Yu-Gi-Oh! Shadow Memories

by Richard Tsunami

After the evil Heishin steals the three God Cards in order to revive the creator of the Shadow Games DarkNite, it's up to Yugi and his friends to stop him.

4. Mukamuka, the hand-powered monster

Chapter 4: Mukamuka, the hand-powered monster

Jonouchi had been wandering inside that maze for far too long. "Come on, how much does it take!" started whining.

"Relax, Jonouchi" said Honda behind him "I think we've almost reached the end"

"Yes you did… the end of the line!"

Right in front of the teens a brown cloaked figure appeared. "Greetings, boys" he saluted.

"Agh, who are you?!" yelled Jonouchi startled by the man's appearance.

"I'm the Earth Guardian and I'm here to block your path" said the Guardian introducing himself "If you want to pass, you have to beat me in a duel!"

Now Jonouchi had a smirk on his face. "Now this should be fun!" said taking his Duel Disk "I've benn waiting for kicking someone's butt!"

"Duel!"

LP Jonouchi 4000

LP Guardian 4000

"Do not underestimate him, Jonouchi" said Honda "It may look weak, but we can never know. After all, he's working with Heishin…"

"I know, Honda, thank you…" sighed Jonouchi, sick of his friend's obvious advices "I'll start! I Set one reverse card and Summon Iron Knight Gearfried in Attack Mode!"

In front of Jonouchi a black armored knight appeared (ATK: 1800).

"Turn end!"

"My turn! Draw" declared the Guardian. As he saw the card he drawn he smirked as he looked at his opponent. "Excellent. This card I've drew will give you some trouble!" said as he slammed the card on the Duel Disk "I Summon Mukamuka in Attack Mode!"

Standing in front of the Guardian a strange big-like monster appeared (ATK: 600).

"Huh?" said Jonouchi while looking at the monster "And that is supposed to scare me?"

"Oh he will very soon" answered the Guardian "You see, Mukamuka is a very unique card. His lack of attack and defense power is compensated by a very handful effect, whic allows him to gain 300 attack for each card in my hand. And currently I have five!"

"Wait, so now has…" said Jonouchi before starting counting on his fingers.

The Guardian sighed and Honda said sweatdropping: "2100 attack…"

"What?!" cried Jonouchi.

"Go, my beast! Kill Gearfried!"

Mukamuka went towards Gearfried and crushed him with his claws.

LP Jonouchi 3700

LP Guardian 4000

"I set one reverse card! Turn end!" declared the Guardian.

"Wah?" said Jonouchi before starting smirking "What an idiot! By setting that reverse card Mukamuka's attack has dropped to 1700. Even though I don't have any in my hand, all I need to do is drawing a monster with at least 1800 attack power and I will kill him!"

He then drew his next card and, when he saw it, he smirked. "All right! I Summon Panther Warrior!"

In front of Jonouchi a panther holding a sword and dressed in an armor appeared (ATK: 2000).

"Panther Warrior, attack Mukamuka!"

The monster charged but the Guardian had other plans. "You foolish boy. You thought that I didn't know that playing one reverse card would have reduced my monster's attack power? I actually did that so that I could power my monster up again and inflict you a massive damage!"

"You did what?"

"Reverse Magic activate, Pot of Greed!" declared the Guardian "This card lets me draw two more cards, allowing my monster to gain 600 more attack power, making it stronger than Panther Warrior!"

Mukamuka counter attacked and destroyed Panther Warrior.

LP Jonouchi 3300

LP Guardian 4000

"Hey, what are you doing?!" asked Honda.

"Not helping!" answered Jonouchi.

"You'll need more than simple help after my next attack!" declared the Guardian drawing his card and increasing Mukamuka's attack power to 2700 "Mukamuka attacks directly!"

This time, the monstrous bug's claws hit the poor Jonouchi, who fell on the ground.

LP Jonouchi 600

LP Guardian 4000

"Grrr… damn it!" cursed Joy while getting up. He then realised something. "Hey! I just understood your monster's weak point!"

"Oh really? And what is it?"

"Your monster's attack increasing depends on the number of cards in your hand. But Duel Monsters' rules prevent a player to hold more than 6 cards at the end of the turn. So you must now dump a card from your hand and your Mukamuka's attack will decrese!"

The Guardian chuckled. "Clever. He understood the weakness of my combo. But he doesn't know that there is a way of bypassing the rules without cheating…" thought while glancing a card before placing it on his Duel Disk "I Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

"Now he doesn't have to discard any cards because he has six" noticed Honda.

"It doesn't matter" said Jonouchi "Either he will Set cards or discard them doesn't concern me. My turn!"

As he drew his card he groaned. "Ah man! I don't have anything that can stand up to your monster! I Summon Little-Winguard in Defense Mode! Turn end"

A tiny warrior appeared on the field as the Guardian drew his next card (DEF: 1800).

"Now that I've drawn a new card Mukamuka's attack power becomes 2700 again! Now Mukamuka, destroy Little-Winguard!"

"Oh no, my Little-Winguard!" cried Jonouchi as his monster got destroyed "But at least now you have to discard one card from your hand for the hand size limit"

"Are you sure?" asked the Guardian retorically "Reverse Magic open, Infinite Hand! This card allows both of u sto hold any number of cards we want in our hand, meaning I don't have to discard anything! Turn end!"

"Grrr… I must find a way to destroy that thing!" thought Jonouchi "My turn! Draw!"

After glancing at the drawn card his smirk grew again. "All right! I Summon Baby Dragon!"

An orange little dragon appeared in front of Jonouchi (ATK: 1200).

The Guardian laughed. "How does that thing suppose to defeat my Mukamuka?"

Jonouchi merely looked at him. "You're right. Alone Baby Dragon doesn't stand a chance against Mukamuka, but if I play my reverse card everything changes!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Reverse Magic open, Time Wizard!"

Alongside Baby Dragon a weird clock alarm appeared on the field.

"This little baby right here has a very good effect!" said Jonouchi "Time Wizard, Time Roulette!"

A giant clock appeared on the field: it contained the image of four skulls and two towers and a spinning clock arrow.

"If the Time Roulette lands on a skull, my monster will be destroyed" said Jonouchi "But if it lands on the tower, it's your Mukamuka that will be destroyed!"

"You're betting the out come on a roulette?!" asked the Guardian "You're crazy!"

"Maybe" answered Jonouchi "But I feel lucky!"

The arrow started to slow down: skull… tower… skull… skull again… and then stopped on the tower!

"Oh yeah!" cried Jonouchi "Who's boss now? Time Magic!"

The field started to spin until two things happened: Mukamuka turned into stone and Baby Dragon seemed to age (ATK: 2400).

"What happened to your dragon?" asked the Guardian.

"Being the field aged a thousand years he aged along with it" explained Jonouchi "So now my Baby Dragon had become Thousand Dragon! Moreover, your Mukamuka is destroyed and you take damage equal to half its attack power!"

"What?!" cried the Guardian while his monster destroyed.

LP Jonouchi 600

LP Guardian 2650

"And I'm not through yet!" said Jonouchi smiling "Thousand Dragon attacks directly!"

From Thousand Dragon's nose red smoke came out and went towards the Guardian.

LP Jonouchi 600

LP Guardian 250

"All right!" cried Honda "You're doing good, Jonouchi!"

"And I'll continue this way! I Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

The Guardian got up caughing. "Now you've done it! I'll make you pay for destroying my Mukamuka! My turn!"

As he drew his card he laughed. "Perfect! I've drawn the most powerful monster in my deck! A 5 stars monster that is the personification of invincibility!"

"5 stars? But you need to sacrifice a monster for one of those!"

"I know! So why you don't lend me your monster?" said the Guardian selecting a card from his hand "Activate Cross Soul!"

A white whirlwind sorrounded Thousand Dragon.

"Now I can sacrifice your monsters instead of mine. So now I sacrifice Thousand Dragon to Summon this!"

As he slammed the card on his Duel Disk a gigantic and monstrous creature that resembled Mukamuka appeared on the field, his belly glowing in a bright red light (ATK: 1200).

"Meet Enraged Mukamuka!"

"That monster only has 1200 attack points" observed Jonouchi "But it does have a special effect, does he?"

"Of course!" answered the Guardian "He gains 400 attack power for each card in my hand! Having six at the moment his attack power is 3600!"

"3600?!" cried both Jonouchi and Honda.

"Sayonara, boys!" said the Guardian "Enraged Mukamuka, kill him!"

The monstrous creature started moving but Jonouchi reacted.

"Not yet! Reverse card open, Scapegoat!"

Allo f a sudden four colored sheeps appeared on the field. One got destroyed by Enraged Mukamuka.

"Grrr…" grunted the Guardian "No matter. You're just delaying your defeat. Turn end"

"That monster sure it's powerful, but it's not invincible" thought Jonouchi "Right now in my hand I don't have nothing that can beat it. I'll have to bet on my next draw. My turn!"

The teen drew his card and when he saw it, he gasped.

"The Devils Eraser! The card that Gekko gave me! I'm a little afraid of using it because I don't want to become what Keith had become. Then again, I don't feel any dark presence that the Wicked Gods used to have. He may be my only chance of victory"

"What's the matter?" asked the Guardian "You've benn stared blankly at that card for a whole minute! Do something!"

Jonouchi put The Devils Eraser in his hand and sighed. "Right now I don't have any monster to Summon"

The Guardian laughed. "That was so pathetic!"

Jonouchi then smirked. "But maybe you do!"

The Guardian stopped laughing. "Wait, what?"

"Activate Magic Card Summon Capture!"

"Summon Capture?"

"This card allows me to check your hand and if you happen to have a Monster Card among them, I can Summon it on my side of the field!"

"What?! You've got to be kidding me!"

"Come on, show me your cards!"

The Guardian grunted and turned his hand while Jonouchi approached in order to have a better look.

"Nice cards you got there!" said the teen "I think I'll take this!"

As he took the card he stepped back and slammed the card on his Duel Disk. "I Summon Morm in Defense Mode!"

A yellow worm-like creature appeared alongside the sheeps (DEF: 900).

"Not only I now have a monster, but I subtracted a card from your hand, meaning your Enraged Mukamuka's attack power decreased to 3200!"

"Not for long! My turn!" declared the Guardian while his monster went up again to 3600 attack power "Go, my monster! Kill another Sheep!"

Enraged Mukamuka obeyed.

"My turn!" said Jonouchi drawing "I Summon Grappling Warrior Ultimator in Defense Mode"

A blue Power Ranger-like monster appeared on the field (DEF: 1000).

"Next I Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

"My turn!" declared the Guardian drawing as Enraged Mukamuka's attack became 4000 "Enraged Mukamuka, destroy his second last Sheep!"

The Sheep got destroyed as Jonouchi guarded himself from the impact.

"I Set one reverse card! Turn end!" declared the Guardian "On the next turn it will be all over. The card I played in reverse is the Continuous Trap Card Defense Sealing! Thanks to this card all his monsters will be switched to Attack Mode! I'll then attack the last Sheep and I'll win!"

Jonouchi drew his new card and looked at his opponent. "My friend, this duel is over!"

"What?"

"Reverse Magic open, Cross Shift! This allows me to switch my Sheep with a 4 star or lower monster in my hand, like my Swordsman of Landstar!"

A bean-like warrior appeared on the field (DEF: 1200).

"Now everything is set for your defeat!"

"What are you talking about?" asked the Guardian "All you have is three puny monsters on the field! They can do nothing against my Enraged Mukamuka"

"They don't, but this card does" answered Jonouchi holding up a card "I sacrifice three monsters!"

"What?!"

Jonouchi's three creatures vanished in a whirlwind as a serpentine-like monster appeared on the field (ATK: ?).

"Meet The Devils Eraser!"

The Guardian was speechless. "Th-that's… a God Card… how do you…"

"The Devils Eraser's attack and defense power are equal to the number of cards you control x1000" explained Jonouchi "Since you currentlu have three cards his power raises to 3000"

"Not very self sufficent for a God" observed the Guardian "It doesn't matter though! Your monster doesn't have enough attack power in order for him to defeat my Enraged Mukamuka!"

"Not quite!" said Jonouchi holding up a card "My monster gets a boost in both attack and defense while yours only in attack"

"What does that suppose to mean?"

"Activate Magic Card Shield in the Right Hand, Sword in the Left Hand!"

"What?!"

"This handful Magic Card allows me to switch our monster's attack power with their defense power" explained Jonouchi "Since The Devils Eraser attack and defense power are the same they don't change. Your monster however gets the boost only in its attack, meaning it only has 600 defense points"

"Which, becoming the new attack…" said the Guardian.

"… means you lose!" ended Jonouchi "The Devils Eraser attacks with Digestive Breath!"

The God card fired his attack towards Enraged Muka Muka destroying it.

LP Jonouchi 600

LP Guardian 0

"You win, Jonouchi!" cried Tristan.

"Oh yeah baby!" said Jonouchi jumping for joy.

"Congratulations. You've deafeated me" said the Guardian bowing his head "You may pass"

Afterwards he disappeared, leaving Jonouchi and Honda free to continue.

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Cards used:

Panther Warrior
Level 4
Beast-Warrior
EARTH
ATK 2000
DEF 1600

Little-Winguard
Level 4
Warrior
WIND
ATK 1400
DEF 1800

Baby Dragon
Level 4
Dragon
WIND
ATK 1200
DEF 700

Morm
Level 4
Rock
EARTH
ATK 1000
DEF 900

Grappling Warrior Ultimator
Level 4
Warrior
EARTH
ATK 700
DEF 1000

Swordsman of Landstar
Level 3
Warrior
EARTH
ATK 500
DEF 1200

Iron Knight Gearfried
Level 4
Warrior
EARTH
ATK 1800
DEF 1600
Effect: This card is unaffected by the effects of Equip Magic Cards.

Mukamuka
Level 2
Rock
EARTH
ATK 600
DEF 300
Effect: This card gains 300 ATK for each card in your hand.

Thousand Dragon
Level 7
Dragon
WIND
ATK 2400
DEF 2000
Effect: This card can only be Special Summoned from your hand or Deck by Tributing 1 "Baby Dragon" you control after succeding the effect of "Time Wizard".

Enraged Mukamuka
Level 5
Rock
EARTH
ATK 1200
DEF 600
Effect: This card gains 400 ATK for each card in your hand.

Pot of Greed
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Draw 2 cards from your Deck.

Infinite Hand
Continuous Magic Card
Effect: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, there is no limit to the number of cards in both player's hand.

Time Wizard
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Activate only if both players control at least 1 monster. Toss a coin and call Heads or Tails. If you call it right, destroy all monsters your opponent controls and inflict damage to your opponent equal to half of those monsters' ATK. If you call it wrong, destroy all monsters you control and take damage equal to half of those monsters' ATK.

Cross Soul
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Select up to 3 monsters your opponent controls. This turn, if you have to Tribute Summon a monster(s), you can Tributed the selected monster(s) instead.

Scapegoat
Quick-Play Magic Card
Effect: If you activate this card you cannot Summon or Set any monster this turn. Special Summon 4 Sheep Tokens (Level 1/Beast-Type/EARTH/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position.

Summon Capture
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Look at your opponent's hand and select 1 Monster Card that can be Normal Summoned. The selected card is Normal Summoned to your side of the field.

Cross Shift
Quick-Play Magic Card
Effect: Swap 1 monster on your field with 1 Level 4 or lower monster in your hand.

Shield in the Right Hand, Shield in the Left Hand
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Switch the current ATK and DEF of all monsters currently on the field.

Defense Seal
Continuos Trap Card
Effect As long as this card is face-up on the field, switch all Defense Position monsters your opponent controls in face-up Attack Position.

Note: I didn't put The Devils Eraser because I put it a few chapters before.