Chapter 10: Transformation! Enter Nitemare!

Dark Yugi stood there, his chest bleeding, while DarkNite stared at him with Sun Dragon God Ra standing behind him. He drew his card with his eyes closed, the pain in his chest increasing.

LP Dark Yugi 800

LP DarkNite 2280

He opened his eyes and looked at the card. He placed it in the middle of the other cards and selected another one.

"First I Set one reverse card!" he declared before selecting the card he drew at the start of the turn "Then I activate Curtain of Black Magic!"

"What?"

"This card allows me to pain half of my Life Points and Special Summon this from my hand!"

LP Dark Yugi 400

LP DarkNite 2280

As Dark Yugi slammed a card on the Duel Disk a human figure with a purple suit and a green scepter appeared alongside him (ATK: 2500).

"Meet my most loyal servant: Black Magician!"

"Here it is, indeed" observed DarkNite "But it can't do nothing against Ra! My turn! Ra, attack Black Magician end this duel! God Blaze Cannon!"

Ra started charging its attack but Dark Yugi looked at him.

"Traps don't affect God, but the card I played in reverse is not a Trap"

"What?!"

"Reverse Magic activate, Attack Nullification!"

Ra stopped instantly.

"So it was a Magic Card, huh?" observed DarkNite "Very clever. But Attack Nullification only lasts for one turn. On the next turn you're through!"

Dark Yugi looked at his deck. "There's only one card that can beat Ra! I must draw it right now! I trust my deck!" thought before looking back at DarkNite "My turn! Draw!"

Once again he stood still for a second (coughing some blood from his mouth) before looking at the card.

"DarkNite" said the Nameless Pharaoh smiling weakly "I've drew the card that will destroy God!"

"Impossible!" cried DarkNite "There's no such card!"

"Wanna bet?" asked Dark Yugi discarding from his hand Gaia the Dark Knight "By discarding one card I Special Summon The Tricky!"

A weird looking magician with a jester-like mask with a question mark on it appeared on the field (ATK: 2000).

"Next I sacrifice Big Shield Gardna!" declared Dark Yugi "I Summon Black Magician Girl!"

A beautiful girl with a light blue outfit similar to Black Magician's appeared on the field (ATK: 2000).

"These three monsters will be your downfall, DarkNite!" said the Nameless Pharaoh.

"What are you talking about? They're only three wimpy Magician cards, they can't stand up to God!"

"You're partially correct" answered Dark Yugi while taking the last card in his hand, the one he drew at the start of his turn "Alone my three Magicians can't do nothing against God, but together they can kill it!"

"You're lying!" cried Dark Nite.

"See for yourself" said the Nameless Pharaoh slamming the card on his Duel Disk "Activate Magic Card Union Attack! Magicians, attack Ra!"

The three monsters charged towards the God Card.

"What are you doing?!" asked a both confused and worried DarkNite.

"Union Attack allows my monsters to attack together as one" explained Dark Yugi "Together they share an attack power of 6500. Not even Ra can stand up to it!"

"No!"

The three magicians launched a magic spell, The Tricky from his palm and the other two magicians from their scepters. The three beams connected together and hit Ra, destroying it.

LP Dark Yugi 400

LP DarkNite 1130

"Turn end" declared Dark Yugi before falling on his knees "Damn… I can't resist for long… these wounds are really deep: I can hear my heart beating slowly as the time passes. I must finish this quickly!"

"Yugi!" cried Anzu.

"Stand back!" he cried as he saw Anzu trying to approach "I'll be fine. I promise"

DarkNite stood up as he looked at his Duel Disk. "Sun Dragon God Ra… the strongest of the Gods… defeated by three wimpy Magicians…"

"You better not underestimate the power of my comrades" said Dark Yugi.

All of a sudden a door on Dark Yugi's left opened and both Heishin and Seto entered the room.

"Yugi!" said Seto.

"Seto!"

"Master DarkNite!" cried Heishin approaching the creator of the Shadow Games, his armor now almost destroyed.

"God… destroyed… God… destroyed…"

DarkNite wasn't stopping saying that.

Seto smirked. "Guess he thought the defeat of God by the hands of a non-God could have been impossible"

He then noticed his brother. "Mokuba!"

He rushed towards the little boy's body and picked him from the altar. "You bastards… you're gonna pay!"

DarkNite merely looked at him.

"Master" Heishin said "You may have a chance of beating the nameless Pharaoh!"

The creator of the Shadow Games looked at him.

"Accept my power and defeat him"

He then took a dagger out from his cloak and stabbed himself.

Dark Yugi gasped. Anzu puked. Seto did nothing. DarkNite picked some blood from Heishin's corpse and licked it. In a few second his body started to glow in a purple light. Then a flash sent Yugi flying towards the room (and ending the Duel of Darkness) as Anzu rushed to help him with the wounds.

As the light died down Heishin wasn't there anymore and DarkNite had changed: his armor was now completely blue, a skull motif on the torso, and his head was now a skeleton. He laughed, his voice sounding like a mix between his own and Heishin's. "My name is Nitemare, the ruler of the Shadows!"

Dark Yugi stood up, his wounds covered by Anzu's jacket, and looked at the creature with a scowl.

"It's time for a rematch, Pharaoh!" declared Nitemare "Whoever loses this Duel of Darkness dies!"

The nameless Pharaoh shuffled his deck without talking and stepped towards his enemy. However, Seto stopped him. "Yugi, this is my battle" he said "This bastard killed Mokuba. I won't forgive him!"

"I can take both of you out with no problem" said Nitemare calmly "As a handicap, I'll have 8000 Life Points instead of 4000!"

The two Duelists looked at each other and nodded, their Duel Disks ready.

"Duel!"

LP Dark Yugi 4000

LP Seto 4000

LP Nitemare 8000

"I'll go first!" said Nitemare drawing "I Summon Guardian of Last Royal Family in Attack Mode!"

A golden statue appeared on the field (ATK: 1650).

"Turn end"

"My turn!" declared Seto drawing "I Summon Duos!"

A black human figure with wings carrying a sword appeared on the field (ATK: 1800).

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

"My turn!" declared Dark Yugi drawing "I Summon Big Shield Gardna in Defense Mode!"

A human figure carrying a giant shield appeared on the field (DEF: 2600).

"Turn end!"

"Now that all of us had done a turn, we can start having some fun" said Nitemare drawing "My turn. I sacrifice Guardian of Last Royal Family to Summon Monster Tamer!"

A human figure carrying a red whip appeared on the field (ATK: 1800).

"I now use his special ability!" declared Nitemare "I can take control of one of your monsters, giving them 1/3 of their attack power as a boost!"

"What?!" both Dark Yugi and Seto cried.

"I'll choose Duos!"

Monster Tamer moved his whip and tied up Duos, forcing it to come to its side, its attack increasing to 2400.

"Now Duos attacks Seto directly!"

Duos charged towards his master but Seto reacted.

"Reverse card open, Attack Nullification!"

Duos stopped and came back to Nitemare's field.

"Very good, Seto" said Nitemare "I Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

"My turn!" declared Seto drawing "If I Summon a new monster, Monster Tamer will simply take it. I can only defend with Magic and Trap Cards for the moment. I Set one reverse card! Turn end!"

"My turn! Draw!" declared the Nameless Pharaoh. He drew Fusion. "I sacrifice Big Shield Gardna and Summon Curse of Dragon in Attack Mode!"

In place of Big Shield Gardna a giant yellow dragon appeared on the field (ATK: 2000).

Dark Yugi then scanned his hand. "I've Summoned Curse of Dragon to the field. And my hand I have Fusion. All I need to do is Summon Gaia the Dark Knight, whenever I'll draw it, and fuse it with my Curse of Dragon to Summon Gaia the Dragon Knight" he thought "But for the moment let's take care of that Monster Tamer. Curse of Dragon, attack Monster Tamer! Hell Flame!"

The dragon fired a blast from his mouth but Nitemare was ready.

"Reverse card open, Curse of Darkness!"

All of a sudden shackles appeared on the field, tiding up Curse of Dragon .

"This Magic Cards takes away 700 points from your monster and enables its attack" explained Nitemare.

Dark Yugi grunted. "I Set two reverse cards! Turn end!"

Nitemare drew without talking. As he saw the card he drew his skull turned into a creepy smile. "I use my Monster Tamer's effect to take control of Curse of Dragon!"

Monster Tamer caught Curse of Dragon and placed alongside him.

"Furthermore…" he said holding up the card he drew "I sacrifice my three monsters!"

"What?!" cried both Dark Yugi and Seto.

In front of them a giant blue monster appeared: it had a golem-like appearance and had demonic wings (ATK: 4000).

"I Summon The God of Obelisk!"

Cards used:

Black Magician
Level 7
Spellcaster
DARK
ATK 2500
DEF 2100

Gaia the Dark Knight
Level 7
Warrior
DARK
ATK 2300
DEF 2100

Curse of Dragon
Level 5
Dragon
DARK
ATK 2000
DEF 1500

The Tricky
Level 5
Spellcaster
WIND
ATK 2000
DEF 1200
Effect: You can Special Summon this card from your hand by discarding 1 card.

Black Magician Girl
Level 6
Spellcaster
DARK
ATK 2000
DEF 1700
Effect: This card gains 300 ATK for each "Black Magician" in either player's Graveyard.

Duos (made by me)
Level 4
Warrior
DARK
ATK 1800
DEF 1200
Effect: Once per turn, when this card battles, you can Tribute any number of monsters you control. This card gains ATK equal to the total sum of the ATK of the Tributed monsters until the End Phase. This card cannot attack directly the turn you use this effect.

Monster Tamer
Level 5
Warrior
EARTH
ATK 1800
DEF 1600
Effect: This card cannot declare an attack. Once per turn, you can take control of 1 monster your opponent controls and increase its ATK by 1/3 of its current ATK.

Gaia the Dragon Knight
Level 7
Dragon
WIND
ATK 2600
DEF 2100
Effect: Curse of Dragon + Gaia the Dark Knight

Curtain of Black Magic
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Both players can pay half of their Life Points to Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type monster from their hand.

Union Attack
Normal Magic Card
Effect: This turn, all face-up monsters you control may attack one of your opponent's monsters together, with their ATK being equal to their combined ATK.

Curse of Darkness
Equip Magic Card
Effect: The equipped monster cannot attack or change its Battle Position and it loses 700 ATK.

Notes: For Sun Dragon God Ra check Chapter 1;
for Big Shield Gardna check Chapter 9;
for Attack Nullification check Chapter 5;
for Guardian of Last Royal Family check Chapter 9;
for Fusion check Chapter 3;
for the God of Obelisk check Chapter 1.