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.

6. Face of the Avatar

Chapter 6: Face of the Avatar

Note: On this chapter there'll be a reference to a future fanfic I'll make. Hope you enjoy!

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As Yako kept walking, he was looking at The Devils Avatar card. All of a sudden memories started to cross the teen's mind.

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Yako was standing in front of Yugi, his Devils Avatar had just been destroyed Sky Dragon Osiris.

"What are you up to, Yako?!" asked the King of Games.

"Revenge" simply answered the Tenma teen.

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Yako looked harmless from the screen as his brother lost to Yugi. "Impossible!" thought "Gekko had the Devils Dread Root… and yet he still lost. Yugi Muto… just who are you?"

The screen in front of him released a microphone, allowing him to speak inside of it so that can Yugi could hear him. "It's show time" he thought taking the microphone "Congratulations, Yugi Muto! I should've known you'd manage to defeat The Devils Dread Root…"

"Is this a recoding?" asked a confused Dark Yugi, still oblivious that standing in front of him was actually Gekko.

The Tenma teen chuckled. "Unfortunately for you, I'm afraid not. It's live" he answered "I've been on the top floor of this building the whole time"

He then turned towards his helpless brother. "However it's true that the person you just defeated is also me…"

"What do you mean?" asked Dark Yugi.

"I hacked his body, took over and controller him" answered Yako "He is my twin brother, born just a few minutes before me… Gekko Tenma…"

Gekko then got up and ripped The Devils Dread Root card.

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Yako and Dark Yugi were finally facing: Dark Yugi controlled Gorz the Emissary of Hades and Kaien the Emissary of Hades, while Yako just activated Multiplication in order to multiply the Wing Token he controller into three monsters.

"And now, Yugi… another Devil God will manifest itself before you!" declared the Tenma teen "Look and despair…"

As he laughed his three monsters disappeared and a black orb appeared on his field.

"… as I Summon The Devils Avatar!"

Dark Yugi simply stared at the monster.

"Do you see now?!" asked Yako with malice "This is my Devil God… my other self!"

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"I was such a fool" thought the Tenma teen as he proceeded walking "And The Devils Avatar didn't help it. If I made the correct modifications on the cards they shouldn't have all that malice in them. But I still have to be careful. They're Gods after all"

He suddently stopped and looked at the void in front of him. "Show yourself, I know you are here" said "The Avatar feels your presence"

"And I feel his" answered a blue cloaked guy coming out from the shadows "Greetings, I am the Water Guardian and I'm here to block your path"

Yako chuckled. "You think you can face a Devil God?"

"I've heard rumors about those Gods" admitted the Guardian activating his Duel Disk "But I won't be intimidated by those cards!"

"As you wish!" declared Yako activating his own Duel Disk.

"Duel!"

LP Yako 4000

LP Guardian 4000

"I'll start!" said the Guardian drawing "I Summon Woman Warrior of the Seas in Defense Mode!"

A blue haired mermaid appeared on the field (DEF: 1400).

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

"A WATER Deck, huh?" noticed Yako "I once met a guy that used to play it. Let's see if you can manage to deal with me just like he did. My turn! Draw!"

After he drew, the Tenma teen slammed a card on his Duel Disk. A centaur-like lion appeared, carrying an enormous spear (ATK: 3000).

"Meet God Beast King Barbaros!"

"A eight-stars monster Summoned with no Tributes?!" asked the Guardian surprised.

"Don't worry, it does come with a drawback" answered Yako "I have to cut its attack power to 1900. But it's still stronger than your monster! Barbaros, attack with Tornado Shaper!"

Barbaros started heading towards the mermaid but the Guardian had other plans.

"Trap Card open, Fishure Charge!"

From the card four remora fishes came out and started attaching themselves towards Barbaros.

"This card activates by sacrificing a Fish-Type monster" explained the Guardian.

"Now you can destroy my monster and draw an additional card" finished Yako.

"That's correct"

As the Guardian drew his card the remora fishes exploded, leaving Yako's field empty.

"I Set one reverse card!" declared the Tenma teen "Turn end!"

"My turn!" declared the Guardian drawing his card "Activate Cost Down! This card reduces the Level of the monsters in my hand by two, so that I can now Summon Sea King Dragon without sacrificing any monsters!"

In front of the two duelists a dark yellow dragon with a blue turtle shell appeared (ATK: 2000).

"Now Sea King Dragon attacks directly!"

"Reverse card open, Yellow Alert!" declared Yako "This card allows me to shield myself from your attack by simply Summoning a monster from my hand! I choose Tellus the Little Angel in Defense Mode!"

A mechanical-like angel appeared on the field (DEF: 500). As Sea King Dragon destroyed it, the monster's wing remained on the field.

"When Tellus is destroyed it leaves his wing behind" explained Yako.

"Whatever. Turn end" said the Guardian a little bit annoyed.

As Yako drew his card and looked at it, he showed his trade-mark shark-like grin. "Time for me to Summon God"

"What?!"

"Activate Magic Card Multiplication!" declared the Tenma teen "Multiply the one wing into three!"

As two more wings appeared on the field, Yako held up another card.

"I now sacrifice my three monsters!"

The three wings vanished in a vortex of light and a black orb appeared on the field in their place (ATK: ?).

"Meet The Devils Avatar!"

The Guardian was both scared and amazed at the same time. "So that's a Devil God…" he noticed "But his attack power didn't showed…"

"The Devils Avatar's attack power is always 1 point higher than the one the strongest monster on the field possesses"

"What?!" cried the Guardian as The Devils Avatar morphed into a black-pitch version of Sea King Dragon, his attack now displayed as 2001.

"The Devils Avatar destroys Sea King Dragon!"

The God card went against Sea King Dragon and destroyed it, before returning a black orb again and his attack returning to 1.

LP Yako 4000

LP Guardian 3999

"Curses…" thought the Guardian "For one point… just one point… the Avatar is the most strongest monster on the field… or maybe not"

He then draw his card. "I Summon Aqua Madoor in Defense Mode!"

A masked magician with a green cloak appeared on the field making the Avatar's attack power equal to 1201 (DEF: 2000).

"Aqua Madoor has less attack power than his defense power" thought the Guardian "The Avatar cannot kill it. I now Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

"My turn! Draw"

As the Tenma teen saw his new card he looked at his Devils Avatar and then at Aqua Maddor. He then held it up to the sky. "I sacrifice The Avatar!"

"You what?!"

The Devil God vanished and a black and purple demon appeared on the Tenma teen's field (ATK: 2200).

"I Summon War God Gaap!"

"Why did you trade your God for something like that?!" asked the Guardian.

"I thought that God would have been my only chance of defeating people" said Yako in a sad tone before looking at his opponent with pride in his eyes "But now I know that I don't need to rely on him! God doesn't control me, I do! As long as War God Gaap is on the field, ever monster is forced into Attack Mode!"

"What?!"

"Now Gaap will destroy Aqua Madoor!"

The demon went towards Aqua Madoor and hit it with his demonic wings, destroying it.

LP Yako 4000

LP Guardian 2999

"Reverse card open, Soul Rope!" declared the Guardian "It activates when one of my monsters is destroyed. I now pay 1000 Life Points and Summon one four-stars monster from my deck!"

LP Yako 4000

LP Guardian 1999

As the Guardian slammed a card on his Duel Disk a red serpent-like fish monster appeared on the field (ATK: 1800).

"I Summon Seasarion!"

"Not bad" admitted Yako "Turn end!"

"My turn! Draw!"

As the Guardian looked as the card he drew he smirked. "Perfect. This card will allow me to Summon my ace monster. Activate Magic Card Oonami Konami!"

All of a sudden a red wave manifested on the field. When it disappeared Seasarion wasn't on the field anymore.

"This card destroys every WATER monster I control but in exchange I can trade them for others lying in my hand" explained the Guardian slamming another card on his Duel Disk.

All of a sudden a light blue fish resembling a dragon appeared on the field (ATK: 2900).

"Meet my ace monster, Spiral Dragon!" declared the Guardian "It almost matches the power of the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and your Gaap cannot handle it. Spiral Dragon, destroy Gaap!"

The dragon fired a blue energy wave towards Gaap destroying it.

LP Yako 3300

LP Guardian 1999

"How's that?!" asked the Guardian "Turn end!"

Yako got up on his feet and looked at the guardian. "You disappoint me"

"What did you say?!"

"The other duelist I know has a more versatile play, than just plain aggressive. WATER cards are indeed pretty strong, but they have some disadvantages, disadvantages that he managed to erase, but you didn't. You aren't worthy of considering yourself a Water Tamer!"

"Shut up!" yelled the Guardian "Just make your move so that in the next turn I can kill you!"

"As you wish" said Yako drawing "Activate Magic Card Treasure Cards from the Heavens! This allows us to draw until we reach six cards in our hands"

Both duelist drew their cards.

"I now play another Magic Card, Silent Dead, which brings back my Barbaros in Defense Mode!"

The lion-centaur came back to the field (DEF: 1200).

"Next I Summon God Machine King Ur!"

A red and gold machine monster appeared on the field.

"Furthermore I play the Magic Card Fusion! Fuse Barbaros and Ur together!"

All of a sudden Barbaros' skin darsene and Ur separated itself and his arms attached themselves to Barbaros as arms as the body and the bottom attached respectively to the monster's torso and bottom of the lion body (ATK: 3800).

"Meet Beast God Machine King Barbaros Ur!"

"3800 attack power?!" cried the Guardian "I'm lucky that Fusion Monsters cannot attack the turn they're Summoned"

"Are you sure?" asked Yako holding up a card "Activate Magic Card Quick Attack! With this, my Fusion Monster can attack instantly! Barbaros Ur, destroy his Spiral Dragon!"

The titanic monster moved forward and attacked the sea dragon, destroying it.

LP Yako 3300

LP Guardian 1099

"I Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

The Guardian drew without talking. "He may have Summoned a huge beatstick, but It won't be sticking around for long" he thought "I Summon Ship Crossing to Yomi in Defense Mode!"

An orange gondola appeared on the field (DEF: 1400).

"When Ship Crossing to Yomi is destroyed by battle, it takes along the monster that destroyed it" thought the Guardian with a smirk "Come on, attack me!"

"My turn!" said Yako drawing "Barbaros Ur attacks Ship Crossing to Yomi!"

"Yes!" thought the Guardian as the Fusion monster rushed towards the ship.

"Also, reverse Magic open, Berserk Mode!"

"What?!"

"This card forces all monsters on the field to Attack Mode and forces them to battle" explained Yako "Barbaros Ur, finish him off!"

Ship Crossing to Yomi got destroyed and the Guardian flied towards the room screaming.

LP Yako 3300

LP Guardian 0

"As I thought" said Yako while starting to walk again "You're nothing compared to him"

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Cards used:

Gorz Emissary of Hades
Level 7
Fiend
DARK
ATK 2700
DEF 2500

Kaien Emissary of Hades
Level 7
Fiend
DARK
ATK 2500
DEF 2700

Woman Warrior of the Seas
Level 4
Fish
WATER
ATK 1300
DEF 1400

Sea King Dragon
Level 6
Sea Serpent
WATER
ATK 2000
DEF 1700

Aqua Madoor
Level 4
Spellcaster
WATER
ATK 1200
DEF 2000

Seasarion
Level 4
Aqua
WATER
ATK 1800
DEF 800

Spiral Dragon
Level 8
Sea Serpent
WATER
ATK 2900
DEF 2900

The Devils Dread Root
Level 10
Divine-Beast
DIVINE
ATK 4000
DEF 4000
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoed except by Tributing 3 monsters (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. As long as this card is face-up on the field, halve the ATK and DEF of all other monsters on the field.

God Beast King Barbaros
Level 8
Beast Warrior
EARTH
ATK 3000
DEF 1200
Effect: You can Normal Summon this card with no Tributing. If you do, this card's ATK becomes 1900.

Tellus the Little Angel
Level 3
Fairy
LIGHT
ATK 500
DEF 500
Effect: When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 "Tellus Wing Token" (Level 1/Fairty-Type/LIGHT/ATK 0/DEF 0).

War God Gaap
Level 6
Fiend
DARK
ATK 2200
DEF 2000
Effect: All monsters are changed to face-up Attack Position, also their battle position cannot be changed. (Flip Effects are not activated.) Once per turn, you can reveal any number of DIVINE monsters in your hand, and if you do, this card gains 300 ATK for each until the End Phase.

God Machine King Ur
Level 4
Machine
EARTH
ATK 1600
DEF 1600
Effect: This card can attack monsters your opponent controls equal to this card's Level.

Ship Crossing to Yomi
Level 3
Aqua
WATER
ATK 800
DEF 1400
Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle, destroy the monster that destroyed it.

Beast God Machine King Barbaros Ur
Level 8
Beast-Warrior
EARTH
ATK 3800
DEF 1200
Effect: God Beast King Barbaros + God Machine King Ur
This card can attack monsters your opponent controls equal to this card's Level.

Multiplication
Quick-Play Magic Card
Effect: Tribute 1 monster you control with 500 ATK or less. Special Summon any number of Tokens (max. 5) to your side of the field with the same ATK, DEF, Level, Type, Attribute and name of the Tributed monster.

Oonami Konami
Norma Magic Card
Effect: Destroy all WATER monsters you control. Then you can Special Summon WATER monsters from your hand up to the number of the destroyed monsters.

Treasure Cards from the Heavens
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Both players draw until they have 6 cards in their hand.

Quick Attack
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Select 1 Fusion Monster that was Fusion Summoned this turn. It can attack this turn.

Berserk Mode
Quick-Play Magic Card
Effect: Switch all monsters to the field to face-up Attack Position and force them to battle. This card's activation and effect cannot be negated.

Fishure Charge
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Tribute 1 Fish-Type monster you control. Destroy 1 card your opponent control, and if you do, draw 1 card.

Yellow Alert
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Activates only when your opponent declares an attack. Special Summon 1 monster from your hand. It becomes the new attack target. During the End Phase, if you control the Sumoned monster, return it to your hand.

Soul Rope
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Activate when a monster you control is destroyed by battle. Pay 1000 Life Points and Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your Deck.

Notes: For The Devils Avatar check Chapter 3;
for Cost Down check Chapter 5;
for Blue-Eyes White Dragon, check Chapter 2;
for Silent Dead check Chapter 3;
for Fusion check Chapter 3.