Disclaimer: see prologue
Chapter 8: Secrets Unveiled Yusuke vs. Yugi
Kari came out with a tray of cookies and walked into the living room, where Joey and Tristan were arm wresting, with Yusuke and Yugi watching them go from the couch. The eldest Urameshi rolled her eyes at the boyish act displayed before her. She also cursed Mai, Tea and Keiko for leaving her with the boys to go to the store.
"Oh! No! Tristan!" Joey tried to push Tristan's arm back, "I'm winnin' dis contest."
Tristan tried to push Joey's arm back, "Oh no you don't, Wheeler!" he said
Tristan managed to push Joey's hand back, flipping the blonde in the process.
"Hey Joey, are you all right!" Yusuke asked, seeing Joey on the ground moaning
"Oh yeah, whose the man!" Tristan cheered
"Okay guys," Kari announced, "How about a break! I've made some cookies for you guys to enjoy." The brunette placed the cookies on the table.
The boys knew that Kari cooked these cookies which weren't a good sign. To go easy on the eldest Urameshi's feelings they took one and took one bite in unison.
"Well, how are they?" Kari asked, with hope in her eyes
The boys tasted the cookies and they were VERY horrible, "They great," Tristan lied
"Yeah sis, you are out done yourself this time." Yusuke added, trying to shallow them, 'How am I kidding these are damn straight HORRIBLE!' he thought
"There's the best!" Yugi said, 'Oh man, I think I'm gonna poke!' he thought
"Uh! Yeah, Kari, what the guys said," Joey said
Kari beamed a bright smile, "Thanks you guys, I'll being with another batch!" with that she walked away. As soon as Kari left the room, the boys ran upstairs towards the bathroom. Yusuke managed to get there fast, due to his demon speed and closed the door before Joey got there, "Hey no fair!" Joey roared
Yusuke went for the toilet and spit out the cookies that his sister made, "Oh gross!" he exclaimed, "What happened this morning? Her omelet was good but these cookies weren't."
After the boys spit or threw up in the toilet and flushed it, they went downstairs to the living room, deciding what to do with the reminding batch.
"So guys, any ideas?" Yusuke asked
"Well, we could just throw them away," Joey suggest
"But that would hurt Kari's feelings," Yugi told the blonde, "She worked so hard with these cookies."
"We're back!"
Mai, Tea and Keiko walked inside the living where the boys in looking at the batch of cookies that were placed on the table, "Hey guys, what are you looking at?" Tea asked, walking towards the boys along with the girls
"Pondering," Yugi replied
"On what are we going to do with these cookies," Yusuke added
"Let me guess, Kari made these," Mai said, dryly
"That's right!" the boys said in unison
"So any ideas?" Tristan asked
Yusuke took a deep breath, "Guys I'll eat them," Yusuke said
"Why's that?" Joey asked
"Because Kari worked so hard on these," Yusuke replied, "Plus for the fact that she's my sister and I don't want to hurt her like that."
"The same goes for me," Keiko added, "I love Kari, like an older sister that I never have and hate her cooking as much as you guys do, but I have to agree Yusuke on this." Keiko got one cookie and prepared to shoved the cookie inside her mouth and chew it, while making a face, 'Oh god, I love Kari as a sister but DAMN these are nasty!' she thought as she tried to swallow them
After the gang ate all of the cookies, it was resulted in the boys going to the bathroom, while shoving each other away.
Later...
"Hey Yugi!" Yusuke called out, after knocking on his cousin's bedroom door
Yugi opened the door to see Yusuke behind it, with a duel disk attached to his left arm, "Hey Yugi, mind if we duel?" Yusuke asked, "Just need brush up on it, that's all!"
"Let me guess," Yugi said, "It was Keiko's idea, right?"
Yusuke lets out an exaggerated sigh, "Yes……"
Yugi smiled, "Sure!"
Yusuke, just then noticed two little furry monsters behind him, "Hey Yugi, why are there two Winged Kuribohs behind you?"
Yugi was stunned by this and looked behind them to see that there were Winged Kuribohs behind him, "Yusuke, you could see them?" he asked
"Yeah, what's up with that, Yuge?"
Yugi sighed and pulled Yusuke in his room, "Yusuke, how is it that you could see them also?" he asked
Yusuke sighed, knowing that it's time to tell Yugi about everything that's happened to him, "You remember that car accident, a year ago, right?" he asked
Yugi blinked, "Yeah, we all believed that you were dead."
Yusuke gulped, "Well that's the thing, Yugi," he began, "I actually died from that accident."
Yugi was stunned on this, "So, are you saying that you're ghost now?" he asked, with uncertainly
After an hour of telling Yugi everything about his life as a spirit detective and that he's a quarter of a demon, including Kari.
"So, all this time you were fighting demons most of the time?" Yugi asked, with shock, "Didn't your mother know about this?"
"No," Yusuke replied, "Mom's was too drunk and dense to know, what was going on in my life. The only ones around that know about this are both Kari and Keiko. Now, I'm trying to start a normal new life, by enrolling into Duel Academy. So, what's your story about see these duel monsters?" Yusuke was pointing at the Kuribohs
Yugi sighed, "Well, it all started when Grandpa gave me a present from Egypt and…………" an hour later……. "And that's what happened."
"So, all those duel matches you played in the past, you got help from a spirit of an Egyptian Pharaoh?" Yusuke asked
"That's right and now I was the one, who defeated the King of Games himself and now I'm the King of Games."
"And soon that title will belong to me!" Yusuke said, with determination
A few moments later, Yusuke and Yugi were outside facing each other, with their duel disks attached to their left arms.
"Yusuke against Yugi?" Keiko said, "This is going to be tough on Yusuke, considering Yugi is the King of Games."
(YMLP: 8000/YULP: 8000)
"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke said, "I'll activate the spell card, Reinforcement of the Army, now I can get a warrior monster from my deck and place it in my hand!" Yusuke pulls his deck from his duel disk and searched through it. He then found the card what card he was looking for, "I'll summon Marauding Captain in attack mode!" the 15th century captain appears in front of Yusuke, with his sword drawn (ATK: 1200), "Now, since Marauding Captain was normal summoned, I get to special summon another level 4 or lower warrior type monster on the field and I'll choose another Marauding Captain!" another captain appears on the field beside his captain counterpart (ATK: 1200)
"A good move, Yusuke!" Yugi complimented, "With both Marauding Captains out, I can't attack at all!"
"Wow, Yusuke must have done some studying, for once," Keiko said
"He must have got it from Joey," Mai added
"Boku no time, draw!" Yugi whips out his card, "I'll summon the Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode!" A black-cloaked magician appears in front of Yugi (ATK: 1900)
"Nice monster, Yugi," Yusuke complimented, "Meaning that I get to see that Dark Magician of yours, as soon as three spell cards are played!"
Yugi smiled, "That's right," he said, "But, I'm getting the feeling that I'll be summoning my Dark Magician out a lot sooner than expected, Yusuke."
"Don't get your hopes up, just yet, cuz," Yusuke said
"What could Yusuke be planning?" Kari said
"Is he going to stop Yugi from summoning Dark Magician?" Keiko asked
"I'll end my turn by playing one card face-down!" Yugi announced as the face-down was materialized behind his magician
"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke whips out a card from his deck, "I'll summon Exiled Force in attack mode!" a group of 15th century soldiers appears by the captains (ATK: 1000), "Sure he may look weak, but thanks to their power I can destroy one monster on the field, meaning your magician is toast, Yugi!" he declared, "Now Exiled Force, seize Skilled Dark Magician and destroy him!" the soldiers charges towards Yugi's magician and ran him down and disappeared, "My magician!" Yugi exclaims
"Now time for a direct attack," Yusuke declared, "Marauding Captains, charge in!" the captains charges towards Yugi and slashes him (YMLP: 8000)-(YMLP: 5600)
"Whoa, Yusuke just took out a chuck of Yugi's life points!" Tristan exclaimed
"That's something you don't see everyday," Mai said
Yugi winced, "Boku no time, draw!" he pulls a card, "I'll summon another Skilled Dark Magician!" another Skilled Dark Magician appears on the field (ATK: 1900), "I'll end my turn with a face-down card!"
"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke whips a card from his deck, "I'll activate the spell card, The Warrior Returning Alive, to bring a warrior monster from the graveyard to my hand!"
"Yeah and my monster had just gained a counter from your spell card!" Yugi announced as a power node on the monster's costume lit up.
"It wouldn't matter anyways, because your monster is going to the destroyed!" Just then a card was pushed out of Yusuke's graveyard slot, "The monster I choose is Exiled Force!" the medieval soldiers appear on the field (ATK: 1000)
"Now Yusuke can remove that Skilled Magician!" Kari said
"Now soldiers, charge!" Yusuke commanded pointing at Yugi's magician and his soldiers doing that, "I'm afraid that's not going to happened for the second time, Yusuke!" Yugi declared, "Go trap card, Divine Wrath!"
"Oh no!"
"Now your monster's effect is negated and Exile Forces is destroyed!"
The soldiers were destroyed, "I'll end my turn with a face-down!" Yusuke announced as the card materialized behind his Marauding Captains
"Boku no time, draw!" Yugi draws, "Now, I'll play the spell card Soul Taker." A whirlwind appeared around one of Yusuke's captain's, "This spell lets me sacrifice one of your monsters, though you get 1000 points to your life points!"
"As much as I'd love to get more life points to my life points, Yugi, that's not going to happen!" Yusuke declared, "Go Magic Jammer! By discarding one card from my hand to the grave, your spell is negated and destroyed!"
"That's what you think, Yusuke!" Yugi said, "I'll reveal my trap, Seven Tools of the Bandit!"
"No!" Yusuke exclaims
"Now at the cost of 1000 of my life points, your trap is negated!" (YMLP: 5600)-(YMLP: 4600)
Yusuke (YULP: 8000)-(YULP: 9000) stepped back in shock, "You can't……"
"Don't worry, Yusuke, I'll be sacrificing my monster as well as one of your captains, breaking the lock on my attacks!" The Skilled Magician was covered in another whirlwind. "And now, with these two sacrifices, I'll summon my Dark Magician."
The whirlwinds disappeared and left Yugi's purple-robed magician (ATK: 2500) on the field.
"No way!" Yusuke said, in shock
"Yugi has summoned his most powerful monster," Keiko said, "He must be taking the duel seriously."
"Now, Dark Magician, attack Yusuke's captain, with Dark Magic Attack!" Yugi ordered. The magician twirled his green staff and fired a blaze of dark energy at Marauding Captain, blasting it away. (YULP: 9000)-(YULP: 6700)
Yusuke winced and looked at Yugi's Dark Magician. It has been a while since he faced it and then something within him happened and he smiled.
Keiko noticed what was happening to Yusuke, right now, "Hey what's with that smile on Yusuke's face?" she asked, "Yugi has his Dark Magician out and Yusuke's smiling!"
"He's having a good time, Kei." Mai replied
Keiko looked at the blonde, weirdly, "What do you mean, Mai?" she asked
"What Mai means is that Yusuke is going to enjoy dueling for now on." Tea replied
Tea was right, Yusuke was starting to enjoy dueling so much, it was like one of his street brawls and fights with demons that he has had in the past.
"That's the true spirit of dueling," Grandpa said, "Having a good time and always believing in yourself."
"To any street fighter," Joey said, "Dueling is exactly like it, going up against stronger people and having a good time."
"And this is coming from someone, who uses luck to win his duels," Tristan said
"Exactly," Joey said, and realizing that it wasn't a complaint, "Hey!"
"You know, Yugi," Yusuke started, "I can't remember the last time that I'm having fun dueling."
Yugi smiled, "This is only the beginning, Yusuke," he said, "Of becoming a great duelist."
"Ore no time, draw," Yusuke drew his card, "I'll set one monster card face down and end my turn!" a face down card was materialized horizontality on the field
"Boku no time, draw!" Yugi drew, "I'll set one monster card face down and Dark Magician attack that face down monster card, with Dark Magic Attack!"
The magician rushed towards the card image, which flipped up to reveal a soldier with futuristic armor with a big sword (DEF: 1600), "D.D. Assailant," Yugi said, "That would remove my magician from play!"
"That's right," Yusuke said, "Along with my warrior!"
Yugi's magician explodes into pieces, "Yusuke actually defeated the Dark Magician!" Keiko exclaimed
"Unbelievable!" Kari added
Yugi was shocked about this that Yusuke had defeated his most powerful monster, "I'll end my turn with one card facedown!"
"Ore no time, draw," Yusuke drew his card, "I'll summon Dark Blade in attack mode!" a tall and imposing warlord with jet black armor and twin jagged swords. His face was completely hidden, and behind him was a flowing crimson cape appears on Yusuke's side of the field (ATK: 1800), "Now Dark Blade attack Yugi's face down monster with Dragon Slaying Slash!" Dark Blade charges towards Yugi's face down, that was flipped face up to be a long haired warrior resting behind his enormous shield (DEF: 2600). Dark Blade slashes the shield only to have his sword cracked, "That was my Big Shield Guardna that you attacked, Yusuke!" Yugi said
"What!" Yusuke exclaims, "Now, my life points will take a hit!" (YULP: 6700)-(YULP: 5900)
"Now since you attacked my monster, its switches from defense to attack mode!" Yugi said as his monster stands up on his feet
"I'll end my turn with one face-down!"
"Boku no time, draw!" Yugi draws and eyed the card, "Yusuke, I'm about to summon forth a very powerful monster," he said
Yusuke grinned, "That's impossible, your Dark Magician is removed from play," he said
"That's right; we all saw that his magician was removed from play by D.D. Assailant's effect!" Kari said
"I'll activate the trap, Return from the Different Dimension!" Yugi declared
"That would mean that Yugi would summon back his Dark Magician!" Keiko exclaimed
"Now, by paying half my life points," Yugi started (YMLP: 4600)-(YMLP: 2300), "I can summon any monster that was removed from play and I'll summon forth my old friend, Dark Magician!" Yugi's favorite monster rose from the ground (ATK: 2500)
"Nice one, Yugi," Yusuke said, "But if I recall, your magician can stay on the field for this turn only."
Yugi smirked, "Who said anything that my magician is going to stay on the field?" he asked
"Then, if you're not going to use it then what are you going to do with that?"
"Simple," Yugi said, "Now, I'll sacrifice my Dark Magician and summon forth Dark Eradicator Warlock!" Dark Magician disappears in a purple whirl of light and in its place is a magician, who was similar to Dark Magician but bigger and stronger (ATK: 2500)
"That's a cool looking monster, Yugi!" Yusuke said
"Yeah, I'll say," Kari said
"But it has the exact same points as his Dark Magician," Keiko said, "How could it be more powerful than the Dark Magician?"
"And again simple," Yugi said, "Whenever I play a spell card, Yusuke will 1000 life points!"
"What!" Yusuke exclaims, "No way!"
"Then, if Yugi activates six more spell cards then Yusuke's finished!" Kari exclaims
"I'll activate the spell card, Pot of Greed," Yugi said, "Now I can draw two times!" Yugi drew twice, "And since, I've played a spell card, you take damage to your life points!" The warlock's rod glows and electrocuted Yusuke.
"Yusuke!" Keiko cried as she sees her boyfriend screams as his life points deceased (YULP: 5900)-(YULP: 4900)
The warlock's rod powered down and electrocuting stopped and leaving Yusuke wincing, "Okay, I'm beginning to start loving dueling," he muttered
"I'll summon Watapon in defense mode and since I used Pot of Greed to summon Watapon, I'll sacrifice it to summon Dark Magician Girl!" Yugi announced as a little creampuff appeared (ATK: 200) and disappeared to bring out a female magician of Yugi's, this one dressed in blue and pink with blonde hair (ATK: 2000)
"Wow, now that I look at it," Yusuke exclaims as he looked at the Dark Magician Girl, "Dark Magician Girl is kinda cute!"
Just then, the female magician blew a kiss and a wink to Yusuke, making the ex-spirit detective blush and Keiko very both angry and jealous, "Yusuke!"
Just then, Yusuke could feel a cool shiver down his spine, knowing that Keiko is over there watching the duel and wasn't too happy about what he said. Yusuke, with fear looked over to see his girlfriend, glaring at him with a fire background, which freaked Joey and Tristan out, "Whoa, Keiko I said, she's 'kinda cute', not cuter than you!" Yusuke said, with a panic tone and laughed nervously
Keiko's angry expression was turned into a satisfied one, "That's better!" she said crossing her arms
Yusuke sighed with relief that Keiko wasn't going to beat him to next week, "Now, it's time," Yugi said, "Now Dark Magician Girl attack Dark Blade with Dark Burning Attack!" he commanded as the female magician blasts a pink ball of energy at Dark Blade, "I'll activate the trap card, Negate Attack!" Yusuke declared as a whirl absorbed the blast, "Now your battle phase ends!"
"Very clever, Yusuke," Yugi said, "I'll end with one card face-down!"
Yusuke draws and eyes the card and grins, "Now, I'll summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode!" he declared the red and blue jump suited cyber-ballerina appeared in front of him. (ATK: 1000)
"Yusuke, what are you doing!" Tristan exclaims in outrage, "That monster has low attack points, plus it's a ballerina!"
"Besides, who's bright idea was it to have that card in dat Deck!" Joey added
Just then, Kari and Keiko sends a death glare at the two young men, "It was our idea!" they yelled in unison which freaked them out
Yugi sweat dropped blinked twice, "Uh! Yusuke, what is that?"
"This monster is called Cyber Tutu, see whenever my opponent has monsters that are higher than her then she gets to attack your life points directly. Next, I'll activate spell card, Polymerization is fuse both Dark Blade and Pitch-Black Dragon that's in my hand to summon forth Dark Blade the Dragon Knight!" Dark Blade jumped onto a black dragon (ATK: 2200), "Then, I'll activate the spell card, Fusion Sword Murasame Blade to increase the power of my dragon knight by 800!" Dark Blade's sword was replaced by a lengthy katana (ATK: 2200)-(ATK: 3000), "Now I could destroy your warlock with my monster, but Keiko would be pissed beyond reason with me if I don't destroy Dark Magician Girl first, Dark Blade attack Dark Magician Girl with Dragon Katana Blast!" the dragon knight blasts a black and white blast at Dark Magician Girl.
"Bye-Bye, Dark Magician Girl!" Yusuke said
"I'll activate a trap, Mirror Force!" Yugi declared a reflective shield appeared in front of Dark Magician Girl and caught the blast, "What!" Yusuke exclaims, "Now say goodbye to every monster that you have in attack mode!" Yugi said, as the barrier blasted away Dark Blade the Dragon Knight and Cyber Tutu, "I'll end my turn with one facedown!" Yusuke said
Yugi draws, "I'll activate the spell card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" a blue hurricane comes towards Yusuke's facedown and tears it into pieces, "Oh damn, this is going to hurt!" Yusuke said
"Now Dark Magician Girl and Dark Eradicator Warlock attack Yusuke's life points directly!" the two magician aimed the wands at Yusuke and blasting him away, along with Yusuke's life points hitting zero (YLP: 4900)-(YLP: 0000)
Just then the images disappeared leaving, Yusuke, who was on his back side and Yugi, who was walking towards him and pulled the ex-spirit detective on his feet, "You've experienced the true spirit of dueling, Yusuke," Yugi said, "How do you feel?"
"I feel like that giving up street fighting was the SMARTEST thing I've done," Yusuke replied, with a grin
Yugi lets out a chuckle and pulls out his deck from his duel disk. Then, the multi-colored duel king searched through it and pulls out a card and gives it to Yusuke, "Hey why are you giving me your Winged Kuriboh card, Yugi?" Yusuke asked getting the card
"Something tells me that it belongs to you," Yugi replied
"I wonder what card that Yugi gave Yusuke," Kari said
Yugi's Cards Used
Big Shield Guardna (M), Dark Eradicator Warlock (M), Dark Magician (M), Dark Magician Girl (M), Divine Wrath (T), Mirror Force (T), Mystical Space Typhoon (S), Pot of Greed (S), Return from the Different Dimension (T), Seven Tools of the Bandit (T), Skilled Dark Magician (M), Soul Taker (S), Watapon (M)
Yusuke's Cards Used
Cyber Tutu (M), Dark Blade (M), Dark Blade the Dragon Knight (M), D.D. Assailant (M), Exiled Force (M), Fusion Sword Murasame Blade(S), Magic Jammer (T), Marauding Captain (M), Negate Attack (T), Pitch-Black Dragon (M), Polymerization (S), Reinforcement of the Army (S), The Warrior Returning Alive (S)