's body became sorrounded by a red aura and started to grow in size.
"This Magic Cards grants a Fiend-Type monster 800 more attack power!" explained Dark Yugi.
"Say what?!" cried the Guardian realizing that he was going to lose.
"Game over, Guardian!" declared the nameless Pharaoh "Gilfer Demon, attacks his Life Points directly!"
The demon generated a fire blast from his hand and launched it directly at the Dark Guardian, throwing him on the ground.
LP Dark Yugi 300
LP Guardian 0
"You did it, Yugi!" cried Anzu jumping for joy.
"Congratulations, King of Games" said the Guardian "You win the duel so you may pass. But before I go away I want to tell you that I had a blast dueling with you. Nobody never broke my Burn Crush Combo before"
"It was a very hard duel and I thank you for it" answered Dark Yugi before his foe vanished.
Cards used:
Baphomet
Level 4
Fiend
DARK
ATK 1400
DEF 1800
Kabutron
Level 4
Insect
DARK
ATK 1600
DEF 900
Phantom Beast King Gazelle
Level 4
Beast
EARTH
ATK 1500
DEF 1200
Devil Snail
Level 3
Insect
DARK
ATK 700
DEF 1300
Magnet Warrior Beta
Level 4
Rock
EARTH
ATK 1700
DEF 1600
Wight
Level 2
Zombie
DARK
ATK 300
DEF 200
The Devils Avatar
Level 10
Divine-Beast
DIVINE
ATK ?
DEF ?
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control (you cannot Set this card). This card is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards and Monster Effects. Spell Cards affect this card for one turn only. This card's ATK and DEF are each 1 point higher than the highest face-up monster's ATK on the field (except The Devils Avatar).
The Devils Eraser
Level 10
Divine-Beast
DIVINE
ATK ?
DEF ?
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control (you cannot Set this card). This card is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards and Monster Effects except DIVINE monsters. Spell Cards affect this card for one turn only. This card's ATK and DEF are equal to the number of cards your opponent controls x1000. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, destroy all cards on the field. This card's activation and effect cannot be negated.
Brain Crusher
Level 7
Insect
DARK
ATK 2400
DEF 1500
Effect: If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, Special Summon it to your side of the field in face-up Defense Position.
Gilfer Demon
Level 6
Fiend
DARK
ATK 2200
DEF 2500
Effect: When this card is sent to the Graveyard, select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. It loses 500 ATK.
Chimaera the Winged Phantom Beast
Level 6
Winged Beast
WIND
ATK 2100
DEF 1800
Effect: Phantom Beast King Gazelle + Baphomet
When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, select and Special Summon either 1 "Phantom Beast King Gazelle" or "Baphomet" from your Graveyard.
Fusion
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Fuse two or more monsters.
Demon World Shackles
Equip Magic Card
Effect: The equipped monster cannot attack and its ATK becomes 100. During your opponent's Standby Phase, inflict 500 damage to the equipped monster's controller.
Silent Dead
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Select and Special Summon 1 monster from your Graveyard in face-up Defense Position.
Ectoplasmer
Field Magic Card
Effect: Up to twice per turn, each player can Tribute 1 monster they control and inflict damage to the opponent equal to half of that monster's ATK.
Remove Trap
Quick-Play Magic Card
Effect: Cancel a Trap Effect on the field.
Monster Recovery
Quick-Play Magic Card
Effect: Unite all monsters you control and all cards in your hand into your Deck. Then shuffle your Deck and draw 5 cards.
Brain Control
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase.
Raging Flame of Hell
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Activate only if you control a Fiend-Type Monster. Destroy all Field Cards on the field and inflict 1000 damage to both players, and if you do, all non-Fiend-Type monsters on the field lose 1000 ATK.
Dragonic Pulse of the Land
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Select 1 Fiend-Type Monster on the field. It gains 800 ATK.
Mirror Force
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Activate only when your opponent declares an attack. Negate the attack and destroy all Attack Position monsters on his/her field.